Awake 6:05 am Temp outside=49 High clouds Overnight Tucson, AZ
After breakfast in our coach, we board the buses & go into the nearby
Davis- Monthan Air Force base & over to the aviation boneyard/mothball
area. I have never seen so many aircraft lined up in one central area
before on some 5200 acres of land. Our tour guide Bill, was very
knowledgeable on the various types/models & history of the aircraft being
stored here in the desert climate. All branches of military aircraft are
represented plus some retired commercial airliners. Some of these aircraft
are being dismantled for parts used to keep other ones flying....others
are mothballed because of inactivity but still in good flying condition.
Still others are being completely chopped up for the aluminum meltdown.
What an impressive operation.
From the boneyard/mothball area, we bus just down the road to the Pima
Air & Space Museum on 75 acres. This too,is an awesome operation. WWII war
birds, retired commercial & military planes, retired presidential planes,
etc. A lot of the aircraft on display have been restored & in mint looking
condition. 4 large hangars house many of the classics & special planes but
most are sitting outside. Our time was too short to appreciate seeing all
the aircraft they have on display but we did tour the Presidential DC-4
aircraft of Eisenhower & Kennedy. Tomorrow night we are scheduled to have
dinner here under the wings of a B-24 Liberator & a B-25 so maybe we can
do more roaming around then. Back to our campground @ 12:45.
After Kathy's lunch, finally I am able to get on-line with a little help
from a guy named Francisco.
@ 4:30, Kathy & I start getting dressed up with smart-casual attire for
dinner tonight @ "Janos" near the Catalina foothills of Tucson. This
place, which we saw little of because of darkness, is a 1st class
establishment. The waiters/waitresses were most attentive, keeping our
bottomless water and wine glasses continually filled; any trip away from
the table, for say a bathroom break, resulted in a new napkin being placed
at the table setting of the mising person. Our 6:45 Dinner: Garlic
shrimp, sweet potato, corn coulis & amaranth salad appetizer was one good
start. Then surf & turf & veggies for the main course(the filet was the
best I've eaten in a long time and the lobster was delicious as well), A
wonderful chocolate mousse was served for dessert. Back to campground
around 9:40 pm.
We watch a little (very little) cable TV late evening.
Today's high temp=74 Lights out: 10:50 pm
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