I am honored the Arizona Geology, as fine a blog as you are likely to find, writes that I take a pot-shot at Tucson.

I tried to leave a comment, but the mechanics elude me.  Thus I reply here to the “accusation” that I shoot Tucson.

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Why go to a crowded ariport?  Why sit in a small seat next to a fat man who spills over his seat into your space?  Why travel to exotic places, when you can see the wonders of mining via Google? 

For the best travel guide, go to Google Sightseeing which: “takes you on tour of the world as seen from satellite, using the free Google Earth program, or Google Maps in your web browser. Each weekday your guides James and Alex present new weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.”

Their mining tours include:   Bingham Canyon Mine;   Casa Grande Copper Mine, Siberian Diamond Mine, The Longest Conveyor Belt in the World, Bucket-Wheel Excavators, Berkeley Pit, Tetraeder Bottrop and Lavender Pit.

And if you do not like mines, here is the Matterhorn courtesy of Google Earth: