Arizona Senora
Desert Museum. Driving in, we both commented on how few cars were in the parking lot.
We soon discovered, however, that that was not because it was a poor decision about what
to do. It is a very nice museum, and they have a lot of very nicely set up displays. In the
Javelina exhibit, for example, the wire fence to keep the people out was clearly visible, but
the netting fence that keeps the animals in was barely visible. We saw a couple of free
flight bird demonstrations –
one with a barn owl and one with an American Kestrel. In
addition there was a Harris Hawk that was on a trainers arm.
By the time we saw all of the
exhibits and had some lunch at a cafeteria, we had done in the morning and the early
afternoon. When we went out to the car, we discovered that the reason that the parking
lot appeared quite empty when we had come was because we beat the crowd. Now, not only
was the lot full, but it appeared that the overflow lot was, also.
Saturday afternoon we were able to get a site at the Gilbert Ray park, then we went to check out the “Old Tucson Studio” tourist attraction. We decided that it looked to much like a theme park for our tastes, so instead, we just went into town, did some grocery shopping, and then went back to our camp and relaxed.
Sunday morning we went back into the downtown area and went on another
Volkswalk.
This one went through the historic part of town,
and out to the University of Arizona. The weather was great for a walk, and it
was a very interesting walk. The walking instructions contained a list of some 60 different,
significant buildings along the way. When we finished that, we went back out to the area
around the University, grabbed a bite to eat, then visited parts of the Arizona State
Museum and the Arizona Historical Society Museum. We enjoyed both of them, but in
different ways.
Following that, we headed out toward Los Cruces, New Mexico. Linda wants to do Volkswalks in as many states as possible, and that is the only one in New Mexico that is close to the route we want to take. We have stopped for the night at a KOA camp in Benson, AZ, and will pick up the trip tomorrow. For the time being, my biggest issue is to get over the bad attitude that I have this evening and to do better tomorrow.
