Our Lady of the Sierras

Sunday, March 3, 2021 - St. David, AZ

While visiting with Scott and Robin, they told me about a Shrine down by Hereford, AZ, so today Mike and I decided to go and see it.  The Shrine was opened to the public in 1998.  

Scott and Robin stated they noticed the cross up on the hill as they were driving by.  Mike and I almost missed the cross and we were even looking for it.  Maybe that is the problem.  :)

Of course I had to take a picture of the sign.

Here are a couple of pictures looking down in the valley.

There is a beautiful 31 foot tall statue of Mary.

And then there is the 75 foot tall cross.

The chapel is very small, but very beautiful.  In 2011 a wildfire damage the building, but the mural of Jesus was redone by the original local artist.

And someone was kind enough to take a couple of pictures of us.  :)

Here is a picture of the cross from the Our Lady of Guadalupe grotto.

Here is the grotto.

The Angel of Revelation.  The crosses in the background are part of a trail with the 14 stations of the cross.

It was very nice and I can see why the owners picked this spot.

It was another wonderful day!

Property Layout

 Saturday, March 6, 2021 - St. David, AZ

I am finally feeling much better and we are both out of quarantine.  :)  Today, we drove up to Safford to layout where we are going to put the modular home and the hangar.  :)  You can't really see the string, but it is the faint pink lines.  You can see the stakes better.

It was another wonderful day!

ER Visit

 Thursday, February 25, 2021 - St. David, AZ

This afternoon while working, my back started hurting.  Soon, it became very uncomfortable, so I decided to lay down on the bed to see if it would help.  The pain was only getting worse.  Soon the pain became unbearable and Mike ended up taking me in to the ER.  I was pretty much unable to move and was curled in the fetal position when he got me in and ended up curled up on the floor.  They came out and got me into a wheelchair.  After getting my vitals, gave me some morphine and another COVID test.  Oh boy!  But it was nothing compared to the pain I was in. The COVID test came back positive again so quarantine starts all over.  They took me out to their portable lab and did a CAT scan.  The results of came back and showed I have kidney stones!  I have heard a lot about them from my brother and after experiencing them for myself, they are not something I would wish on anyone.  Hopefully, they will pass soon!

Sign Paperwork

 Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - St. David, AZ

Mike and I are both quarantined, but we needed to sign papers at the title agency, so they had us come to their Benson office, stay in our car with masks on, and brought the paper work out for us to sign.  I must admit this is a different way of getting the process done, but it went smoothly.  Hopefully we will close soon.

It was another wonderful day.

Beautiful Sunset

 Wednesday, February 24, 2021 - St. David, AZ

We got ready to take Gracie for a walk and I noticed the beautiful sunset, so I just had to take a couple of pictures.  Since testing positive for COVID, our walks only consist of making a few laps of the RV storage area behind our trailer.....but at least both our cases appear to be pretty minor compared to what they could have been.  Mike is back to normal (other than his loss of taste and smell); and I feel okay other than still suffering from serious fatigue.

It was another wonderful day!

Yep, we have COVID.

 Saturday, February 20, 2021 - St. David, AZ

Well, we got our results back and we both tested positive for COVID.  We are both feeling much better now, but now we have to quarantine for 10 days.  :(  Mike still does not have his sense of taste and smell back and from what we have read and heard, it may be several months before he gets it back.

Joan Not Feeling Well

 Monday, February 15, 2021 - St. David, AZ

This morning it was my turn to wake up not feeling well.  I don't have a fever, but I ache all over.  After 24 hours, Mike said he felt fine when he woke up Sunday morning....no fever and no aches; but has lost his sense of taste and smell.  Uh-oh!!   I think we both have COVID.  

Mike looked into getting a COVID test in Benson.  It looks like the soonest we will be able to get tested in Benson is sometime next week.  Really??!!  So he was able to get us an appointments at a CVS on the far east side of Tucson for Thursday.  It's a drive thru test but it is the quickest free test we could find.