Monday, January 10, 2011
The home of the Wildcats
Today featured a trip to another well-known Arizona attractions, the Arizona State Museum, and the University of Arizona Campus, on which the museum itself is located. Once we first arrived on the campus, Dr. Arion gave us a brief introduction to some of the university's science facilities, especially the Mirror Lab, and the planetarium. After that, we went on our own to the Arizona Desert Museum. There, we had the opportunity to learn about the Native American tribes who live throughout the Southwest and Mexico, through their beliefs, cultures, traditions, history, and how they make it possible for them to live comfortably in the desert environment. Another exhibit featured artifacts from the Spanish settlers who influenced the culture the area, after the discovery of the New World. In the modern section of the exhibit, I noticed one area that featured Spanish film stars, more specifically the films of "El Santo", a Luchador who is usually seen wearing a suit-coat and a wrestling mask while defeating villains in every film. Needless to say, I'd like to see more of them now! After the museum, we went to other sites in the campus, most notably being Arizona Stadium, the home of the Wildcats football team, which we unfortunately weren't able to go inside of, but were able to walk around, along with the rest of the athletic complex of the campus. Finally, we made one last stop at the optical sciences building, where we learned that they give tours of throughout the day, and a few of us, including myself, went up to the roof of the building and took some great pictures of the campus, which brought back memories I have of my visit to the University of Minnesota campus back in spring 2009. And after we had our fun on campus, it was back to the hotel to take ti easy for a while.
Day Two
The day starts with breakfast for the first time in the hotel. The continental breakfast is similar to every other hotel but today was special. This morning we were informed on the shootings that occurred in Tucson before we got there. It is truly a sad day in political history. However, the day was to brighten up, following our trip to the Desert Museum.
The trip starts with us driving up the curvy mountain road and the hitting the peak, followed by the rapid formula one style driving by DA down the mountain side. Once we arrived to the park I felt like the girl in "The Pacifier" leaping onto the ground out of the van yelling "Land!!!!!!" The museum was absolutely amazing and we were only in the parking lot. Once into the museum, I realized that this was a museum unlike any other I have ever been in. This is literally a desert that has trails cut into it. There were many cool areas and things to look at, but one stood out and that was the hawks. They had a family of hawks do a free fly demonstration. The hawks actually flew so close to us that they skimmed DA's hat. This was truly amazing to see and participate in. The hawks actually caught a small bird and we got to see one of the hawks eat it. Then they scattered just as fast as they appeared.
The day ended very relaxed. We sat in the hot tub for awhile just chilling and talking to each other. Stories from the day were discussed among some other things. So far the trip is amazing and I cannot wait to see what is in store for us tomorrow.
The trip starts with us driving up the curvy mountain road and the hitting the peak, followed by the rapid formula one style driving by DA down the mountain side. Once we arrived to the park I felt like the girl in "The Pacifier" leaping onto the ground out of the van yelling "Land!!!!!!" The museum was absolutely amazing and we were only in the parking lot. Once into the museum, I realized that this was a museum unlike any other I have ever been in. This is literally a desert that has trails cut into it. There were many cool areas and things to look at, but one stood out and that was the hawks. They had a family of hawks do a free fly demonstration. The hawks actually flew so close to us that they skimmed DA's hat. This was truly amazing to see and participate in. The hawks actually caught a small bird and we got to see one of the hawks eat it. Then they scattered just as fast as they appeared.
The day ended very relaxed. We sat in the hot tub for awhile just chilling and talking to each other. Stories from the day were discussed among some other things. So far the trip is amazing and I cannot wait to see what is in store for us tomorrow.
U of A, Sushi, and the National Championship!
