Off to Stein Mart... Okay, we're from Tacoma, we don't have em here!

Started today off about 9am... yup... nice and early... but not too early.  Had plans for brekky at a certain restaurant... got there... guess what... they are only open for breakfast on Sat and Sunday.... Plan B... another super place that we liked even better... The Blue Willow... highly suggest it if you're in Tuscon!  Once we were satiated, we headed out to the car to hit up Stein Mart... but, wait... a gift shop in the restaurant stopped us and a few purchases suddenly ensued!
Back on the road... and you can see Liz and Christy's excitement!!! SHOPPING!!!!
 

Okay... home from supporting the local economy... bags in tow!
 

Okay... Is that one yours?  Oh no, wait it's mine.... Hmmm, maybe we should mail this stuff home...
 

All the pretty's Jean got...sorry Jerry... I just broke down!

After a hard day out... The pool beckons.... Heat, Sun, Wonderful!
 

Back to out condo... time for some appy's and happy hour!  Yup.. Diva's know how to do it right! 

 

 

Then... the music comes out... and we're all a dancing and moving to the beat... while cooking and continuing our happy hour!  "She's a Brick House....lalalalalal"  You just have to move when you hear those songs!
 

 

 

 

 

Our long awaited Diva Adventure begins!

Well, things started out kinda weird... While I was standing in the security line to check through... suddenly, a lot of shouting by the agents... WE WERE IN LOCK DOWN!... but, when this happens, ALL of the airport is in lockdown and no plans deplane or takeoff... so, though it was a hitch in the giddyup... didn't get me overly excited.... only lasted about 15 minutes... and I never did find out what it was about... I was just hoping Liz had already gone through security and was at the gate.... and that was the case.  Got on the plane only about 5 minutes late... and off we went.

 

 

Tuscon Airport... yup... we're not in soggy Washington anymore!
 

Liz and I waiting for our chariot to arrive!
 

And here it comes.... with our fellow Diva's Julie and Christy... let the fun times roll!
 

The Cactus are beautiful this time of year...
 

Dinner out... at Julie and Christy's favorite place...Hacienda del Sol...
 

 

 

Upon landing, we heard about the horrible situation in Boston.  So, so senseless.. It reminded us how precious life is and how blessed we are...

Our last day... we ventured around the East End of the Island

Our last full day here… Took H and K to see the blow hole… and did a couple geocaches on the way.   Once we got to the blow hole, we were able to get Halley down to the rocks… so that was pretty cool.  You then know the routine… Wait for it…. Wait for it…. Wait for it… and then… bam!  Darn that one was sorta a dud… so we started the waiting again!  Finally got a decent one!  Had to laugh, as soon as they walked away, I got a great one!

The geocaching took us to an old guard station… the cache was around one of the iron cannons… I love the pic of the three of them looking for, then at it… I call it the Rear Photo!  Next cache wasn’t near as exciting, but we can now say we found five caches while we visited here. 

We continued on to Rum Point for lunch and more picture taking; then, back on the road.  Jerry got a business call, so we pulled off for about 20 minutes while he took care of work.  Driving on the opposite side from what we are use to PLUS being on a cell phone:  A disaster waiting to happen.  Nice though to be able to help clients no matter where he is.Our journey is coming to an end. This evening, we drove out to Morgan Harbor for dinner… The fish is literally fresh… right off the boat.  Each of us that had fish thought ours was the best.  That’s a good meal!

Tomorrow we start the trek home… Halley and Katie will be greeted in MSP with below freezing temperatures… As for Jerry, myself and the rest, I think it’s just typical, damp weather greeting us!  But, it's nice to say it will be great to be home! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our time is almost up here!

This is the view as I make coffee in the morning.... gonna miss this....

Here's that dude on the Jet Pack again... the 20 minutes for $250 guy....

A classy lady, about 75-80... Loved her!

 

Another pensive moment... this time Jillian!
 

Getting an adult icy drink in town... Halley and Katie opted to hang out at the condo!
 

These sunsets here... never tire of them....

Katie and Halley just hanging around...

 

 

Dinner at "The Wharf"... with Tarpon Fish nearby... they hang out here cuz the restuarant makes a big deal about feeding this daily.  This fish is not one that folks eat... The waiter told us they were boney.. and not that good!

 

Halley had Crab and Steak... she said it was delicious...
 

 

Had a Hell of a Time!

So.... you knew this was coming... yes, we went to Hell today and lived to talk about it.  They even have a geocache in Hell... who'd a thunk that????
That was pretty much our big outing for the day... Had lunch on the way... that's where the pensive pictures of Katie and Halley were taken...waiting for our food to arrive!  When we finished up our meal, we left for Hell and that's the beginning of the jokes.... you know... It's a Hell of a place, Where in the Hell are we going?.... then the three gift shops there have even more Hell jokes.  The Picture of just the lady behind the counter... Well, after you search for the geocache, you look at the clue more closely, go into the store... and just ask her about it... POOF, she pulls it out... kinda weird.. kinda funny... but, we can say we found one in Hell now!
A couple sun dresses were purchased as well as a couple t-shirts.. happy shoppers!.
More big lizards here than last time we were around.  They seem to not care for you to get close, but they do sorta bake in the sun till they get a bit concern you have plans for them.  Then they take off.
Didn't eat till late tonight... I had seen a Thai place close by, so that's where we were going to go.  Got there... guess what... it is a Thai place... but it's a Thai spa... not food.  Fortunately, a good Italian Restaurant was right there in the parking lot, so we did not go hungry... or thirsty.
Tomorrow... NO PLANS... we shall see!