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Category: Tucson
Food City
There’s a chain of cut rate grocery stores in Arizona called Food City (I don’t know if they’re in other states or not). Adina and I went to one near us one time to see what it was like. We weren’t terribly impressed with it, but one can put up with a bit for good prices. Then we got to the meat section. The meat was all packaged up, but sitting on shelves that were covered in rotting blood. It stunk pretty bad. We decided not to go back.
Snow in Tucson
We often have snow on the mountains around Tucson, but for the first time since we’ve been here (and for I’m not sure how many years before that) we have snow in town. I took some pictures last night, and then some in the morning with better lighting. Most of the snow actually stuck, although in the yards it got a bit splotchy.
Water in the River?! (updated)
Since we’ve been in Tucson, we’ve never noticed more than a trickle of water in the Rillito River (which runs across town towards the north). In fact, the River is primarily populated with lots of desert bushes, litter, and the occasional shopping cart. The last few days, however, have been quite different.
