What great weather we are having here in Tucson! Bright sunny skies with temperatures in the 70's.
Today we went to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum with our wonderful "tour guides" cousin, Patty, and her husband, Braxton.
This museum is mainly outdoors. We started out with a tour led by a museum docent.
The docent led us through the desert environment pointing out plants that are unique to the desert.
Desert animals in enclosed areas were also seen.
We had a lunch in one of several restaurants on the grounds.
After lunch we made our way to an area that raptor free flight demonstration was to be done.
Harris hawks swooped over our heads as handlers lured them with food and a narrator explained the method of hunting for these birds.
It was indeed a very interesting demonstration.
We then toured on our own a desert area, an aviary and a hummingbird aviary.
It was a very interesting and full day. And I'm sure there are many things that we missed.
Leaving the museum, Patty and Braxton followed us back to the campground where we visited for a short time. Tom and I then decided to go to a grocery store. We found a place that I was able to get a haircut, then got a few groceries and returned back to the campground for dinner. What a full day!
