Taking the High Road...

If you get too hot in Tucson, Arizona, just travel up the Catalina mountains, (I never get too hot) for refreshing, cool air. (I like thick air that feels like boiling syrup) 

First, you enter a stand of Saguaro, then spiral into a mini, Hoo-Doo rock gallery, culminating in an Aspen-like pine forest. We drove up twice for panoramic views and rock tripping. Follow our wheels... 

Dare-devil.

I wasn't able to get a good shot of the huge, black ravens of the Southwest. 

Peek-a-boo shot. 

So you see, no need to sizzle like bacon strips on your whole visit!

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Tucson Botanical Gardens

What a gem! The Tucson Botanical Gardens are a must-see for anyone visiting Saguaro National Park. It's part zoo, part desert oasis and part whimsical sculpture garden. Follow our feet...

This dragonfly is quite pleasing to the eye.

Cute. 

Fun.

These creatures are little spotted garden eels. They live most of their life embedded in sand like a kid on the beach. 

The desert landscape is a living canvas surrounding the garden. 

Road Runner. 

A shy guy. 

The cacti garden was a feast of fluff and thorns. 

Even the heavens were framed like art. 

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Signal Hill Petroglyphs

Desert garden.

The Signal Hill petroglyphs are accessible and intriguing. They were created 800 years ago by the Hohokam and can be found in Saguaro National Park. This hike was one of the highlights of our visit to Tucson. Follow our tracks... 

Signal Hill: a scrubby pile of rocks. 

But look!

I love this photo. 

I'll never forget our visit to Boquete Bees in Panama. Back then, the guide and bee-keeper pointed out ancient petroglyphs embedded here-and-there on the honey farm. She said the rock swirls were sacred energy markers. I don't know what the Hohokam intended when they created their spirals, but I like to imagine it is the site of an ancient vortex. 

I know it is the site of desolate beauty. 

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The White Dove of the Desert

Mission San Xavier del Bac

In the late 1600's, Father Kino arrived on horseback, entering the Wa:k village of the Tohono O'odham. The quiet and giving Desert people were seasonal farmers, growing Indian corn, beans, squash, lentils and melons. They also utilized native plants like saguaro fruits, mesquite tree beans, cholla buds and mesquite candy. They still weave beautiful baskets, that hold all matter of wares.

San Xavier Mission was built in the 1700's in New Spain. It is a National Historic Landmark and the oldest intact European structure in the state. Which state? Have you guessed where the White Dove is located? 

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The inside was like a gilded castle. I could almost hear the whispers: two-hundred years of silent prayers en-route to the heavens. 

I pray for a healthy life full of discovery and travel. 

The fire burns bright in Tucson, Arizona.

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