Two shawls and a trip update

Last night while everyone else was at the Kitt Peak Observatory I vacuumed enough of the floor to be able to take a few crochet projects. I have finished the two shawls I was working on and I'm happy to report that this is the end of that yarn for shawls. There's a little left over that will go in a scrapghan at some point. 
​The pattern is this one. I've made it so many times now that I don't think I need the pattern anymore. It's such a good one for donation shawls. I already have yarn picked for the next one.
​

Here's the second one. I do like how the yarn makes each one look a little different.
​

I brought along a couple of Caron Cotton Cakes from my stash and started a shawl like the brown one I made last month. This will probably hold me to be one of my car projects for the ride home.

On the critter front we have seen a coyote, lots of quail, javelina, roadrunners and several varieties of hummingbirds. At the Arizona-Sedona Desert Museum we also saw mountain goats and a grey wolf. Everyone else checked out the reptile exhibit.

In vacation news the weather is hot and glorious. Yesterday ot got up to 84 and it's supposed to be a couple of degrees warmer today. We've had a couple of good days sunning and reading by the pool. Sunday night we went to a concert at the Hotel Congress in downtown Tucson. It was fun to see downtown Tucson but, I have to admit, it was some of the most boring music I've ever heard. But it was a lovely night to sit outside with friends.

Yesterday I skipped the morning walk because my ankle/foot is acting up a little. Today I'll tape it and do a walk, not a hike. Last night everyone but me went to the Kitt Peak Observatory. I passed because I have well documented altitude problems at anything above about 5500'. the observatory is at 6900'. Instead I stayed back and relaxed, made myself some fake bread, read, watched a movie and did some crochet. It was lovely.