The flight to Tucson was uneventful. We’re staying in a Home 2 Suite hotel in the downtown district. The property is excellent. Our room is fabulous. Our bedroom and living area are separated with a door, which makes it much easier for one of us to sleep in a little. Here’s a view from our 6th floor lobby.

We were counting on a locally owned super grocery store for most of our needs. It’s a short walk from the hotel and stocks a large variety of pre-prepared foods. Unfortunately, it’s closed for renovation. That’s no real problem. Public transportation is quite good and totally free.

It was time to get dinner. We arrived on the first day of a major cold snap. Evening temperatures were around 40 degrees. We found a bar/restaurant that has an excellent reputation. The food was very good for bar food. We even had a restaurant favorite — chocolate covered bacon. It was a nice dinner but there was one thing that surprised us. The place had air conditioning, but it doesn’t have heat. Customers were eating with their coats on. Nobody else seemed to find this at all remarkable. I remember when I was a kid, some places started air conditioning the entire store. They would put signs on their windows advertising it was cool inside, with a picture of a penguin standing in the snow. We didn’t see any store advertising they were warm. ;-)

I hope this finds everybody doing well.