Mt. Hector is a few miles behind our home in Tubac. You can drive to the top which is 7000 ft. The Lawrence Whipple Observatory is there but you cannot go in without a guide. These are mostly pictures of the Santa Cruz valley which is where we live. The desert is extremely green due to all the rain we have had during the rainy season. This is coming to an end so all will be brown soon! Here is the URL for the observatory site: http://www.sao.arizona.edu/FLWO/whipple.html http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2197/369336110_kE2Tm-Ti.jpg http://routemeister.smugmug.com/gallery/5930380_Lfiiw/ 2008-09-09T06:54:09Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com">Elliott Knight (Routemeister)</a><br />IMG_2197.JPG</p><p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/5930380_Lfiiw#369336110_kE2Tm" title="IMG_2197.JPG"><img src="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2197/369336110_kE2Tm-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="IMG_2197.JPG" title="IMG_2197.JPG" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-09T06:52:32Z Elliott Knight (Routemeister) http://routemeister.smugmug.com http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2197/369336110_kE2Tm-Th.jpg 2008-08-30 12:52:32 <p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com">Elliott Knight (Routemeister)</a><br />IMG_2198.JPG</p><p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/5930380_Lfiiw#369336174_JKZU8" title="IMG_2198.JPG"><img src="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2198/369336174_JKZU8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="IMG_2198.JPG" title="IMG_2198.JPG" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-09T06:52:30Z Elliott Knight (Routemeister) http://routemeister.smugmug.com http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2198/369336174_JKZU8-Th.jpg 2008-08-30 12:52:43 <p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com">Elliott Knight (Routemeister)</a><br />IMG_2199.JPG</p><p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/5930380_Lfiiw#369336231_dEU7h" title="IMG_2199.JPG"><img src="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2199/369336231_dEU7h-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="IMG_2199.JPG" title="IMG_2199.JPG" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-09T06:52:45Z Elliott Knight (Routemeister) http://routemeister.smugmug.com http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2199/369336231_dEU7h-Th.jpg 2008-08-30 12:58:36 <p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com">Elliott Knight (Routemeister)</a><br />IMG_2200.JPG</p><p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/5930380_Lfiiw#369336313_VNLEv" title="IMG_2200.JPG"><img src="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2200/369336313_VNLEv-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="IMG_2200.JPG" title="IMG_2200.JPG" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-09T06:52:43Z Elliott Knight (Routemeister) http://routemeister.smugmug.com http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2200/369336313_VNLEv-Th.jpg 2008-08-30 12:58:44 <p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com">Elliott Knight (Routemeister)</a><br />IMG_2201.JPG</p><p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/5930380_Lfiiw#369336355_cvDzh" title="IMG_2201.JPG"><img src="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2201/369336355_cvDzh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="IMG_2201.JPG" title="IMG_2201.JPG" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-09T06:52:49Z Elliott Knight (Routemeister) http://routemeister.smugmug.com http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2201/369336355_cvDzh-Th.jpg 2008-08-30 13:00:26 <p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com">Elliott Knight (Routemeister)</a><br />IMG_2202.JPG</p><p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/5930380_Lfiiw#369336402_PXgUe" title="IMG_2202.JPG"><img src="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2202/369336402_PXgUe-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="IMG_2202.JPG" title="IMG_2202.JPG" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-09T06:52:58Z Elliott Knight (Routemeister) http://routemeister.smugmug.com http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2202/369336402_PXgUe-Th.jpg 2008-08-30 13:01:47 <p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com">Elliott Knight (Routemeister)</a><br />IMG_2203.JPG</p><p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/5930380_Lfiiw#369336468_2BUZj" title="IMG_2203.JPG"><img src="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2203/369336468_2BUZj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="IMG_2203.JPG" title="IMG_2203.JPG" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-09T06:53:04Z Elliott Knight (Routemeister) http://routemeister.smugmug.com http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2203/369336468_2BUZj-Th.jpg 2008-08-30 13:01:58 <p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com">Elliott Knight (Routemeister)</a><br />IMG_2204.JPG</p><p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/5930380_Lfiiw#369336494_ncqdg" title="IMG_2204.JPG"><img src="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2204/369336494_ncqdg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="IMG_2204.JPG" title="IMG_2204.JPG" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-09T06:53:07Z Elliott Knight (Routemeister) http://routemeister.smugmug.com http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2204/369336494_ncqdg-Th.jpg 2008-08-30 13:09:42 <p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com">Elliott Knight (Routemeister)</a><br />IMG_2205.JPG</p><p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/5930380_Lfiiw#369336542_TQYyi" title="IMG_2205.JPG"><img src="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2205/369336542_TQYyi-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="IMG_2205.JPG" title="IMG_2205.JPG" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-09T06:53:13Z Elliott Knight (Routemeister) http://routemeister.smugmug.com http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2205/369336542_TQYyi-Th.jpg 2008-08-30 13:10:01 <p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com">Elliott Knight (Routemeister)</a><br />IMG_2206.JPG</p><p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/5930380_Lfiiw#369336587_MGqBw" title="IMG_2206.JPG"><img src="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2206/369336587_MGqBw-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="IMG_2206.JPG" title="IMG_2206.JPG" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-09T06:53:19Z Elliott Knight (Routemeister) http://routemeister.smugmug.com http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2206/369336587_MGqBw-Th.jpg 2008-08-30 13:19:23 <p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com">Elliott Knight (Routemeister)</a><br />This is the gate at the top. Cannot go any farther without a guided tour.