Just got back from Tuscon!

What a cool town!

First of all my interview went great... I'm pretty sure I got the job, but we'll see.

After the interview I took some time to explore Tucson and I came up with a short list of good things about the place:

1. The water smells clean and actually rinses soap off of you.
(After living in Orlando, this has become a new thing I check for!)

2. Good food - lots of nice restaurants it seems. I went to a Mexican
place near E. Broadway and Wilmot (great margaritas!).

3. They have Chevrons! I have a Chevron gas card so this is really convenient.

4. It wasn't very hot... I had just been in Las Vegas last week where it felt like I was in an oven. Tucson was actually very comfortable.

5. Not a dry town like some places in DFW, TX - On my way back I stopped in Dallas to visit some friends and was appalled by their liquor laws. Apparently you can buy booze in Tucson until 1am - not great, but it'll do. /alcoholic off

6. Apparently they make an effort to cut down on light pollution so that the stars can be viewed easily. Kitt Peak is nearby - home to many observatories.

7. It's a college town! Woohoo!!! I love travelling. It always gives me the chance to people-watch a new group. There were lots of hotties.. heh heh

8. Close to cool places like Lake Powell, California, and Lake Havasu - ohhhh boy!


So it was a good time. I feel like a businessman I've been flying so much lately. If I get the job I'll be thrilled. I'm really freakin tired of Florida. =)

We're a pretty cool place (literally).

...and that's exactly why I'm staying out! ;)

3 hours due east of Tuscon! Why? Because of the humidity in FL...nice and dry here...and generally, about 10 degrees cooler than Tuscon!!!

And about an hour and a half away there is winter skiing in Cloudcroft and a national observatory (and home to Alan Hale of Hale-Bopp comet fame), while here it's a balmy 60. We're just over the mountains (South) of White Sands......home of NMSU, one of the biggest research universities around in terms of grant money.....the Jordanians have an institute here, studying climate, since theirs is similiar to this area.

I'm from NJ----I can breathe now!!!