All good things come to an end

This morning we are on the road to return home. It's been an absolutely fabulous vacation with lots of sun and great time with our friends. We did a lot of relaxing and sunbathing on our last few days

Laura and I did head out on one little adventure to visit San Xavier Del Bac Mission, south of Tucson. It is on the Tohono O'odham reservation, as is Kitt Peak Observatory. I believe that it's the oldest mission in Arizona and dates back to 1692. It's an active church and, while it gets a lot of tourist traffic, it's not really set up to be a tourist destination. There's no flyer with confirmation or docents. Of course, there's a very nice gift shop! 

It was well worth the 40 minute drive. The artwork and craftsmanship is amazing. The Wikipedia article about it is very informative and Google had tons of great images. 
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This little Roadrunner has gotten very accustomed to all the visitors dropping crumbs. I didn't have to use the zoom at all. I think I could have almost petted it. 
Speaking of wildlife, yesterday morning Chris saw 3 coyotes and a bobcat on the path behind the condo.
Very cool.
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On the crochet front, I've started my new crochet project. It's a poncho that is supposed to be made with bulky weight yarn. I really wanted a lighter weight version so I'm giving this a try. I give it about a 50/50 chance of working out.

I started this Monday night when everyone else had a wonderful evening at Kitt Peak Observatory. I didn't go because of the altitude but it gave me a few uninterrupted quiet hours to get this started. I really love this pattern and the stitch is fun. If it doesn't work with this yarn I will get some bulky yarn and make one to the pattern. I'll tell you more about the pattern in another post. I won't work on this again until I get home.
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You can sort of start to see the pattern starting to develop. I probably need to do at least 20 more rows before I know if it's going to work. Meanwhile, I have 2 projects ready to go in the car for the ride home.

We will take 4 days driving home and will arrive late Tuesday. That means that I'll be watching my Eagles in the Super Bowl from a hotel along the way, probably in or near Texarkana.

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