We are doing fine in SE AZ finishing our first month of a 3 month volunteer gig at a wildlife refuge in the beautiful AZ high plains surrounded by stunning mountain views.
<<Roads are a little rough sometimes in the mountains! BJ decided she was going to walk instead of riding with me on this road!
Sometimes the traffic is pretty heavy on the mountain roads!
You get water where you find it sometimes. Don't ask questions!>>>
This is Sonoita Creek, a major element of the wildlife refuge where we are volunteering. It is one of the few perennially flowing creeks. This time of the year it starts at the east end of the preserve and flows west but the dry wash extends for a dozen miles further east and during the monsoon season the wash and the creek will be full of water, normally 3-4 feet of water vs the 6 inches we see now. One of the veteran hands here says he has seen it with 8-10 feet once. some years ago!
I have been attending the Patagonia-Sonoita Rotary Club since we been here. The two small towns are about a dozen miles apart and each one has less then 1,000 residents so they combined to make a club. They meet the first two Thur in Patagonia for breakfast and the last two Thur for an evening meeting in Sonoita. Nice club and they have a fund raiser later this month. Their biggest fund raiser is connected to KY Derby day and held at the county fairgrounds where they apparently have horse races leading up to the Derby. Not sure exactly how it works yet, but I have volunteered to work it that day so we will see. They apparently net $25 to $30K each year on it and it attracts a lot of people even from as far away as Tucson!
Always at home no matter where we are!!
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