Arizona Experience

Weather

One word: amazing. Cool in the mornings, temperatures climbing to 22–23°C during the day. Rock and sand as far as the eye can see. Cacti and palms instead of trees. Didn't spot any rattlesnakes or scorpions.

Landscape

The landscape was fascinating. Flat on one side, but the mountains were massive. Right behind the resort they soared up to 2,500 m. We headed out to Pusch Ridge Wilderness Area. The road was all switchbacks and views. Perfect for a drive just before sunset. At the top, we were greeted by snow — a bit of a surprise.

Pima Air & Space, Titan Museum

Since we were in Tucson, we had to visit. Besides Old Tucson (where the old Westerns were filmed), there's also an aviation museum and an intercontinental missile museum — and those are exactly what we went to see.

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Pima Air & Space Museum

A visit to an aircraft graveyard

The Pima Air & Space Museum is a must-visit for any aviation enthusiast. Perhaps even more interest lies in the nearby aircraft "graveyard", the Boneyard. However, that's part of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and visits are only possible on weekdays — booking...

13th Jan 2018

USA Arizona museum ICBM Titan II

Titan Missile Museum

Visiting a Titan II ICBM silo

While in Tucson, the opportunity came up to visit the Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile museum. This is a single-missile silo housing a rocket with a thermonuclear warhead — the most destructive ever installed, at 9 MT (the bomb dropped on Hiroshima was...