Friday, February 26, 2010

Back to Geocaching - Tucson, Arizona

Today, we finally got back to geocaching, after a 3-month hiatus. We decided to check out the Tucson Mountain Park, operated by the Pima County Parks Department. According to our GPSr, there are at least 100 caches in the area. We found seven caches and two National Geologic Survey benchmarks. The rest will have to wait for another day.

The terrain is covered with numerous species of cacti, with at least one species that when stepped on will "jump" and attach itself to your pants leg (painful).



A clever place to hide a cache (look close)!


Hollowed-out log with a pill bottle container attached to the removed bark.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Art Museum - Tucson, Arizona

Since we had two-for-one tickets, we decided to take in the Tucson Museum of Art. I'm not much for art museums, but I like photography and the museum has a collection (over 130) of Ansel Adams photographs. I enjoy the high-contrast, black and white method he used in his scenic photographs.