Sunny Tucson

We spent last night at our friend Hobie’s house in the Saguaro National Forest southwest of Tucson. This is our fifth winter we’ve come for a visit, and it feels comfortable, familiar and easy.  Oh, and sunny and warm! Today we had blue sky and 78 degrees.

We spent the morning taking care of boat business. We won’t bother with all the details, but it involved insurance, boat documentation (Coast Guard) and closing of the purchase process – lots of copies of lots of documents sent lots of places.  It made us feel, for the morning, like we’re back at work!  

This afternoon was much more fun. We had lunch at Hobie’s casita, then retired to the “cactus museum” that is his backyard to play games in the sun. Hobie and Bob set up the croquet field, and we played croquet for an hour – made more amusing by the presence of various cactus and ocotillo bushes in the middle of the course!  Bob obliterated the competition and beat Hobie and Cathryn handily.

Next up was Bocce Ball, a game Bob and Cathryn have only played on the beaches of Baja, but Hobie has a more “official” playing field.  Hobie and Cathryn teamed up against Bob this time, and in the end prevailed, but not by much.  But it was lots of fun, and the reward was a beer on the back patio for all participants, followed by Shrimp Diablo for dinner – delicious!