MUCH TOO SOON

The Snow Birds are leaving. Most will head north this weekend, and they're about the last. The remainders who squeezed out just a few more weeks of our AZ weather. But they're really leaving way too soon. Wait till June 15 or so.

I played golf with an Illinoisian yesterday. His last round until who knows when. On the last hole I thought he was going to weep. He didn't play it well at all. It's hard to hit a golf shot when you're shoulders are jumping uncontrollably because of severe sobs.

Galena, IL is north of Chicago and that is his destination today. At the other end of the state, our oldest grandson's baseball tryouts were rained out on Saturday and snowed out on Sunday. It will only be worse in Galena. If he would stick around here, there would be no need for a rain dance. Because it would be futile.

Not quite like Arica, Chile, that we visited on our way to Cuzco, Peru. A coastal city, it never rains there. Never. Temperatures in the Summer are 80-85 degrees.

Now let me see what's wrong with this picture. It has an ocean. It never rains. It's 80-85. Why is it not the most populated city in the world? It sure sounds good to me.

Why we didn't just stay there instead of continuing our vacation is a mystery to me. It's probably just as well that we didn't or I would have been like the Snow Bird and not wanted to leave.