Yeah it's &&^%$ HOT!!

Seems like it happened over night, but the truth is the temps progressed from 'livable' to 'it's too damn hot' over several months. This slow onset of summer heat apparently prompted this bit of New Testament guidance from the Cowboy Church in Tombstone:


Micheal & Layne, our friends from Key West who we know from our cruising/live-aboard days, returned from Mexico on Wednesday and we drove to Bisbee to meet them for lunch after Border Patrol & Customs finished with them. Seemed a good time for a late breakfast at the BBC... the Bisbee Breakfast Club. [Note to myself: biscuits and gravy after 1 PM is not a good choice; get the waffle or the blueberry pancakes!]

M&L went off to Sierra Vista after lunch to pick up previously ordered 'stuff' then headed for our place at SKP Saguaro Co-op in Benson.

So we have front yard guests for a few days as they get themselves ready for summer travel.


Fair warning to anyone in the path from Benson to Santa Cruz- they are coming your way! But who can guess the route? Michael spent last evening playing with iOverlander and Google Maps for routing ideas and seemed to have a list of stops in mind. It'll all change in a heartbeat if the need arises but the plan is coming together starting with an alignment check (done!), doctor appointments (mostly done), and a trip to COSTCO (uh-oh: there goes all the careful packing!).

Typical- they did all their work but it's the Admiral and I who ended up exhausted!

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