The Brad Hole

you spend all day at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.

We went down to Tucson this weekend for the 19th Annual Tucson Beer Festival. It was, as always, great fun. It's essentially an all-you-can-drink, all-you-can-eat for 4 hours type of affair. In years past, the free food selection has been hit-or-miss. This year was a hit: free Krispy Kreme donuts, free hot dogs, free buffalo wings from Hooters, free pizza from Pizza Hut, free pork sandwiches from (I believe) 2 different places. We gambled that the food would be a miss, and so ate at an excellent Greek restaurant beforehand (Athens on 4th St.) No regrets, but we'll probably plan differently for next year.

On Sunday, we took a day trip to the aforementioned museum. It was slightly warmer than I would have liked, but on the whole enjoyable. I was a little concerned that it would be incredibly boring, and there were parts that definitely pushed it, like displays on cactus and soil, snakes and spiders. But there was a lot of semi-large wildlife like bobcats, bighorn sheep, javelinas, ocelots (coming soon to the Mac!) and the ever-amusing otters and beavers. I found the simulated "underground cave exploration" part to be the most interesting, and it had the side-effect of being relatively cool in temperature.

However, I didn't plan for the sun and managed to walk away with a little sunburn on the back of my neck, making me a redneck.

As we were leaving Tucson, we stopped to eat some pretty authentic Mexican food at Casa Molina. I didn't enter the restrooms, but I'm told that they're pretty authentic to what you'd find in Mexico - and that's probably not meant as a compliment. ;-) Still, the food was excellent and I highly recommend it if you're in Tucson and craving Mexican. Be warned - the portions are huge.