1/27/18 Pulling Buffelgrass

We had a great night's sleep last night and got up early to get ready for our day.  We aren't really supposed to start our volunteer job until Monday, but we noticed that the museum was having a special event today to pull buffelgrass, which is an invasive species that crowds out the native plants and also is a huge fire danger.  We left a bit early as we weren't sure how long it would take us to get to the museum (it looks about a half hour) and met up with other like-minded people.  There was part of a Boy Scout troop (about 10 middle-schoolers) there earning volunteer hours.  There were also about fifteen of us civilians.  We were issued rock picks and other tools and off we went.  We had to walk close to two miles before we got to the area that needed cleaning.  The walk wasn't bad except for the climb up the rocky wash to get to out spot.  It was tiring work - mostly because we were on a fairly steep slope - hard on the legs.  By the time we finished at one, my legs felt like rubber.  We hiked back and were offered free entrance to the museum, but we were both bushed to elected to come home.  Once here, we were too tired to eat lunch so we both took a lovely nap and ate our packed lunches for dinner.  We will be doing a lot of reading here as we can't figure out the TV.  Seems to be a dish set up.  We are not complaining much as we both love to read - thank goodness we have our kindles.  Tomorrow is a day off so we are going to go to the Gem and Mineral show that is here until mid-February.  I took a few pics in the field to show you the bufflegrass and also took a few of the house where we are staying.  I am showing you both bedrooms (there are also two bathrooms) in case anyone wants to come to visit Tucson while we are here.