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Since it was very warm in Tucson (and
very cold in Los Alamos), and we had not visited that
area in several years, we decided to take a mini
vacation there.
This is Acoma Pueblo (Sky City), a famous
Native American mesa-top settlement
Tucson is a large city with a very busy
airport. We were following a Southwest flight in for
landing, but there were several other commercial flights
landing or taking off at the same time. Good experience.
We spent the afternoon exploring Mt.
Lemmon highway and saguaro forests.
We love saguaros.
Alex spotted this tarantula in the
parking lot. Very cool.
The sunset was amazing. Unfortunately, I
was not in a great place at the time. Oh well, next
time.
Next day we spent in Chiricahua National
Monument. This place is amazing. Last time we were here,
Alex was a baby and we did not hike.
Massai viewpoint
Echo Canyon loop hike
Echo Canyon loop hike
Echo Canyon loop hike
We call it the land of standing rocks.
Alex's baby tooth about to fall out.
Agave is one of my favorite plants, and
this specimen was beautiful.
Next morning we spent a few hours at the
Air and Space museum.
This plane has the proper control
surfaces controlled from the cockpit, so Alex loved it.
Weird
A model of the Martian rover (1:8 scale)
We spent the afternoon in the Desert
Botanical Gardens. Amazing place.
Another Agave species.
Very cute.
They have an amazing mineral collection
from Arizona.
We enjoyed the sunset in Saguaro National
Park
Flight home was pretty uneventful. Flying
is very smooth in winter.
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