Before I go on with any of our "recent" happenings, I must finish Chase and Amy's visit which was the beginning of February. How I wish they could have been with us more than just a few days - we LOVED having them and look forward to having all three of them next year - so yes, Kurt, we are planning on you being here next winter!!!!
I had asked Chase to let me know what he would like to do here in Tucson and the second big thing he wanted to do was go to the Bisbee Copper Mine which is an underground mine about 90 miles south of Tucson. We left bright and early with our picnic fixings and headed out. This is one of my favorite attractions to take the grandkids too.
Guess what this little car was used for? The guide told us that the "keeper of the crap car" was one of the favored jobs in the mine. Don't remember why any more - certainly wouldn't be my choice of jobs!
All decked out with our slickers and hard hats with our lights over our shoulders. You take a little train "into the mountain" as Chase said. He informed us it wasn't exactly an underground tour but an into the mountain tour.
This is a bicycle that the foremen would use to get around the mine.
After our tour, we had a nice picnic lunch in a local park and then headed back north to Tombstone - the little town too tough to die. It was the most deserted I had ever seen it. There was very little going on so we just walked through some of the stores and then headed to the local "Boot Hill". Chase thought the graveyard was really interesting with all of it's old grave placards. I didn't go in since I've seen it several times before so I didn't get any pictures. Sorry!!
Chase said to Grampa, "Come on, Grampa, let me show you how that game (Shuffleboard) is played." So after getting a hat to keep the sun off their heads, they headed to the courts. Judy DeRuyter was kind enough to play with them since I was busy working on the park newsletter.
This was the score when I left - Chase, you and Grampa seem to be loosing to the gals here!!! Not sure what the final score was.
Before leaving to go back up to Mesa, Uncle Rich and Aunt Henrietta had us over for a hot dog picnic lunch. Here the gals are roasting hotdogs - it was a bit warm but no complaints once that hot dog was put in a bun. YUM
Thanks for a fun, yummy lunch.
After lunch, we headed off to Mesa arriving at dinner time. Had a bite to eat at Chik-fil-et and then to the motel for bed. Had to be up early to get them to the airport. Dad and I went back to the motel, had breakfast and crawled back in bed for a nap. Then we just relaxed, watched some movies, did a little shopping and went to Texas Roadhouse for our anniversary.
The next afternoon Dad took me to the airport for my trip to Lynden.
It was soooooooooooooooooooo fun having the two of you here. Thanks for coming!!!!
Love to all of you,
Gramma and MOM
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