Joyce Shumate When someone is planning a dream trip, whether it’s to a foreign land or a long trip to see more of the United States, there are often a lot more questions than answers. Friends might have told them that a smartphone or tablet is an essential travel tool, but how to use it…
Robert Thoresen Here was an opportunity to use a camera to photograph miniature objects. The Tucson Garden Railroad Society builds outdoor layouts and modular large scale model railroads at their homes that feature waterfalls, mountains, mining centers and towns populated with scaled models of people, animals, automobiles, bridges, residential and commercial structures. Some of the…
Dreama Fumia and Sherry Morris, co-chairs of the QCLGA member guest tournament, the Southwest Spectacular, would like to thank their committee: Lynn Thomas, Beth Davis, Mary Lou Johnson, Paula Scafuri, Cheryl Opsel and Susan Moberg for their wonderfully creative work. They would also like to thank the Pro Shop staff and JR Kies and Joel…
Paul Culver Quail Creek residents Paul Culver and Russ Daum recently attended the Doobie Brothers Concert at the Desert Diamond Casino in Sahuarita. Just before the concert began they had the opportunity to have their picture taken with the band and to welcome them to the area. Unfortunately, they didn’t allow Paul enough time to…
Janice Pell March 31, a perfect Southern Arizona spring day, seventy-nine members of The Women of Quail Creek traveled by bus to spectacular Texas Canyon in the Little Dragoon Mountains for an enjoyable field trip touring the Amerind Museum and Art Gallery, followed by a tasty lunch complete with wine-tasting at the historic Triangle T…
Five members of the Quail Creek Hiking Club recently returned from climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa. Kilimanjaro is the tallest stand-alone mountain in the world and the highest point in Africa. Its summit elevation of 19,341 feet above sea level also makes it higher than any point in Europe or Australia. The Quail Creek…