July 2021

So we went on a long road trip. When all was said and done we drove about 410 miles. The farthest south was the Mexican border at Douglas, Arizona. The farthest east was Lordsburg, New Mexico, and the farthest north was Safford, Arizona.

We covered a lot of roadway that went through a lot of rural desert. It was a hoot and a half.

We started out by following Historic US Route 80, which is Arizona State Route 80. US 80 was replaced by Interstate 10 west of mid-Texas, but there’s still plenty of ways to drive the old roadway. ADOT is kind enough to post the route with Historic US Route signs.

I’ve started a small collection of service station uniform shirts. I occasionally wear them when we are on road trips.

Our travels brought us to the former mining town of Bisbee. The area has been rejuvenated as an “arts town”. We stopped for lunch and walked around the quaint downtown. It was a very pleasant experience.

The restaurant was part of a collection of shops in a multi-purpose Art Deco style building. There were knick knacks and doodads from the era.

Overall we had a lovely time. We are really enjoying exploring the desert.

I ushered in the weekend with a few rounds of popcorn for the family. My mother would be proud, though I didn’t serve it as a side dish with prime rib or anything.

Popcorn is my favorite food. I try to wrap my head around making healthy choices with an air popper and the like but then I end up melting a stick of butter and dumping that on the dry popcorn, so I just stick with a bit of oil and corn popped in a standard popcorn popper.

I am working on keeping added salt to a minimum. Watching foods that can lead to hypertension is a must at my age. Even with the lower salt content popcorn is still my favorite food.