One third of the way through this contract!

 It doesn't matter, mornings or evenings, the sunrise and sunset sky is amazing.

We visited the Titan Missile Museum that explains itself with a curious message of "Peace Through Deterrence."

There is a copper mine near us. They stress how "eco-friendly" the mine is.  The massive loaders are run with electricity.  

They expect this mine to be working for at least 20 more years

I keep taking pictures of the cactus plants.

We went to the Pima Air Space Museum.  My Dad would have loved this little Bumble Bee airplane!

We also visited the “Boneyard.” Its official name is the Air Force’s 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group—the caretakers of nearly 4,000 U.S. military aircraft headed for scrap, storage, or potential rebirth, all parked on 2,600 acres of Arizona desert. I don't have any pictures of the boneyard. But, it is an incredible array of aircraft that you can only see by bus.

We went to this lovely place for breakfast one weekend over the holidays.

Once again, I like the cacti!

We decided to take a drive to Mt Lemmon.  It is only a 45 minute drive that quickly changed from desert scenery.

To snowy mountain road!

We stopped at the ski resort, stepped out of the car to stomp around in the snow!

It was a white Christmas for us.

 I can't believe I am nearly 1/3 way through this contract.  It is 48 degrees this morning and raining.  A good day to stay in and finally catch us with this blog.  My job is, well, wild!  I work at the only level 1 trauma center in Tucson.  I work four ten hour days a week.  What is up with people shooting each other?  The patient population is very ill.  This is a teaching facility.  Everyone seems to work very hard and want the best for their patients.  All name tags are first names.  As nice as that is, I have no idea if I am addressing the tech, or the surgeon.  I'm working on it.  They seem to be putting up with me.  They scheduled me to do a transplant on Monday, I recommended they pick someone who has done one recently instead of me, weird, all the residents disappeared right at that moment. Seriously, I am enjoying learning new things, but more than anything, I am enjoying the Tucson area.