Thursday, January 15, 2009

HAIL, HAIL THE GANGS ALL HERE!!

On January 7, the group we usually got together with in Idaho came down to spend a couple of days. Kathy and Terry and Vickey and Craig came on Wednesday then on Thursday Jody and Dennis and Addie Jo got here. On Friday, Kathy and Terry left and Cheryl and Nancy came from Scottsdale and Mark and Terry came from Yuma. Friends of Jody and Dennis' from Tucson came also and we finally got to meet Chuck and Deanna. The picture below is all the classmates.
Then a group picture of the whole gang with Addie taking the picture.
On Thursday evening, we invited our friends from Green Valley over to meet our Idaho friends. We had such a good time especially when Bob got telling his Pancho Villa and Silver Challis jokes; and Shirley started telling how she and Cliff got together so we went around the room telling how we had met our spouses. There were some very interesting stories. What a hoot!
On Saturday we went to Tubac and shopped around and had lunch. Vickey liked it so much the four of us went back on Sunday afternoon. Vickey is a REAL shopper, which I am not, but she is a bad influence and I even bought a couple of things.
Dennis, Jody, Addie Jo, Chuck and Deanna left on Saturday morning and after we got back from Tubac Nancy and Cheryl headed for home. Terry and Mark left on Sunday. Vickey and Craig stayed with us until Wednesday.
On Monday, we went up to Madera Canyon and had a picnic and hiked and tried to bird. Vickey walks really, really fast and Bob said she would never see a bird by looking down. She also calls them "that blue thingy, or that brown thingy." It was so funny and we had a great time. On Tuesday, we took them to Sabino Canyon. You can ride the tram to the top and back down, but we decided to ride up and then we walked all the way down.
After Sabino Canyon we went to one of our favorite Mexican Restaurants in Tucson, and then we took a tour of San Xavier del Bac Mission.

By the time we got home we had had a full day, but Vickey needed to do some laundry so Bob decided to help her.
We were very sad to see everyone leave, but it gave me a taste of home and helped me to be less homesick. Can't wait to have them come back again.

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