(If you can, widen up your window to fit two pictures across - it looks
better)
AND EVEN MORE LIZARDS!!! The first shot shows yet another different
lizard from our hike. This one was almost completely black.
The second shot was taken from inside our hotel room! This is a gecko...and
they are the coolest! We saw him twice in our room, both times he
was hanging out along the same spot on the wall and both times he scurried
behind a nearby picture frame shortly after we turned the light on.
These little guys eat all kinds of insects, so it's actually good to have
them around!
OK, you may have heard of it. You may have been tempted to stop
and see it. I'm talking, of course, about "The Thing". So,
what is The Thing, you ask? Well, it's a tourist trap extraordinaire
located roughly midway between Tucson and the New Mexico border on I-10.
This is one of these places that has billboards spaced out about a mile
apart for, like, 50 miles while approaching from either direction.
So, what is "The Thing?" Well, that's exactly what we intended to
find out.
First and foremost, "The Thing" has a humongous giftshop, gas station and Dairy Queen. But it doesn't stop there...no sir-ee. Once inside the giftshop, you're tempted to actually see "The Thing." A mere 75 cents will solve the mystery of The Thing once and for all. Of course, we had to pay the money so that we could save all you web surfers countless quarters!
So, as you pay your money, the attendent barks "follow the arrows,
go through three buildings, 'The Thing' is in the third building."
She has, no doubt, said that same phrase countless times for years on end.
Then, the excitement builds. as you enter the first building. Here
you find just a bunch of old crap collected together...some old cars, a
horsedrawn carriage, some other stuff to non-descript to remember.
One thing I do remember though...everything is absolutely filthy!
There's a layer of dust on this stuff that dates back to the Eisenhower
era.
Anyhow, we get into the second building and there's more weird stuff. The first photo above shows just some of the lovely crap that had stored in there...and old Coke machine, some driftwood "sculptures", numerous farm implements. Basically, this "museum" is somebody's brilliant idea about how to avoid hauling all this crap to the dump.
But the tension still mounted...we would soon see "The Thing."
We entered the third building and, almost immediately, there it was!
A sign said "THE THING! WHAT IS IT?" Good question...what
the hell is it? After more careful inspection, it looks like 'The
Thing' is human (or 'was' human would probably be more correct).
It's some kind of mummy...or did they just dig this poor guy up out of
his grave. Talk about disgusting...who's idea was this? And
who is this poor little old man (with a hat to cover his decaying private
parts). And can't someone at least dust off the coffin every once
in awhile? It seems that 'The Thing' has generated more questions
that it has answered. Oh well, you saw it here first...so now you
never have to pay the 75 cents.
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