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    February 9, 2024
    Karen TumbergSaguaro National ParkTraveler
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    Saguaro National Park

    February 9, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C

    Cacti at it's best

  • Karen TumbergSaguaro National ParkTraveler
    Organ pipe cactus
    Hummingbird perched on the lightVarious cactiPalo Verde tree. Like the green trunk and limbs!Mountain sheepRiver otterVarious cactiCowboy whiskers prickly pear cactusDesert chollaJumping Cholla

    Sonoran Desert Museum

    February 14, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    We went to the Sonoran Desert Museum today. Saw lots of cacti. They had an informative session and showed a few desert creatures. Very interesting. There were animal exhibits as well most most of them were sleeping in the shade so we didn't see them.Read more

  • Karen TumbergSaguaro National ParkTraveler
    Angel Heather seed pod
    Vermillion Fly Catcher.Lots of chollaSmall cholla1Desert MarigoldMexican poppy

    More Anza trail

    February 16, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    We walked another portion of the Juan Bautista Anza trail today. This actually started about 0.5 miles behind our place but we have to drive 4 miles to get there!! This home was mostly between golf courses and a huge wash. Birds everywhere. Saw 6 Vermillion Fly Catchers, 8 hummingbirds, some hawks and ravens. My Merlin app identified an Aberts Towhee! So many birds. The wash had many shrubs and trees in front of it so birds birds birds.Read more

  • Karen TumbergSaguaro National ParkTraveler
    Cacti
    12Hawk1Petrified Sasquatch with golf clubThis was the park sign.

    Juan Bautista De Anza Trail

    February 17, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    Chris and I walked 2 miles of the trail. A mile in, we came upon a desert garden where you could sit in the shade and relax. Pictures of that are included. We hiked another mile in and came back. Numerous birds which included an Anna's hummingbird ( spectacular) a hawk, Lesser Goldfinch and tons of others.Read more

  • Karen TumbergSaguaro National ParkTraveler
    The start of the trail
    We came upon a group of javalena called a squadron. In the shade so hard to see.Another javelina to see. A couple were quite large. Also a tan baby that hadn't changed color.The Santa Cruz River was flowing above ground here. Lots of green for the javelina to eat.We were hungry when we finished the trail so stopped in at the Longhorn Saloon and Restaurant.We had homemade chips with onion dip, wings and elote. The elote were corn fritters. Delicious food.

    De Anza Trail by Tubac

    February 18, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    We had company arrive yesterday, Pam and Jim, who are staying in Sun Lakes. We did another part of the De Anza trail yesterday by Tubac, which is south of here. Great day, sunny no wind.

  • Karen TumbergSaguaro National ParkTraveler
    The start of the trail.
    We got on another trail which is part of the Anza trail.The Santa Cruz River. We saw a white tailed deer, Cooper's hawk, scarlet flycatcher and 2 ducks

    Anza trail, again

    February 25, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    Chris and I are once again by ourselves. We walked another portion of the Anza trail. We stayed at the Tumacacori National Park site. Not much to see, just walked and enjoyed the warm day.

  • Karen TumbergSaguaro National ParkTraveler
    This cardinal was in a tree as we arrived.
    The view from the house area. The cottonwoods are starting to leaf out.There wasn't much to see however we saw javelina scat!! Quite a bit of it. So here it is!!There was a bird feeder next to the house. The yellow birds are Lesser Goldfinch. Lots of them.1View of the mountains to the east. Bisbee is directly behind them.

    San Pedro Trail

    February 26, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    Today we drove to Sierra Vista for an oil change and tire rotation. We couldn't get in here until March 20!!! After that was done we went to the San Pedro House area which has quite a few birds plus a little bit of hiking.Read more

  • Karen TumbergSaguaro National ParkTraveler
    You can see by the map a short stretch of the trail.
    This was at the beginning of the trail. I broke the sign into 3 segments.Second segmentThis is a very long trail. We are trying to walk every section from here to the border. It's safe.The physario are blooming.There is an abundance of cardinals.

    Anza Trail, Tubac

    February 27, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    We walked the trail beginning at Presidio State Park. Many people use this trail to walk dogs but they were gone a half mile in. No wildlife but we looked for them! Lots of birds in areas, especially cardinals.Read more

  • Karen TumbergSaguaro National ParkTraveler
    No path but very green and trees have leafed.
    There were old rail cars along the path. This was due to a huge flood in the early 1900s.Old rail cars in front and new rail in the back. The rail had followed the river but no longer.After yesterday's rain, the river was moving alongMy favorite shot! We did scare up a cow( actually she really scared us).We stopped at a historical marker on our way home2This was a memorial site by parents for their sons to be safe when sent to the war.1This was at the top of the stairs. You could enter thru that gate where numerous candles burned.1This and the next 4 pics were taken inside the memorial accessed thru that gate.1More on the outside of the memorialAnother marker asking the road where Camp Crittenden was located. No sign of that camp anywhere.