We began our day with another great continental breakfast at the La Quinta resort. Once our tummies were filled to the brim and we were fueled up for the day we embarked on our journey to the University of Arizona. Our first stop was the on campus museum which had 4 exhibits: Mexican artifacts, mammoth excavation, Pottery, and South Western Native Americans. I found the Mexican artifacts to be the most intriguing because of all of the muskets and rifles they had. The Native American exhibit opened my eyes to many of the hardships they went through due to european settlers. I especially thought the Yaqui tribe's story of a "talking tree" whom prophesied the coming of Christianity, baptism, wars, famine, and even drug use was incredible because all of those things happened and effected the Native Americans of this era.
After the museum a few of us stayed on campus and went to Fuku Sushi, a sushi restaurant on the U of A "strip". this was my first time having sushi from a restaurant and I was pleasantly surprised. As Nick would say "I took a gamble and went with the Las Vegas Roll", it was amazing! After shopping around a bit on the strip, we went exploring on the campus.
We circled the Wildcat Stadium (which was huge) and then made our way to the Optics building. on the roof I took a great picture of the stadium which I have attached. we didn't get to see much of the optics building because many of the rooms were in use but Arion said we may be able to tour it later in the trip. We then got picked up by our amazing chauffeur Melissa and went to dinner at the mall. This brings us to my current situation, watching the National Championship.
Auburn is beating Oregon 19-11 (rare score for a football game). Lets go DUCKS!!
I wish I could redo college at U of AZ.
...If anything, just to hang out on their sweet, sweet campus. It is stunningly magnificent. To give you some perspective: Carthage has a Psychology hallway, and a science corridor. Carthage teaches a single Optics class and Astrophysics class biannually. We outsource engineering classes to Madison.
Arizona has a Psychology BUILDING, an optics BUILDING, an engineering NEIGHBORHOOD, and a Space Sciences BUILDING. Did I mention their full-size planetarium, and 3 on-campus observing domes? Look at their main promenade:
Yes, they have gorgeous mountains surrounding them on all sides. This main street thing is for pedestrians and bikes only, with long stretches of grass in the center. It was a college utopia. Remember that optics building I mentioned? This is their top floor lunching patio:
The only odd thing about the whole place was the bathrooms in the museum. None of the urinals had dividers...
We had a great day overall though. Fuku Sushi gave us a cheap but tasty lunch - Except for Coty, who spent $27 on hers.
Ryan and I jogged through some local neighborhoods, where we discovered an entire cul de sac peppered with ORANGE TREES like it was no big deal. They grow them IN THE STREET. UGHHH
Justin, Zach and I got some more practice on the little telescope, taking more footage of the Moon/Jupiter to test out the webcam. Someone else posted the pics I believe, so look around.
In other happy news, today marks my 1 year anniversary with Chelsea, my girlfriend who is currently in Guatemala on an econ trip. To help me cope, Eric has agreed to wear a wig and join me for a fancy dinner. Updates to come. Til next time, dear reader(s?)
Sebens Family Tree
Today I entered a closed time-like loop....
We started the day out taking a trip to the University of Arizona. Every aspect of the campus was much larger than the small Carthage campus we are all accustomed to; when we went into the bookstore, I thought it was 4 times as large as our bookstore, until I saw there was a basement. We all proceeded to go to the on campus museum to see the native american and pottery exhibits. The area concentrated on was that which is now southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It was interesting to read about how the different tribes gathered their food depending on the land type they lived in. After everyone finished viewing the exhibits, we split up. My group went and had lunch at Fuku Sushi in campustown; it was average. We proceeded to walk around the campus, during which is when we checked out the bookstore. We tried to get into and look at the football stadium, but we were only able to get into the indoor portion of it before being stopped by locked doors. Before we left, we stopped and checked out the optics lab building. There were some interesting figures made of different glasses and lenses that made people and things look all sorts of weird. We were able to get the the top of the building where there was a view of the stadium we were unable to see. Then we went back to our hotel. I went with Ian on a run around the area; to summarize the run, we created a cure for stress (its become a problem as time goes forward)...pretty much. When we got back, I checked what everyone was going to eat and made plans with Dane and Zach to get some pizza. So, before we went, I changed and when I stood up to leave with them I felt a stange dizzy sort of feeling. Little did I know I was in a closed time-like loop.
