Well, the folks had a great time out here, although the weather wasn't particularly nice. 2 out of the 3 days they were here saw lots and lots of rain, which is very odd for this time of year. We got snowed out of a trip up Mt. Lemmon; made it about 3/4 of the way up and then were turned around by the police. Snow and ice at higher elevations, I suppose. The snow made the mountains look fabulous, as you can tell by my new header graphic. After the Mt. Lemmon snow-out, we went to Bisbee the following day (Sunday) to just walk around and see stuff. It was a little chilly, but fairly nice in the sun. We checked out some of the antique shops, and also saw Tombstone and Boot Hill cemetary, which my parents got quite a kick out of.

Monday was more rain, which sucked because I wanted to take them to see the Desert Museum, which is almost completely outdoors. We puttered around 4th St. in downtown Tucson, which is sort of the hip cool college area. After a nice lunch at one of the bars, the weather seemed to be cooperating enough for us to try the museum, so we headed on over under grey skies. We had a great time walking around; saw javalinas and cute prairie dogs.

A nice dinner with Paul and April to thank them for putting up my folks, and then off to the airport so they could catch the redeye flight. I'm hoping they'll come back when the weather is a bit more like what I thought it would be in December: sunny and 70 instead of rainy and 40.

"Pics from the visit are here.":http://feralboy.com/photoalbum/photos/?folder=20041206_rents