Thursday - December 15th - Biosphere 2

Last night didn't get nearly as cold as had been forecast. Weatherbug had forecast 26 degrees for the low and local news forecast a "hard freeze" at 30 degrees. I think 30 was the low, not low enough to have bothered unhooking our water and sewer hoses. (If I had not unhooked them and put the softener in the coach I would have worried about it all night.😀)

When we were here 11 years ago we both went to tour the Biosphere 2 facility. It was really interesting and this morning I went to tour it again. It is a 75 minute drive from where we are parked. Kathy decided to stay home. Below are a couple of photos but if you have any interest you need to check out the story, its quite interesting.  https://biosphere2.org/

The Virtual Tours at https://biosphere2.org/visit/visit-biosphere-2 didn't work right on my laptop, but maybe that was because my Internet connection was to slow. The Biosphere 2 app tour has some interesting information.

My self-guided tour took me 90 minutes. I couldn't resist taking the photo below, before heading into the facility. The dome at the center of the photo was the original crew's library. It is accessed by a long spiral stairway that wraps around the inside of the cylinder that supports the dome. It closed to the public

The complex is huge. Below is a Google map of the facility.

This was out by the parking lot. I saw no information on it. I think it must have been a huge ray gun (laser) to fend off aliens, or perhaps an antenna to contact aliens. Not!

After returning home I picked up Kathy and we went to El Guero Canelo's for Sonoran hot dogs. They were as good as we remembered from 11 years ago.

My Sonoran hot dog at the top and my taco at the bottom. The buns are awesome!

I'm sure that there is a story behind this old tractor that is in front of the entrance.

They must be concerned about someone carrying it away.

I wanted to wash the grime off the car today, but after a stop at Costco on the way home, the sun was set by the time we arrived home.

I think today's high was a mostly sunny 57. It was a nice day. The forecast for tomorrow is 58 and mostly sunny.

I visited with Andy, our campground neighbor, today, just briefly (Kathy was waiting on me. I had a bag of trash to take to the dumpster. She was waiting on me to get back so that we could go get hot dogs. Andy was outside his unit as I walked by.) He and his wife started full timing last fall, after selling their home in Bellevue, WA. The have a 5th wheel unit. I hope I get to visit with him a little more tomorrow.

As I walked around the campground most of the plates I noticed were from Arizona. I also saw plates from Ohio, South Dakota, Wyoming, Texas, Florida and Washington.

God is good. I pray that He blesses you and yours.