Other than the undeniable fact that we had traveled in time, we were pretty confused about our situation. It is in our conclusion that the events of the day were linked to the mysterious hot tub we had all been in within the last day. Thinking nothing of the dizzyness, Zach, Dane, and I went for a walk for a walk to a pizza joint, Grandma Tony's Pizza and Wings, though this struck us as an odd name. We went through a convenient hole in a fence that led toward our destination. Shortly thereafter, unsure of where we were actually going, we encountered a runner who we made out to be Justin. Though some what confused as to why we were talking to him about dinner, he was oddly knowledgeable about the area and pointed us in the right direction to our destination. As we approached our destination, we found it was part of a chain of restaurants linked together into what appeared to be a carnival. Again, odd, but pretty cool, so we walked in to the part of the carnival labeled Grandma Tony's Pizzeria. Inside, much to our surprise was a hoppin diner where we were seated almost imediately. The menu, did not resemble that of which we looked up before we went there, but it did include the wings, breadsticks, and Grandma Tony's Pizza we had planned on. Baffled by the diner atmosphere and the odd menu, we noticed the menu said Little Anthony's Diner; despite entering Grandma Tony's, we were in Little Anthony's ordering Grandma Tony's pizza. While waiting for our food, we started talking about the problem of how far Don would fall in 10 minutes that everyone had conversed in shortly after arriving in Tuscon. The waitress overheard our conversation and started asking us about flying, oddly intrigued. Adding to our puzzled state, the waitress then made metion of when she saw an airplane the year previous in 1956. Continuing the conversation, we metioned how Justin somehow knew the whereabouts of this restaurant. She seemed to know Justin, but refered to him as Mr. Sebens, the regular; it turns out, we were not talking to Justin, we were talking to his grandpa. To confirm our new belief that we had somehow traveled back in time, we saw a calendar on the diner for the year 1957. Also, the walls were filled with Coca-Cola advertisements, yet the diner served Pepsi products (impossible in todays society).
Although in clear trouble, we had a plesent time at the diner, as the food was quite good, and the bill was only for $5.25. Thankfully Zach had an old $5 bill, so he covered the meal. Full of thought, yet speechless, we left the diner we left with nothing to do, but hope for the best tomorrow.
We started the day out taking a trip to the University of Arizona. Every aspect of the campus was much larger than the small Carthage campus we are all accustomed to; when we went into the bookstore, I thought it was 4 times as large as our bookstore, until I saw there was a basement. We all proceeded to go to the on campus museum to see the native american and pottery exhibits. The area concentrated on was that which is now southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It was interesting to read about how the different tribes gathered their food depending on the land type they lived in. After everyone finished viewing the exhibits, we split up. My group went and had lunch at Fuku Sushi in campustown; it was average. We proceeded to walk around the campus, during which is when we checked out the bookstore. We tried to get into and look at the football stadium, but we were only able to get into the indoor portion of it before being stopped by locked doors. Before we left, we stopped and checked out the optics lab building. There were some interesting figures made of different glasses and lenses that made people and things look all sorts of weird. We were able to get the the top of the building where there was a view of the stadium we were unable to see. Then we went back to our hotel. I went with Ian on a run around the area; to summarize the run, we created a cure for stress (its become a problem as time goes forward)...pretty much. When we got back, I checked what everyone was going to eat and made plans with Dane and Zach to get some pizza. So, before we went, I changed and when I stood up to leave with them I felt a stange dizzy sort of feeling. Little did I know I was in a closed time-like loop.
