Sabino Canyon Hike 1

View from the Sabino Canyon recreation area parking lot...

Ssetting out .... note the sweater ... it was chilly

Note also the walking sticks

Not exactly the less traveled road

maybe we should head cross country?

There is water in the desert ... Sabino Canyon dam

A Saguaro apartment house

Well this looks more like a hiking trail ... but where...

We&#39;ve shed at least one layer of clothes

Met a guy who volunteered to take a picture ... .and...

Outflow from the dam ... with a little of the &#34;wash&#34;...

Interior of a saguaro ... wooden slats which hold it erect

Same cactus at a remove

Through the desert we go

Fascinating to see the saguaro march up and down the hills

Though not all that far from &#34;civilization&#34;

Including downtown Tucson in the far distance

and this is a &#34;teddy bear&#34; cholla ... if I&#39;m reading my...

and this is a barrel cactus