The Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum is fantastic!
Click on their name to check out the website.
Wear comfortable shoes and plan on staying for a few hours
because there is so much to see.
Interesting plants like the Devil's Trumpet.
Bloodflower Milkweed
Each one is so unique in shape and blooms.
Totem Pole Cactus
Ocotillo
Long-spined Prickly Pear
Octopus Agave
Close up of the blooms.
Huachuca Agave
Lots of different animals that you wouldn't expect
like this Desert Bighorn.
The Barrel cactus were just starting to bloom.
Golden Torch
Rainbow Hedghog
Maguey
Boojum Tree
Strawberry Hedgehog
Bobcat
Grey Fox
I love this picture of the Chuckwalla!
Coyote
There is even an aquarium at the museum where we saw
these cute Garden Eels bobbing in and out of their homes.
No problem follwing this rule!
If you are in the Tucson area you won't want to miss this place!
Don't forget to bring water!
"It's only a desert!" Yes, I know.
But then, the dear God made it so,
And since His work is always good
He must have loved it, else how could
He scatter flowers far and near,
Or keep trees green thruout the year?
He must have loved these mighty rocks
That came thru fire and earthquake shocks,
The mountains and the little hills,
The murmur of the dwindling rills;
He must have loved the deep blue sky,
The glistening cloud-bands floating by,
The gorgeous splendor, when the day
Is passing on its westward way.
Flossie Edna Ritzenthaler Cole Wells (1889-1987),
"Coconino Wilderness"
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