Tucson

Cushing Street in Tucson, Arizona
Cushing Street in Tucson

April 10, 2007

Tucson is hot, but I'm here and want to make the most of it.

The city feels like the people have been drained of all their energy in the sun or are hiding from it; the people move slowly, life seems to burrow in the shade and at times I questioned if the city had any life at all.

The architecture is very stereotypical southwest U.S. and the churches felt more "Mexican frontier town" than anything you find in the northern U.S.

For lunch I had what was once named one of the best meals in the country: el Charro's carne seca chimichanga. It meat had a unique flavor. Good, but not one of the fifty best meals in the country.

New Tucson, Arizona
New Tucson

Pima County Courthouse, Tucson, Arizona
Pima County Courthouse

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