Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Tucson

Waking up and scratching our bites, it was time for a quick breakfast and then off to Saquaro National Park. This was the day we were going to see the cacti that we were all familiar with from Western movies, the tall ones that stand straight up and have arms poking out to the sides. This National Park is actually split into two halves; Saguaro …

The Sweets were kind enough to set up their fifth wheel for us to stay in while in Tucson. The first day we got there, we just hung out with the Sweets, sat by the campfire, went hunting for scorpions, which we found plenty of...way cool with a black light flashlight that Dave got from the Chiricahua Desert Museum. So much fun!

The second …

"Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light."
-Joyce Carol Oates

Donna served a luscious breakfast even though she was heading to a physical therapy appointment. I did a load of laundry---underwear and socks, mostly---and just in time!

When Donna returned mid-morning we all headed to the …

We had planned on going to "Old Town Tucson" today, thinking it was something like the" Old Town" in San Diego.However, after checking the net, we found it was a more commercial studio of the old west type of deal. The reviews of Tucson Old Town were not five star, or even 2 star, for that matter.

The decision was made to head out to the …

... Farm gedreht. Allzuviel war aber in der Vorsaison nicht los und nach einem ausführlichen Rundgang gings weiter zum Arizona-Sonora-Desert Museum. Eine super schöne Anlage, eine Mischung aus botanischem Garten mit ein klein wenig Zoo. Das alles ist als ...

... we are off again. Got an early start and hit Tucson early afternoon and headed for the highly recommended Sonora Desert Museum. More like a Zoo than a museum we had a great time and spent hours watching all the native wildlife ...

... and the pool right outside our door and relaxed most of the afternoon.  This morning we went to the Arizona sonora Desert Museum, an outdoor extravaganza of nature.  From cacti in riotous bloom to coyotes behind barely visible mesh the walking ...

... 4 to 8 or 12 lanes. This caused major detours for us because the exit ramps are closed as well. Visited: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum - The desert is about to bloom; their buds are just starting to appear. We've been driving around with pictures of ...

... most impressive forests of these sub-tropical giants just outside Tucson.   We headed up about a mile and half to Arizona Sonora Desert Museum which is in the west part of the Saguaro National Park.  This is one of the top attractions in AZ and ...

... of this very large park. The road ended at Kinney Road, the main road of the park. We proceeded up to the Arizona- Sonora Desert Museum. We read that it is quite an interesting place to visit. The downside was they don't allow dogs. We were not concerned ...

... called the hostel and found my way there. Yes!!! ---> Met german girl, Denise and we walked around downtown Tucson then took the car to the Sonora Desert Museum where we saw tons of animals outside but enclosed. They tricked us! More on that later if ...

... hoped for. We had two sites on the agenda today, both found southwest of Tucson.  We wanted to arrive at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum by 10:30 to see the Raptor Free Flight.  Acres of desert landscape house this great spot that educated and ...

... telescope viewing session there. The sky was amazingly clear - we could see Andromeda Galaxy with binoculars ! c) The  Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, near Tucson Arizona This museum  is a 40 ha museum and zoo founded in 1952.  It contains ...

went to Tucson to visit Jennifer Shopland and met up with Demon & Carly... Dinner at kingfishers, walks to see the ragin' river, AZ-Sonora Desert Museum and back up to Payson on the ...