Twitter Update Back From The Road… Day Five Aug 7th 09 Tucson AZ

"Mission San Xavier" The Indian Reservation, originally uploaded by Fun Lilliy.

Mission San Xaviar Tucson Arizona

- Well its time to catch up on day 5 of my trip. I woke a bet overwhelmed because I wanted to see #Tucson and had a day and a half to do so.

- There was a travel book on #Tucson in the hotel. So I flipped through it. I mainly was interested in seeing landscapes & desert plants of AZ

- I found what I was looking for and a few extra. In #Tucson there are 2 major parks "The Catalina State Park" and "The Tucson Mountain Park"

- More importantly there was "Saguaro National Park". Which had the Desert Plants landscape and it is a national preservation area as well.

- I am always interested in unique old building architectures and historic sites that lead to choose to see "San Xavier Indian Reservation"

- My last choice for the day was going to be near sunset to be able to enjoy the panoramic view of #Tucson was the scenic ride up Mont. Lemmon

- I marked everything with the plan route on my trusted paper map. I was set to go. First breakfast, it had to be a real western breakfast.

- I went to Denny's had a nice waitress who called me honey & got the lumber jack special. I was only able to eat 1/2 of it but it was hearty.

- My plan was to go west... then down south... then east... then come back down the mountain in time to see a movie... then calls it a day.


http://twitpic.com/e1vx5 - My first stop heading towards "Saguaro National Park West"

- The frustrating part was that along the road there were no good areas to stop the car to get the great shots I was interested in, I managed.


http://twitpic.com/e1yek - I took loads of photos as much as I can at "Saguaro National Park" west #Tucson #AZ

- I will be uploading all my trip photos soon to my account on flickr.

- After I reached the end of the park I turned back made more stops, took more photos, and started to head south to The Indian Reservation.


http://twitpic.com/e217j - I was interested in one building "Mission San Xavier" which building began in 1783 and finished in 1797


http://twitpic.com/e233w - Inside the building "Mission San Xaviar" #Tucson #Arizona

- After walking around checking out the local craft shops that had great silver jewelry. It was time to head back to the city & take a break.

- After a late quick lunch and the cold drink break it was time to head north east to Mont. Lemmon up to the top curvy road drive.


http://twitpic.com/e25qo - The scenic curvy road drive up to the top of "Lemmon Mountain" #Tucson #AZ


http://twitpic.com/e26pp - The skyline panoramic view of #Tucson #AZ city below from "Lemmon Mountain"


http://twitpic.com/e29ae - Finally at 8000 feet reached the top to #Summerhaven Village at Mont. Lemmon #AZ

- The weather was much cooler on top of the mountain than below in the city. It was nice to walk around take a nice break after the long drive

- The sun was about to set and I didn't want to drive down the very curvy road to the city in the dark so started to head back. Enjoyed view.

- I started the drive and annoyed some of the drivers because I wouldn't go fast. I was scared to tip over to be honest when going into curves

- I was down before it got really dark and was able to get to the movie theater in time to see "Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince"

- I sat and my head was still spinning from the long drives all day. It was nice to sit back and relax with pop corn and a big cold drink.

- By the time I was in my room I was more than ready to sleep with my day cloths on. With that I conclude my day 5 of my trip and tonight too.

- I hope you enjoyed the photos on my twitpic page. More soon. Goodnight and good luck ... write to you soon.