Oma Bea's Birthday 2009

Well another special occasion of the Season:

OMA'S BIRTHDAY

We celebrated in Style at an new Italian Ristorante called Amici's. Gathering there around 6 we stayed and celebrated until almost 9PM when all of us left filled with great food and yes quite a bit of very good Italian wine.
Max behaved as usual and was the hit of the place when his heartfelt laughter proved to be the cause of much laughing to the table next to us. Of course he got to ride the elephant around the restaurant and was just an all around good boy.
Oma had a wonderful time with all of us and we celebrated to our hearts content!
Note too that Oma has a new toy! Her very own computer to stay in touch electronically with all of us!

Happy Birthday my BEA!

In Edward Abbey's Footsteps & Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Morning and Philip and I are off on an new adventure. This time we are heading south to a place 15 miles East of Nogales called Atascosa Lookout.
This hike has special meaning to us as we both read the writings of one of the most controversial yet entertaining writers of the Southwest Edward Abbey. He spent a summer as a fire lookout in a cabin on top of the Lookout mountain not Atascosa peak which is actually NE of the lookout.
We got there on a gravel road and had a beautiful hike to the top where aforementioned lookout cabin is located.
The view as advertised in some hike descriptions is phenomenal. South deep into Sonora , to the west Baboquivari rears its stony head, north you see the Catalinas and Rincons and to the east the Santa Rita and Huachuca mountains.
Outstanding and the cabin is still in tact and open. I have slept in worst places on quite a few hikes!

We had a light lunch and set off back to the car an Tucson where we went to feast at Marisa and Guy's house and enjoyed the blessings of family with a wonderful Thanksgiving meal.
I am truly thankful to have a loving healthy family to celebrate life with and it is my wish and prayer that all of us feel as blessed as I do, not just during these special holidays but all the days of our lives.
Thank you all and Thanks be to God!