Arizona Inn on Historical League Tour

Arizona Inn has amazing history. We are so pleased to have them in Tastes & Treasures II with their story and recipes.
Manager Patrick Cray gave us an informative tour and a small B&W book filled with history of the place. Hollywood and high society came often to Arizona Inn.
Perfect place for our group photo among the flowers.

Ruth McLeod and Cathy Shumard enjoy the beautiful furniture, surroundings

Delicious lunch. Photo courtesy of Bonnie Newhoff

New exhibit of Cowgirl Art at Tubac Presidio

These were amazing Women of the West. Interesting new exhibit at Tubac Presidio.

She is controlling the animal by pulling up his upper lip and pulling on his ear!

Dorothy Morrell on PINTO PETE

Tubac Presidio another highlight on Historical League trip

Ruth Ann Hogan and Zona Lorig read the Presidio history

Nancy Evans with Ocotillo fencing

Claire Nullmeyer with St Francis Xaviar

Carolyn Mendoza with "the Jackass Mail Ambulance"

Tubac Presidio: Such history here amongst the flowers and herbs growing in the pots. Park Director Shannon Stone told us the fascinating stories behind this State Historic Park. Tastes & Treasures II cookbook is now on the shelves to add to those stories.

New exhibit featuring Cowgirls

Tastes & Treasures now at Santa Cruz Chili and Spice Co.

The aroma of spices fills the air as you walk into this amazing shop. Tastes & Treasures II is now sharing space on the shelves with these wonderful scents. You can find so many wonderful ingredients for recipes in our Tastes & Treasures II cookbook.

So glad we got to visit Jean England Neubauer at Santa Cruz Chili and Spice Co. in Tumacacori, AZ. She stayed open just for us!

Jean's parents have deep roots in the southwest with ranching, Hollywood films and saddle-making (McClellan saddle popular with the US Army.)

Historical League tours are amazing . . . we discover so much and learn history of the Southwest.

Biosphere 2 Historical League trip

Anne Lupica and Deb Hester at the ocean

From rainforest to savannah, roaring ocean to desert, with tropical flowers, giant breathing lungs, two acre basement containing miles of tubing, high and low pressure wind area and so much more . . . Biosphere 2 was indeed a fascinating stop on our three day tour of SE Arizona. Full of facts and statistics. "A conceptual and engineering marvel, it was created to study ecosystem processes under controlled conditions, but at large scales."
We even checked out the gift shop to see if they might want to stock Tastes and Treasures II: A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona.

Cindy Tidwell-Shelton

Karolee Hess and Nina Filippi

Cathy Shumard with group ready to tour Biosphere 2

Rainforest

Mariamne Moore listens intently

Linda Fritsch in the "tunnel"

In the two acre basement

Explaining how the LUNG works

The LUNG

Just a little wind for Nancy Evans, Claire Nullmeyer, Barb Ziehler, Karolee Hess, Norma Jean Coulter

John Garbaciak, Katie Tovar, Ruth Ann Hogan (very windblown including her Marilyn Monroe billowing shirt),
Margaret Baker, Nancy Evans, Patt Walker

John and Mary Garbaciak in the Rain forest