After such a BUSY July, Dad wanted us to take a little break and get away for a few days. We decided it would be fun to go to Tucson, we've never really been there before and heard it was fun. Rick & Paula told us about a really NICE place they stay at, and they had their summer rates going on, so that's where we went. Its called Loews Ventana Canyon Resort and it was pretty fancy. While we were there, also all 50 of the Mrs. America contestants were also there for 10 days getting ready for their pageant. (They did make all us older, chubby women feel a little bit worse about ourselves, however.) Our room was super nice...
.... with a BIG, comfortable king size bed.
It had a nice sitting area, couch, desk and another chair with reading light. However, no wi-fi in the room without paying for it.
We had our own balcony that over-looked the pond and mountain.
The tile in the bathroom was gorgeous. A basket for dirty towels and, although I didn't get a picture, there was a little TV on the wall. I also loved the big magnifying mirror that was in there.
From the picture you can't tell that this tub was HUGE!
It was like a queen sized bed!
The outside of the resort was just as nice with lots to do. Behind the resort was a trail leading up to this really cool water fall. The creek meandered down and fed all the ponds. (ps - that is Mrs. Arizona out on her early morning hike. She was very nice.)
When the season is dry, they do have to pump water
up above to keep the water fall going.
These paths were all lit up at night, which was really nice.
I don't know why, but the water was blue green, even in the ponds.
The jacuzzi was nice and we had it all to ourselves!
This was the cold one with another water fall.
This one was pretty HOT!
Looking from our balcony. The ponds were full of huge koi, they are really just glorified carp, but really pretty colors.
Friday we went up to Sabino Canyon and rode this little tram up about 3.8 miles and had a narrated tour.
It was beautiful with all the water running.
The tour guide told us 'sabino' means rust, and the water did look
all reddish brown.
We rode up to the top and then coming back down we got off at #8 where we hiked down to the creek and got cooled off.
We toured the visitors center there and enjoyed all of it!
Later we went to Trail Dust Town. It was a cool little
place that looked like an old west town. It had lots of
neat stuff to see.
An old water wheel
This is the famous Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse where we met Sonja & Randy for dinner. If you come in with a tie on, they cut if off you and hang it somewhere in the restaurant. It has thousands of ties hanging everywhere!
For a couple of dollars, you can ride this little train. It wasn't opened yet when we got there.
This was a cute little shop. There were rifles and LaVerl shot at all the little targets and they made funny noises and movements when he hit the target.
This old wagon was HUGE!
It was so fun meeting up with my sister Sonja & husband. They just happened to be coming to Tucson for their anniversary!
After the restaurant we went to a Wild West stuntman show. It was really cute and entertaining.
Cute sign on the building.
These 3 guys put on a great show. They fell off buildings, had some pretty good fist fights and fell into wells. It was great!
The funnest thing was did was go to the Gaslight Theatre. The show playing was Spider-Guy. It was so well done and so entertaining. We all laughed so hard and had a great time.
We sat at a little table where we were served popcorn and then brought a menu where we could order any food item to eat during the show. There was a piano player, a base guitar and drummer doing all the music for the show.
Dad-Spider guy!!
So that was our trip. It was great fun, we enjoyed relaxing and seeing the sites of Tucson. We need to all plan a little trip there, be thinking of when we can all get together!!
