Today was our last full day in Tucson. We decided to go spelunking (which for us means walking around on a guided tour in a cave for 90 minutes) and visited Kartchner Caverns State Park. This place is one of the most extensive living cave systems in the country (more than 2.5 miles of passageways!) […]
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Southwest Vacation: Day Nine
Today was a little more low-key because we were pooped from driving/sitting in the sun so much yesterday. As such, we mostly just bummed around Tucson. After a leisurely breakfast, we decided to go play some putt-putt at Golf N’ Stuff in town. This place had two courses that were full of both classical/whimsical holes […]
Southwest Vacation: Day Eight
Today was all about baseball. Stephanie and I bought tickets to see two spring training games: Cleveland vs. Colorado in Scottsdale at 1:05 pm and then San Diego vs. Seattle in Peoria at 7:10 pm. We got tickets to sit in the grass in the outfield because those are much less expensive (~$8) and it’s […]
Southwest Vacation: Day Seven
Today we went to another zoo! Sadly, there were no pandas. But it was still fun. We went to the Reid Park Zoo, which is in Tucson. It’s pretty small (only ~25 exhibits), but it’s well laid out and nice and shady. They also have particularly advanced medical facilities at the zoo; apparently they’re (one […]
Southwest Vacation: Day Six
Today, Stephanie and I were mountaineers! (Not really. But maybe a little bit?) We drove up the Catalina Highway to Summerhaven, which is in the Santa Catalinas near the top of Mount Lemmon. This would definitely be classified as a “scenic drive”. The road dips into and out of bits of the Coronado National Forest […]