# Tucson in late July: What to do? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 18, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucson-in-late-july-what-to-do/582345 "2011-05-18T16:42:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucson-in-late-july-what-to-do/582345/21 "2011-05-20T16:45:48Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Anything interesting to see in the (relatively) nearby O’odham reservation? [Human and drug smuggling](http://www.kvoa.com/news/18-month-investigation-nets-large-smuggling-operation/), if you’re into that sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucson-in-late-july-what-to-do/582345/22 "2011-05-20T17:51:53Z")
> [@Strainger](#): > > [Human and drug smuggling](http://www.kvoa.com/news/18-month-investigation-nets-large-smuggling-operation/), if you’re into that sort of thing. Hey, I can meet some of my future patients there! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucson-in-late-july-what-to-do/582345/23 "2011-05-21T04:30:11Z")
While there are many great places an hour or so away, for some nice day hiking check out Sabino Canyon. It’s right there in Tuscon. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucson-in-late-july-what-to-do/582345/24 "2011-05-21T12:14:37Z")
Seconding Sabino Canyon for day hikes both early & late. It’s a bit too gentrified / geriatric-afied for hard core hikers, but if you just want a pleasant couple hours in the Great Outdoors(r)™ it’s nice. The folks above mentioned the Pima air museum & the DoD “Boneyard” aircraft storage facility. If you’re into that stuff at all it’s worth a visit. Here’s a bit more detail / background … It’s formally the 309th AMARG [http://www.dm.af.mil/units/amarc.asp](http://www.dm.af.mil/units/amarc.asp). These folks [http://www.pimaair.org/](http://www.pimaair.org/) are a darn good civilian air museum just outside the air base fence that also offers tours of the boneyard itself. From their home page click the AMARG tab for details. Wife went to UofA and reminds me that the Fine Arts department has quite a museum. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucson-in-late-july-what-to-do/582345/25 "2011-05-21T16:51:05Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > While there are many great places an hour or so away, for some nice day hiking check out Sabino Canyon. It’s right there in Tuscon. Yah, but in July it’s likely to be 105 and high humidity. Not great hiking weather. On the other hand, if the monsoon gods have been good, there may be a running creek in the canyon which is a great way to cool down. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucson-in-late-july-what-to-do/582345/26 "2011-05-21T16:54:40Z")
Every time I see this thread I think ‘melt.’ Sorry, Just had to get that out of my brain. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucson-in-late-july-what-to-do/582345/27 "2011-05-21T19:59:29Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > Every time I see this thread I think ‘melt.’ > > Sorry, Just had to get that out of my brain. Tucson’s cooler than Phoenix, shockingly. It also gets a lot more rain, so depending on when the monsoons hit it may well be pretty pleasant when it’s not raining. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucson-in-late-july-what-to-do/582345.md?page=1)