Since everyone in the house except Lia don't have work, we base our weekends around her two days off, Wednesday and Thursday.
So, since I am here and exploring and Lia likes to go off and do things on her days off, we spent the 'weekend' in Tucson. We drove down on Tuesday night after Lia got off work and got our hotel so that Wednesday morning we could wake up and go without the two hour drive.
Now, our exploring wasn't the typical touristy type, but we saw a lot of interesting things.
Our first stop was an operating open pit copper mine.
Our tour guide was very nice and we got to see the mine as well as a few of the processes they use to extract the copper from the ore. It was all pretty interesting and way too complex for me to remember let alone explain.
Next we went to a missile silo that is open to the public with an inactive missile inside. Lia got to be the Commander while I was the Deputy Commander, and we got to turn the keys for a simulated missile launch.
The next morning we had some crepes for breakfast before heading to the biosphere.
The biosphere is interesting for a lot of reasons. It took a lot of work and brainpower to construct a space that encloses everything that the Earth has inside a relatively small area.
I'm linking a video of the biosphere because it'll explain what its been used for a lot better than I can.
The biosphere was really interesting, but the tour guide we had was less than satisfactory. She kept going off on tangents and didn't really know what she was talking about. Other than that, it was a very interesting day.
On a side note, since it's so nice in Arizona right now, I can go on bike rides! I would freeze my fingers off if I attempted to ride at this time of the year in Illinois.
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