Another fun day at At Fiesta Grande. Still blowing my nose which is very tiring but manageable. We left here with Sandy and Alan. We got to the Biosphere2 about 10:30. While we were checking in we got suckered into a History tour with the guy who claims he was from Wisconsin but is part English whose name was Claudio. Anyway we had to pay extra for it. After that we took the under the glass tour that came with the tour. It was very informative. When it first opened in 1987 8 people went in for two years and grew all their own fruit and veggies. They got 2 oz of meat every two weeks and no seconds except once a month when they were allowed to pig out. They had several biomes-ocean, rain forest, fog desert and underground tech biome which ran the place. The people who were pushing the button are off site. The best part was the 2 lungs. It was really cool. When they opened the door the aluminum bowl dropped somewhat. Great engineering feat. The biosphere is now used for studying water flow and absorption and is now owned by the University of Arizona.
It was a long walk back to the center. They guys tried to interest us in their cafe we decided we could wait till we got the Florence for lunch. We had a very good hamburger at The River Bottom Grill. It was very good. We met Jean and Dave who are good friends of Sandy and Alan. They will be at Congress.
We ended the trip to the home in Florence Gardens. We saw her she shed and his he shed. He carves Cypress knees.
We got home about 5 and The dogs were fine. Ron would not take any money from us for taking care of the dog. They are getting ready to move into a park model.
We watched TV first the rest of the night.
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