Only about 30 miles away from home grows a different desert.
Just past the grocery store in Wickenburg up Vulture Mine Road there’s BLM desert to explore.
I like to see the saguaro, ocotillo, palo verde, cholla, creosote…
…fishhook cactus….
…in all stages of life…
…and death.
I like to handle the rocks, schist, olivine, basalt, quartz.
And watch the tiny life.
Next week I’m off to see yet another different desert.
Anybody out there near my path along the Rio Grande to southern Texas?
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16 comments:
Gaelyn these are great photos, I love the cactus. So much more interesting than the Sahara which is miles of sand dunes and scrub. Diane
These are great photos, Gaelyn - I love seeing desert cactus. Have a wonderful trip!
If I was there in Tucson you could stop and see me! Nice to see the desert again. One thing I notice: NO Snow!
That's the death of a giant cacti?
I have been watching Man v Wild, and he showed once in the desert.
Very nice story with the photos.
Great pics, Gaelyn. I so enjoy being in the desert with all of the different plant life.
Neat photos! Isn't the desert just wonderful when a camera is handy?
Nice shots of the desert! I would love to walk there with you as you know so much about what's there.
Your love of the desert really comes through in your photos, Gaelyn! The fishhook cactus looks like it could be seriously painful if touched. And your second to last photo reminded me of a person with huge harms and a tiny face etched at the top. Thanks for sharing your interesting journey.
Wonderful! One of my favorite things when I visit Arizona is the huge cacti - to my English blood, they're very strange and exotic. I still think the small cacti growing wild in my part of Colorado are amazing!
What azure blue skies and fabulous scenery!
Thanks to old Western movies, that is what people associate with deserts. Like the Karoo, Namakwaland and Kalahari (all types of semi desert areas) here in South Africa, it has an appeal that is hard to explain to somebody who has never been there.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! Your cactus shots are wonderful, and I especially like the drama of the last one.
I find desert country very exciting, there are so many little things to see apart from the large cactus people standing around and watching.
Ahhhhh take me there! I adore the desert. I can't get enough of it. Beautiful photos - really makes me miss AZ!
I have to ditto EG WoW!
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