Apache Junction,Tubac,Tucson Feb. 11-18th

Feb.11th
We went on a bus tour from our resort at 8:30 am to Cosanti in Scottsdale (1hour away).
Cosanti is an Arizona historic site where the famous Paolo Soleri Windbells are made and sold.
The private tour was excellent. We watched the bronze pouring of the bells. The beautiful windbells range in price from $30.oo to $15K dollars. We had lunch afterwards.
We went to the Grand Chinese Buffet with the Regans, Howells, and Graham. We said our goodbyes to them.They are off to Tucson Saturday.

Feb.12th
I had my nails done while Ralph went for a swim. We had supper in the ballroom--taco burgers and chips with games after supper.

Feb.13th
We drove almost 3 hours to the Tubac Art Festival early Sunday morning. We met the Regans,Howells, and Graham in Tubac (25 miles from the Nogales Mexico border crossing).
It was a very hot day 32 Deg. C . We drove to the Westin Resort and Spa in Tucson to visit Howard and Roxanne Northcott(on holidays from Calgary).We swam in the pools and went for supper at Cracker Barrel restaurant afterwards. A great day with friends.Graham invited us to stay overnight in his 5th wheel.

Feb. 14th -- Happy Valentine's Day
Happy Birthday Rob Lennox.
After our friends made breakfast for us we drove back to Apache Junction. Another hot day.
We invited our Minnesota friends Arvid and Glenda to join us for supper at the Mining Camp Restaurant. Dinner was served family style at long bunkhouse tables. It was very good.

Feb. 15th
As our laundry was washing and drying ,Ralph and I went for a swim in the pool.
32 Deg.C. I bought a ladies bycicle for $10.00. Arvid and Glenda came over to play cards.

Feb.16th
Roxanne and Howard (now staying in Mesa) picked us up at 10:00am. We drove out to Canyon Lake, Tortilla Flats and the Superstition Mountains. We had a great day touring around,listening to country music,having drinks, lunch and prickly pear (cactus) ice cream.
We topped off the day at The Hitching Post Restaurant and Bar listening to a country singer Ron E.Cash(sounds like Johnny Cash). The Northcotts fly back to Calgary tomorrow.

Feb. 17th
We went shopping at Costco and Walmart. Gail and Jim had us over for happy hour.

Feb.18th
Ralph and I biked over to shuffleboard in the morning. We had lunch at the VFW ( Veterans of Foreign Wars) legion. We did some shopping at the Mesa Market afterwards. In the evening we went over to Arvid and Glenda's to play cards. Cloudy today and rain tomorrow.