Today was a day trip down to the Kitt Peak National Observatory which is at 7,000 feet on Indian land (Tohono O'odham) southwest of Tucson. We took some back roads on the way down and passed through towns on the Indian Reservation as well as through the west end of the Saguaro National Park West. It was a very interesting drive. When we arrived at the base of Kitt Peak we faced a 12-mike winding climb up the mountain. The road was good and the speed limit for the last 8 miles was 25 MPH. There were stunning views but the twisting road and the sheer drops kept my eyes on the road. When we arrived at the observatory a tour had just left so the visitors center radioed ahead and asked them to wait. The group was small with 5 people, the guide, 2 docents and us. One of the docents was from Buffalo so Alesa spent a lot of time talking to him. She kept telling me the trip was for me anyway. Not complaining, just happy she was with me. It was a great tour with beautiful views not with the telescopes but from the mountaintop. I had just watched a 12-lesson course on the James Webb Space telescope so visiting a land-based telescope proved very interesting. Won't bore you with the details of the observatory as you can get that on the web. We decided to take a more direct route home via Tucson and I-10. When we got down from the mountain Alesa asked if we would be anywhere near the "Polish Cottage" a Tucson restaurant which she had run across and wanted to try. We looked it up and it was only a few miles out of the way, so we decided to go. When we encountered bad Tucson traffic and construction, we hoped the detour would be worth it. Voila, and it was! Only 2 other people were there so we had the full attention of the young waitress and she was very helpful. I had pickle soup, 2 large Gwumpkies (golabki), and 2 potato pancakes. Alesa had a plate full of pierogis and Polish kielbasa. We shared our food, took some home and finished by sharing an Apple cake. That part of the trip was for Alesa, but I am sure I enjoyed it more than she did the observatory. On the way home, just off I-10. we drove through the Pinal Air Park. It is a boneyard/storage/maintenance area for large commercial aircraft as well as a general aviation and military airport. During Cocid, many of the airlines stored planes there as traffic was way down. We did a very quick drive through since it had been a very busy day, but a fun one.