We finally escaped

 Yeah, I know. I did not post a new blog last week. Well, I am not apologizing because Nancy and I finally broke out of our 20 mile radius to get away for our 44th anniversary. 

No, we didn't go to Paris or Rome, we went to Tucson Arizona and stayed in a quaint little lodge on the outskirts of Tucson called the 'Cat Mountain Lodge'. But before we went  there, we visited the city of Bisbee and the little known and forgotten town of Lowell Arizona. For those of you who are not familiar with Arizona, Bisbee and Lowell are in southeastern Arizona in a canyon and which were huge mining communities. Lowell was swallowed up by bisbee as Bisbee grew and is now pretty much a ghost town with only 3 residents, but the history lives on as you can see with the old cars/trucks parking along the only street.

Then we drove back to Tucson to check into our lodge. The lodge and their Inn (across the street) are totally decorated in a Mexican decor, which we loved.  We entered through a truly Mexican or Spanish courtyard which had 5 or 6 rooms off of it. The room was amazing. So many little appointments that other hotels and motels never put in their rooms. It was almost like being at home, but yet you're not. 

The next day we visited the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum, just a few miles up the road. If you love to see just desert critters you seldom see in the wild, you have to go here. plus the plants were in bloom and beautiful too.

After walking so much in Bisbee and in the Desert Museum, we took the afternoon off to relax in our 'Casa'.

That evening we had dinner with two of my distant  cousins who live in Tucson. That made our weekend complete. 

No, it was not a trip to Egypt or Peru, or even New York City, But to us, it was an escape for this pandemic quarantine we are all in. Now that this pandemic seems to be easing up, we are going to slowly start  to travel. Who knows, maybe Northern New Mexico may be next.

Sometimes I can not believe it has been 44 years since Nancy and I ran off to Vegas to get married. I am glad she puts up with me. Sometimes that surprises me too.

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