Sunday morning we work up and headed to breakfast with Spo and Harper’s Keeper at a nice little restaurant. The food was excellent, as was the conversation.
But the Husbear and I had to get back on the road, so we said our goodbyes, and thanked them both for their gracious hospitality.
It was great to meet them in real life, and I look forward to the day we get to meet up again!
The Husbear and I headed east out of Phoenix and, as always, took the scenic route towards Tucson.
(Something happened to my trip app, and it missed a section of the drive. That’s what the black line is.)
Along the way we saw some interesting to us sights…
I know they’re just cactus to some of you, but we don’t have them back home so they were interesting to us.
We arrived in Tucson and headed to Homer’s home. Sunday was the All Souls Procession, and Homer was hosting a pre-parade party. All of which wonderfully coincided with our journey.
It was great meeting all the people at the party, and finally getting to meet Homer and Evan in person. And I must say, Homer has excellent cooking skills. The food was delicious.
Some of us got made up for the parade, and some did not. Here is Homer and Evan…
And myself with the adorable Patrick…
And the Husbear…
We all then walked from Homer’s house downtown to the procession. I took a great many pictures, but here are a few.
At the beginning of the procession, urns are brought around, and you can place a slip of paper in it with a message to a departed loved one. I filled one out, placed it in the urn, and had a moment I wasn’t expecting to have.
There were many, many people participating in the procession.
Then we joined in the procession. I like this picture. Do you see the subliminal skull with glowing red eyes?
After that, we headed back to Homer’s home. Sandy arrived, and we all had good conversations around several rounds of beverages.
It was getting late, and we were all tired from the day’s festivities, so we eventually all crashed.
Until next time...
It was great to meet the both of you too. Now that I have seen your pictures, I am sorta bummed that I didn’t drag my ass down there for the parade. Meh…next year.
I wish you had stuck around as well. But I know about that having to get up for work.
I hope to get out that way again. Who knows, maybe it’ll be for the Procession next year. I had a good time and would like to do that again.
…Also, I totally get what you mean about the emotional response. Beyond being a cool event, it is really meant to be a memorial event. Sometimes those memories can be strong and surprising.
It definitely was an emotional response I wasn’t expecting to have at all. I think it’s still too fresh a wound for me to get through or over yet, but maybe this event helped a little in a way I didn’t know about.
Wow…
There are so many amazing things to see in your side of your world. Thank you so much for sharing your experiences / pictures… I loved your road trip.
There are definitely many amazing things here. Many things which are missed when people take the Interstate system. You have to get out on a lot of the back roads to see some of the really good stuff.
Hopefully you’ll get a chance to come to this side of the pond soon and see them for yourself in person.
You met the Spo guy and Mr. Someone amazing. Dr. Spo did mention you visit in his blog.
Yes we did. And I finally got caught up on reading my blogs and saw his post!
That parade looks amazing! I want to participate!!
It was definitely something to behold. I hope to go back and be able to participate in it again.
What a delight it was to host you two! Any time !
We look forward to the next time we get to meet! And thank you so much!
I’m sorry we weren’t able to make it down for the party and the parade but thanks for sharing the great pics!
I was hoping to get to see you down there. But totally know that stuff happens. It was a good event!