So on a Friday afternoon and only after we stopped to eat some tacos at "Don Panchos" we picked up our two passengers and we were on our way to Tucson. Our daughter has only been away for three weeks and we were already missing them. More like missing the kids. So at 6:00 p.m. we got on the freeway and were on our way to Tucson.
As anyone can guess, six o'clock in the afternoon means only one thing, it's rush hour and traffic is bumper to bumper. But if anyone has been reading this blog for a period of time, then you probably already know that to us the getting there is just as important as the being there. So with a lot of conversation done mostly by one of our passengers since the second passenger is only three years old and normally talks to himself, the two and a half hour trip (normally a two hour trip)was not that bad at all.
We finally got there at 8:30 and to see our grand kids so surprise and happy to see us there was worth the trip. When they saw that our little passenger was our other grand kid "Ducky" they jumped up and down they were so happy. What a sight to see.
The plan was to spend Saturday with them and we did just that. As soon as we woke up Jr. went to the store to buy some things we needed for a good breakfast, coffee and eggs were in the list. Mi chica and my daughter cooked "huevos con chorizo" that were pretty tasty. The kids of course did the cereal thing and we were all with full stomachs.We then loaded the van with all the kids and just took off. We drove around Davis Monthan Air Force Base and showed the kids all the planes and jets parked there. Then we went to the downtown area. Being that it was Saturday it was kindda quiet. We took a lot of pictures there and I made sure to take pictures for my photo blog too. Downtonw Tucson has a mixture of old architecture and new architecture, you could see contrasting buildings side to side.
Time to do some more driving, this time Jr. took us to his old neighborhood and even showed us his old house, or the house that they grew up in. We all remember George Lopez when he said about his visit to Mexico, "OMG, do people actually live there,
oh my God", of course when that's all you know and you live there that is home and you have to make it as good and in their case as fun as they could. Driving through his old neighbourhood I spotted two old pick up trucks and they kids immediately thought they were life size replicas of "Tow Matter" from their favorite movie cars.
By this time a few hours had passed and we were once again hungry, we drove to another section of Tucson where Jr. has relatives and first stopped at a McDonald's so that they kids could get their happy meals, we let them play in the play land for a little while and then it was our turn. We wanted Mexican food, preferably tacos. We found a Mexican restaurant that looked promising. For starters they refused to sell my daughter a kids meal because it was not for the kids, we could have walked out then and there but still thinking the food would be good we stayed. Well we did get tacos and even a ceviche tostada but in the scale of 1 to 5, five being best I gave it a Joe Cool rating of 2. We now know not to ever go back there.
The last two hours we spent with Jr's relatives, it was worth the wait because the kids and Jr all got free haircuts, key word being free.
It was starting to get dark and we got back to their house, we loaded the van made some coffee for the road found out than not only "Ducky" was coming back with us but Diego and Lena were coming back too. They will spend the whole week here with my other daughter and will go back next Friday with their nana or nanis as they call her.
Got back home Saturday at around 9:00 and agreed that no matter how much fun we have in these outings it's always great to come back home.
10 comments:
what a fabulous recap with wonderful pics
sounds like a nice trip, except for the restuarant :)
Love the pics!
Jose, you're killing me!!!! All these wonderful pictures with your grandkids, and I still have 2 months before I can do the same with mine.
We are so blessed aren't we friend?
Your grandchildren are adorable and remind me so much of my since my two son's in law are Hispanic.
amy - I'm glad you enjoyed the pictures.
mel - yeah, the restaurant did suck but know bette for next time.
wanda - patience, you are almost there. Pretty soon you'll be hugging and kissing the kiddoes on a daily basis. lol
Sounds like a great trip! Thanks for the pics!
No se como le hacen pero llevan uno y regresan con tres, menos mal que Michelle todavia no tiene la otra baby sino tambien se la hubieran traido.
mrmanuel - And a great trip it was, the pictures talk for themselves too.
elena - Como la vez de ahi, somos magos, llevamos uno y traemos tres. Je je je. La pasamos padre, y hasta se nos hizo el fin de semana mas larguito.
Looks like a good time was had by all...minus the bumper to bumper traffic :)
hola joe! de ti se que me acordaba mucho mmm no tengo mucho tiempo, es que se me olvido la contrasenia de mi anterior blog y me tuve que ir jeje. agregame joe gradlesa@hotmail.com un beso enorme.
tara - When we travel we always know that this can happen so we throw it into the equation. We never get upset because of traffic, all traffic means to us is that we will have more conversation. We did have a great time in Tucson though.
dianap - Que bueno que me encontraste nuevamente, espero continues visitando. Gracias por los saludos y de la misma forma recibe los mios.
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