Steve had a face to face interview in AZ this past week. Tucsan is in southern AZ. We drove down Weds, spent the day Thursday, and returned in time for me to work Friday night. The trip was closer to 10 hours with just a few stops to eat and stretch.
The interview went well. Steve thought they were a professional and also fun firm. They will respond by letter as to an offer or not. We were pleased they paid for the gas and hotel. They also treated Steve to a nice lunch.
We agreed that it was beautiful and an appealing place to live, but not exactly what I expected. I figured that it would be a hotter, brown Utah, but Utah doesn't have the thick cacti that was there in Tucsan. An appealing part of staying in the the West was that there is plenty of public land to ride four wheelers, camp, hike and be active, and hunt for Steve. Plus, I am beginning to believe that my body needs sunshine! But the cacti and desert shrubs are so think there that you have to go to a designated camp spot anyway and have to find a place to ride the wheelers or even hike. Plus the idea of buying a few acres would be in the distant future. It was unique to me and the homes are attractive. Very Southwest and stucco looks beautiful there. Mountains surround the area. By the way I wanted to point out that the Sonora desert was not all brown. There was a lot of green vegetation, and even grass at the parks and in a few yards. Being from the Midwest, this was a big deal! The cacti were so fun to see everywhere. At the park, we had to constantly remind Zac to stay on the trail and "watch where you are going!" because just off the trails were cacti of many variety. The tall ones, the saguaro were speckling the mountains like evergreens would on the Cedar mountain.
All in all it was a nice mini-vacation. We swam even though it was a high of 74 and got down to the high 40's at night. Jenna and Zac both thought that they would like to live there in the hotel with the pool! We went to the Sonora Desert Museum that was awesome. The kids loved the cave!
It was fun for them and the trip was sweet in the van. It was a nice get-away.
We are glad for these experiences. Next week, monday, Steve flies for a face to face interview in Lexington,KY.
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7 comments:
I'll be so sad if you move.But it sounds like you and the kids like the area so that is good and exciting. Arizona is a lot closer than KY.
Looks like you guys had lots of fun. Wow, big move. I had some friends that use to live there and they liked it lots!
I'm glad things went good at the interview and the entire trip. It sounded so fun! We miss you guys!! Love you!! You should totally come up for TWILIGHT!!!! If i can't find anyone to go with me I'm making Christian LOL
Hey Mandy!
Looks like your family had fun. I swear you have the cutest family! You are so lucky. If you do move to Tucson I'll definately swing by. I have family that lives down there! Good to see your doing well. Take care ttyl!
YEAH! I'm so glad things are looking up. I'm sure you'll figure out a reason for all of this hardship eventually. Good luck with everything!
I just commented on your last post, but it sounds like things are going good. Tuscan is an interesting place. Very southwestern!
How fu! I love the fact that you took time to took time to make it a fun vacation for the kids. You are right, the southwest definietly has a unique beauty.
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