Retirement

Since retiring in the sanctuary of the free state of Arizona, I must admit that, as a native to coastal parts of the not-too-free-state of Kalifornia, I am not used to the concept of four seasons. Well, maybe in coastal Kali we had the four seasons of rain, fog, fire and Santa Ana winds. However, here in AZ, we actually have five seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer, Second Spring* and Fall.

Damsel took this image of the mountains to the north as we were driving to the discount department store and the post office. Other than when it is raining or snowing, most days are clear here (about 300 per year), with beautiful clear views of our mountains and foothills. Click on the image to enlarge.

* A period between the scorching summer temperatures and drooping fall temperatures when cacti and citrus flowers bloom.

Today, we went on our usual Monday (senior discount day) shopping trip to the discount store in town. As we pulled out on the unpaved road that connects us to the outside world, we were treated with our usual view of lower Casandro Wash with the Hieroglyph Mountains in the distance. Click on the image to enlarge.

Today was a cool and crisp, blue sky day in our retirement town. We had some errands to run down by old Downtown Wickenburg and I got this shot of the historic train station. No trains stop here these days, but one express freighter came through just a short while after I got the photo. Click on the image to enlarge.