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Hello,

As noted in a previous posting,here is a bit about our recent staycation here in Tucson, AZ.

We started our staycation on 20 Jan 2010 by having breakfast at Gus Balone's on the east side of Tucson. Elise got the country ham with potatoes and eggs and I got the pork chops with potatoes and eggs. We had plenty of coffee as well.

We stopped by Park Mall get to get tickets to see Avatar in Extreme 3D for the 22nd of Jan. We checked into to Marriott at the Williams Center and we unpacked and relaxed. We played video games on the laptop and we chowed down on a tuna fish and jalapeno dip that I made the day before. It goes very well with corn chips. We also had a few Jack and Coke's while we played the games. As a matter of fact we played the games for several hours and yes, you guessed it we had several Jack's, smile. That was pretty much it for our first night at the Marriott, very restful.

We started the next day slowly and the weather has prevented me from taking any photos due to the rain, wind, and the cool temps. We took a walk around the the William Center area and we returned to our room. This staycation is a real relaxer this time. We continued to play games on the laptop and we watched a little TV as well mostly to keep track of the weather. We also listened to a book on CD called The Help and it is very good and hard to stop listening too once you get started. Later that evening we went to Eclectic Pizza to order some pizza for dinner to go. While we waited we talked and had a glass of red. We got our pizza and we returned to our room to eat and play more games until about 10:30pm and we called it a night.

The next morning we listened to the news on the TV about how the storms was doing now. We went across the street for breakfast at the Good Egg and the food was very good. We then took another walk around the Williams Center and it is was a bit windy at times. We returned to our room and we listened to some more of the book on CD. After that we began to pack up to check out of the Marriott. We checked out and we stopped by the house to unpack and to see how Chris and Rosemary were doing. We left for Park Mall to see Avatar and it is a fantastic movie and the theater was great. Wonderful seats and great sound and picture. The movie was very, very good.

We left Park Mall and then we went to The Doubletree Inn for dinner. We had a soup and salad and we both had the prime rib that was great with veggies and potatoes. We also had a couple of glasses of red to accompany the meal. For dessert we had strawberry shortcake that was very good too. After dinner we returned home to further relax. After Marv left I checked on Chris and then we called it a night. It was a good staycation, sorry that the weather was just not good for photos. We are looking forward to our next staycation or mini-trip.
Later............