This 'n' That

Today we lazed around all morning, went for a nice walk and visited with neighbors.  Then this afternoon we headed out to the Arizona wing CAF museum which is right on the airport grounds.

Don knows a lot about this kind of stuff so he knew what our own personal tour guide was talking about.  About all I could contribute was, wow that's big, or shiny or cool.  Our guide was a volunteer who was an army veteran.  All of their mechanics and staff are volunteers and it is a huge facility.

Don went inside this B17, I climbed up the ladder and decided I would pass.  It is a huge plane but when you actually get in it is very cramped with very little space for manoeuvring about.  It was manned by a crew of 10.  Some of the spots they had to fit into to drop the bombs or shoot the machine guns looked like they needed Houdini powers to get into. You can go for a ride in this for 425.00 or 850.00 to sit in the nose.  Not a chance would I be getting into that plane, my family talked me into that float plane ride last summer, and I learned my lesson.

 The outfit on the left was for a woman nurse in WW2 army officer.

 these were some kind of planes   . . .  (LOL)

This was the cutest little pedal plane, just as we were leaving an adorable little boy was sitting in it and he was delighted.

Such a pretty sunset tonight!

After supper we went to the Mesa  - LDS (Mormon) Temple Garden Christmas Lights display. It was absolutely amazing and just seemed surreal as I equate Christmas Lights with snow - not palm trees and orange trees.

You can see the oranges (or maybe grapefruits) hanging on this tree along with the lights.

 Look at the palm trees in the background.

This is the temple reflected in the pond.

And not only that -

We both stopped, looked at this sign and burst out laughing.

This is a park model trailer that is for sale in our park.  There are a number of new and used trailers etc for sale and they put an open house sign on them and you can just go in and take a look.  Then  you pay by the year for the "rent" which includes your taxes, water,  and all the facilities.