Superstitions
We drove the Apache Trail through the Superstitions
Canyon Lake
More Superstitions
Two old fogies
Ocotillo (has stickers, but not a cactus)
Teddy Bear Cholla (a cactus)
Prickly pear and a different kind of cholla
Canyon Lake (the weather was much like this all week)
Tortilla Flat was where the road was closed (at Tortilla Creek), but it made little difference to this SUV
Surprising perhaps that this road is not washed out
Some ticky tacky stuff in Tortilla Flat
Canyon Lake was created by a dam like many of the lakes in this region
Were a few boats in the water, but a host of them at the marina at Tortilla Flat
Water was muddy -- was it due to the rains?
The omnipresent Saguaro (pronounced Sah-WAH-roh) grow only in the Sonoran desert (in all the world)
Landscape features
The saguaros don't grow their arms until they are 60-70 years old
Cactus love
Prickly Pear up close and personal
Monday we made our first trip to old Scottsdale with its sculptures and shoppes
A mosaic of a horse -- or a horse of a mosaic?
Art, fine art and crafts abounded
Public sculpture abounded
Copper Kachina
Bronze Elk
Tuesday we hiked a couple of paths in the Phoenix Mountain Park (formerly know as Squaw Peak) -- #304 was a nice 1.5 mi loop and #200 was a .4 mi that never ended
That's Brittlebush in the foreground
That's downtown Phoenix in the background
Ocotillos, chollas, and saguaros