After our dear friends headed back to Boulder, Joan and I moved to the west side of the valley, near the entrance to Saguaro National Park. We stayed at Mira Vista, a great little resort. 
As usual, we seem to find sweet spots off season, when the crowds are small. This changed on Super Bowl weekend, though, when we enjoyed a great game with a mixed crew of Cardinal and Steeler fans.
Situated as it is on the edge of the park, there's a lot of wild life. We saw these javelina, deer, coyotes and a pair of great horned owls. 
One of the goofier things we did in the area was to visit Old Tucson, which is the site where several old westerns and TV shows were filmed. Much of it burned and has been replaced with new construction. This fellow with Joanie is a stunt man in a pretty good show on the Old Mission set - many gun shots, fire and explosives. He took a twenty foot fall backwards off the side of the building, while others fell forward between twenty five and thirty feet. They all walked away.
Hard to see the writing on this one, but it's a cannon used on the set of one of my favorite childhood movies - The Alamo.
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