Ahh… Back to work today, and ready to begin another great
week.
I’ve been working too many hours. This is my choice, but I realized yesterday
that my husband and I hadn't gone out to do anything fun together in a while.
So, yesterday morning we packed a picnic lunch, and we took
off. First stop, Ramsey Canyon
Preserve. It is a beautiful area just a
few minutes from my home, but it feels much farther due to the totally
different flora and fauna. People come
to Ramsey Canyon from throughout the world for “birding.” There are myriad fabulous
trees of all types and sizes. We saw
wild turkeys walking along the path.
Because we’ve been in a severe drought, we saw no deer this visit, and the
stream was nearly dry. We walked around
breathing in the clean air, enjoying the perfect weather and appreciating our
surroundings. It was a lovely walk.
When we returned to the parking lot, it was lunch time, so
we ate our picnic lunch at the preserve before leaving the area.
Then we decided a leisurely drive was in order. So, with a full tank of gas, we took
off. We drove through various small towns;
St. David, where there is a very old monastery, then we stopped for an ice
cream sundae and visited an historic cemetery in Benson. We wanted to stop at a tiny museum in Benson
as well, but it was closed.
When we ran out of small towns along that road, we got on
the interstate and drove 20 miles west and exited at Sonoita. We drove the long windy road through hills,
cattle and horse ranches. Large, beautiful
homes were scattered through the hills.
We’ve taken this drive many times, but it is different every time. This
time, the grassy hills were hay-colored.
In our area, the rainy season, the monsoons, begins in early July, and
the hills will then be deep, lush green.
Because we had a very dry winter, there were few wild flowers in bloom, bit
of a disappointment.
After a nearly two-hundred mile drive, we arrived home
around dinner time. We were relaxed and
happy to have spent a day away from phones, computers and televisions. It was a very good day.