</p><p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/5930380_Lfiiw#369336640_hkbvC" title="This is the gate at the top. Cannot go any farther without a guided tour."><img src="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2207/369336640_hkbvC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="This is the gate at the top. Cannot go any farther without a guided tour." title="This is the gate at the top. Cannot go any farther without a guided tour." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-09T07:00:22Z Elliott Knight (Routemeister) http://routemeister.smugmug.com http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2207/369336640_hkbvC-Th.jpg 2008-08-30 13:19:36 <p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com">Elliott Knight (Routemeister)</a><br />IMG_2208.JPG</p><p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/5930380_Lfiiw#369336698_5dSJA" title="IMG_2208.JPG"><img src="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2208/369336698_5dSJA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="IMG_2208.JPG" title="IMG_2208.JPG" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-09T06:53:36Z Elliott Knight (Routemeister) http://routemeister.smugmug.com http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2208/369336698_5dSJA-Th.jpg 2008-08-30 13:20:17 <p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com">Elliott Knight (Routemeister)</a><br 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2008-09-09T06:53:45Z Elliott Knight (Routemeister) http://routemeister.smugmug.com http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2210/369336818_fTJPd-Th.jpg 2008-08-30 13:23:15 <p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com">Elliott Knight (Routemeister)</a><br />IMG_2211.JPG</p><p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/5930380_Lfiiw#369336853_nDGVm" title="IMG_2211.JPG"><img src="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2211/369336853_nDGVm-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="IMG_2211.JPG" title="IMG_2211.JPG" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-09T06:53:52Z Elliott Knight (Routemeister) http://routemeister.smugmug.com http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2211/369336853_nDGVm-Th.jpg 2008-08-30 13:23:22 <p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com">Elliott Knight (Routemeister)</a><br />IMG_2212.JPG</p><p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/5930380_Lfiiw#369336883_rPjsT" title="IMG_2212.JPG"><img src="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2212/369336883_rPjsT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="IMG_2212.JPG" title="IMG_2212.JPG" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-09T06:53:54Z Elliott Knight (Routemeister) http://routemeister.smugmug.com http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2212/369336883_rPjsT-Th.jpg 2008-08-30 13:24:40 <p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com">Elliott Knight (Routemeister)</a><br />IMG_2213.JPG</p><p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/5930380_Lfiiw#369336937_pichD" title="IMG_2213.JPG"><img src="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2213/369336937_pichD-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="IMG_2213.JPG" title="IMG_2213.JPG" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-09T06:53:59Z Elliott Knight (Routemeister) http://routemeister.smugmug.com http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2213/369336937_pichD-Th.jpg 2008-08-30 13:24:49 <p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com">Elliott Knight (Routemeister)</a><br />IMG_2214.JPG</p><p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/5930380_Lfiiw#369336965_B6Kbx" title="IMG_2214.JPG"><img src="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2214/369336965_B6Kbx-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="IMG_2214.JPG" title="IMG_2214.JPG" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-09T06:54:04Z Elliott Knight (Routemeister) http://routemeister.smugmug.com http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2214/369336965_B6Kbx-Th.jpg 2008-08-30 13:24:57 <p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com">Elliott Knight (Routemeister)</a><br />IMG_2215.JPG</p><p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/5930380_Lfiiw#369337052_izzN5" title="IMG_2215.JPG"><img src="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2215/369337052_izzN5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="IMG_2215.JPG" title="IMG_2215.JPG" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-09T06:54:18Z Elliott Knight (Routemeister) http://routemeister.smugmug.com http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2215/369337052_izzN5-Th.jpg 2008-08-30 13:26:35 <p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com">Elliott Knight (Routemeister)</a><br />IMG_2216.JPG</p><p><a href="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/5930380_Lfiiw#369337100_6i2FR" title="IMG_2216.JPG"><img src="http://routemeister.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Mt-Hector-Tubac/IMG2216/369337100_6i2FR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="IMG_2216.JPG" title="IMG_2216.JPG" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-09T06:54:27Z Elliott Knight (Routemeister) http://routemeister.smugmug.com 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