Creative blog titles I have not.
I’ve gotten badly behind on here, for a very, very good reason – we bought a house. There will be a post on that soon, but I’ve got to get caught up on the befores, first.
First, Tucson. This trip was initially planned as a mini training camp for us, but as house stuff got overwhelming (the pre-closing process is awful, man), it ended up as more of a stress-relief trip.
We went a different way – out I-70 through Utah and down into Arizona, as we were staying with Aunt Judy and Uncle Bernie for a night and we didn’t want to go I-25 to I-40, as that was mind-numbingly awful last time we did that drive. 70? A much better choice.
Utah hills.
Monument Valley.
Family.
Desert first – a roadrunner in the wild! I ended up seeing a few this trip …
Cactus.
We also decided to play a bit of tourist this trip and see a few things we hadn’t before.
Saguaro close-up.
One of those things included the Titan Missile Museum, which I had never seen as a kid, understandable as it opened in 1986 and my dad really didn’t think about it, I guess? Still, as a (U.S.) history nerd, it was cool and a piece of Cold War history.
(The old-style Jeep was there as a movie about an explosion at a different missile silo was being shot on site.)
Missile itself.
Missile from above, outside.
Another tourist place that I hadn’t been to in years and Brandon had never been to was Old Tucson, a film studio where many Westerns have been shot (Rio Lobo, Rio Bravo, parts of McClintock to name a few).
(And clearly “The Last Outpost.”)
(Dance photos from the Can-Can show.)
Most-photographed locomotive ever.
I found a bike.
Taken because Cripple Creek? Is in Colorado.
Seen on a ride.
I hadn’t been to Colossal Cave in years and Brandon was interested … so in we went.
Dinosaurs outside.
Sunset on our last night.
Triple T truck stop and where we grabbed a very early breakfast leaving town. I’d always seen this place, but never stopped … glad we did. I love greasy spoon, truck stop breakfasts.
