Whatzit?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Mitch, You made a really good point:
Who knows where we are?

[webenda]

what zoo?

Robert, Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ.

I thought it very clever of them to place a window to the Mountain Lion exhibit right at the exit to the cave/mine exhibit. The cat seemed to enjoy watching the people in the cave. When I stood very still it lost interest in me and looked around me at other people. Then, after sitting for a few seconds outside the cave, it left to the right and I walked out via the exit to the left.

[webenda]

Looks like that cat might have had a run-in with a trap or door that removed the fur from it's right front leg.

The veterinarian shaved the fur on the leg to access a vein for a blood sample.

[HONDO74]

GOTCHU, Wayne got us again......

[rogruth]

Wayne,
Is this the same zoo that was called the Sonoran Desert Living Museum? That was a great place.

[webenda]

It is the same museum, Roger.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Oh.

[webenda]

GOTCHU, Wayne got us again......

Why, Hondo, it was all true.

I was hiking in the Tucson Mountains today (inside the confines of the museum grounds.)

when I saw an old mine across the ravine (on the trail to the cave/mine exhibit.)

So, being an intrepid explorer, I made it down to the dry river and climbed the other side to the mine (there was a sign saying to dig in the sand to look for mineral specimens. )

The entry had a large stone in it but I had no trouble squeezing by (there was about 6 feet clearance.)

On the way back to the end of the mine I found a side tunnel which I explored (more exhibits.)

There was nothing in the mine but dirt and rocks, so I headed back to the entrance (fossil exhibits were shown on top of dirt and the rocks were found in real mines.)

One of the rocks.
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At the entrance I found something very exciting sitting on the large stone at the entrance (watching me through a window at the south entrance, you can walk through in either direction.)

And Mitch, I was not alone, I had a friend with me.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

That looks like a geode that was cleaved in half.

[rogruth]

Murph,
If you do make the cross-country trip you mentioned, the Sonoran Desert Living Museum just west of Tucson is a wonderful place to visit.
I was there twice in the late 1990s. Also maybe you can see Wayne and get him to be your guide. There is a lot to see around there.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Murph,
If you do make the cross-country trip you mentioned, the Sonoran Desert Living Museum just west of Tucson is a wonderful place to visit.
I was there twice in the late 1990s. Also maybe you can see Wayne and get him to be your guide. There is a lot to see around there.

Yeahbut, since he hadn't uttered a single vowel in that direction....well....what else is there to say.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Murph,
If you do make the cross-country trip you mentioned, the Sonoran Desert Living Museum just west of Tucson is a wonderful place to visit.
I was there twice in the late 1990s. Also maybe you can see Wayne and get him to be your guide. There is a lot to see around there.

Yeahbut, since he hadn't uttered a single vowel in that direction....well....what else is there to say.

Drop by my place for a visit in April.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Murph,
If you do make the cross-country trip you mentioned, the Sonoran Desert Living Museum just west of Tucson is a wonderful place to visit.
I was there twice in the late 1990s. Also maybe you can see Wayne and get him to be your guide. There is a lot to see around there.

Yeahbut, since he hadn't uttered a single vowel in that direction....well....what else is there to say.

Drop by my place for a visit in April.

Thank you, Rufus. If I am ready for traveling then, I will consider it very seriously. It's very nice to have been offered the choice.
Thanks again.

[Mitch]

Sorry Wayne, my bad!.......Ugh? Could you still put me in your will anyway?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Sorry Wayne, my bad!.......Ugh? Could you still put me in your will anyway?

Maybe he'll will you a rock............