Tucson

From Guaymas, we caught a bus up to Tucson. It was our first time in Tucson and we really liked it. Dina’s former colleague Barry now lives there and was kind enough to have us stay with him. He recommended the Arizona-Senora Desert Museum, and after we went there we can understand why. In addition to lots of information about how plants and animals survive the desert conditions, we enjoyed the two aviaries (one with local birds, the other just with hummingbirds). Flowering Cactus Local resident Pretty Bird Hummingbird in flight There is also an observatory at Kitt Peak with a night program for the public. After our astrophysicist Nikki visited back in December, we’re both watching the night sky more, so we went with Barry up to the observatory ( http://www.noao.edu/outreach/nop/ ). Perhaps Barry has become interested enough in the night sky to buy himself a nice little home telescope. Sunset from Kitt Peak The start of the Night Observation Program Befor