BABY, IT’S COLD OUT THERE!!

Winter has arrived in Arizona and we’re experiencing the coldest temperatures in about 25 years.  The night time lows have been down to 25 F (-4 C) and day time highs of 45 F (7 C) for the past few days.  We've had to cover our water pipes to keep them from freezing and have switched to our winter water hose.  When we lived in the RV in November 2009, we wrapped a water hose with heat tape and foam insulation but hadn't needed it for a few years.  It was sure nice to be able to hook it up a few days ago and know that we’d have water no matter how cold it was at night.

These are photos of our covered pipes:

These are photos of covered plants around the neighbourhood.  The citrus trees are ready for harvest so they are very vulnerable to the cold.

Although it is cold, it is sunny and we've been able to get outdoors to play some pickleball and go for walks.  Early mornings are too cool for much so we’re planning to go see a movie tomorrow morning.  The really cold weather should be on its way out by Wednesday and we can get back to more comfortable temperatures.  At least we don’t have snow in this part of the state!!

Beautiful sunrise last week.