Feb. 26, 2012 - Today we drove up the road to Saguaro National Park West to hike and check out the Visitor Center. Along the way, there was a man at one of the pullouts with his car hood raised. (Tom says it wasn’t just any car - it was a 1973 Datsun 240Z.) We stopped to find out if he needed help. Sure enough, he was glad to be able to use our cellphone to contact AAA for a tow. After a quick stop at the Visitor Center to get a trail map, we hiked up a wash to see the colorful display of blooming wildflowers. We found a shady, CCC-constructed picnic shelter for a rest, then connected with other trails to make a loop back to our car. It was a really pretty hike with wildflowers, cactus, rocky cliffs, and even an old mine. We returned to the Visitor Center to look at the displays and watch the park movie. After the movie, the curtains parted to show a full view of the outside desert. What an ending!
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| Poppies and Lupines in the wash |
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| Flowers and rocks along the trail |
Tom and I went back to one of the pullouts in Tucson Mountain Park near sunset to watch the desert change in the cool of the evening.
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| Saguaro skeleton at sunset |
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| Prickly Pear (with flash) at sunset |
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