High 60's sunny and beautiful.
Great Egret we saw on the lake today. John- the satisfied husband, in a lawn chair in the warm sun with a beer.
The masterpiece is progressing. Too bad the lizard does not photograph well inside, but the basket looks cool. Here is the bus- in the middle at the Sagebrush RV park in Willcox, AZ.
The masterpiece is progressing. Too bad the lizard does not photograph well inside, but the basket looks cool. View from the RV park of Dos Cabezas- the two peaks behind the palm trees. And sunset from the RV park.
The RV park has a whole set of the Perry Mason shows! I love the books. Never thought Raymond Burr fit the Perry in the books. Roses my darling husband brought me.
The masterpiece so far in the sun. Today we went to Chiricahua National Monument. It is also known as the Wonderland of Rocks. It is in south east Arizona and is a sky island, meaning that it is a mountain isolated from other mountains by desert. It has habitats and species not usually seen in the desert. The mountain is at the junction of 4 different climates, there are species from the Rocky mountains to the north, Chihuahaun desert species to the east, Sierra Madrean species from the south and Sonoran desert species to the west. This is the Chiricahua Apaches native homeland here.
The overlook at Massai point was built by the CCC. John and I at the beginning of the Echo Grotto trail. We hiked about 4 miles.
The trail wove around these huge pinnacles and through grottos.
Then we dropped into a canyon with the gigantic pinnacles soaring above us.
View of the rocks. On this side of the mountain it is very lush. there are alligator juniper, pinion pine, fir trees, manzanita, agave, and sotol among others in this photo. It was at lunch, John's legs are below me on the trail in the middle.
Lush growth along the trail.
More hoo doos. This place is spectacular.
The Faraway Ranch is in Bonita Canyon below the mountain. It was homesteaded in 1888. In the 1920's one of the daughters of the and her husband turned it into a guest ranch and visitors came to relax, watch birds, and hike in the hills until 1973. After the death of the family the ranch became a historic district within the national park. Apache Pine tree with 10-19 inch needles, baskets made by the Apache Indians of bear grass, yucca leaves, red and green agave and the bark of an alligator juniper tree.
Hundreds of sandhill cranes have been flying over head. There is a refuge in this area that they winter at. Sunset tonight.
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