So I decided to head to Tucson this morning. It is Saturday morning at about
8 o'clock AM. Never been there have no idea what I'm doing. I have to pick up a
friend on the way, um, and literally we have no clue what's going to happen. I think
we're going to figure it out once we are on the way what we're going to do while
we're there. But who knows. So I have no idea what's in Tucson, but we're gonna check it out!
You're in my blog. Hello :). I don't even know if it's recording. Um, hold up. It's not focusing too well. You've gotta tap the face. Oh you're, like, blocked out.
Okay so anyway, Dionne's here, and we're gonna head to, um, Tucson.
But we have no idea where we're going yet. We tried to plan it out last night
apparently you can't go to the cave, right? You can't do it on a Saturday? Tour. You you can't tour on a Saturday.
Dionne: The tours are all booked up for today. Brock: OK. So the tours are all booked up for today, so we can't go to the caves...
...and then what was the other one? Oh yeah. The graveyard. The plane graveyard.
It's like the biggest plane graveyard in the world or something like that? So we can't
go on a Saturday which is very strange, but anyway, so we're just gonna head to Tucson.
On our way down there what we can do. So we're going to hop on Google and see what
we can find and figure it out, um, and hope we can figure out something to do.
Worse case scenario, we just go and have a beer somewhere for pretty much
like 3 hours, five hours. Dionne: The whole day!
So it turns out that we actually can get a spot at the caves. Dionne called in.
And, so anyway, we've got an appointment booked, so that's cool.
So we are doing a little side jaunt, I guess. Apparently, from what I've heard, [mumbles]...
...Tucson has the largest plane graveyard site the world, I guess? And, so, because of that,
we've seen it off to the side of the highway and
going there right now. So we are going to see. I guess they're closed today and they
don't have tours available - I'm not sure how it works. So we are going to see if we can see it from the road. So anyway, uh, stay tuned...
So we parked and turns out we can't go into this thing. We may have got some facts
wrong I don't know. We're super confused. Aparently there's another boneyard/
graveyard thing and they are closed. So they have an attraction you can go to the
museum if you want to go to see the actual planes in the graveyard/boneyard,
you do it Monday through Friday, apparently they close down the actual exciting
part about the attraction on the weekends which, makes no sense, so anyway...
Now we are off to...apparently there's a turquoise trail, I guess? On Google. In Tucson. So we're probably going to do that.
[you're really blurry back there...lets focus it on you] OK, so, um, anyway we're going to head to the turquoise trail
see if we can find a beer somewhere because it's about ten o'clock, little after 10
and I'm sure to get thirsty, so... ['happy hour'] Yes, 'happy hour' somewhere in the world. Especially in Tucson.
Anyway, we are going to go there and then we're gonna see if we can't get in trouble.
So we just got here, in Tucson. And now we are going to walk around. I guess we're going to figure out a place to go.
There's a trail. What trail is it? [Turquoise Trail] Turquoise Trail.
So we're gonna see if we can't, uh, get in trouble, find a beer, and uh, get lost.
We have, what, 2 hours, before we've got to drive south to get to the caves.
I guess we've got an appointment for that. So, anyway, lets see what we can find.
So, I think we want to go...here?
This is the visitors center.
"Visitor Center"
...What would be the thing that you'd absolutely have {if you had 2 hours}? What would be the thing that you did?
I would probably get something to eat, and drink. Brock:[OK]
...and that's number 23 on our map.
So, from here, you would just make a left out the door.
OK, so we just came out of the visitors center and now she said that we have to go to number 23.
We asked what the best Mexican restaurant is in town and she pointed us to #23.
I don't even know what the name of it is, but, I guess that's where we're going. So now we gotta follow the yellow brick road.
Ahh, there it is. We've gotta follow that and then, {?}, probably go get a beer and maybe something to eat.
So we have to follow the 'Turquoise Brick Road' and apparently it takes us to beer and Mexican food.
So, she said to follow the 'turquoise brick road', but, we've come to this and it just leads to a, uh, pink courthouse.
I guess, or a pink building of some type. I think it's a courthouse.
And there's no more...'turquoise brick road'.
So now...we're lost.
We thought that the... we thought it would take us directly to beer, but apparently not so much.
Now we gotta hunt for our beer! Ahh!
"Old Town Artisans"
"Welcome to 'La Cocina' (Written in Spanish) Translation: "The Kitchen"
So we have to move seats because that tree,
and the wind, was dropping all sorts of crazy stuff in our drinks. Where do you want to sit?
Yes. I like this one. This is kinda nice.
We'll sit underneath the, uh, lemon tree - or whatever this is.
What is this called? Dionne: It's a Prickly-Pear Margarita. Prickly-Pear Margarita...
That's like...food-porn right now.
Yes.
With my 'food-porn Prickly-Pear Margarita'?
Yeah. So, give us the rundown on Tucson so far.
Um, I feel like this is a little bit of a slice of paradise as we sit in our...garden restaurant...
...with the birds chirping all around us, and the orange-blossoming trees above us...
[yes]...the geckos that crawl on the walls...it's fantastic!
Thank you. [Thanks]
So we just are leaving. Dionne wants to steal orange from the tree behind me... Dionne: [I've never had fresh-picked oranges before...]
She's never had oranges before. But anyway, I'm not going to do it - it might be a little awkward.
