for our last day of birthday celebration, we headed out to saguaro national park for a scenic walk through the cacti. although we hoped to see some javelina (and even tried to lure them out of hiding with some creative jav-calls), none wandered out of their cool resting places. i shouldn't be surprised! we did get to see some incredible cacti - including this enormous saguaro, which we roughly figured started growing just before the start of the US civil war.
just a few minutes from saguaro national park is the colossal cave, tucson's own dormant cave system. we took a slightly awkward tour with tour guide brian, which i think was only awkward because it was just the three of us (apparently the cave is pretty quiet towards the end of the day). it was neat, though, to take the tour, hear about some of the cave legends, see some unbelievably old rock formations... this earth is INCREDIBLE!
after our tour, we wandered down to the other side of colossal cave park to visit the tortoise enclosure, butterfly gardens, and sluice. the tortoises were hibernating and the butterflies were nowhere to be found, but we did get to buy a bag of dirt and sluice for gems. it was a little silly, but fun :)
we had to head out to the airport for my friend's flight :( but it was a quick drive and everything went smoothly. that is, until i drove up to the curb and got out to help her with her bag and say goodbye. i went to get back into my car and realized... i had locked my keys in the car! i felt SO stupid! i sent my friend to catch her flight and tried to flag down a security guard. he made me feel a bit better when he said this sort of thing happens all the time there. they were pretty quick in getting a kit out to the curb and opened my passenger's door in about 6 seconds. makes me a little nervous if anyone ever really wanted to steal my car, but at least it comes in hand when you do stupid stuff like i do!
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