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Our day began with another beautiful sunrise on my first walkabout just before 7 am.
We were on the road by 8:30 this morning after our new friend Deb (
On a long Lonesome Highway) came by to say see ya later at some point on down the road.
Into Tucson and pulled into the Pilot/Flying J fuel island to top up our fuel and propane then south of Tucson to the Titan Missle Museum , they have rv parking here so was wonderful!
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| Now on this stretch of highway markers are in kilometres not miles! |
We arrived at The Titan Missle Museum click
HERE about 10:30 this morning decided to relax and enjoy an early lunch then take the noon guided tour.
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| entrance to the museum |
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| rv parking |
Check out the gift shop before our tour,.
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| freeze dried ice cream, ok in space I guess? |
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| will work if you have nothing else |
We did the orientation movie then out guided tour for the next hour with Craig , a very knowledgable fellow with tons of information.
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information overload
but was fun and educational |
Only 5 in our tour with one wheel chair so he decided we could take the elevator down instead of the 55 steep stairs.
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| this the elevator |
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| down we go |
Then he showed us some secure rooms that are all set for bomb vibration .
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Suzie easily moved this 6,000 lb door
Super woman she is ! |
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| she even got a certificate to prove it |
Then we are in the control room, I was made captain and Suzie lieutenant ,each with our own control panels in charge of a nuclear blast.
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| me at the main controls |
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| escape hatch |
Now we had a simulated missile launch from the President of the United States. So had to open the emergency action book to carry through, me and Suzie.
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| control panel in front of me |
Now I had to go to my panel and Suzie hers , turn the keys to set the missile in motion, 58 seconds later it was launched, no stopping it now.
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| we go our certificates to prove we did this |
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| missile launched and on target |
This missile is a deterrent weapon only used if an enemy lauches a missile to the United States. There is 8 countries in the world that have these weapons and each country knows if one is fired others will be fired and the world as we know it today will not exist any more. So hopefully they will never be fired.
After we simulated the firing of the missile, we were asked if we wanted the good news or the bad news. Good news is we have a 30 day supply of food down here, the bad news is we will either starve to death or go above ground to nothing and die of radiation like the rest of the world.
These rooms are all prepared for vibration spring loaded floors and machinery to absorb and effect of the launch.
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| huge springs everywhere |
Next the 250 foot passageway to the missile silo.
This missile is not armed or does not have any fuel so is totally safe, this is a museum to see what was set up during the cold war many years ago.
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| looking down the silo at the whole missle |
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| stage one engine |
This tour was amazing much more than we expected, so very well done and informative. To get the complete effect you really need to take this tour. $10.50 for adults $9:50 for seniors. Lets hope there is no world war three because nobody will ever see the end of it.
We done by 1:30 and headed up the road about 10 miles to the
Desert Diamond Casino Sahuarita to park for the night. This is a nice spot and very convenient for us.
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| courtyard by the casino |
I checked out the casino and back home for bit then Suzie and I headed in about 3:30 pm each to get a new players card and received each $10.00 free slot play and a $10.00 certificate for any of the restaurants in there. It was a nice overcast day but 83f with a nice light breeze, perfect.
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| a nice spot , free camping is good |
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| the casino not too far away |
We headed to the casino to see how our luck was today.
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| first Saguaro cactus we got closed to this winter |
Got our players card and worked the penny slots for bit with our free play,After 20 minutes I was up $9.71 and Susie $6:50. The buffet opened at 4 pm so we went in and enjoyed our free meals. Was a 2 for one buffet so we had a credits left over.
Nice Asian Buffet, lots of good eating here. Nice and hot and fresh.
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| small salad to start |
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| love hot and sour soup |
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| they even had a small roast pig being carved, this was excellent too |
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| lots of tasty choices |
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| very nice fresh Sushi as well |
We sure got out money's worth out of a free buffet then decided to head back to the slots with our meager winnings considering it was their money any way. This time we played the 2 cent slots for a bit. The I got a good hit!
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ok I won $48.00 dollars and cashed out $52.29.
time to take our money and run. |
Then to head back home to the parking lot any way. Nice lighted walk ways back to our coach, now to relax and soon call it a night
Now what a fun day this was , $19:00 for the Missle museum, Free buffet and free slot play, and walked out of the casino with $52.29 in our pockets. So with all this fun, the museum Asian buffet and slot play we ended up $33.29 cents ahead at the end of the day. Really whats not to love about that!
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| 92.6 miles today |
Glad that you dropped on by and hope your day was a good one as well.
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