Soldier Canyon Trail, santa Catalinas. 12/25/12 Christmas day. Pam and I hiked  about 4 miles round trip up the trail, climbing 1400 feet. Its an old abandoned, overgrown jeep trail that goes up to an old closed prizon camp. Very steep in places. One of the least travelled that we have done in Tucson. It's not in the trail guide books, you need to look it up on the internet
Soldier Canyon Trail, Santa Catalinas. 12/25/12 Christmas day. Pam and I hiked  about 4 miles round trip up the trail, climbing 1400 feet. Its an old abandoned, overgrown jeep trail that goes up to a closed prizon camp. Very steep in places. One of the least travelled that we have done in Tucson. It's not in the trail guide books, you need to look it up on the internet.
Cholla. Douglas Spring Trail, Saguaro National Park, Tucson
Douglas Spring Trail, Saguaro National Park East, Tucson 12/23/12
Photo of some saguaros  at Bridal Wreath Falls. Following the Douglas Spring Trail Pam and I hiked to Bridal Wreath Falls and back, a 5.2 mile, 1400 ft gain hike. Bridal Wreath Falls is a seasonal waterfall in the foothills of the Rincon Mountaisn in Saguaro Nation Park on the east side of Tucson. It was 37 degrees wat the trail head when we started out..
Palm Tree Starburst
Up a Palm Tree
Windy Palm Tree
This shows the complete stems of the kind of barrel cactus that doesn't seem to be the yellow-fruiting F. wislizeni.
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Ponce de Leon Drive, Catalina foothills, Tucson, Arizona
December 20, 2012 (morning)
A saguaro fancifully seeming to stretch in the morning sun.
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Ponce de Leon Drive, Catalina foothills, Tucson, Arizona
December 20, 2012 (morning)
This shows the complete stems of the kind of barrel cactus that doesn't seem to be the yellow-fruiting F. wislizeni.
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Ponce de Leon Drive, Catalina foothills, Tucson, Arizona
December 20, 2012 (morning)
This shows the complete stems of the kind of barrel cactus that doesn't seem to be the yellow-fruiting F. wislizeni.
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Ponce de Leon Drive, Catalina foothills, Tucson, Arizona
December 20, 2012 (morning)
This shows the complete stems of the kind of barrel cactus that doesn't seem to be the yellow-fruiting F. wislizeni.
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Ponce de Leon Drive, Catalina foothills, Tucson, Arizona
December 20, 2012 (morning)
See photo in original gallery.