More Photos Of Tucson

A few more pictures from our trip to Tucson. All in all it was a good trip. We got in some quality pet time with the dog, got our necessary shopping done and enjoyed some good coffee at a local coffee shop every morning. The owners of the coffee shop are originally from Alaska and we enjoyed chatting with them every morning. If you want a good cup of coffee at a friendly place, go to "Coffees On" on Campbell about a block north of Grant. The actual address is 2502 N. Campbell Ave.. This is an unpaid commercial by the way, we just enjoyed sitting outside in the shade with our coffee there. I didn't take a photo of the place; but the following photo was taken not far from there.

Another building on the University Campus.

Getting ready to plant some more palm trees on the campus.





I didn't do a lot of price comparisons on groceries, etc. as a lot of the things that we bought are not found here. I did find it overwhelming that there is so much "stuff" available. Not only can you find products there; but you can find an enormous choice of each product. Here if we find peanut butter we buy it, regardless of what kind/size it is. Beggars can't be choosers. In the stores in Tucson there will be 100 brands, sizes, etc. (OK that is a bit of exaggeration; but you get my meaning). I think I was on overload, like a kid in a candystore.
I really enjoyed drinking some tomato juice which I cannot find here; but their Coca Cola tasted horrible we thought. We didn't do any cooking there as it was so hot, so I didn't check the price of meat; but did notice that you can buy shrimp there for cheaper than you can here right now.
We did go out and eat a greasy burger a couple of times and thoroughly enjoyed them!
Loved the air conditioning on the city buses!
Loved the University Campus.
Didn't love the heat.
And that is that for Tucson.

Settling In, In Tucson

Well, we have been here a few days now and are starting to find our way around on the bus system. I have to say that the bus system here is nice. The buses are air conditioned and clean, the drivers are friendly and helpful.
On Tuesday morning, our homeowner gave us a ride to the University and showed us where the library was. We used the computers and then caught a bus back to within about 6 blocks of the house.
Wednesday we found the grocery store and bought some supplies after going to a coffee shop for our morning coffee.
Yesterday, after our coffee and a chat with the owners of the coffee shop who are friendly people who moved here from Alaska, we decided that we would try and find a store to do our shopping at. We walked down to a different street and hopped on a bus. Unfortunately, the driver gave us some wrong information and we exited the bus too soon. We walked on to the next stop and asked some people for directions. Too make a long story short we did arrive at a store and managed to get our shopping done. The trip back home was uneventful as we now knew where we were going. The people here are friendly and helpful which is nice.
We vegged out for the afternoon, before taking the dog for his walk in the evening. He is doing well and just being a dog. So no problems.
After having our coffee this morning we caught the bus to the University and are at the library once again to do our 'puter stuff.
Here are some pictures from the last few days.
This is the Tufesa bus we came here on.

The University stadium as seen from a sitting area near the library.

A sitting area near the library.

At one of the University buildings, I think it was the chemistry building.

The museum building.

Museum building.