arrive on November 28th and leave on October 9th.  

Dave , your staying almost a year ?    

Well, he did say it was to celebrate retirement!

Ah.  I thought maybe you had a new vehicle you hadn't told us about.

Ruttly wrote on 10/09/17 at 07:00:29:


It is more of a "semi-retirement" as I will be working 20 hours a week and I will have a few evenings that I need to attend.  I will have a City Council meeting on the 1st Tuesday of each month, a Planning and Zoning meeting on the 2nd Tuesday....and some months maybe a 3rd evening meeting for the Board of Adjustment or the Code Enforcement Board.  I am going to see how 8 hours on Monday, 4 hours on T/W/TH and off Friday will work.  I will also get public holidays off - and thankfully the majority of them occur on Monday and I will get an even longer weekend!  I will also get vacation days so that I can take off some entire weeks and play.

So - I am looking forward to being able to spend more time away from the office doing fun things!  

Stew:

If you come up 65 or 75 - either one will get you pretty close to the Cincinnati area where I live.  Akron is about 4 hours away from where I live.

I believe the riding days may be going away pretty soon - however there has been a time or two I have ridden in November.

Dave

We have our flight, our rental car........and our house!
https://www.tripadvisor.com/VacationRentalReview-g60950-d4218507-Guest_House_...

Can I wear my motorcycle helmet on the plane so I don't have to put it in my luggage?

If the weather is good.......maybe this will be our rental bike!

Neat looking house...
Right at the base of Mt. Lemmon!...
Yer' gonna' love that ride... Catalina hwy, 30 miles, 7,000ft climb, through 7 distinct eco systems...
(great fudge at the General Store up top,... Cookie shack has pricey but tasty pizza)...

Sonoita hwy through the grasslands and local wine country 50 miles south.  (for a longer ride, carry on to Tombstone).


You must try Mexican food here...
- Casa Molina,.. cozy, family dining, fantastic food.
- Mi Nidito, world famous
- El Guero Canelo, noisy but fun, great service
- Nico's,... local chain all over town, fast food style, cheap, tasty,... my current favourite is the beef burrito, but the red chili burro is great too... must try at least once...
Best pizza,.. Bianci's,.. (on the way to the Desert Museum,.. Grant and Silverbell... (the large will feed an army)

Try to see the
-Desert museum, stay for the raptor show if it's going. (ever have a bird of prey fly a foot over your head?)...(heading out there, take Speedway over Gates Pass, nice road, great vista at the top)...
-DeGrazia Gallery, Mexican art, famous world wide in X-mas cards...
-Like Blues?,.. Chicago bar isn't too far from your rental.
- Tombstone, old west with cowboys, shootouts, saloons, and wooden walkways...
- San Xavier Mission, church from the 1700's... (try an Indian fry bread from one of many vendors there)...
-(if you're on a bike, continue down Mission road to Green Valley, nice twisties )...

I'll add more as I think of them... you may need 2 weeks...