AZ II: Sunday in Tucson

On Sunday we traveled from Mesa to Tucson and settled into Lowe's Ventana Canyon Resort. It is a very posh place where they charge for everything! For example, WiFi in the room was $11.00 a day and a small box of cashews that we thought was complementary, was actually $10. Being a confirmed tightwad, I dragged the laptop down to the lobby where WiFi was free and we avoided any further contact with the minibar.

That evening we gathered at "Rat Hill," the home of my cousin Allyn and her husband Hugh Thompson for supper and visiting. Her great Spanish-style home sits at the top of a hill overlooking Tucson below. Hugh is a very fine amateur sculptor and his work is displayed in their beautifully-landscaped desert garden. We visited, ate, ate, and visited. Before we left Utah, I made an iMovie and DVD of all the Hansen slides I had recently scanned. We played it for the cousins, but it was hard to get through it because they continually paused the DVD to identify people in the pictures. We had a great evening.

Ventana Canyon Resort is Frank Lloyd Wrightesque

The view from Allyn's Rat Hill

Great sculpture in a beautiful garden

Chris Christensen, Kreg and HB Calder, HB's partner
Norma and her children

Kreg and Kelly (background) HB and Gloria (foreground)

Millie, Polly, and Stephen

Anne, Kreg, Chris, and Stephen

Hank, Peggy, and Cameron

Stephen, Ann, Kreg, Kelly, Millie, Kris, Cam,
Heidi, and Anne ready for "grace"

Tamales, chili chicken, and other southwestern delights

Colette, Stephen, and Ann tucking in

Kelly providing instructions for the next couple of days

These cousins are loads of fun and it was great to be together.

Look for further adventures in subsequent posts above.

OXO

D.