TOUR #1....Thurs 6/2.... AZ-Sonora Desert Museum and Kitt Peak National Observatory

This tour will not disappoint. Bus pickup is at 7:30 AM in Starr Circle. See Resort Map. You'll need to be at the pick up spot no later than 7:15 AM.

First, you'll travel behind the Tucson mountains to the AZ-Sonora Desert Museum, our world-famous botanical garden, zoo, and natural history museum rolled into one. Admission paid.

At 11:30 you head 40 miles west to the cool mountaintop at Kitt Peak National Observatory. On the way, you'll be served a box lunch. Once there, you'll take a special "insider's" tour, through 3 of the 18 research observatories, watch the presentation at the visitor's center, then head back to town, arriving about 5PM........................Tour Price: $75 SOLD OUT

TOUR #2...Thur 6/2... Pima Air & Space Mus., AMARG USAF Boneyard and Titan Missile Mus.

A bus will pick you up at Starr Pass at 8:30 AM in Starr Circle. See Resort Map. You'll need to be at the pick up spot no later than 8:15 AM.

You will travel the 15 miles (mostly freeway) SE to the Pima Air & Space Museum, a large indoor-outdoor facility adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB, where you'll take a special tour. Lunch will be served to you in the new food court. From there, you will board a motorcoach for a tour of the vast AMARG aircraft boneyard at DMAFB. Only the Pima A&S tour buses are allowed on the grounds, and you're not allowed to leave the bus. Photography OK.

Next, you'll head for the Titan Missile Museum, a relic of the cold war. In the 1960's and 70's, Tucson was ringed by 18 Titan II nuclear missile silos. This made Tucson a prime target, and air raid sirens were scattered throughout the city. Citizens and schoolchildren were drilled on how to handle a Soviet nuclear attack, as if it would be survivable. The SALT II treaty disarmed the silos, and filled all but this one with concrete. An inert Titan II (Gemini launcher) occupies this silo, and you will be given a special VIP tour of the 8-story underground facility. Admissions paid................Tour Price: $95 SOLD OUT

TOUR #3....Fri 6/3.... Mt. Lemmon Sky Center

Tour leaves from Starr Circle at 3:00 PM. See Resort Map. You'll need to be at the pick-up spot no later than 2:45 PM.

This tour will be hosted by Adam Block, one of our speakers and renowned astro-photographer. The Sky Center is a 90-minute pleasant mountain bus drive to the 9,157 ft. summit of Mt. Lemmon, just north of town. It consists of several telescopes, but we will concentrate on one, the 32-in. Schulman reflector, the largest public-use 'scope in AZ. Food will be served. Bring warm clothing and a camera.................Tour Price: $50 SOLD OUT