Slideshow Index: Tucson Adventures

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• Marie & Bill Kider with Kathy in Mission Gardens at the base of "A" mountain
• The entrance info on display
• A table of garden contents by historical period
• The volunteer docents give great tours of Mission Gardens
• Our guide for the tour
• Original style irrigation channels
• Lunch at "Seis" Mexican Restaurant in Mercado St. Augustine
• The Zoppe Family Circus tent across the street from the Mercado
• Picking up our circus tickets
• This family circus was founded in Europe by an Italian family about 175 years ago
• Just about ready to start in this one-ring European style circus
• Marie, Kathy, and Bill
• The costumed popcorn and cotton candy salesman
• A view of the tent roof
• The opening act featuring several performers
• The drummers
• The clown was very versatile and worked with many of the acts
• The dog act was ready to begin
• The dogs were fun to watch and well trained
• Two gynmastic ladies performing on a center pole
• The only animals in this circus were dogs and horses
• Nino the clown performed near us on the bleachers
• The trapeze artists were really skilled
• Here is a leap and catch from one trapze to the other
• They even had a clown trapeze performer
• At intermission, the kids could mingle with the stars
• This young lady was Irish dancing on a balance wire using only a fan for stability
• She had great strength and flexibility in her gymnastic poses
• These ladies performed on the quarter horses
• Performing on moving horses
• The post-performance applause for the family of performers