We started the day off early again today.... thanks to Miss Gabi. I figure that her body clock will adjust about the time we get home. Ah well. It gave us a chance to get out to the golf course before it hit the 90 degree range again. There were actually quite a few folks out on the course this morning. But even so, we played the entire 9 holes in about an hour. Max had a much better day on the links. Me, not so much. There's always the next round tho'.
On the way back from the golf course, I decided to snap a pic of the part of the park where we are staying. This is from one of the corners, looking towards our trailer. As you can see, there are a ton of open spaces. Although they've had probably a half dozen folks pull in just today. Apparently by the first part of November, this place is nearly full.
Then we decided to go see the Sonoran Desert Museum. Someone had told us that it is a "must see" out here in Tucson. We have to agree, even though we only made it through about a fourth of the whole thing. It is all outside, more of a combination zoo and botanical garden rather than a museum. And of course, our timing put us there at the hottest part of the day. It was VERY hot here again today. The thing we loved the most was the hummingbird "house". Oh my God, it was awesome.
They actually had a very large screened in area, with trees, habitat, etc for the hummingbirds. They have about 6 to 8 different species of hummingbirds in there. And let me tell you, you can get up very close to them! I was able to catch this little guy as he fed. They are fast and they are beautiful!
After the museum, it was time to run a few errands.... the main one being the grocery store. I happened to see on the map that they gave us at check-in that there is a Trader Joe's in the neighborhood. I have a couple of friends in California that just rave about how great Trader Joe's is.... that they wouldn't shop anywhere else. So of course, I just had to try it out.
Honestly, I wasn't that impressed. Our Fresh Market back home is a much better place to shop for the interesting, delicious, and exotic. Trader Joe's pales in comparison. So we picked up a few things and then went and found a Safeway to get what Max called "real groceries". Grin. I kinda have to agree with him.
Tomorrow we wrap up things here in Tucson. I really wish that we had a few more days since I haven't seen nearly all I wanted to. Ah well, there's always next time!
Cheers,
Dr J
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