Rex and Nancy's Travels - "ALL WHO WANDER ARE NOT LOST" - JRR Tolkein

Nancy is hiking again with a group from our neighborhood.   We go out once a week and enjoy the desert We are so lucky to have such beautiful scenery so close. Saguaro Lake is a favorite hiking spot. We have to do a very steep climb to reach this double arch but it is definitely worth the effort. Our house was too quiet and we couldn’t bear it any longer so we intensified our search for another dog.   It didn’t take long before we found our “Tacky”.   His registered name is Star-Vue’s Stuck Like Glue and so... Tacky fits him.   He is 2 ½ years old and a very gently and quiet dog who loves to sit in your lap and snuggle.   Out on his first hike in the desert. Tacky definitely fills the empty spot that...

Rex continues to keep busy with handyman work, tai chi classes and his music and Nancy has kept busy with tai chi classes, water aerobics, bocce ball and bunco.   Even though we are keeping busy we are having a hard time with the loss of Camille and Cody.   It is still very hard to come home to an empty house and not being greeted by them.   We have started looking for another dog and have decided we want another English Cocker and as they are not all that common, especially in Arizona, it will take us a while to find one. Rex started Thursday night live at Meridian Manor as a time for residents to get together and play acoustic music, sing, tell jokes or funny stories or anything else we can come up with.   They meet on the 2 nd Thursday of the month and the November and December sessions went very well with lots of singing and playing of guitars and piano. We enjoyed Meridian Manor’s Christmas Parade with lots of decorated golf car...

After a fun evening out on New Year’s Eve, we spent a quiet day at home for New Years Day. One last outing with Rex’s mom was to Organ Stop Pizza where we enjoyed pizza and the wonderful music on their huge Wurlitzer organ.   Rex’s mom went back to cold, snowy Ohio on the 5 th - we enjoyed her visit and especially getting to spend Christmas with her.   In January Nancy started a stained glass class where she did an Arizona sunrise (or sunset) with stained glass on a sandstone slab.  It looks very nice sitting in front of the house.   Nancy also enjoyed learning to play pickle ball and continuing to play bocce ball when the weather is nice. We have season tickets to the Arizona Lecture Series again this year.   The lectures start in January and go for 3 months and cover topics like Ghost Towns of the Second World War, USS Arizona, Down the Colorado River, The Cadet Nurse...