Tucson Tragedy

Outside Gabrielle Giffords office. This is only a small portion of the well wishes.

Dinner on the back patio with guests Michael and Lauren

Training on Mt. Lemmon with Tayler and Kelsey

Alisha says: Tucson has captured the national news this past week and not for a good reason. It's always shocking when a tragedy occurs but to have one occur not only in the same city that you live but only a couple of miles from your home really makes you stop and think. The morning of the shootings Dave was meeting Alex for a bike ride at 10:30 at the same intersection where the tragedy occurred. The 911 call was placed at 10:11 so just as Dave was getting there police, ambulances and other emergency personnel were all still arriving at the scene. After stopping on the opposite corner and asking around they finally found out what had happened.

Our hearts go out to those who were involved. We thought about going to the mourning where President Obama was speaking but when the line was already two miles long by mid afternoon we watched as the President gave an excellent speech calling on us to make America the sort of country that 9-year-old Christina imagined it to be.

On a happier note we have had some excellent weather and great company. Michael and Lauren stayed with us to get some training in the sun. We especially enjoyed Lauren's great cooking.

We have also been enjoying the wildlife that we get to see around our place. We like to feed the quail each morning. They are getting to where they expect food and are waiting outside every morning for it. We have also seen coyote and just tonight a bobcat took a stroll right through the back yard.