The Green Valley Camera Club provides many field trip opportunities. Paul and I took the excursion to Cowtown Keelocko, which is way west of Tucson, out in the country and down miles of dirt road. Ed Keelocko is a very interesting African-American man with red (now grey) hair and green eyes. After serving in Korea he came back to Arizona and built a ranch with lots of cattle and a few buildings. Those buildings have seen better days, but were interesting from a historic and photographic standpoint. Ed met us in his Blue Dog Saloon to share his story after we watched the video, which you can see below. The resident pigs, cows, turkeys and other livestock were interesting as well.

Afterwards, we drove more on dirt roads to have lunch at Fred's Arena Steakhouse, where we had delicious sausage burgers. This was another fun experience while in Arizona.

That's it for now.
Grace and Paul Pitzer
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The story of Ed Keelocko is fascinating, so please watch the video below.

One evening we drove into Tucson to meet friends for dinner. We have not spent much time in the downtown area so were pleased that the choice of restaurants was in the historic Congress Hotel. We learned, while there, that it was the place where Dillon was captured, and they were celebrating the anniversary of that event. By the way, the food in the award-winning Cup Café at the Congress Hotel was delicious.
 
Across from the Congress Hotel was the historic Tucson Railway Station. There are many freight trains that pass through every day, but the Amtrak trains coming from Las Angeles heading east only arrive every-other day or so. The same goes for the Amtrak trains from the east. The building is well kept and contains a deli, and a nice restaurant as well as the ticket office and waiting area. Since we arrived early for dinner, we had a chance to walk around and explore the station.
 
We are enjoying getting back with friends. I (Grace) have already taught two classes in Web Design at the Camera Club, and Paul continues to enjoy the pool. This week we had one of the presentations at the Camera Club’s Travelogue show. Ours was on our 2008 expedition to The Falkland’s, South Georgia and Antarctica. There are many more events planned and scheduled in the weeks before we head home.
 
All for now,
Grace and Paul Pitzer