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This day was Thursday. We went on a field trip to the Steward Mirror Lab at University of Arizona. The video and our tour guide explained to us the construction of the mirrors, and it was very interesting. Our guide even had made a small wooden model of the mirror to explain the process. The tour guide for the MMT the day before also had a small model of a telescope. Apparently the profession requires craftiness skills. The threat of a molten glass leak seemed pretty terrifying. Overall a great tour. We then visited a cool astronomy store called Starizona. They had a lot of telescopes and astronomy literature. The owner (I think) showed us some awesome amateur astronomy photos, and 2 astronomy monopolies were purchased. Then we got dressed up real nice for the dinner and opera that night. "Your shirt is nice," said Isa, but Joe looked far snazzier, as usual. We were accompanied by Art and Linda Staubitz, who were very nice and interesting people. We visited an incredibly fancy Mexican restaurant, and I wasn't exactly sure what I was ordering. I was a complete stranger to the various foods on my plate as I explored the culinary environment. It was quite delicious, the white wine sauce really tied together the cod and the artichoke. After an amazing dessert, we saw L'Elixir d'Amore, a comedic opera written by Donizetti. I quite enjoyed the performance, it was funny and the music was good. The night ended with several laps around the motel.