Other than the undeniable fact that we had traveled in time, we were pretty confused about our situation. It is in our conclusion that the events of the day were linked to the mysterious hot tub we had all been in within the last day. Thinking nothing of the dizzyness, Zach, Dane, and I went for a walk for a walk to a pizza joint, Grandma Tony's Pizza and Wings, though this struck us as an odd name. We went through a convenient hole in a fence that led toward our destination. Shortly thereafter, unsure of where we were actually going, we encountered a runner who we made out to be Justin. Though some what confused as to why we were talking to him about dinner, he was oddly knowledgeable about the area and pointed us in the right direction to our destination. As we approached our destination, we found it was part of a chain of restaurants linked together into what appeared to be a carnival. Again, odd, but pretty cool, so we walked in to the part of the carnival labeled Grandma Tony's Pizzeria. Inside, much to our surprise was a hoppin diner where we were seated almost imediately. The menu, did not resemble that of which we looked up before we went there, but it did include the wings, breadsticks, and Grandma Tony's Pizza we had planned on. Baffled by the diner atmosphere and the odd menu, we noticed the menu said Little Anthony's Diner; despite entering Grandma Tony's, we were in Little Anthony's ordering Grandma Tony's pizza. While waiting for our food, we started talking about the problem of how far Don would fall in 10 minutes that everyone had conversed in shortly after arriving in Tuscon. The waitress overheard our conversation and started asking us about flying, oddly intrigued. Adding to our puzzled state, the waitress then made metion of when she saw an airplane the year previous in 1956. Continuing the conversation, we metioned how Justin somehow knew the whereabouts of this restaurant. She seemed to know Justin, but refered to him as Mr. Sebens, the regular; it turns out, we were not talking to Justin, we were talking to his grandpa. To confirm our new belief that we had somehow traveled back in time, we saw a calendar on the diner for the year 1957. Also, the walls were filled with Coca-Cola advertisements, yet the diner served Pepsi products (impossible in todays society).
Although in clear trouble, we had a plesent time at the diner, as the food was quite good, and the bill was only for $5.25. Thankfully Zach had an old $5 bill, so he covered the meal. Full of thought, yet speechless, we left the diner we left with nothing to do, but hope for the best tomorrow.
Day one
Day one was a great introduction to the trip and really opened my eyes to what possibilities are out in the world. To start off the trip the flight over the mountains was amazing. The drive through Tucson to the hotel showed what seemed to be all of the culture the town has to offer. We stopped a Mexican restaurant to eat called el Indio. Then we headed off to the hotel. Last thing on the day was a short hike about twenty minutes from our hotel.
Our day could not have started better in Tucson, when we got our rental car it was a Dodge Charger, unfortunately it was a V-6, but fun to drive none the less. Right away Coty and I started shooting video of the drive and trip with her flip video camera. This is turning out to be a great idea, because we can video log all of the things we do throughout the day. We arrived at the hotel and to our surprise we only had to share rooms with one person. Don and I decided to room together and the afternoon began.
DA decided to take us on a hike to a short trail that he knew. The class was up to challenge and the sneak peak at the five hour hike to come later in the week. The trail started next to a small subdivision and then proceeded into the national park and up the mountain. The trail had a couple of steeper inclines but nothing serious and I loved the scenery and difficulty of the trail. This trail was a great warm-up for the trails to come.
Technology. It's fantastic.
There once was a man in AZ
With puncture wounds on his knee.
He went to a college
Learned lots of useless knowledge
And wandered away with glee.
I ran into a mental block while at the museum on UoA's campus. The two main exhibits detailed various native amerian cultures and pottery. Two secondary exhibits detailed mexican culture (with spanish influence) and mammoths. The native american exhibit was segmented into 9 different cultures; each segment included their geographical location, religious origin story, various crafts and tools (and their purpose), clothing, and what happened when the white man made an appearance. The geographical locations ranged from shoreline to near rivers to smack dab in the middle of the desert, with appropriate lifestyles for each. The shoreline tribes fished (story: the gods put man upon a horse. He fell off. They instead put him on a boat. While paddling, he speared a fish, and it was at that time they realized that they were not ment to farm). The river based tribes were farming based, while the desert tribes were nomadic; during the wet seasons they lived in the desert, following the river flows for farming and gathering, while during the dry seasons, they lived in the mountains with the provisions they were able to gather / grow. Their tools were, for obvious reasons, tailored to match the geographical areas they hailed from.
