Yesterday was amazing! We met in the hotel lobby at 7 am and were greeted ,again, by the generosity of our sponsors. We were each presented with a beautiful pair of Tony Lama cowboy boots and cowboy hat! We then went to the Tanque Verde guest ranch where all 50 contestants rode horseback, on a trail that led to cowboys making a blueberry pancake breakfast... It was delicious! I was riding behind Mrs. Hawaii and her horse slipped on some rocks and she almost feel over... Very scary!!

Arizona is such a beautiful and peaceful place. I never knew the desert has such a beauty all to itself. Did you know that the saguaro cactus is indigenous to Arizona. It doesn't grow anywhere else in the United States...As the day wore on it got hotter and hotter. I thought I was going to faint! I almost hoped that I would so that they would take me to an air conditioned hospital...Joking!! We finally arrived back at the hotel and had the afternoon off! I sat in the gigantic bathtub and then took a much needed nap.

From denim to diamonds! Last night we got all dressed up and went to the reopening of the Fox Theater in Tucson. It has been a landmark in Tucson for 100 years. We really felt like movie stars at the Academy Awards! As we walked the red carpet, camera lights were flashing and a camera man was stopping girls to ask questions. It was almost like the real thing. We all watched "Breakfast at Tiffany's"....What classic and Audrey Hepburn was such a beauty! (I loved the movie but it made me miss my husband).

Tomorrow we get our swimsuits and shoes...These sponsors are amazing! Rehearsal in the afternoon and tomorrow evening is dinner with the president of the hotel! Yikes!

I have been reading your comments everyday and I am grateful for your thoughts , prayers and well wishes! I wish you all could be here with me! I think of you everyday!

Love, Drennan