We decided to take this trip to Tucson…just because we’d never been there. We love the desert but Tucson just seemed like some far off retirement community. A dry desert town of little means but rich in Native American, Anglo and Mexican history. Why not?
We just got back from Nicaragua a few weeks ago and we are both already burnt out. The house we are renting has sold and we have 2 weeks to move. At this point I’m glad to be a minimalist.
We’ve submitted an application for a short term lease in a place where we can work on finishing the van and say our see ya laters and hit the road. A month or so to travel across the lower states getting used to the van and each other. This is actually where we melt together and enter into our element. Life from this point on will be fluid.
So back to Tucson, forgive my ADHD… We rented this cute 4 star eclectic hotel to camp out for the next few days. Great reviews. Earthy crunchy whole wheat little place. I admit when we first pulled in a part of me was not feeling it. I calmed down and thought how unfair that we would not even keep an open mind.
Hotel McCoy even racks my brain for appropriate words to describe it. Take it at face value, you’ll drive right on through the parking lot. Look deeper, take time to walk around…slowly. The artists that created this space left a piece of their heart behind on these walls. It speaks to the seeker in this land of saguaros and deadly critters. Grabs your mind and swirls it around leaving you spinning in your thoughts.
Two Travelin' Chicas... A Grand Adventure 
Johnna, while you are there be sure to visit the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. I spent the best five years of my life there. [Did you know that I lived there in the 70s? Not exactly Tucson; we had five acres in Avra Valley — but the area doesn’t look anything like it did when I lived there.] Elizabeth BTW, do you know our relationship ? I think it’s either 1st cousins once removed or 2nd cousins. Never could figure out how that works.
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So glad you’re having these experiences during a stressful life change. Thinking about you always, with love,
Sylvia
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