I'm sure you've noticed at this point that I've yet to use a tribe name. And therein lies my mental block. While fascinating, this information isn't directly useful. That is not to say that history is a waste; just that this particular branch of history is useless to me. I enjoyed the exposure to their cultures, and I both admire and respect their tenacity, culture, and artwork, amoung other things, but an extensive knowledge of the various native american tribes serves me no purpose. And it is for that reason that I made no effort to remember the various tribes; for me, it is enough to have a glance into their cultures.
The second exhibit was a display of various pots, bowls, and other crafts. The central display held a surprising number of undamaged pots; I was under the impression that most were at least to some degree damaged. that isn't to say that none were damaged. In fact, there was a rather large bowl that was constructed from various pieces. At the back of the room was a tremendous vault, which although interesting, was barred from public entrance. I would have adored going into the vault, but I learned from professor Arion that (while possible) a tour of the vault would turn a one hour trip to UoA into a full day odyssy.
The third and fourth exhibits, while not required for our expidition, also caught a bit of my interest. The former was a l
ook into mexican culture, ranging from before the arrival of the spaniards to present day. The latter was a mammoth museum, which sported a wonderful mammoth jaw. Again, while interesting, the information there was of little use to me. I apologize for the blur.
ook into mexican culture, ranging from before the arrival of the spaniards to present day. The latter was a mammoth museum, which sported a wonderful mammoth jaw. Again, while interesting, the information there was of little use to me. I apologize for the blur.The trip was concluded with a trip to the museum gift shop. I shall let the following pictures explain my opinion of the gift shop completely.
I really want to stress that this was NOT the most expensive item there. Not even close. If I can one day wander into this museum, and purchase a few of these items as souveniers, I'll know I did something amazing with my life. Or something highly illegal. Either way, I can't even dream of affording these things right now.
After our expidition, the class split into 3 groups; 7 students remained behind to explore the campus in further detail, 2 students (myself and Jenny) decided to travel to a canyon, and the reamining 2 students were the ferriers, who drove Jenny and me to the canyon.
Due to time constraints, we paid the fee to take the shuttle to the top of the road. While waiting for the shuttle tour to start, Jenny and I both were enthralled by a swarm of quail that were traveling through the underbrush. There was also a roadrunner, which was kind enough to pose for a good minute and a half of pictures. During the drive (and the accompanying speech), we heard about various local flora and fauna. One of the random passerbyers flagged us down to inform the driver that a mountain lion was relaxing in one of the dry streambeds. With that knoweldge, we continued our drive up; I was only half paying attention to the speech, for my focus was mostly directed to the amazing view on the way up.
The walk back down was relaxing, and lead to another ~100 pictures taken. (some of which were of things I snapped on the way up, but being not in a 15 mile per hour bumpy shuttle let me get clearer pictures). Near the bottom, we stopped and looked for the mountain lion. Unable to find her, I snapped the warning sign (not pictured) and continued on. We found out from a nice couple about 10 minutes later that after crossing the bridge, the mountain lion had come out of the riverbed and followed us for a bit before running back into the wild. We were... upset, to say the least; doubly so because not only did we miss the majestic beast, but apparently it could have struck us down without noticing. We're clearly very observant. The day was wrapped up with us returning to the gift shop where I broke down and purchased a pile of various jams, honeys' and syrups (Inventory count: 1 cactus apple jelly, 2 prickly pear cactus jellys, 1 prickly pear honey, 1 prickly pear syrup). I shall test at least the cactus apple jelly and prickly pear cactus jelly before our hike next week, so that if I enjoy them, I can stockpile before we head back to WI.
