FALL and WINTER: 2025-2026
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Thursday,
October 16, 2025: I got to drive a long distance
today in the Prius. We have been dog-sitting
Joe's dog Casey since Sunday while Joe is working in
Phoenix. Today was the day to return Casey to Joe so I
drove to meet him in Chandler which is 110 miles. I
got to use the "Adaptive Cruise Control" and I loved
it. I set the speed at 77 mph, where the speed limit
was 75. If a car was in front of me, it would slow to
match that car's speed. When we got close to Chandler
the traffic was stop/go. The car would slow then stop.
When the traffic began to move, so did the car. The
car was doing the thinking for me. The 60 mpg was when
Gwen was driving at 60 mph behind me when I was
pulling the trailer.
When I returned home I had two bicycle wheels to take
care of. Front had a flat, rear needed to be replace.
I almost gave up trying to remove the tires from the
rim then I remembered the trick to make it easy. I'm
making both wheels tubeless. |
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Tuesday, October 14,
2025: I began my morning with another Zwift ride.
After the ride I learned of Cleo living in our park.
Cleo's master has decided he can't keep such an energetic,
one year old Golden and must rehome her. We would love to
help out but we have just enough energy to be good masters
to Abby. I wanted to make sure Cleo's master knew of the
Southern Arizona Golden Retriever Rescue (SAGRR). It is an
organization which will carefully rehome Goldens in a
situation just like this. |
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Monday,
October 13, 2025: Two days ago, on Saturday, I
measured a wind gust of 56 mph plus rain of almost 3
inches. That was enough to rip the aluminum awning off
a neighbor's park model about ten spaces away from us.
This park model was the only one damaged in our park.
We were standing on our deck watching the storm which
was very violent. The 56 mph wind gust was the most my
weather station has ever measured. I watching the
action of the tree behind our park model, I would not
be surprised if this was not a small tornado. We got
more rain today but the forecast calls for clear skies
tomorrow. |
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| Sunday, October 12, 2025: While
my son, Joe was visiting, we decided to take a tour south
of Tucson toward the tiny area of Sonoita and Patagonia.
Joe wanted to visit a couple of distilleries and Gwen
wanted to see the Patagonia Fall Festival. We dodged
the rain and even got to walk the Patagonia Festival
without getting wet. We ended up at the Copper Brothel
Brewery in Sonoita where we enjoyed a good late lunch.
Click all photos for more views. |
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Saturday, October 11, 2025: Joe
and I went to the Arizona Stadium to watch the Arizona
Wildcats take on the BYU Cougars. Our seats ended up in
the middle of a large group of BYU fans all dressed in
their blue jerseys. The weather was a big factor and the
game was put on weather hold at the beginning of the
second quarter. Joe and I decided to try to escape the
weather but got caught in our walk back to the car. We
were soaked. The game resumed after more than an hour then
went into double overtime after three more quarters. We
were able to finish watching on TV. BYU won. Click both
photos for more views. |
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Tuesday,
October 7, 2025: Gwen and I have decided to try new
things here in Tucson. We'll start with a new cafe for
us, the Eclectic Cafe. I spotted this ad in a Tucson
Guide magazine, showed it to Gwen and she agreed to
give it a try. I ordered 1/2 Corned Beef sandwich with
a green side salad. It came with poppy seed dressing.
Click my meal to see Gwen's order of a Strawberry and
chicken salad also with poppy seed dressing. We were
both very happy with our meals and will visit again.
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Sunday, October 5, 2025:
I sent most of my day completing the installation of our
security camera's around the perimeter of our park model.
However, this was one of the better NFL games today with
the Denver Broncos pulling out a win in the end. |
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Saturday,
October 4, 2025: Gwen and I were hopeful for the
Arizona Wildcats against the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
The Oregon Ducks walked all over the Cowboys so we
thought that might give the Wildcats a chance. In
spite of two interceptions thrown by the Wildcat
quarterback, the Wildcats beat the Cowboys, 41-13. Of
course the band always wins so here is a video
of the Arizona marching band. Click on both
photos for another view.
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Friday, October 3, 2025:
This morning I saw the AD at the left. Gwen agreed to go
with me and we learned this was the Cinnaholic store
only four miles from our park model. This was a new
experience for us. We learned their "Old Skool Rolls"
regular price is $5.75 so this was a good deal. Click on
both photos for another view. Once we returned home I
checked out their presentation
on Shark Tank and learned more about the business.
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