Don’t visit the White Sands Missile Museum because it’s closed on this Monday, a holiday (President’s Day). Maybe some other time. Instead we followed a Mission Trail south of El Paso. Of the three missions, one was closed on Mondays. one was open, and one was open but the adjacent museum was closed on Mondays. So the misses multiplied.
Sunday Springs, Sand, and Space
Things to do in and around Las Cruces, NM. Visit Dripping Springs in the new Organ National Monument, White Sands National Monument, and the New Mexico Space History Museum. Don’t visit the White Springs Missile Museum because it’s closed on Sundays.
Same Old Thing
Sometimes I get obsessed with one thing; or in this case, The Thing. It seems like we stop there every time we take !10 towards Houston (and back). And, yes, there is a Dairy Queen there…
Just a Walk in the Park
Our neighborhood park is Cholla Cove and we frequently walk to it and around it. On this day I took particular notice of an Agave, or Century Plant.
Monday Monkey Business
Another day at the zoo seeing animals we missed on our last visit.
Arbor Day
A visit to Boyce Thompson Arboretum. Kind of a walk in the (not) woods. Pretty plants, scenery, and birds. Even, a tree.
Into the Air Junior Balloon Men…
Early Saturday morning we headed to the Phoenix Balloon Festival ($10 to park and $15 to enter). They promised at least 25 balloon ascensions and a tethered balloon rode. They did not disappoint. If you want to see some gentle…
Here’s The Thing
No trip on I10 east of Tuscon is complete without a stop to see The Thing (and get a Dairy Queen), On an earlier trip there was No Thing. This trip there was The Thing. But not is his usual location.
USS Alabama for Engineers
The photos here are “engineer porn” so if you skip them, I’ll understand. I can’t escape my past. (I was born an engineer.) The Park has much more than the USS Alabama. On the submarine, the USS Drum, I even encountered another engineer involved in automation; he even used the magic word “PROFIBUS.”
USS Alabama
On the trip from Florida to Texas, we went through “L A” and “L A.” Specifically, La (Louisiana) and L A (Lower Alabama). I L A, we stopped in Mobile to see the battleship USS Alabama at the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park.