7-10-2010

We woke up nauseatingly early to go to the airport before the sun was even up. Then we did this for hours and hours for about two thousand miles.

Finally, we arrived in Tucson and got the rental car we would soon be driving all over the place. Our first stop was to get real tacos with authentic toppings (I hate the gross excuse for tacos we have in the midwest, and premeditated breaking my meatless diet for real Mexican food while we were still planning our trip). In addition to the tacos, we decided to try Sonoran hot dogs. These bacon wrapped hotdogs topped with beans, tomatos, jalapeno, onions, cheese, mayonnaise, ketchup and mustard are the cheesesteak/deep dish pizza of Tucson. The local rivalry between BK Carne Asada & Hot Dogs and El Guero Canelo has even been televised on the big food nerd tv shows. We tried both and liked the flavor of the BK one better.

After that, we met up with Nicole's parents at the guest house we would be staying at for the next few days, then went to Tombstone. It was kind of kitschy and touristy but in the very best way possible. I bought a genuine cowboy hat an antique store and Nicole terrorized the streets in it.

Then it was back to Tucson for our first sunset in Arizona. After the sun goes down, all sorts of creatures come out like tarantulas and scorpions (which naturally luminesce under a black light).