Friends from home come for sun and warm

Gary and Darcy Shull decided to come to Arizona for a visit and also to soak up some sunshine and warm weather.    Well we had a great time and lots of laugh but not so much in the way of warm.    All four of us will always remember the year that it snowed all day on February 20th in Tucson.    San Xavier del Bac is the mission from 1692 in the picture on the left.    The picture isn't fuzzy.   That is a driving snow that makes it hazy.   Gary and Darcy are at the top of Gates Pass where we usually have lovely sunsets not snow covered ground.   The wind blew the snow in one direction so one side of the saguaros are coated in snow while the other side is not.

It was a cold and clear day on Thursday so we spent the day at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum.   The hummingbirds were very active, staying warm but John managed to get this guy sitting still.    The raptor show was great and not too cold as long as you were in the sun.