Eat your heart out Johnny Hutchings!

When I was a kid my neighbor was in love with anything having to do with flight. John Hutchings grew up to become a pilot and he had model planes of all the great 50's  air force planes.I was a bit of a plastic model buff myself. (Loved the smell of that glue!) And so I felt right at home today at the Pima Air and Space Museum here in Tucson. Every conceivable plane from the last hundred years is there.  I have the pictures to prove it!

The highlight was the B-17 Museum where we were treated to a half hour lecture by and actual WW2 B-17 pilot who flew 28 missions over Europe.Excellent session!!!

space shuttle rocket booster:

 Amelia Erhart flew one of these

 TWA

 Air Force 1

Sabino Canyon

Today we went back to being tourists and headed out for the Sabino Canyon Recreation Area in the Coronado National Forest. The Catalina Mountains rise majestically and Sabino Creek makes the Canyon a great destination. I took a lot of pics and enjoyed the trip. One thought I have though is that it is awfully dry here. Rain comes later but so do even warmer temps. I am finding that although I enjoy the terrain, I don't have any desire to live here. Too much dust making me sneeze!!!:-) 

The Saguaro cactus are everywhere and some are quite large. Lots of green here, especially near the creek. We took a great tram ride to see the sights in comfort.