Happy Thanksgiving

We have had a great Thanksgiving meal among some really nice people that were nice enough to include us in there family gathering. Our nephew, Mike Burns, and his wife Eva invited us to join them at Eva's sister's house for dinner. The company and the food were awesome! Our sincere thanks to them for sharing.
Yesterday, we took a drive up to the Salt River Canyon about 75 miles East of AJ. It is truly a scenic route and the canyon was spectacular. Not as big as the Grand Canyon but beautiful in it's own right. It is 5 miles across and up to 2000' deep. The pics are various views from a viewpoint on the edge of the West (South?) ridge.
On the way back, we searched out what quilt shops we could find that were still open. The best of them was Julie's in Miami. Miami AZ of course.
Last night, we went out for our 45th Anniversary dinner to the Mining Camp Restaurant up towards Superstition Mountain. The restaurant is at the base of the mountain. As imposing as the mountain is from a distance, it is dramatically more so at the base. The Indians had good reason to think it a special place.
We are here in AJ until the 2nd of Dec and will begin migrating around once again. We will visit with Mike and Eva for a few days and then work our way down to the Casa Grande area for a time before we head out to Yuma.
There is Fall foilage still on display in the countryside here. The Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park on the way was advertising a Fall Foilage Festival Nov 27-28. We did not have time to stop but the colors in the park as we drove by were beautiful.
There are LOTS of various hummingbirds in the RV park here. This one is a very regular visitor. It has a ruby throat and head and in the sun sort of "explodes" with color. The feeder is occasionally visited by other birds like small wrens and a woodpecker or 2. The woodpeckers are as big as the feeder and it looks really strange to look out the window and see one draped over the feeder trying to get a drink. It is the desert for real!