Sunday, April 15, 2018

Biosphere 2 Historical League trip

Anne Lupica and Deb Hester at the ocean
From rainforest to savannah, roaring ocean to desert, with tropical flowers, giant breathing lungs, two acre basement containing miles of tubing, high and low pressure wind area and so much more . . . Biosphere 2 was indeed a fascinating stop on our three day tour of SE Arizona. Full of facts and statistics. "A conceptual and engineering marvel, it was created to study ecosystem processes under controlled conditions, but at large scales."
We even checked out the gift shop to see if they might want to stock Tastes and Treasures II: A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona.
Cindy Tidwell-Shelton

Karolee Hess and Nina Filippi
Cathy Shumard with group ready to tour Biosphere 2



Rainforest
Mariamne Moore listens intently

Linda Fritsch in the "tunnel"


In the two acre basement


Explaining how the LUNG works

The LUNG



Just a little wind for Nancy Evans, Claire Nullmeyer, Barb Ziehler, Karolee Hess, Norma Jean Coulter

John Garbaciak, Katie Tovar, Ruth Ann Hogan (very windblown including her Marilyn Monroe billowing shirt),
Margaret Baker, Nancy Evans, Patt Walker

John and Mary Garbaciak in the Rain forest

Tastes & Treasures II in Globe, AZ

Tastes & Treasures II is now at Gila Co. Historical Society Museum thanks to Norma Hinton. She showed Sheldon Miller the book with pages featuring early Globe/Miami history. Norma has page 149 telling of her Clements family ancestors with a recipe for Cornish Pasties. Our first volume also talked about Globe/Miami with Rose Mofford and her family's Cornish Pasties. A big part of early Arizona history and copper mining is found in Globe, AZ.