Thursday, 16 October 2014

The Tucson Experience

Today was a day about experiencing Tucson, or the greater Tucson area.  We got up at about 8:30, had a little to eat then headed in Jason's ford Shelby to Sabino Canyon.  Adam was a little nervous to drive this high powered vehicle that is pretty low to the ground compared to the cars he is used to driving.  He got his confidence up shortly after the first couple stop lights we arrived at.  Jason was at the canyon too with his parents, he was driving their rental dodge caravan.... A little different from the Shelby.  

The Shelby

Katie and Jason's place

Adam driving the Shelby!

We went up the canyon on the shuttle with Jason and his parents, Dondra and Gary to the top.  Then Adam and I hiked down.  Well we actually hiked up about 0.5 miles before we got to make our 5 mile venture down the mountain.  I didn't know if I was going to make it but we did. Luckily I had a nut bar to tide me over, eaten at about the half way point.  The scenery was unbelievable, and we saw a lot of geckos and birds, bugs, and dessert plants including all types of cacti.  It was a amazing you could tell when you got to a different elevation as there were sections of vegetation, ranging from trees to bare rocks to thousands of cacti.  The hike was from about 10:30-12:30.

Sabino Canyon

Adam and I relatively early in the hike.

The gecko

Some of the trail looked like this.

The great views
Getting tired...

After the great hike we headed for some food and then to Katie's parents to see the ranch.  We met their horses and some more family that arrived in Tucson today.

View out the window at Katie's parents ranch.

Then Jason and Adam took the Shelby to fit Jason's tux and Katie and I headed back to their place to chill and me to freshen up before the party we attended.

Adam dressed in his cowboy attire to go to the bachelor party, to experience Tucson and Katie and I went to a party hosted by family friends for the out of town guests.

AA taking it all in!

It was a pretty good day, and now time for bed.  Rehearsal day is on the agenda for tomorrow.

AA is to late to blog tonight, so Lola had to do another night in a row.

On did I mention it was hot today... I don't know the exact temperature but it only got down to about 72 this evening.

Lola 

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