Well, my apologies for being so late on the blog. JT and I have been traveling since January 18th. We hooked up “Homer the Hauler” to our fifth wheel and hit the road, ultimately reaching Tucson and attending the Dude Rancher’s Association Convention. Before we got to Tucson, we stopped off to see the Grand Canyon (quite spectacular), the Petrified Forest, Painted Desert, and down through Pinetop up and down a quite spectacular canyon that turned out to be a nail biter for me (but we all know what a scaredy cat I am!).

We got to Tucson this past Tuesday, and pulled into this RV Park that JT picked out because it was close to the Tanque Verde Ranch where the convention was held. Well, thank you Jerry, as the RV Park was for Seniors Only, which they define as 55 and older. I told him I was the baby here!! Is this what I have to look forward to??? 🙂 We are traveling with the infamous “Francois Pierre”, my 13 year old Jack Russell and JT’s least favorite friend!

The Convention was awesome, as well as the ranch. Although, I must admit, I’m not too interested in riding in the desert and worrying if I fall off my horse that I would get stuck on a cactus! These big tall cactii called Saguaro’s are amazing. They don’t start flowering until they are 50 years old, and don’t branch out until they are 75!! Now they would qualify to stay in that RV Park, wouldn’t they?

We learned so much at this meeting. We both took the Wrangler Certification and Horse Safety Course, and have so much to tell Jeremy and Darlene when we return! They will love this information. Lots of fun vendors, and some fun new ideas we’ll bring back to the ranch this summer. Also, JT was elected as a Board Member for the Montana District for the DRA, and that was very exciting.

We’re currently in Wickenburg, Arizona, as the meeting ended today, and on our way to Vegas. Look out slot machines! We plan to be back in Bozeman on Thursday night, so more later. Any bets???

debi