I read the on-line version of the Calgary Herald today and was surprised to learn that the Alberta Government had made a quick change to the provincial drinking law, allowing bars and licensed establishments to serve alcohol tomorrow (Sunday) starting at 5 am. Apparently, it wouldn't be proper to watch the Gold Medal hockey game without adult beverages being served to the thirsty puck nation. The Arizona bars are not as forward thinking so we have decided to open our own camper van bar at 5 am in the morning. Feel free to drop by for a sunrise cocktail if you are in the neighbourhood.
We had a nice finish to our Puerto Penasco stay. Brent and Barb hosted us for a lovely Valentine's Day evening, a BBQ and fire on their patio. Then Brent serenaded us with his guitar including two really good songs that he personally wrote. The next day we went to the Taste of Penasco with them and sampled some tasty food and drink in a downtown park. On our final day we relaxed by the beach.
We had an uneventful border crossing back into the U.S. and spent a couple of hours in Organ Pipe Cactus National Park before continuing on to Tucson where we have been for the last 5 days. Our RV Park (Far Horizons) is very clean and has excellent amenities including a large selection of cable TV channels allowing us to watch the Winter Olympics (finally) on several channels. During our time in Tucson we have played golf twice at two different courses, had some minor van repairs completed, and spent a full day at the World Golf Match Play tournament (small crowds so very easy to follow whomever we wanted on Day 2). Today we drove south to Tubac (an artsy community that we had briefly visited in 2009). We had a delicious lunch there and wandered around the many shops in the village. We also took a tour of the Tumacacori Mission National Heritage Park (preserved Spanish mission dating back to the 1700's) and before that we spent time at the restored San Xavier Mission (where a local baby was being baptized). Tomorrow, after the early morning hockey game, we will be attending the final day of the Tucson Rodeo (89th edition of the La Fiesta de los Vaqueros) where 200,000 people turned out earlier in the week for the world's largest non-motorized parade.
GO CANADA GO!
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| Valentine's Evening dinner on the patio |
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| Taste of Penasco |
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| Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument - a Jumping Cholla bearing early season fruit |
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| Organ Pipe and Saguaro cactus' plus many more species in the park |
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| San Xavier del Bac Mission - just south of Tucson |
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| A local baby was about to be baptized when we visited the restored church |
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