A Road Trip to Tucson

From our house it is about 40 minutes to get to "downtown Tucson".  There we found the visitor center and picked up our Turquoise Trail walking map.  At first it was really easy to just follow the turquoise line painted on the road.

Every block or two there would be a historic building to look at.  

Sometimes the line disappeared and we'd have to consult the map.  Sometimes the line was white with turquoise flecks.  We finally figured it out and saw everything.  After lunch on 4th Avenue we walked to University of Arizona.  Dave finally found some wildlife to pet.  We managed to "sneak" into the McHale basketball arena and briefly watch the girls team practicing.  However, we weren't able to get onto the football field.

I liked the artwork at the entrance to the science buildings.  There were dozens of sculptures of people in lab coats all working in a different field of science.

The downtown area of Tucson was very easy to get around in.  We had no problems parking or driving.  It actually seemed deserted compared to what we are used to in Portland.  This was a good field trip day.