The Heat Helps the Head

Hello from Tucson. It is 90 degrees and we are standing beside a heated pool. It was still very refreshing.

Do we look the same?

How about now?

A couple of things to mention in this blog. To begin, we are in Tucson, Arizona. Whenever I say that name, I sing a little bit of Paul Simon's song "Under African Skies"

-I said take this child, Lord

From Tucson Arizona

Give her the wings to fly through harmony

And she won't bother you no more-

Tucson is a really beautiful city, and very warm. We finally feel like we have come to summer. I will add pictures when the computer lets me. I have been fighting with it for over an hour.

We have been here for a little longer than we had anticipated because we were afraid that we were overheating the engine. Funny story this one, we were so concerned with overheating that we had actually been keeping the engine at way below average running heat by blasting the heat inside the vehicle while we drove. Ha! Ha! the joke is on us I guess.

The bad news in this whole story is that the mechanic has informed us of our much rusted radiator. We thought about getting it changed, but we have put way too much of our savings into this vehicle, so we are going to go ahead with the old girl, just the way she is! Ole Tink has been good to us so far, and we have already been over some pretty steep mountains.

This information about our vehicle did put a little damper on our spirits, but we quickly ate away our bad moods with some ooey gooey goodness in the form of a chocolate brownie and ice-cream covered in fudge and caramel. We used the fact that it was my sister's birthday as an excuse to have this decadent dessert. We sang happy birthday to Lindi with our faces full of yumminess. It was so sweet, that I actually started to feel lightheaded about halfway through.

The last thing I have been noticing lately is that when you travel you want to talk to everyone you meet. When you live somewhere, it is almost like you forget, or don't take the time to really talk with people around you. Living in Edmonton, a complacency came over me with regards to a curiosity about those that I encountered on a daily basis. Now I am finding a neediness in me sometimes. That neediness is a desire to have a deeper contact with people we are meeting along the way. Funny, in a contemplative sort of a way. I wish I had had more curiosity when we lived in Edmonton.

We have met some interesting people, and I expect to meet more as we continue on our travels. The people of Tucson, that we have met thus far, have been very kind and considerate.

To all of you, we miss you and love you and would enjoy a deeper connection with you as well! We're off to Mexico in two days...wish us luck!