Again From Phoenix – BionicOldGuy

I’m simply again from visiting my Brother Invoice and Nephew Tommie in Phoenix for 5 days. The climate was pleasant this time of the yr, which is why snowbirds like to go to. I don’t normally qualify as a snowbird, extra of a cold-and-rainy-bird, however this yr I really did depart when there was snow on the mountains as I confirmed in my final submit. We had a good time. It was pleasant for me simply occurring walks with the desert surroundings, and sooner or later we went on a desert hike in South Mountain Park and noticed wildflowers. Not too spectacular but, they don’t seem to be at their peak, however nonetheless fairly. We additionally loved 3 separate museums.

The primary was Butterfly Wonderland in Scottsdale, a part of the Arizona Boardwalk. Tommie volunteers there however this was his day without work so we had him as an amazing tour information. It was fantastic (however not shocking) to see how well-like Tommie is by his co-workers. He is likely one of the most optimistic and outgoing folks I do know. They’ve the most important butterfly conservatory in North America. You’re not supposed to the touch the free-roaming butterflies however they do land on you. I additionally loved their film on the japanese department of the Monarch migration. Residing on the West coast I knew all concerning the Western department, however the Japanese is much more spectacular, with them touring as much as 3000 miles.

On one other day we went to the Western Spirit museum in Scottsdale which tells the historical past of the West via artwork, with fantastic docent-led excursions.

Lastly we went to the Musical Instrument Museum, additionally in Scottsdale, which has shows of musical devices world wide. It has a cool setup the place they provide you headphones, and as you come as much as every video show it auto-tunes into it. Some have been samples of music, together with actually cool outdated black and white movies, like Buddy Holly and Ray Orbison, whereas others have been explanations by craftsman and artists concerning the devices.

I last spotlight of the journey was all of the Waymo self-driving automobiles I noticed. I used to be curious so requested Gemini about their security report on this chat (I feel you want a Google account to open this). Their report is excellent, slightly below 10 million journeys in Phoenix to date, accident/harm price about 6 occasions lower than human drivers, and the overwhelming majority of incidents weren’t the Waymo’s fault. I then disappeared down a rabbit-hole with Gemini attempting to know the tech which is mind-boggling however very spectacular.