Dodge Charger
We began the day with breakfast and a quick trip to the grocery store. We then traveled to the University of Arizona campus where we walked through the Arizona State Museum which was full of history and artifacts of the American Indians of the Southwest. We then split up and 7 of us walked around the campus, two went to Sabido Canyon, and Zach and I needed to run a few errands. After I dropped off my computer at the Fedex store to be shipped to the repair center in Texas. Justin then informed me that they were ready to be picked up, so I dropped off Zach at Target, drove to the UA campus a picked up Coty, Ryan, Dane, and Nick. I then drove them back to the hotel and returned to pick up Ian, Eric, and Justin. I was then informed that Don and Jen were ready to be picked up. So I dropped off the guys at the hotel and turned back to Sabido Canyon to pick them up. When I finally got back to the hotel we all decided on where we wanted to eat and a group of us walked to Subway in the mall down the street. I have a slight headache and intend to curl up in bed and watch TV.
Third Day: University of Arizona and Sabino Canyon
The third day in Tucson started off much like yesterday with everyone up and ready to go by nine, but after spending some time touring the U of AZ campus with Dr. Arion we split up and went our separate ways. While on campus we saw the student union building (easily twice the size of Straz, Clausen and Lentz combined!), the Steward building where they control the telescopes on Mt Lemmon, Mt Bigelow, and several others, and the National Optical Astronomy Observatory building that controls Kitt Peak and the observatory in Chile. Dr. Arion had to head up the mountain and check in to the telescope we will be working at, so we had almost the entire day to ourselves. After he left, we all visited the Arizona State Museum and learned about the people native to the southwestern US and saw some beautiful pieces from their astounding pottery collection.
At this point we decided to split up into three groups; one group remaining at the AZ campus to continue looking around, one group doing a little shopping and/or going back to the hotel, and one group (albeit only of two people) who decided to be adventurous and hike Sabino Canyon. Sabino Canyon was one of my favorite spots from my first trip to Tucson last January, and since it wasn't on our schedule yet I suggested it as a perfect way to spend a few hours while Dr. Arion was gone. I was really looking forward to the hike again and was very glad that Don decided to come with me, but I was also a little sad that everyone else missed out on the phenomenal scenery and wildlife found there. I saw a roadrunner for the second time in my life, this time up close and personal with it only a meter or two away (see pictures below), and a couple who passed us hiking down the canyon said that a mountain lion came out into the open and crossed the road not more than a minute after we passed. The locals would probably think me crazy since they are an area nuisance, but my favorite creature sighting of the day was a large group of Gambel's Quail wandering about near the gift shop.
After a long and tiring day we retired back to the hotel and here I sit writing this blog. I suppose I still have pictures to sort and upload (I really will get around to putting them on Flickr one of these days, I promise!), but for now I'm just going to relax and watch a new episode of Castle (and yes, I do still miss Firefly).
Jenny
At this point we decided to split up into three groups; one group remaining at the AZ campus to continue looking around, one group doing a little shopping and/or going back to the hotel, and one group (albeit only of two people) who decided to be adventurous and hike Sabino Canyon. Sabino Canyon was one of my favorite spots from my first trip to Tucson last January, and since it wasn't on our schedule yet I suggested it as a perfect way to spend a few hours while Dr. Arion was gone. I was really looking forward to the hike again and was very glad that Don decided to come with me, but I was also a little sad that everyone else missed out on the phenomenal scenery and wildlife found there. I saw a roadrunner for the second time in my life, this time up close and personal with it only a meter or two away (see pictures below), and a couple who passed us hiking down the canyon said that a mountain lion came out into the open and crossed the road not more than a minute after we passed. The locals would probably think me crazy since they are an area nuisance, but my favorite creature sighting of the day was a large group of Gambel's Quail wandering about near the gift shop.
After a long and tiring day we retired back to the hotel and here I sit writing this blog. I suppose I still have pictures to sort and upload (I really will get around to putting them on Flickr one of these days, I promise!), but for now I'm just going to relax and watch a new episode of Castle (and yes, I do still miss Firefly).
Jenny
New Insights... and a very interesting experience...
