Sonora Desert Musem = 2 thumbs up

This morning Kailee and I went to the Sonora Desert museum with Miss Amy and Seirra. That place is amazing and a must see if you are ever in Tucson. Talk about so much to see and absolutely beautiful. There were so many trails to walk on and little critters to see of the trails. Oh and of course birds. There was a snake exhibit where they had all the native snakes for you to see. A lady even gave an educational demonstration on King snakes. And, Kailee got to pet it and learn all about them. She loves snakes so the snake exhibit was a huge success. After the snakes we went into the cave area where you walked through a mini cave and got to see bats and all sorts of fossils. Kailee even got to see what bat ears would look like if they bats were the size of humans. Pretty neat stuff. Then we moved on to the space exhibit. That room had the planets all around with comments and stuff on the ceiling. It was so cool. It broke down by years what AZ used to looked like. We were in there for quite a while. Then there was a room with all sorts of crystal and rocks. The girls loved that room. Then there was the dinosaur portion where they got to dig up fossils and learn about dinosaurs. That was also a huge hit. After that we got to see two mountain lion, two coyotes, some prairie dogs, a deer, a wild turkey, and tons of birds. The girls got to get up close and personal with an owl, and screech owl, and even a hawk. There were workers who walked around with different animals for you to see up close.
We took some trails and saw all sorts of plants, flowers, and cacti. That was pretty neat. You're out in the middle of no where yet surrounded by all sorts of neat stuff. All the exhibits that were outside made you feel like you were seeing everything like it would be out in the wild. Not like the zoo. You could see the animals a such in their habitats.
About half way through we stopped and let the girls get some ice cream and have some water. There was quite a bit of walking so they definitely needed a rest. The girls each got frozen yogurt and life water and we all just rested and took in the scenery around us. It was the perfect weather too. Not to hot not too cold or windy. Just a beautiful AZ day.
After ice cream we went to the butterfly exhibit. Of course it's not quite time for butterfly to be out so we maybe saw one or two but the area you could tell was really pretty when in season. We did however get to see a ton of humming birds. Now that was neat. Well minus the fact you had to duck quite a bit. For such small birds they sure do fly right at your head with a good amount of speed LOL.
The girls were pretty much exhausted after the humming birds so we took them into the gift shop to just walk at a slower pace. Kailee decided she just had to have a few somethings for her aunt and grandparents. Then I rushed her through all the jewelry because this girl and jewelry equals her staying forever LOL.
I had so much fun and I know Kailee did too. We are both pretty worn out from all the walking but it was good exercise.