On Friday, March 4th we left Mesa and drove to
Tucson to meet up with Bennie and Marie Benson (a couple that we met back in
2011 in Alaska). We stayed at the
Voyager RV Park on the east side of Tucson.
On Saturday morning we drove into Tucson to Old Town and did
some walking around – museum, gift shop and some public buildings.
Had a great lunch at a local Mexican restaurant.
Later that afternoon Judy and I visited the Pima Air and
Space Museum. They had over 300
airplanes on display – some indoors and some outdoors. Very impressive.
Those planes indoors were all in great shape. Those outdoors were in various stages of readiness. But they are working on them to get them restored.
Dreamliner here.
Several old Air Force One planes here.
If you are old enough, you may remember these:
After the tour we drove over near the air base and watched
some of the airplanes fly around.
Played cards that evening.
On Sunday we drove up to Sabine Canyon which is in the eastern foothills of the Santa Catalina mountain range and is a very popular area for hiking and exploring. We toured the 3.8 mile canyon in a
tram. It begins at an altitude of 2,800 feet and rises to 3,300 feet at its end.
There were 9 stops going up into the canyon, and, you could get off at any stop and explore and then get back on when the next tram came by.
Winding through the canyon, you have views of the creek, the riparian vegetation, magnificent Saguaros on the canyon walls and towering rock formations.
There were several one lane bridges to cross.
A few areas were popular for swimming, but the water was COLD!
Very nice place, but busy. Had we known what was all there, we could have brought a lunch and had a picnic, but we didn’t know about it.
There were 9 stops going up into the canyon, and, you could get off at any stop and explore and then get back on when the next tram came by.
Winding through the canyon, you have views of the creek, the riparian vegetation, magnificent Saguaros on the canyon walls and towering rock formations.
There were several one lane bridges to cross.
A few areas were popular for swimming, but the water was COLD!
Very nice place, but busy. Had we known what was all there, we could have brought a lunch and had a picnic, but we didn’t know about it.
On the way back we had some pizza and beer and then drove
around the airplane graveyards. Hard to
imagine so many planes being mothballed!
Final stop - Kettle Corn!!
Played cards again that evening.
Left Tucson on Monday morning, bound for Silver City, NM to meet up with Bob and Chris Risberg for a couple of days before heading Home!!
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