Thursday, March 30, 2006
Arizona Update
Thursday night here, and just a quick update on our Arizona adventures.
On Tuesday we woke up to a little light rain and overcast skies, which is not quite what we were expecting for dry, desert, Arizona. The hotel brought breakfast to our door (coffee, juice and muffins) and we headed west to the Sonora Desert Museum. As soon as we got there the skies cleared, the rain stopped and the sun came out, just in time for us to see lots of cactuses, and a selection of desert-based wild animals:
The Sonoran Desert Museum
Looking west over the desert
Arizona sky
Hawk on a Cactus
Coyote
Garden of cacti
Good advice
In among the cactuses
Puma (Mountain Lion)
On Wednesday we headed south and drove right down to the old mining town of Bisbee which is right on the Mexican border. we also stopped off at Boot Hill and the town of Tombstone to catch up on some of our Arizona cowboy lore.
Boot Hill cemetary
"Hanged by Mistake"
The OK Corral, today
Main Street, Tombstone
Today we took it a bit easier, just sitting in the sun by the pool and going for a walk along the Rillito River (pictures soon). Got a little sun-burned too, which makes a nice change from Calgary!
Tomorrow we're planning on heading down to an old Spanish mission church just south of the city and maybe stopping in at an artists' colony further south. Then on Saturday we're heading for Phoenix and then flying home again on Sunday.
That's all for now, but here's a few extra pictures from our trip so far:
Welcome to Arizona!
GPS unit in the car
Aircraft carrier in San Diego
Hotel view in San Diego
See you soon
J&P
On Tuesday we woke up to a little light rain and overcast skies, which is not quite what we were expecting for dry, desert, Arizona. The hotel brought breakfast to our door (coffee, juice and muffins) and we headed west to the Sonora Desert Museum. As soon as we got there the skies cleared, the rain stopped and the sun came out, just in time for us to see lots of cactuses, and a selection of desert-based wild animals:
The Sonoran Desert Museum
Looking west over the desert
Arizona sky
Hawk on a Cactus
Coyote
Garden of cacti
Good advice
In among the cactuses
Puma (Mountain Lion)
On Wednesday we headed south and drove right down to the old mining town of Bisbee which is right on the Mexican border. we also stopped off at Boot Hill and the town of Tombstone to catch up on some of our Arizona cowboy lore.
Boot Hill cemetary
"Hanged by Mistake"
The OK Corral, today
Main Street, Tombstone
Today we took it a bit easier, just sitting in the sun by the pool and going for a walk along the Rillito River (pictures soon). Got a little sun-burned too, which makes a nice change from Calgary!
Tomorrow we're planning on heading down to an old Spanish mission church just south of the city and maybe stopping in at an artists' colony further south. Then on Saturday we're heading for Phoenix and then flying home again on Sunday.
That's all for now, but here's a few extra pictures from our trip so far:
Welcome to Arizona!
GPS unit in the car
Aircraft carrier in San Diego
Hotel view in San Diego
See you soon
J&P
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