Day Four: Tucson

Day four - June 13, 2013

Tucson
Temp: 79 - 108 degrees (beautiful in the morning)
 Mileage:  Just tooling around town

 

Desert Museum

It opened at 7:30, we got there about 8:30. Walked thru a cave (“It’s just like City Museum!!! ).  We saw the javelina, coyote, prairie dogs (so cute!), ocelot.  This is more of an out door animal sanctuary than a museum.  We followed paths around in the heat finding all sorts of animals.  Seth didn’t eat enough breakfast and was pooping out by 45 min into the museum.  I sneakily fed him a Nutragrain Bar near the coyotes, to get his blood sugar up.  He really needed to be eating  and drinking more than he did.

 

Saguaro West Visitor center

(Admission $10, Natl Parks total $30).  We watched The People video and stepped outside.  That is all. Hot. We had time to kill before lunch so we went back to Mikes and jumped in the pool – for 3 seconds.  The water to air temp was too much even for Sullivan.  We had some down time.

 

 

 Caruso’s

My favorite restaurant.  I love sitting out back with wine and eating my Italian food.  As the morning wore on at Desert Museum I foresaw that going to a restaurant would be a bad idea for all involved.  Tired kids and yummy food don’t go together.  Brian ordered the food and brought it back to Mike’s on the back of his bike. Meatballs, noodles with pesto, noodles with red sauce, ravioli, meat and cheese cannelloni, chicken parm and lasagna.  Yes, we were feeding an army. So delicious.

 

 

 

 

Gates Pass

After dinner we rested and rode over to Gates Pass, the Important Hill of Tucson.  The sun was setting but we weren’t able to get a good look at it. However, there are climbing hills.  We climbed up to one look out then all the boys went up to a second look out.  Brian would allow Sullivan to scale up a rock so he got mad and stomped down the hill. He said the walk was boring because he wasn’t able to climb over anything.

 

Best parts

Brian: Work went well and I got to ride my bike on roads I really enjoy.  I actually felt melancholy that we used to live there and now we don’t.
Sarah: Caruso’s –it has been 9 years since I have had that food!
Seth: Gates Pass – because we climbed.
Sullivan: The cave at the Desert Museum

 

Worst Parts

Brian: I wish the kids had more fun at Desert Museum.
Sarah: Tweenager attitude while out to lunch with old playgroup moms - I think he was trying to show off for the other 10-11 yr old girls there.
Seth :The Visitor Center was boring.
Sullivan: Gates Pass – Dad wouldn’t let me climb anything.