Sites of Tucson

Me and Kelly went to the San Xavier Del Bac Mission, Old Tucson, and the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum.

Kelly and I traveled down I-19 to get to San Xavier, and it's a cool old-looking church building. All the distanced posted on I-19 going towards Nogales and Mexico are all in meters or kilometers. I thought that was cool.

Kelly and I took great pictures of the building inside and out. We did a cool little hike up this small mountain too. Since I worked out really hard on Thursday, I felt the pain a bit on Friday.

Next stop, Old Tucson. We saw a cool reenactment of a bank robbery thwarted in the middle of the complex. After lunch, we saw "Cowgirl up" inside the palace theatre, and for some reason, I saw UofA banners on the stage. Those had nothing to do with the show and I made a motion to leave, but i stayed and it was a good show.

I panned for "gold" and found some.

Also, the mine tour was so much fun. The tour guide was asking me where I was from, and I said Atlanta. My name for the tour was Atlanta. When I heard the tour guide say follow the light, me, Kelly, and the group had to repeat "follow the light." When the tour guide asked me "Where are you Atlanta?", I said "over here." The tour guide was so funny and I'd tour with him again because he was good and entertaining.

I didn't know that some of the modern classics, "Revenge of the Nerds", "Little House on the Prairie", "Young Guns II", and "The Three Amigos" were all filmed at Old Tucson. I hope that Old Tucson will be used for movie filming more and more again.

Next stop, the desert museum. They even have drinking fountains there. For the first time, I saw dispensable sunscreen there too. I put some on because I have a history of sunburn. Me and Kelly saw some cool animals and a cool mountain lion that we adored. I saw lots of snakes at the beginning of the tour and found a few of them to be very colorful. I saw some cool rocks and got to take a piece of one home. Mine was a blue/green/silver rock that looked so shiny. I love shiny colors.

Last stop, the gift shop. You can never leave anywhere without walking into the gift shop. I have a prickly pear cactus ornament for Christmas this year. I wanted that turquoise tie, but it was $45 and up. I'll pass on that for now. Maybe later I'll find one on the cheap.

Tucson was a pretty neat town. Me and Kelly liked it. I wish we had more time to see more of the sites in and around Tucson.

Next stop, to I-10 and the Phoenix Area.

Welcome to Tucson

Thursday Night, me and Kelly arrived at the Tucson International Airport to begin our journey. When we got there, the airport looked dead. I mean, we were part of one of the last flights arriving into Tucson for the night. Getting our bags was easy and quick. Next stop, the rental car counter.



There were 7 rental car places within the airport, but Thrifty was not one of them. So I hit "1" to get a bus for one of the shuttle buses. We were the only passengers on board. We were also the only customers inside Thrifty. We have a shiny new Kia for the week to drive around Arizona and California.



I have to admit, I'm not too familiar with driving around Tucson. My faithful guide, and beautiful girlfriend, Kelly, got me to where I needed to be to get to our motel room, the Days Inn Suites.



on the stay at the motel, I expected better quality from Days Inn than what I got. The Air Conditioner didn't work all the time, there weren't enough clean towels, the TV wasn't where we slept, and there was no coffee maker. I'd have to give the Days Inn a 2 star rating. That's the best I can do.



for Friday, on to the sites of Tucson.

My San Diego Dream

The other night, I was asleep while listening to Tears for Fears "Mad World." Along the way, I dreamed I was in San Marcos, California while driving on Highway 78 and I saw a neon sign that said KMYI-FM. It didn't say 'Star 94.1' on the sign on the East Side of the Freeway.

That prompted me to get back to listening to that station, my favorite one from San Diego.

Later on, I woke up listening to "Mad World" on Comcast's Music Choice on digital cable.

I'll be going to San Diego on vacation next week. Horay!!!!!

Travel blog 2

Last Night I packed my suitcase for my trip to Arizona and California. My beautiful girlfriend Kelly showed me a new way on how to pack my clothes in my suitcase.
So I rolled up everything and it all fit inside my green bag. I think of all of my bags as 'gear bags'. That'll help me gear up for my field rotation for CNN in the coming weeks.

Travel Blog 1

Last night I started packing my suitcases for my vacation out to Arizona. I leave for Tucson and the rest of AZ on Thursday Night.