So anyway, we're gonna, we're gonna drive down to the...um Kartchner Caverns.
And see if we can't (trails off)...I guess there's construction on the way down there,
so we have to leave little early I think, but, I don't know.
We have like 45 minutes or so to wander around the city to see what there is to
do and...that's about it! Dionne: [So we are back to the yellow brick road!]
Yes, the 'turquoise brick road'.
So as we were reading the sign, that sprinkler goes off while we were standing there, and now we're soaked!
That's our luck, I guess. Oh, we've got to go, we have like we have like 9 seconds!
Hurry, go, quick!
Ah!
Hey! See? That's why...you trust the signs, and you almost get hit by a car!
Nobody knows how to drive.
So do you ever drive with your top down and your air conditioner on?
Yes! Which is what we are going to do. [OK] Top down, I guess. Oh, it's really bright!
Oh, the sun is eating our faces!
[I don't even see you, I see...]
Yeah.
Pretty sure that didn't work out as well as planned. Where is...? There we are!
Sun didn't actually melt our faces...
It tried to.
Spotify: "Want a break from the ads?" Yes, I do!
Cool. So we just got to the caverns. We passed the road and we missed the exit and had to turn around.
{mumbling]
Because Dionne does not know how to read a phone.
I think her data was going 'in' and 'out'. Plus we were having a conversation...so we got lost.
Is it right here? Discovery Center?
Yes!
So here we are. You can see this is what it looks like at Kartchner Caverns. Um. We are not an RV, so we don't pull in there.
Anyway. Yes. Apparently we cannot film inside there. We can't even take a photograph. We can do anything.
So unfortunately not able to show you it looks like inside this that's cool place.
So anyway, I guess we will see you soon when we get out.
OK, so we just got out of the caverns. And, what do you think?
Was it exciting? Was it boring? What was it?
It was great for my 1st trip to a cave. [This is true]
Wish I would have been able to spend a little bit more time there, but, it was beautiful!
Definitely something that I would do again.
I think that was like my 5th or 6th cave, something like that? So I've been to a few of them.
They're pretty cool. Um. I was telling her, the one in Texas, I think, the one that was the
most exciting one I've been to, um, in San Antonio. The cave out there; that was, that
was probably most the most epic one I've been to. But, um, and then the one in...
have you ever been to...what was the one I was saying? Grand Canyon caverns. That was sketchy. But it was cool, it was fun.
But anyway yes, totally worth going.
...Spring time. Summer. Autumn. Very famous. And you can find listed as the 'Apache Peak'...
in the Wetstone Mountains on your GPS system. If you reduce way down, you know, zero-in on it...
and then it will finally come up: "Apache Peak", right there (referring to Google Maps). It'll say it. Yeah.
At first I thought "well why isn't it saying that..." Given the name of the peak...and finally it did come in!
So just as we were leaving the park, one of the park rangers said that we have to check, seen the camera,
and said we have to check out [what is called?] Apache Peak.
Apparently this little thing right there behind me is Apache Peak. So it's kind of cool, um,
not a whole lot of action going on here in a the little amphitheater, but uh, it's pretty neat!
Oh, Jesus!
I make myself laugh...
See the humming bird?
Well if you'd stop flying so damn fast, we could actually get you...
OK, so, we are deciding that we're going to head to a scenic route that one of the locals in
Tucson told us to go through. I think it's route 83 in the some type of foothills, um, I don't know.
So we're gonna go a little bit out of the way and check it out to see what it
looks like, um, and hopefully we can stop
to get something to eat, because I'm, like, starving! [And thirsty!] Yep!
So we just finished up the scenic tour over on the way to Tucson and then we decided that we were hungry, so now we
stopped at, I can't even pronounce it...[Mariscos Chihuahua]...
Yeah. What she said! And so now we're going to see if it tastes any good and
fill up our bellies and we still have like 2,
1.5 - 2 hours to get back to Phoenix. Right now what time is 7:30? Yeah, it's like 7:30 so, it'll be a late night, but, it was fun!
So, we have Habanero Pepper sauce, and Dionne and I are going to put on a chip.
Grab your chip. We're gonna do this. [Oh god] We're gonna eat this.
Oh, there's a fly! Great, there was a fly on my chip.
Are you still gonna eat it?
Yeah. Gross.
Anyway, we are going to see what happens. I hate hot stuff. Mild salsa freaks me out! [I'm the same way]
Yeah, lets do this. 1,2,3, cheers. It was only a drop.
I got nothing. [I got nothing. Oh, I got something]. Nope, got nothing.
[I got a little bit of 'something', but I'm good] Mine was defective.
[You should try it again] Nope.
Ok, we just finished up dinner at Mariscos Chihuahua.
And it was good! We had, uh, what did you have? Yeah, I had like two different tacos. One had
fish one had marlin, one had shrimp, it was really good, and um, anyway so we're pretty much done with
Tucson. It's official. We're gonna call it a night.
It is 9:02 PM. So anyway, you should totally visit Tucson. I don't really know what you'd do other than go to
the caves, and go to the plane junkyard that doesn't exist on Saturdays.
And then come eat at this place because it's really good and they're friendly.
Have a good night. Adios (Spanish for goodbye). And I'll see you in the next video. Take care!