We decided to weather over in Tucson. We flew out on New Year’s day, returning the end of February. This was a downer for our construction company. The last payment is due when the punch-down items are complete. They damaged one of our blinds and had to order new. When they went to pick them up, the found the blind company was closed between Christmas and January 5. There was no way that anybody could get into the warehouse. With our house locked up, they will have to wait a couple of months for their last payment.

Getting to Tucson took all day. We took two flights which connected in Las Vegas. Both flights were delayed because clouds in Los Vegas were under 1,000 feet. They had to put more time between each takeoff and landing. By the time we got into our room, it was after 9 PM local time.

Our room is a lot like a casita. It has two bedrooms, two baths, and a living area / kitchen. It’s ideal for parents with two kids. The second bedroom has two twin beds. We have a bright light just outside the main bedroom’s window. I was so tired our first night that the light didn’t bother me a bit. On our first full day I covered the window with some aluminum foil.

On day one, our first task was getting the rental car, which went perfectly. The next task was food. We went to the local Walmart. We had so many items we needed two carts to to get it out to the car. We had one miss. I wanted to buy two 5 pound weights for my daily exercise. We put them in the bottom of the cart. Our check out clerk didn’t notice them. The guard checking folks as the leave didn’t notice them. We didn’t notice them. The two weights were left in the cart on the Walmart parking lot. Hopefully somebody returned them to the store.

Today I found out that the bike rental wasn’t anywhere near what I thought it would be. The other bike shops that rent bikes want $30 per day, which is almost as expensive as the rental car. With this being a university town, the ride share bikes look promising. I put my credit card on file.

Our first fun activity was “Rolling Thru Time”, a huge museum of old cars, fire engines, etc. The biggest part of their vehicles are Model T and Model A Fords. This museum focuses on returning the cars to drivability with the original drive train. Almost every vehicle in the museum could drive out of the door.

I hope this finds everyone doing well.