A few more pictures

Just transfered a couple more pictures off the camera. We found this enchanting little boit in Tombstone, and couldn't resist stopping for a photo op. There were signs advertizing "Bordello Bowling," but we did't stick around to find out what that was all about.
While at Bill and Ruthe's, we went with Bill to check out a couple of fixer-uppers he was interested in. Annie and I fell in love with this old adobe on 20 acres. It has several outbuildings, irrigation, stock pens, and the kind of funky atmosphere that felt like home.

Unfortunately, it sold (for under $30,000) the day we looked at it. There are still some great deals in the area. At some time in the future, we'll be back to look for another adobe hacienda.


This last shot was taken a few weeks ago north of T or C on the Plains of San Augustin, a huge dry lake bed in the middle of the mountains west of Socorro that is the home of the Very Large Array, the largest radio-telescope in the world.

Spent the week between Christmas and New Year's in Arizona, visiting our friends Bill and Ruthe. We loved southern Arizona. Douglas is right on the Mexican border and we had a great time shopping at the Mexican Grocery. Cheap fruits and vegetables! Didn't take many pictures, we were to busy gawking, but had to take a photo of the tumbleweeds piled up against the barbed wire fences. We also saw hundreds of sandhill cranes which winter in the wetlands north of Douglas. Saw Kim and Gordan Terpening (friends from Homer) in Bisbee, where they make gormet chocolates. Also made a brief visit to Tombstone. The whole town is basically an Old West Theme park. We're back home for now, but leave for Virginia Beach in about a week to welcome our next grandbaby.