Ken and I spent 4 1/2 hours today at the Desert Museum in Tucson, AZ. What a great place to learn about the desert, wildlife and the history of the desert. The exhibits are designed to fit into the surrounding desert landscape and the rocks in the exhibits are molded to look just like the real thing. Gravel and rock walkways lead to different types of desert flora and fauna and wildlife exhibits. The weather today started out very nice, then the clouds rolled in, the wind started and the temperatures dropped which prompted me to put on my Alaskan winter hat and a coat. Some folks even had gloves on as they walked around the museum grounds. We attended a Harris Hawk flying demonstration and learned how these hawks are trained to fly when released from their cages around the crowd and land on gloved hands of their trainers to get food. This all happens out in the wild and they can fly away if they so choose but they do not. As it was windy, it took all their energy to fly and even land. We then came home (approximately 7 miles from the museum) and made pizza on nana bread and ate salad. We are getting ready to enjoy a small scoop of almond ice cream. We have shopped at Whole Foods Market which is an awesome store with great organic and fresh foods. It is so nice to be able to cook fresh food while on vacation instead of eating in restaurants. We cook at home and really enjoy trying new recipes. We made a potato frittata this morning which was absolutely delicious. Tomorrow we are driving 70 miles to Tombstone to meet a friend from OH who moved to Sierra Vista AZ about 4 years ago. Watch for more blogs and photos Wed or Thurs.
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