We’ve been parked at Jaci and Cory’s in Green Valley, AZ,
since Saturday afternoon. Twenty miles south of Tucson on Hwy. 19, Green Valley
is a retirement community at the base of the Santa Rita Mountains. It’s been
beautiful here with the sun smiling every day on cul-de-sacs and winding
streets of pristinely maintained stucco homes and intertwining golf courses.
We’ve known Jaci and Cory for 40- some years, since Michael’s
days of college at Southwest Minnesota State and then farm living near
Marshall, MN. Annual Christmas cards and a couple of dinner dates during those
40 years, and then the discovery they own a home in Green Valley and are
spending the winter here – right on our Arizona route.So we brought our riff-raff to this fount of
pleasantness, parked in their driveway and have been enjoying their
incomparable hospitality.
One of our days here we hiked in nearby Madera Canyon, a
dent in the Santa Rita range, crisscrossed by hiking trails, home to many
migrating birds. The trail we chose was steep and rocky, following a dry stream
bed and at a high enough elevation to be mostly shaded by cedar-type trees and
a few live oaks. Even Nina slowed down as we climbed to 6000 feet.
Mary & Mike's rig
Another day we drove 15 miles north and look who we found!
Friend and former co-worker at GLCS! It was great to see Mary and Mike and be
able to catch up on retirement travels.
You guys look hot & tired on your hike. We get tired here in northern Michigan, but nobody is getting hot--especially if we're outside!! Glad you're posting & keeping us all up to date!
We’ve been parked at Jaci and Cory’s in Green Valley, AZ,
since Saturday afternoon. Twenty miles south of Tucson on Hwy. 19, Green Valley
is a retirement community at the base of the Santa Rita Mountains. It’s been
beautiful here with the sun smiling every day on cul-de-sacs and winding
streets of pristinely maintained stucco homes and intertwining golf courses. 
We’ve known Jaci and Cory for 40- some years, since Michael’s
days of college at Southwest Minnesota State and then farm living near
Marshall, MN. Annual Christmas cards and a couple of dinner dates during those
40 years, and then the discovery they own a home in Green Valley and are
spending the winter here – right on our Arizona route. So we brought our riff-raff to this fount of
pleasantness, parked in their driveway and have been enjoying their
incomparable hospitality.
One of our days here we hiked in nearby Madera Canyon, a
dent in the Santa Rita range, crisscrossed by hiking trails, home to many
migrating birds. The trail we chose was steep and rocky, following a dry stream
bed and at a high enough elevation to be mostly shaded by cedar-type trees and
a few live oaks. Even Nina slowed down as we climbed to 6000 feet.
You guys look hot & tired on your hike. We get tired here in northern Michigan, but nobody is getting hot--especially if we're outside!! Glad you're posting & keeping us all up to date!
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