Hope you find something for next year, jubi.

TDu
We will I am sure. It is an interesting way to explore the city.

Today was one of those travel days which provides a reminder that one cannot really plan. We started the day by deciding that my sweetie needed a visit to urgent care due to persistent earache which turned out to be an ear infection requiring antibiotics. We are glad to get it healed before going to ABQ and SantaFe. The doc thought a trip to higher Bisbee not the best idea.
We went looking for a rental house in the Catalina foothills, as it turns out very beautiful but too far out for us and in an area that seems very "white bready."
We then went to Sabino Canyon where you an board and leave a shuttle tr that winds up through this gorgeous canyon which has a lot of running water from higher up snow melt. The road and twelve narrow bridges were a CCC project and afford a wonderful access hiking oppprtunities abound and we had a great time.
More changes in plan as our friend is ill and is not coming to dinner but we will still grill ribs and peppers both sweet and hot.

When you go to Bisbee check out -
http://www.theshadydell.com/

I REALLY want to see this, if only to eat at the diner.

If you go let me know what you think. :-)

Hope your sweetie feels better soon!

Sorry to dash your hopes. I have never heard of Frost Gelato in ABQ. I think there are still in the "coming to ABQ" stage from what I can tell on there website. (I can't see location page as flash is required and iPad doesn't have it). But fear not - this should work- http://www.eccogelato.com/

This is a must try-Lemonata; along with its big sister restaurant Torinos

http://www.freshcitrus.us/

https://torinosfoods.com/Home_Page.php

Hi jubi and hope your DSO (dear sweet one) feels better. Sabino Canyon sounds wonderful!

DebitNM
Thanks so much for the warming and alternatives. LosPoblanos has big (included)breakfasts so I hope we can actually eat more!

Today we had a really good lunch at the Polish Cottage: stuffed cabbage, pierogis, hunters stew, kielbasa
And apple cake.

We had a low key day perusing galleries and trying to figure out how to paint the desert from our back deck. I am going to miss Tucson when we leave Friday.

Today we spent the day close to home just enjoying the desert.

I'm glad you missed the messy weather in New England. Hope your SO is feeling better before you fly. It makes me chuckle to read about what you are eating at the Polish Cottage. Not something I would expect in AZ. The canyon sounds wonderful.

I have been surprised at the many ethnicities present in Tucson dfrost. This was certainly not true when we lived here in 1955 lol. At that time my sister was asked by a classmate who had never met a Jew before whether she could see her tail! Really.

Jubilada: You may be interested in a book that is being debuted at the Tucson Festival of Books in March, "Lady at the OK Corral" ,author Ann Kirschner, the story of Josephine Marcus Earp, Wyatt's common law wife of 50 years. There will be a book signing at the JCC.

Happytravler
Yes, that sounds interesting. A friend was just telling MRI about the book festival which sounds like a blast. Maybe next year.

I'm happy to stumble across you TR, jubilada. We were just in Tucson last Thursday to see our new niece. It's a beautiful town.

This may be a little late but if you love art, you might want to make a day trip (or overnight) up to Phoenix. They have a great art museum. We haven't made it to the Heard Museum but they are suppose to have an extensive Native and Western collection but the Phoenix Museum of Art is surprisingly good.

LSky, we considered Phoenix for the art museum and a few other sights but we just didn't feel like dealing with the drive and the traffic. I am sure that if we end up visiting yearly we will get there.

Jubi - sounds like Tucson would be a good match for you both. At first I couldn't imagine you living so far from the sea but it's good to know you'll have plenty of swimming opportunities in Tucson and the food and landscape sound wonderful. Please let us know if you post pics.

I'm reeling about the comment to your sister in 1955...so sad.

Just put the kettle on for tea and will head over to join you in Albuquerque. Hopefully your sweetie's ear troubles are long gone. ((c))

It is hard for me to imagine myself far from the sea but it is really only four hours from Tucson the bigness of the sky is so wonderful and my joints, which always hurt at home or in Florida are like new. And ther is so much sun even on colder days

Her ears are fine and were fine even in the Jemez and Santa Fe. Antibiotics are a blessing sometimes.

I just wanted to come back and say that we do think Tucson will be our snowbird destination.

The laid back lifestyle, the availability of the arts, progressive Jewish life, the beauty of the dessert, year round heated pools and affordable seasonal rentals, as well as interesting cultural opportunities beckon us. My sweetie says to mention all the tennis too.

We have already rented a place for two weeks next winter and hope to go for 4-6 weeks the following year when I have retired..So I guess the trip was a great success.

You can get to the Pacific Ocean in 5 hours from Tucson! Take AZ 86 west through the Indian Reservation to Why and then south through Organ Pipe Cactus NM to Lukeville. From Lukeville it is only 1.5 hours to Puerto Penasco Sonora MX which has several nice hotels.

tom, that sounds like a plan. My friend in Tucson goes to Rocky Point, she says in 4 hours. How does that compare?

You two are good explorers. It's interesting, these different frontiers of time and place at this stage of our lives. I'm curious about new places, the adventure of the southwest is attractive. I've been to Puerto Penasco and the shrimp there is very good. But no live oak and spanish moss.