Hike and New Chair

As you are all no doubt aware, one of the reasons I write this blog is to remember stuff.  I would now like to make a note of the fact that we should not go to the northern part of Tucson during December.  Yesterday we went to a southern Walmart for a bath mat and clothes to paint in.  Then we headed north to Home Depot because Jim is replacing switch plates.  The ones in the house were not cleaned often enough.  We stopped at Target for wash cloths.  Then, we made the fatal decision to head further north to check Home Goods for art (none to be had) and Trader Joe's for macaroni and cheese.  The traffic between Target and Trader Joe's was apocalyptic.  So, note to self, no north end near Christmas.  There are other Trader Joe's in less congested areas.

We hiked today. I had a terrible night of not sleeping well, and so we did not ride.  The hike was good.  When we headed up to a ridge line the wind was impressive.  This is a very enthusiastic bougainvillea we walked by on the way to the trail.

Taken from the high point of the hike.  That is our neighborhood down below.

Another view from the high point.

On the way back.

While we were gone, the chair arrived.   The FedEx driver actually carried the box around to the back patio.  Yesterday FedEx delivered a power cord for the new leaf blower and put that behind the house, as well.  So that was nice.

There were encouraging words on the box.

Here it is, waiting to receive clothing.  Tomorrow we're going to unload the dressers and scoot them to the right.  The chair needs more room.  The light in the photo is weird, it's sort of yellow, and the dressers are not actually that dark.  Assembly of the chair was not terrible, all the holes lined up properly, which does not always happen. 

So, that's about it for me.  I promise sometime soon I'll have more profound things to say.  Or not.