We are not our age. We are our energy.
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Sombrero Peak
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Last winter was spent in the Tucson area instead of Phoenix. The landscape isn't as varied as in the Phoenix area but still beautiful. Tucson, however, is full of history, older than Phoenix. Enjoy!
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Agua Caliente Regional Park
Post fire |
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Agua Caliente Regional Park
Dozing off near water |
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Agua Caliente Regional Park
Panorama of surviving palm trees post fire |
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Agua Caliente Regional Park
Local wildlife - turtle with orange plastron |
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| Aravaipa Canyon |
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| Aravaipa Canyon |
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| Babad Do'Ag Trail |
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| Babad Do'Ag Trail |
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| Barrio Viejo (or Barrio Libre in the old days) |
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| Five-heads, Big Caprock Peak |
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| Botanical Garden |
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Atlas Moth, Botanical Garden
As wide as my open hand |
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| Ceramic on wall - Botanical Garden |
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Rare cristate (crested) saguaro - upper right
To this day, no one knows how/why this happens
Only about 75 have been found in a park of 2 million saguaros |
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How they bury their dead on old ranches
Covered with grass and stones |
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Invented in Flagstaff, AZ
These little self-steering robots deliver food, books, tools, notes all around campus |
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| Brandi Fenton Park |
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| Barrio Viejo - colorful artisan area of town |
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| Council Rocks, Dragoon Mountains |
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| Council Rocks, Dragoon Mountains |
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| Downtown Tucson - Dancing red and green vines |
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| Dragoon Mountains, Sheep-head Dome area |
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| Dragoon Mountains, Sheep-head Dome area |
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| Enchanted Peak - another cristate saguaro |
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| Gila Monster Mine Trail |
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| Mission Garden |
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| Old Neon Sign from Mr. Quick, $0.15 burger from 1961 |
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| Tucson Presidio (fort), old leather trunk |
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| Queen Victoria Agave, Tubac Presidio (fort) |
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| San Xavier del Bac, church door handle |
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| Tubac Presidio, old adobe home |
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| Huge mural for 100th anniversary of Tucson Rodeo |
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Tumacácori National Historical Park
Cemetery, round chapel, back of church |
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Tumacácori National Historical Park
Front of church |
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Tumacácori National Historical Park
Storage area |
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Tumacácori National Historical Park
Wooden beams |
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It wouldn't be the southwest without a representation of
Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday |
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