After our grueling expedition to the Grand Canyon, we high tailed it to Tucson. We stayed at Chris' parents house, but saw a lot of both Chris and Melani's family. We took the kids to The University of Arizona and showed them around our old stomping grounds. There definitely were not so many cell phones there when we were students. We also took the boys to the Arizona Historical Society where the boys had a great time messing about in the mine and trying on old-west-style clothes. They also went to a museum on campus where we saw an exhibit about Mexican Masks which was very interesting. We also went to the Desert Mueum and enjoyed not just the setting (which has a sort of exotic thrill when you have been away from Tucson for a while) but also some really super displays of mineral and animals that are totally foreign to our little guys. They are more used to being on the look out for poison ivy than poisonous snakes. We hiked in Sabino Canyon and enjoyed the river bed (which had water in it, by golly, just for us!) We went swimming and/or walking almost everyday. We went to a climbing party with Melani's family for Miles and Michaela's birthday. Little boys seem very well constructed both mentally and physically for the rigors of climbing up - up - up, though I would have to say that everyone, adults and kids did great that day! We did take one detour into Pheonix to go to Taliesin West (and go to Ikea, of course.) Which was a real treat. We also had a terrific barbeque with everyone at Reid Park. It was a great opportunity to thank our families for hosting us during the week. All in all, we have to say that it was a really fantastic trip.
We'll try and get more and better pictures out soon!
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