Day 8 - Tucson - Work / Rest Day

No stones today... well, except all the purple and gray ones surrounding us. Grass is a rarity here especially during a time when all the rivers and creeks are dry. Air definitely dominates here.

I finally got a touch of personalization in the RV. I now have an almost "dining room". Now it looks like an old folks house instead of a nursing home. But I do have 3 more inches available for seating. The handsome man hiding behind the hand is a model who doesn't want to play fair. He loves to take photos of others yet he didn't want to take his turn of being recorded for history.

This is our second time to visit Tucson and I never knew a section of town existed that was modern suburb. We had to head out to the northeast side of town to obtain a pc adapter. I was amazed that Tucson had retail operations that English was the primary language. And there's a mall! For the past two years I've been enjoying the unique culture of Tucson. Primarily Spanish and Native American where I feel grateful if any of the clerks can understand me. I never knew that shoebox stores existed or I could drive down a street that reminds me of going down Sunrise around the Sunrise Mall. I was excited that I might be able to have more choices for seat cushions than what WalMart has to offer.

Personal: I know it sounds like I didn't do much today. Our 30 minute trip to fill a prescription took 3 hours. Very informative. Walgreens, who we discovered owns our prescription drug plan WellCare, finally found our / their group plan in their system just to inform us that the generic version of Clint's prescription no longer exists. But they can sell us the very expensive brand name. Oh, and to receive an alternative drug, we would need a new prescription from our doctor who permanently closed their office yesterday. Thank you, but no thanks. I had just filled my generic prescription at Costco last week. They informed us that the generic went up $20 in price so that the retailers aren't making as much money on it, but the generic is still available and they'd love to honor Clint's 90-day prescription. I was kinda proud of Clint who demonstrated patience and maturity. With each roadblock, he just rolled with it and came up with alternative solutions.