    Anza Trail / Loop Home

    February 29, 2024 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 9 °C

    We went for a walk along the Anza Trail south of Tubac. We were going to go in the opposite direction but there was no trail, only the signs for the trail. Thus, we ended up doing a walk we had previously done. After, we looped to Nogales and north thru Patagonia and Senoita. Great drive except for the paint striping truck we had to follow. They went 7 mph! Tried everyone's patience!Read more

  • Karen TumbergSaguaro National ParkTraveler
    Jason, Deb and Chris. We are off to a great start.
    2Many ocotillo had buds but they weren't open yet.Saguaro was huge.Notched leaf scorpion weed. You had to really look hard. Close to the ground.Desert star. These were also tiny and next to the ground.MonsterViews were awesome.Saw this little rabbit under a bush along the trail.Deb next to a huge blooming barrel cactus.Desert lupineThis was our path. We started at the trailhead, chose not to go up the mountain. Went waay out there

    Mountain Desert Park/ Brown trail

    March 3, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

    Today we took a long walk in the desert ( maybe too long!!). Many flowers were blooming. Cacti everywhere! If you see a cloud in the pics let me know!! 73⁰ but felt like 85⁰! We were very tired when done. We didn't encounter any folks. Only had 6 mountain bikes pass us and that was it. Our own personal desert walk.Read more

  • Karen TumbergSaguaro National ParkTraveler
    The native flowers were really blooming. So pretty and a soft smell.
    Desert dandelion. Haven't seen many of these.2Short tail horned lizard. He was small. Two inches long. Chris almost stepped on him.

    Elephant Head De Anza #2

    March 16, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

    We decided to walk this trail again. We turned around at campsite #15. Juan Bautista's group camped here. The only person who died on this trail was a mother who gave birth to a boy. She died about 6 hours after his birth. This was the site where that happened.Read more

  • Karen TumbergSaguaro National ParkTraveler
    2At the start, these folks were all watching and counting hawks/vultures migrating north.
    This was along the first trail we went on. Very small and serene with a couple of ducks.The 'snow' on this tree is cotton. The cottonwood trees have been leafed out for quite some time.Very different foliage. Lush and green. Fernlike.Poppies still blooming along the trail.

    De Anza trail by Tubac

    March 18, 2024 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 8 °C

    We went for a walk by Tubac. We went north this time. After we crossed the road, a sign pointed us to the trail. We crossed the Santa Cruz River on three boards over it. This is the 'bridge'! We walked about a mile and the trail ended so we backtracked. Eventually we came to a trail off this one and took it. This was the correct trail. We crossed the river again and continued on our way. It appeared to end by the Tubac Golf Course so we turned back. We saw a cardinal, hummingbird, Vermillion flycatcher but saw and heard many others.Read more

  • Karen TumbergSaguaro National ParkTraveler
    Wild rhubarb is in full bloom during our walk
    The desert dandelions are also presentIt seems like the poppies are forever bloomersThe birds of the area were on a sign. This verdin has been visiting our back yard. Beautiful songThe egret was standing by the pond at the ranchThis little guy loves our back yard and drinks

    Adamson Catino Trail #2

    March 19, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    We walked this trail again. They were working in the pecan orchard making the berms around the trees. No animal sightings just birds. After this walk we went to the Historic Canoa Ranch. Volunteers did a lot of work here saving the buildings. This was alive in the 1800s and early 1900s. The Mannings owned it. We walked around a 2 acre pond that had, in years past, been used for irrigation. At that time it was 5 acres.Read more

  • Karen TumbergSaguaro National ParkTraveler
    The trail sign
    There were a few loops to take but we stayed the course always going to the right.Bunnies on cacti at the beginning. So cuteLots of growthMost barrel cacti were bloomingFlowers everywhereBlossoms on ocotillo were starting to open.Sunset2

    Fantasy Island Trail/sunset

    March 20, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C

    We walked in Tucson today. This ended up being a great walk with lots and lots of desert plants. The flowers, ocotillo and barrel cacti are all in bloom. On the way home we decided to get some sunset pics. We drove toward Saquero National Park but pulled off early. Pics are in the end.Read more

    Trip end
    March 24, 2024
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