Quartzsite Tractor Show

We were really excited to find out that Quartzsite would be having a Tractor Show.  We were expecting to see lots of antique tractors; however, my brother-in-law has more tractors in his tractor barn than were at the show.  However, we were able to buy tickets for the Clare Lynch show on Jan 6, so not a total wasted day and I was able to take some tractor pictures.

International Wildlife Museum, Tucson, Arizona 2012

This was our second visit to the International Wildlife Museum.  We enjoyed it again.  They have lots of wildlife movies and I know I could spend my day just watching the movies.  Love the butterfly collection.

rhino shot by Roosevelt.

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Beautiful day to tour the desert Museum.  We arrived when it opened at 8:30.  We went to the Birds of Prey show and were able to see 5 different birds fly.  Great show.  Lots of walking.  Many types of animals from deer to wolves.

We got to go through the hummingbird area and were able to see this one sitting on it’s nest. 

snakes are also at the museum

Great-horned owl

Old Tucson Studios 2012

We always love to go to Old Tucson Studios.  This year was no exception.  We were able to see 5 new shows including the can-can girls.  I was chosen to be in one of the shows.  My part was to hit a tambourine and shake my booty.  My reward was a bottle of sarsaparilla.   We enjoyed the comedy stunt show.  The weather is really great here in Tucson.

pretty good singers.

This building was in the Glen Ford version of 3:10 to Yuma

China town

The Reno.  Was used in movie Joe Kidd.  Before it was used in the movies, it provided transportation for Pres. Grant and Roosevelt.

Part of the stunt comedy show.

shoot out from the Quick and the Dead

Pima Air Museum, Tucson, Arizona

Gary and I really enjoy going to air museums.  Pima Air Museum is the second largest, second only to the Smithsonian.  We have been to this museum a total of three times.  Each time we go, we always see something new.  This time we took the guided tram tour.  We really had a great guide.  He was an ex-air force pilot who flew in Viet Nam.  They are in the process of building another hanger, so that means that we will have to return in the future.  I have divided my photos into two groups, Pima Air museum hangers, and Pima Air Museum outside tour.

Blackbird.  Huge plane.

 

Bumble Bee, smallest plane.  Could fly only 20 miles.  Cockpit was bolted down once pilot was seated.

 

Largest plane on display.

 

pilots flying over the museum

Fort Huachuca, Arizona

I have always wanted to visit the museum at Fort Huachuca.  I was not disappointed in our visit.  We had to go through security at the base.  We had to show our driver’s license, proof of car insurance, and car registration.  The museum has exhibits and information about the Buffalo soldiers who served at the fort.

In the early years, the soldiers at the fort fought the Apaches.  It served as the supply base for the Geronimo Campaign.  The fort is still active and now serves as the US Army’s Network Enterprise Technology Command.

Eyes of the troops

Buffalo soldier

They had a great section of model wagons that showed the different types of wagons used by the troops.

Boothill, Tombstone, Arizona

Boothill Graveyard was laid out as a burial plot in 1878.  Buried here are outlaws with their victims, victims of hangings, those killed by Indians, suicides, a couple of children, and other citizens from Tombstone’s first days.

Visiting the graveyard is free, however, for a $2 donation you will get a descriptive list of the more than 250 graves found there.

 

This guy bought a stolen horse and was hanged because the folks thought he stole it.

Graves of those killed at O.K. Corral