In November, I had bought my mom tickets to go see Wicked for her birthday. We had loved this show so much when we saw it in London and couldn't wait to see it again! It wasn't playing at Gammage but it was playing in Tuscon at Centennial Hall. So we made a road-trip day out of it!
We started out day with a delicious breakfast at Cracker Barrell on the way out of town.
Then we headed out to the U of A Campus. Neither of us had been there before and we took a little time to drive around the campus and area. It is a beautiful campus with lots of neat red and used brick buildings. Then we lined up for our show!
We weren't supposed to take any pictures inside the auditorium, but.....well......
We had a really great time! The show was amazing and we sang along with a bunch of the songs! We absolutely love Wicked! Afterwards we walked along the main street and ate dinner at Pei-Wei.
Because we were in Tuscon, we decided to head over to UMC where Gabrielle Gifford was. There was a huge memorial to all the people who were killed and injured in the terrible shooting in Tuscon. We went to see the memorial and pay our respects.
I can't even begin to describe the emotions I felt walking through this. It was unreal- there were so many people and so many candles, cards, flowers, signs. It was very quiet and you could just feel the sadness. It just overwhelmed me with both the sense of loss of these innocent lives as well as the outpouring of love and caring from the community. I was really glad that we were able to go.
We headed over to the Safeway where the shooting had taken place. They had a smaller memorial there.
It was a sad and thoughtful ending to a good day. We had alot of fun and enjoyed our show....and then ended on a sad note. I think sometimes seeing tragedy makes you really appreciate what you have and hang on a little tighter to the ones you love.
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