Tonight is our last night in Tucson. We’ve had a great week working and hanging with friends. On Sunday, Janine and Bryan came to the RV park. They recently acquired an RV so we shared some experiences and advice with them. Our other friends Carol and Jess joined us as they also shared tips and tricks on RV life. We all went over to Carol and Jess’ and cooked burgers. They have a yard built for a party and the dogs all got to play together.

Work has been very busy and meetings start between 6:00 and 7:00 AM for us since it’s a 2-hour difference to Central Time. The good news is we finish early too. We just did chores and upkeep on Monday evening. Yesterday the dogs spent the whole day at Carol and Jess’ hanging with Oliver. We decided it was time to invade their pool after work. We grabbed some beverages and hopped in. The water was super chilly and refreshing. Of course Dani wanted to be where we were so she went swimming. The boy dogs wanted nothing to do with that. We did a salad night and made our own salad bar. Cool food helps keep us feeling cooler. 

Today we visited one of Tucson’s best attractions, Saguaro National Park. If you’ve never seen these beasts up close, this is the place to do it. Most of them think it’s spring and have flowers blooming on them. Many of the other cactus types have already passed peak flower time, but we got to see yellows, purples, reds, and oranges throughout the plants. There is one very rare and special crested cactus. His arms look like a fan shaped crest instead of being straight and tall. It’s a beautiful plant and amazing to see it up close. 

After the park we had lunch at a local cafe. It was nice enough, bordering on hot but we sat on the patio with the pups. Carol and Jess drove us back and we hopped on our afternoon meetings. 

We washed the dogs at the dog wash and are putting away what we can tonight so we get a reasonable start in the morning.

We are acclimating to the heat which is good since we have another 12 or so days in the desert. Hope you enjoy the Memorial Day weekend. We will be in Lake Havasu. Should be great fun.

Enjoy some images from Saguaro National Park:

-Cheryl