A Few More Random Pics From Tucson

Clouds

On our drive home, the sky was filled with the most beautiful clouds. I was able to see clouds in every direction and being out in the open desert just made it feel even more expansive. Somehow the most beautiful things are also the ones that make you feel so insignificant. It's ok if you think these pictures are lame, it's my blog. It's not the best photography, but considering I had to take them all from my car window, they're not too bad.

Hoover Dam

On our way home from Tucson we drove through the Hoover Dam, it is so amazing. The most incredible thing about it, though, is the enormous bridge they are building. When it is finished, it will be the new route when you drive through this area. Alyssa said it is to thwart terrorists that are looking to bomb the dam. Anyway...here's a few pics...

Caterpillars

So how weird is this? We are driving down the street and we notice all the these weird yellow things moving in the road. Like tons of them. You guessed it...caterpillars. Huge ones. I've never seen anything like it. Do caterpillars migrate? Like across the street from where they were? Must be an Arizona thing.

Vampire Prom

Adam and I attended the Vampire Prom on the Friday, Aug. 1st at the Tucson Barnes & Noble to celebrate the release of the much anticipated Breaking Dawn. Suprisingly enough, there weren't too many crazy people and there was very minimal screaming at midnight. We even had our picture taken to commemerate the event.

Our Prom Picture

The women in line just in front of us had some cute Twilight T-shirts.

Me buying Breaking Dawn.

Finally!

Titan II

We visited the Titan II Missile silo in Green Valley on our last day in Arizona. It was so cool! We couldn't believe how huge the missile was. We were able to tour the facility including the control room which still has all the original equipment from the 1960s. The missile went 150 feet down into the earth. The walls were 8 feet thick at the top of the silo and 4 feet at the bottom. The silo was built to withstand a nuclear attack from within a mile of it's location. It is so crazy to think how powerful those bombs are and how quickly our whole world could be destroyed (within 90 minutes-according to our tour guide.)

Adam & Wes standing by a rocket engine. (Anyone over 5'10" had to wear hardhats.)

Liss & I in the Control Room

That's right. I'm in control now....hee hee hee ha ha ha.

Looking down into the silo from ground level.

Looking down one of the long corridors. They had a 4 person crew manning the station at all times. They worked 24 hour shifts.

Adam at the viewing deck, from the control room level. It was awesome to see the missile up close.

Eegees

Eegees is a really yummy sandwich shop we went to in Tucson. They are famous for their frozen drinks (like slurpees, only yummier) and Ranch Fries. They have Pina Coloda, Lemon, and Strawberry and a different flavor of the month. Wes insists that working at Eegees is a right of passage for every Tucsonian teenager. We probably could have eaten there everyday. So so so good!!!