Blue Back Tubac

It's Wednesday, and it's another beautiful, azure blue back-to-back day in Tucson. We can't get over the richness of the color and the lack of clouds in the sky most days. Today we are going back to Tubac to buy some of the pottery we know we missed in our very quick trip through the galleries on Monday.

It is so difficult for me to look at all these beautiful things and not buy them!  I still have a very soft spot in my heart for all things Mexican, but I know that they will not fit in my New England house, let alone in the back of our car.  After a little bit of to-ing and fro-ing among the various shops, we decided on three different planters that can sit on our back porch.

We had lunch at a little café in Tubac, of course sitting outside and enjoying the warmth. If I could, I would always eat meals outside!

Tubac is only 30 miles north of the border, so on our way back to Tucson we had to pass through the "Fort Apache" border patrol roadblock for the second time during our stay here. Bob and I are waved ahead with barely a glance after they ask us in the most perfunctory manner if we are both US citizens; they never even looked at our IDs.  However, it doesn't escape our notice that, unlike the process at the Canadian border, we see drug dogs sniffing most of the cars and at least a dozen border patrol vehicles over on the side, each inspecting one or two cars very thoroughly. This is clearly a major drug route.

The day started with native crafts, and ended with local elegance.  We had dinner with Barbara, Gale, and Maren at the Arizona Inn. it was a perfect dinner, from the amuse bouche to the fabulous desserts.  Below is my appetizer of ahi, served with a ginger crème brûlée, and one of the desserts.

As  a cap to the day, I mailed my NCAA bracket to the poolmaster. Wish me luck!