Desert Museum

Yesterday we went to the Desert Museum about 25 minutes from U of A.  It is a really nicely done museum but most of it is outside and it was HOT!  And it really was not even a hot day.  The plants were amazing and the ecology of the desert is so interesting.

The best part of the day was when Grace found a wild rattle snake under a sign for a kestrel exhibit.  We were about 1 foot away from it.  At first we were not sure it was real because the rattles were red, white and blue.  We told a docent about it and he called in a snake 911 on his radio.

A snake expert came out right away and grabbed him while telling us about his.

He was a repeat wild snake to the area.  His rattles were painted red and blue by the museum when he was previously caught.  They also put a microchip in them when they catch them.  They were going to take him to their laboratory and check him out and then release him back into the wild.

After we finished at the museum, we went to the University and saw Amanda's dorm room.  There are three girls in the room and way to much stuff!  Lots of knick knacks, clothes, food, shoes, chairs... 

After the dorm tour we went to get some cards, sat down at the Frog and Firken and played Kings in the Corner and waited for Kayla, Jordan, the Courtney's and the boys for dinner.

Unfortunately in the middle of the game, we had a monsoon downpour and we were sitting outside!  We quick had to put the cards away - wait 10 minutes and then it stopped.

We had a really nice dinner visiting with everyone.  Drew had gone to a required class in the morning, got all his books and took a nap!  The kids all look saucer eyed and overwhelmed.  Each time the boys said they needed something I told them to go get it instead of myself or Luke's mom going to get it.  Our jobs are done!  My job now is to only manage the BIG issues!  And I like that!