Today I entered a closed timelike loop.... But before I get to that, I must talk about the University of Arizona.
The campus is beautiful and I think I found a sufficient graduate school for my astrophysics studies. The most significant part of the visit was certainly the museum where I gained much knowledge about some Native American tribes which inhabited Arizona and surrounding areas. A question I had about a particular creation myth was not answered at the museum however. It involved a horse, which was not prevalent in the Americas prior to the sixteenth century. I was very much intrigued by this, but DA found an answer; That group of tribes did not form until later in history after the introduction of horses by the Spaniards. It still surprises me that their word of mouth history failed to include the introduction of horses and the Spaniards.
Now, onto the more interesting experience...
Ryan, Dane and I decided to venture to a pizzeria down the street from La Quinta for dinner. They invited me while I was leaving the hot tub inside the hotel's courtyard, which may be a significant factor. On our way to the dinner, we encountered Justin, or who we think was Justin. He was on a run and mentioned a Mongolian barbecue down the street. As we approached our intended destination, we noticed something peculiar. It was an old style dinner next to a very ancient looking theater playing a movie I had never heard of. Also, old cars were outside the building. We believed we were entering "Grandma Tony's", as advertised online, which was odd enough. Upon entering, we noticed we were in a very 1950s stereotype dinner, and it was called Little Anthony's. We were seated and a young woman asked where I got my shirt and why I "dared to wear something with the words "Hell Awaits" and "Slayer". She also commented I must be very irresponsible to wear blue jeans as torn as mine. She had never imagined someone who was as wealthy as I apparently was but appeared a slob. We noticed the dinner advertised coke products, but served Pepsi. We were again very confused, but noticed we had crayons and proceeded to use the disposable table cloth to solve the problem proposed earlier of how far Don would fall if he was in free fall for 10 consecutive minutes. We talked about the origin of the problem as a waitress approached us. She was impressed hearing the fact we had flown on an airplane. At this point, we noticed something was wrong. We asked her what year we are in, and she responded 1957. We then looked at the menu, which had a section titled "Things Elvis would not eat" and concluded we had entered a closed timelike loop. Dane, Ryan and I had all used the hot tub, and I had just left the hot tub prior to departure from the hotel. We conclude the hot tub in the courtyard is a delayed time loop which activated recently, and the person we encountered whom we believe to be Justin, was not only Justin, but also his grandfather. We then realized after receiving the bill, paying would be a problem. Luckily, I had a old 5 dollar bill from 1956 and we managed to pay a 1991 quarter without question. We were shocked that a 16" pizza, bread sticks, and hot wings amounted to only $5.25.
After we left the dinner, the sign was again "Grandma Tony's", and everything appeared normal. We returned to the hotel, and will soon begin attempted imaging of Jupiter for the second night in a row.
The campus is beautiful and I think I found a sufficient graduate school for my astrophysics studies. The most significant part of the visit was certainly the museum where I gained much knowledge about some Native American tribes which inhabited Arizona and surrounding areas. A question I had about a particular creation myth was not answered at the museum however. It involved a horse, which was not prevalent in the Americas prior to the sixteenth century. I was very much intrigued by this, but DA found an answer; That group of tribes did not form until later in history after the introduction of horses by the Spaniards. It still surprises me that their word of mouth history failed to include the introduction of horses and the Spaniards.
Now, onto the more interesting experience...
