Tucson

We went on our yearly trip to Tucson this past week.  Big Bugz was in Phoenix for a conference so we drove to meet him and stayed in the hotel and drove the rest of the way to Tucson.  I had my diet Mt. Dew - I had 48 oz so I was wide awake on the drive down but it was either raining or snowing the majority of the way.

This is what we get to do while there

This is the front of the house when you come up the drive.  The just redid the drive with this stone and we had to park outside the gate since the drive was not sealed yet.

This is the path to the guest house - you can see the house in the top left corner.  I don't know if you can see the wall here in the front that is like a window - that is their bathroom - their shower wall is that block glass stuff that would let the natural light in.  I think that is pretty cool.  I am glad that I have never walked past while they are taking a shower though.  They do have a his and her bathroom so there are actually two window/walls like that.

This is the croquet course.  The just took out their real grass and put this turf in - it looks great and Small Bugs spent hours perfecting his skills.

This is their pool.  It is right out from the guest house and is heated all year round.

On the drive down in Utah there are a few towns that like to make people obey the speed limits.  They have this

off the side of the road with dummies dressed in uniforms to make you think they are really sitting there clocking you.  We think it is kind of creepy to see this dummy looking at the window at you as you drive past.  So about 30 mins after I took this photo, karma came to bite us in the rear.  Big Bugz did not see the change in speed coming up over a hill and a UHP was waiting for him.  He was nice and asked where we were coming from or going to.  Big Bugz explained that he did not see the change in speed.  He took our info and when he came back he said, "I am giving you a warning this time, but you will not get another.  Watch your speed!"  So the rest of the trip we would laugh about not getting another and of course, Big Bugz drove no more than five over the rest of the way home.

Now we get to have family and friend visit over the next week or so.