Today, we arrived at the airport at about 7 am, at least we were told to and most people were on time. Once at the airport, we then had to figure out how to get to the group check-in area, but thankfully Dr. Salem was down there already (why would they put group check-in on the arrival floor???). Then we had to go to security and do all those fun and enjoyable airport things. Once through those, we had about an hour and a half to kill in the airport. A few of us went to Starbucks, but Baker, Khadijah, and I broke off and went to one of the convenience stores. Baker, instead of throwing away his receipt, threw away his boarding pass, and then had to get the gate agent to print him another one. We boarded the flight, and it was about a two and half hour flight. Thankfully no parts of our plane flew off mid-flight. Once in Tucson, we headed to a sandwich shop named Eegee's. Some say that you can stay in Tucson, but you've never really been there if you've never stopped by Eegee's. Basically they serve big subs and had these snowcone-slushee type drinks(?). They are like snowcones that are super packed into cup, and they're really good. The sub I had was also delicious, and I packed it away rather hastily. After Eegee's, we headed to the hotel and we checked in and got to our rooms. After about an hour of downtime, we walked in the dried up river next to our hotel. It was a pretty cool walk, just really sandy and I was worried that my shoes would fill up with sand (they didn't but I was still worried). The river was pretty interesting because there ends up being a lot of leftover debris from when it does actually fill up during monsoon season. After about an hour long walk we were back in the hotel. We had about 2 hours of downtime again. During this, my roommates and I explored the hotel a bit and decided to go see the sunset. Sadly, we couldn't really see it but we could it on the mountains in the west, which made them a beautiful pink color. At 6:30, we headed for El Charro. El Charro is the oldest Mexican restaurant in Tucson, and is said to have invented the chimichanga. The dinner was solid, a little underwhelming for my expectations. The meat was just a bit dry and kind of hard to chew, but had a very good taste to it. I would probably go there again if I lived in Tucson or visited again, but would stay away from the carne seca. Everyone in my room agrees on that. Did I still clean my plate? Yes. I was pretty hungry because I had to wait over an hour for my food. Once we returned, we headed back to our rooms and here I am writing this blog.
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