Up Up and away

Monday started with the Pima air and space museum.  We toured both the AMARC(Aviation Maintenance and Reclamation Center, AKA the Boneyard) as well as all of the hangars and WWII+ vintage aircraft at the museum.  It took us the better part of the day to see almost everything and we couldve spent more time if we had it.  There were service retirees available throughout to tell you all there was to know about the planes and their missions.  It was quite fascinating.  We both of course spent time trying to figure out what everything was and how it all worked.  After picking the veterans brains dry, we set off to New Mexico and the Gila Cliff dwellings.  A trip that took us well into the night and on some one+ lane 'barely' improved roads that wound all the way through the Gila National forest to the foothills by the cliff dwellings were we camped.  We met a very nice man who was originally from Avalon NJ who warned us of mountain lions nearby that were killing dear throughout his 10 day stay.  That story I think we couldve both done without before hunkering in to our little tent for the night.  Every rustle and crack led to some stirring in the tent as it got colder and colder and colder, wasnt NM supposed to be warmer....