Back from Arizona.... Woooooooot !!!

The flights went VERY well... Mutti was confused the second leg of the trip out there... kept asking why the bus was driving so slow... she'd look out the window of the plane and would say "see, vee are not even moving! And look at all dat fog!"

But she did well, and no code browns, so that was a blessing!

Pati and Roo kept their promise and had a tall chilled White Russian waiting for me in the car when they came to pick us up at the airport. I was exhausted.. was a loooooooong day.

Roo grilled ribs with raspberry chipotle, Pati whipped up a spinach salad and a few tiny new potatoes to go with it.. nice glass of red wine, and dinner was a joy.. as always!

Next day (first day there) we got things organized around the house. Pati and I looked at all the photos she had brought down from Mutti's when they were cleaning out her house... old, old, OLD photos of Mutti's mother and father when they were young, etc. Awesome photos. Opa was from Yugoslavia, Omi from Austria. In the afternoon we took Mutti to the Oktoberfest. It was H-O-T that day, too. My hair was all dripping wet sweaty as you can see in the pics. Stayed there about three hours, Pati and I just HAD to get up and join in on the "chicken dance" when they played it... We just had to get rid of some stress, yanno !

Next day it RAINED. Yeh ! Of all the many times I've been out there, it NEVER rained in Tucson. But it was nice.. had that great smell in the dusty air. Here's a pic I took the first morning at Pati and Roo's.. watching the sunrise from their front porch:

Thanx, tn., Siri, Zooz, Di, Joe, Muffles...

The rainy day we went and poked around Trader Joe's (of course!) and Pet Smart... picked up a few toys for Minnie Moo.
Dinner that noc was grilled salmon, salad, and mushroom fettucini.. and red wine. Was soooooooo good!
Went out back in the evening after we put Mutti to bed.. Roo built us a fire in the chiminea, and we sipped our White Russians and told silly tales and let our hair down.