Ryan, Dane and I decided to venture to a pizzeria down the street from La Quinta for dinner. They invited me while I was leaving the hot tub inside the hotel's courtyard, which may be a significant factor. On our way to the dinner, we encountered Justin, or who we think was Justin. He was on a run and mentioned a Mongolian barbecue down the street. As we approached our intended destination, we noticed something peculiar. It was an old style dinner next to a very ancient looking theater playing a movie I had never heard of. Also, old cars were outside the building. We believed we were entering "Grandma Tony's", as advertised online, which was odd enough. Upon entering, we noticed we were in a very 1950s stereotype dinner, and it was called Little Anthony's. We were seated and a young woman asked where I got my shirt and why I "dared to wear something with the words "Hell Awaits" and "Slayer". She also commented I must be very irresponsible to wear blue jeans as torn as mine. She had never imagined someone who was as wealthy as I apparently was but appeared a slob. We noticed the dinner advertised coke products, but served Pepsi. We were again very confused, but noticed we had crayons and proceeded to use the disposable table cloth to solve the problem proposed earlier of how far Don would fall if he was in free fall for 10 consecutive minutes. We talked about the origin of the problem as a waitress approached us. She was impressed hearing the fact we had flown on an airplane. At this point, we noticed something was wrong. We asked her what year we are in, and she responded 1957. We then looked at the menu, which had a section titled "Things Elvis would not eat" and concluded we had entered a closed timelike loop. Dane, Ryan and I had all used the hot tub, and I had just left the hot tub prior to departure from the hotel. We conclude the hot tub in the courtyard is a delayed time loop which activated recently, and the person we encountered whom we believe to be Justin, was not only Justin, but also his grandfather. We then realized after receiving the bill, paying would be a problem. Luckily, I had a old 5 dollar bill from 1956 and we managed to pay a 1991 quarter without question. We were shocked that a 16" pizza, bread sticks, and hot wings amounted to only $5.25.
After we left the dinner, the sign was again "Grandma Tony's", and everything appeared normal. We returned to the hotel, and will soon begin attempted imaging of Jupiter for the second night in a row.
Closed Time-like Loops
Today I entered a closed time like loop.
Ryan, Zach and I decided to go out for pizza this evening and ended up in 1957. We had checked online and located a promising parlor - Grandma Tony's Pizza & Wings. On second thought, I'd be concerned if I had a Grandma Tony in my family, but the name was promising enough. The location was also promising, as it was no more than a block away. The three of us set out this evening on foot, but we hadn't gotten far when we encountered Justin. We had a brief talk and invited him to join us. He declined, but not before alerting us to a Mongolian BBQ restaurant nearby.
It wasn't until later that we realized what had just happened. It was 1957. We hadn't encountered Justin, we had encountered his grandfather. And his grandfather was him. Somehow, Justin is his own grandfather.
Not yet aware of our discovery, we arrived at Grandma Tony's. The restaurant had its name in the window, clearly lighting it. Upon walking inside, we discovered that it was an old diner. We checked over the menu, but something seemed off. Then we realized that the title on the menu was Little Anthony's. Furthermore, we were served pepsi products but all over the walls was coca-cola logos and pictures.
Despite the many oddities of the diner, the food was quite good and we hurried back. We discussed what we had done and realized that the common thread was that we had spent time in the hot tub, so naturally the hot tub must be responsible.
Ryan, Zach and I decided to go out for pizza this evening and ended up in 1957. We had checked online and located a promising parlor - Grandma Tony's Pizza & Wings. On second thought, I'd be concerned if I had a Grandma Tony in my family, but the name was promising enough. The location was also promising, as it was no more than a block away. The three of us set out this evening on foot, but we hadn't gotten far when we encountered Justin. We had a brief talk and invited him to join us. He declined, but not before alerting us to a Mongolian BBQ restaurant nearby.
It wasn't until later that we realized what had just happened. It was 1957. We hadn't encountered Justin, we had encountered his grandfather. And his grandfather was him. Somehow, Justin is his own grandfather.
Not yet aware of our discovery, we arrived at Grandma Tony's. The restaurant had its name in the window, clearly lighting it. Upon walking inside, we discovered that it was an old diner. We checked over the menu, but something seemed off. Then we realized that the title on the menu was Little Anthony's. Furthermore, we were served pepsi products but all over the walls was coca-cola logos and pictures.
Despite the many oddities of the diner, the food was quite good and we hurried back. We discussed what we had done and realized that the common thread was that we had spent time in the hot tub, so naturally the hot tub must be responsible.
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