Saguaro Cacti Everywhere!

The Arizona Sonora Desert Museum is west of Tucson on the edge of Saguaro National Park. Saguaro cacti are extremely slow growing - about ten years for the first few inches. The ones we saw were mighty old and there were many, many of them growing in the park as well as covering the mountains all around us.

We had a beautiful day in the 70-80's with fluffy clouds leftover from a gulf storm.

There were paths throughout the park with zoo animals tucked between the trails and rocks. We saw lizards and snakes, bighorn sheep, mountain lions and several other mountain wild cats. Thought of Morgan when we saw burrowing owls - just like in a movie we saw last summer.

Quiet beauty everywhere we went . . .