Back to Tucson

After spending last winter in Florida, we decided it was time to visit some of our favorite Arizona destinations. We left the north east later than usual due to dental and medical issues. This necessitated a quick trip across the country, Elkhart, Indiana, Nashville, Oklahoma City, Santa Rosa, New Mexico, and Las Cruces, New Mexico. While, the trip across wasn’t relaxed, we did find time to do a few things along the way. In Nashville on a Monday we found our way to an East Nashville institution, The Underdog to catch Guthrie Trapp.

While in Santa Rosa we had time to visit their Blue Hole.

We had one more stop before arriving in Tucson.

Mesilla is a historic town near Las Cruces. This is where the Gadsden Purchase was signed and the site where Billy the Kid’s trial took place. It also served as the capital of the Confederate Territory of Arizona during the Civil War. While we were there the historic plaza hosted community alters commemorating el dia de los muertos.

From Las Cruces we went directly to Catalina State Park, one of our favorites in Tucson.

The temperatures have been high, high 80’s to low 90’s. Too hot to do much serious hiking or biking. These temperatures necessitate getting on the trail early.

While we wait for the temperatures to be more seasonal we’ll catch up on movies and reading. Not so bad.