The Miniature Museum I thought was nothing short of amazing. At the time they had a traveling display of "CARVED PENCIL LEAD". Yep. They supplied magnifying glasses for you to see them better. The rest of the place was houses .... doll houses in miniature. The detail was jaw dropping.
Kirchner Caverns out does Carlsbad but just as impressive.
My sister is a docent at the Sonoran Desert Museum
There's a RR Museum there. A full consist of freight goes by every few minutes. It's a very busy freight hauling route. The volunteers at the static display were eager to answer any questions I had. That's the place that taught me why rail cars catch fire while rolling down the line.
It'll be hot. It's the opposite of Wisconsin where I'm from. We hid from the frigid temps in the winter by learning to stay inside. AZ you learn to keep busy inside during the summer, rubber products on your car turn hard from the heat, not the cold. Your vegetable garden takes a break in the summer, not the winter.
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Larry Fisher
Owner, Chief Grunt, Head Hosehead
Vancouver WA
360-256-2999
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-16-2019 22:43
From: Jim Ialeggio
Subject: Hey Tucson Locals out there
Re the convention in Tucson...my wife Judy and I were looking at national parks and various hikes in that interesting environment, for after the convention. Question...are 2 or 3 hour hikes, or even camping, out of the question in July? Looks like July weather is day/100+, eve/75-ish. Can one spend time messing about outside in July, during the day? Or does one time excursions in early morning or dusk, to get around the midday heat?
Or perhaps there are higher cooler altitudes to explore in that general vicinity.
If not, we may just have to come back in the winter...poop.
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Jim Ialeggio
grandpianosolutions.com
Shirley, MA
978 425-9026
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