Fun and Games Dept

Football season has begun. Earl wanted to see the Eagles game in a fun environment, so we made our way across Tucson to Cold Beers and Cheeseburgers in Oro Valley.

This restaurant is a chain throughout Arizona, with a location coming soon to somewhere in Texas, which is an odd twist.

This was our second visit to one of these restaurants, our first being in the Phoenix area in July. The Eagles won, we had a great time, and our server was awesome. There were many patrons stationed at their tables for the entire game, which seemed weird to me at first but when I saw others doing it I was good to go.

Go Eagles!

I went for a 9+ mile hike in the April sun in the desert today. I hiked some of my usual stomping grounds in Saguaro National Park East. Here’s a video recap.

While we were meandering on back roads on Saturday, we spotted the vintage Union Pacific passenger train near Picacho Peak. As we made our way along the Frontage Road aside Interstate 10, Earl snapped a few photos.

I mentioned in yesterday’s blog post that I hiked up to Bridal Wreath Falls in Saguaro National Park here in Tucson. I’d been up there a few times before; this was the first time I’d seen so much water coming over the falls.

We have some storms in the forecast this coming week. I’m hoping to see even more water over the falls if I hike up there this coming weekend.

While Earl made his daily trip to the gym, I went hiking in Saguaro National Park east. I got started just before sunrise. I’d been on the majority of the trails I traversed today but the solo hike is just what I needed and as I write this I feel fantastic.

Feeling fantastic is good. I’m already planning my next hike for Saturday.

Our time is finite. Get out there and enjoy as much as you can before you reach your expiration date.

It’s been a relaxing day and a relaxing vacation at Walt Disney World. Tomorrow we head home. Tonight we take the water taxi to the Port Orleans Riverside resort for dinner.

I snapped a couple of photos of our resort along the way.

Tonight we tried out the new TRON roller coaster in Magic Kingdom’s Tomorrowland. To get on the ride involves a slight bit of contorting but it’s an impressive ride and we had a great time. The experience seemed a little short but it is very thrilling.

The 2024 home hockey season started last night and we made our way to Tucson Arena to see the Tucson Roadrunners take on Coachella Valley.

It was fun to be back at the arena for hockey. The game was not as enjoyable; the Roadrunners were shut out, losing to Coachella 4 to 0.

They introduced new items at the concession stands and it appears they’re still getting used to how to ring up these new items and how to prepare them, as the line was quite long populated with people waiting for their six digit number to be called out. We enjoyed the food when it finally arrived. I also had two beers. Earl drove us home.

I always enjoy they people watching at the hockey games as there’s folks from all walks of life in attendance. It’s interesting to see what folks living in the desert are going to wear to an ice rink; I usually add an extra shirt but still wear shorts. Quite a few people were wearing sandals. One woman I dubbed “Swiss Miss” (because of her pig tails) was not in attendance. I was a little disappointed. She usually has a dub of some sort of color on the end of her Swiss Miss pig tails.

Overall it was a fun night but I hope the Roadrunners get their act together. Hockey is even more fun when your team wins.