Our friends, Colleen and Dennis, have rented a house in Tucson where they stay between the shows where they are selling their "Recycled Spoon" jewelry. We've been wanting to come to visit Shalom Mennonite Church here in Tucson. The pastor is Bryce Miller who interned a few years back at our home church of Menno.
Colleen and Dennis did not have a show scheduled for this weekend, so we thought it would be a good weekend to visit. Then I saw on Groupon, an ad for a night's stay with breakfast at Westward Look, a Wyndham Grand Resort and Spa. Everything seemed to come together for the trip.
It's probably a good thing they had no show this week -- not sure that it would have been a very good turnout with all of the wind and rain we've had. I understand that Arizona's one day record for rain was broken yesterday. Then it rained all night again. It was kinda funny to drive through the desert this afternoon and see all of the puddles of water out there.
We got here early enough this afternoon to do some shopping. We made a stop at Target for a pair of slippers and some badly needed underwear. We were close to a Big 5, so we stopped to see if they had any canopies. They had several, but not the one Forry wanted with vents on top. The salesman there sent us to their other store in the Tucson Mall. Enroute we stopped at REI. They had a very nice sturdy one, but it not only didn't collapse to a very manageable size, but also didn't have wheels on the carrier bag.
The other Big 5 not only had what we wanted, but they had one set up so that we could really see it. Not only that, they discounted it $30 after Forry asked them if they could do better on the price! And they carried it out to the car for us.
Colleen and Dennis were at a birthday party for their one-year-old grandchild tonight (we begged off...), so they are going to pick us up in the morning to take us to church with them. We're looking forward to that.
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