Tucson!

 So...

Last week, Tanner's company 

sent him on a special business trip 

for training,

and they allowed me to come!

So how was Tucson, you ask?

Wonderful. 

Simply wonderful.

We stayed at a neat hotel 

right across the street from a Trader Joe's, 

which I haven't seen in months!

(And there, 

I bought 6 bottles of Aloe Pulp Juice... 

It's the nectar of HEAVEN, I tell you!!!)

While Tanner trained during the day,

I had the freedom to relax at the hotel,

walk the warm streets,

and read by the pool.

Honestly, I felt spoiled.

(I AM spoiled!)

By night, we went scavenging

all over town, 

driving from street to street 

for thrifty finds

followed by dinner.

I loved it.

WE loved it.

Tucson is a lucky town,

because they have Bookmans.

Bookmans is a used book store 

on roids.

So of course, 

we went looking for great treasures...

Tanner: his board games; 

Jessie: her cook books.

Tanner at Bookmans.

 The place is wonderful to get lost in, plus

they cleverly place large comfy chairs

randomly all over the place

for people like me

to sit hypnotized by a neat find...

Also, the sunsets...

(sometimes, you just have to stop 

and take it in, you know?)

And of course, there's Eegee's...

a local favorite for its 

slushy paradise in a cup.

Yep, 

I got chili-cheese fries.

I had to.

Later in the week,

we tried Greek food...

I love some exotically rich and bitter coffee

every once in a while.

Now, 

one night in particular

we waited 1 and a half hours

to eat...

at Mi Nidito, of course.

Their chimichangas are, 

in a word, DELISH.

How did we pass the time?

Playing Blokus.

(See Board Game post below!)

This place was on the show

"Man vs. Food"

for it's "Presidential Platter"

or something.

I don't know.

All I know is, 

my mango margarita

was tasty wonderfulness.

And this guy's pretty cool too.

Here I am,

clearly smitten 

and excited for my chimichanga.

I was a little sad when we had to leave,

(you miss the city life

when you're gone for a while)

but I knew I had wonderful things 

to come home to.

We drove by the Boneyard 

on our way out of town.

The Boneyard is:

Planes. Planes. Planes.

As far as you can see.

Waiting for something,

Waiting for action.

Pretty neat.

I'll have you know,

we found some thrifty items

(ie. FURNITURE!!!)

More on that later...

For now,

we are home in Silver.

And the big fire that happened here 

while we were gone

didn't come close to our house,

so that's a blessing for sure.

Have a wonderful Wednesday, 

my friends!