From Twitter 05-13-2010

[eleneariel]

• 01:50:16: Spent lovely evening in the company of a retired astronomer who shows people around UofA's telescope several nights a week. #roadtrip2010
  
• 01:54:43: I saw Mars and Saturn up close tonight. The giant telescope reminds me of a teal hairdryer from the sixties. #roadtrip2010 #fb
  
• 11:35:37: dreamed about cleaning. Today's agenda: shopping, visiting an old mission, enjoying the sun. #roadtrip2010 #fb
  
• 12:14:25: In a dodgy ok bookstore looking at old maps. BEST EVER. #roadtrip2010
  
• 12:16:21: . . . That would be dodgy OLD. #roadtrip2010
  
• 15:56:54: Sitting in a tiny Tamale shop in Tucson. I have high hopes for this place. #roadtrip2010 #fb
  
• 17:48:49: Sitting in the courtyard of the Mission San Xavier del Bac. It is peaceful here. #roadtrip2010 #fb
  
• 21:51:54: I bought some smoked salt, and now I smell like . . . Smoked salt. #roadtrip2010 #fb
  

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[eattheolives.livejournal.com]

It wasn't terribly powerful, so they tell me, but it was the first time I'd been near an official real TELESCOPE of any kind, so I was blown away!