We took a much needed rest this weekend and traveled to Sonoita to stay at a house we rented.
Thursday night I got online in a desperate attempt to find somewhere we could escape for a couple days. I wasn’t able to find much due to it being too close to the weekend and a holiday. I did find a place in Sonoita that looked nice and called the owner. At first I was told the house was not available, but then she called back 10 minutes later and told me that it was. So Friday I picked up the keys at lunch and we were on our way after work.
The house itself was nothing special. Something you’d expect to find if you were headed to someone’s grandparent’s home. Even so, it had everything we needed and a mostly comfortable bed. It was about 40 minutes south of Sonoita and totally isolated. This worked out well with the dogs.
The dogs had a lot of exercise. We played fetch for hours and went on a long hike. They seem to never get enough.
The water pipes froze on us Friday night/Saturday morning, so we were without water for a short while. The sun did eventually come out and warmed the pipes enough to get things running again. The location was beautiful and we spent some time hiking around and exploring the place. We found some horses not too far away that were very friendly.
Yun made some great food. She brought a crock pot so we could have a tasty tortilla and chicken soup on Saturday night. It was so good and one of my favorites.
It was really cold all weekend, especially at night. Fortunately, the place was well heated and had a comfortable fireplace. It’s rare that we get to enjoy a fire.
We had a great time. I was finally able to sleep after a week of pretty brutal insomnia. I wish we could do this more often. Hopefully we will be able to soon.