village of the dark spring at the foot of the mountains

we left san diego around 10am and headed to our next destination, tucson.  drove through mountainous terrain and desert landscapes.  arrived at bill's just before dinner time.  we explored mount lemmon, dined on strawberry-rhubarb pie on the summit, watched the sunset from the peak, then headed back to the valley.  Shane and I went to the Biosphere located outside the city the next day.  That evening we went on top of a mountain to view the city at night.  Ventured to tubac for shopping, drove down to the us/mexico border in nogales, stopped at the desert diamond casino for some slots and dinner before heading back into tucson.  the next morning we'd be going back to cali, cali.

desert landscape

biosphere entance

rain forest sphere

view from "a" mountain

biosphere

biosphere structure

tubac

strawberry-rhubarb

mount lemmon apex

ascending mount lemmon