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| Camp site at Hidden Valley Ranch
RV resort |
Quail |
Jack rabbit, rabbit and quail at
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Cane Cholla in RV park |
Obvoid fruit of cane cholla |
Sunset Hidden Valley Ranch, New
Mexico |
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Sunrise Hidden Valley Ranch, New Mexico |
View from Hwy 88 |
Charlie & Carolyn at Canyon Lake in the Tonto National Forest |
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Carolyn looking over Canyon Lake on drive to Tortilla Flat |
Wildflowers along Hwy 88 |
Wildflowers along Hwy 88 - Mexican poppies, Desert dandelion and Desert
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Desert dandelion |
View near Tortilla Flats |
Church at Ghost town |
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Bordello at ghost town |
Tonto Natural Bridge State Park - Flowering trees were beautiful. |
Side of Natural bridge opposite waterfall. This looks very much like
formations in a cave. |
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Tonto Natural Bridge |
Waterfall over Natural Bridge |
Another waterfall at Tonto Natural Bridge State Park |
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View from Hwy 88 after Roosevelt Dam - narrow gravel road with many turns
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The following 12 pictures were taken at the Phoenix Botanical Gardens:
Baja Fairy Duster |
View of saguaros on hillside from garden |
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Aloe in bloom |
Scorpion weed |
Wildflower garden |
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Firecracker plant |
Organ pipe cactus flowers |
Beaver tail prickly pear cactus in bloom |
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Engelmann's Hedgehog cactus |
A partial cristate saguaros and Gary - can you notice the shape comparison? |
Desert Fairy Duster |
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Writht's pincushion cactus in bloom |
Hole in rock - too tired and hot to climb after gardens but would like to |
Tuzigott National Monument - No one knows why they were abandoned. |
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Jerome, a once thriving mining town turned ghost town turned artist colony. |
Gary is examining this place of business - see sign above door.
Belgian Jenne's bordello. |
View from AZ 87A just south of Jerome |
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Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument from trail head |
aa lava as seen from trail |
Splatter cone as seen from trail. |
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Gary on trail, can you tell how cold it was, there was even snow. |
Wupatki pueblo - note ball field |
A friendly lizard at Wupatki |
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Wukoki pueblo |
Box Canyon dwellings |
Lomaki pueblo |
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AZ 89A from Prescott to Jerome |
Walnut Canyon cliff dwellings |
Gary overlooking Walnut Canyon |
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San Francisco peaks from Walnut Canyon entrance road |
Oak Creek Canyon vista |
Note 3 levels of road through Oak Creek Canyon |
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Flowers will grow anywhere - Oak Creek Canyon |
Eagle head - or so Gary named this rock from Devils Bridge trail |
Devils Bridge from bottom of trail |
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Devils Bridge from top of trail |
Sphinx from Dry Creek Road |
Sunset over Sedona from Airport Road |
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Sunset over Sedona from Airport Road |
Chapel of the Holy Cross located on red rocks |
Walk way up to Chapel of the Holy Cross |
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Chapel of the Holy Cross |
Bell rock |
Views of rocks around Sedona |
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Castle rock |
View outside Sedona |
Close to sunset from rest area on I 17 |
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Verde Valley Railroad - you can get an idea how long the train was |
View of Verde Valley from train - wilderness, eagles and heron were all we
saw |
Train almost to tunnel we went through |