Sightseeing and saying good bye

September 23 – We were up early and went to the post office before picking Carole up for

Montezuma's Castle

our outing.  Montezuma’s Castle is only a few miles from Bryan’s house.  The weather was getting nasty out and we all took rain jackets.  We were surprised at how many people were at the National Monument.  We timed it perfectly to sit in on the ranger’s program.  We learned a lot about the castle and monument.  The castle is actually one of several dwelling and storage structures but the only

Model of what the inside looked
like

surviving one. It house 35 people with 25 rooms. 

It started drizzling as were walking along the rest of the valley wall checking some remains of other housing areas and thought it best if we headed back to the car.  We headed back to Bryan’s and dropped Carole off and went the RV until time to head back for the cook out.  The weather got nastier and was rainy on and off and the temp dropped quite a bit.

We got back to Bryan’s in plenty of time and I took some crocheting to keep me busy.  Once the rest of the gang arrived Bryan grilled the burgers and brats and we squeezed all 8 of us around the table.  Lunch was nice and then they brought out a huge birthday cake for Carole and Wyatt.  Both were on the 21^st!  Tara, Ray and Wyatt left right after lunch as they had plans for the rest of the afternoon.

Bill and Bryan ran an errand and Bill and I left about 6.  We said our good byes tonight at Bryan and Janet are leaving in the morning to take Carole back to Tucson and will spend the night with her before heading back.  We will get to Tucson on Thursday and will spend more time with Carole then. 

We watched the season opener of “Bull” on of my favorite shows.