Old Tucson

Last Friday, we headed out to Old Tucson Studios.For those of you who are unfamilar with Old Tucson, it is basically an old west town/set that they call "Hollywood in the desert". They filmed a lot of John Waynes westerns there, the Three Amigos, some episodes of Little House on the Prairie, and about a million other movies. We luckily squeezed this outing in before it got to incredibly hot! Our first stop was the saloon, for a quick show performed by the bar maids (it sounds a lot more risque then it is. Here are the kiddos with the performers afterwards.

As we were watching, the ladies did a couple dances moves that I was hoping Kyra wouldn't pick up on....but OF COURSE she did! Oh well.

Then was an "Old West Gun Fight" Show, featuring Billy the Kid and his gang. The actors fall from the roofs of the building, shoot at each other (their are blanks in their guns),collapse on the ground, and do a pretty decent old time fight. We were worried about taking the kiddos to this one, hoping they wouldn't get scared, or we wouldn't have to answer a lot of questions about why they are fighting etc. The kids couldn't of cared less. They each had a baggy of trail mix to eat while we watched. The only thing they noticed was that Kyra had an extra red M&M in her baggies. Whew...I think WE dodge that bullet on that one. Here are the kiddos with the actors after the show. The one holding Kyle is "Billy". I just love Kyra little face in this picture! So silly.


Then the kiddos got to pan for gold! They were given a metal plate, to scoop dirt into their pan with, then as they swirl it around in the water, the gold separates from the dirt, and the gold stays in the pan. They gave each little kid a container to take their fools gold home in. Kyra is convinced that if she sprinkles it over there flower garden it will help they bloom!



The highlight of the day for Kyle was the train ride that took you around the entire studio. I wish I had gotten a picture of his face on the ride...you know, usually he is crazy wanting to run around, he just sat there, letting the wind hit his face, like it was his little patch of heaven, and he was trying to soak it in. So cute!


After the train we head to the stable, where Kyra got to go on a pony ride, her very first one. She loved it!!! We kept asking Kyle if he wanted to go, and he would very quickly say "NO THANKS, NO THANKS, NO THANKS!". I kept asking to make sure, and he got to the point that when ever I looked at him, before asking he would say "NO THANKS!" Here is Kyra on Buck.


Then we rode the carousel quite a few times, and then Kyra started getting fussy so we head to the Sheriffs office. :)



We were only there for just over three hours, but it was a fun family day!