SUMMARY: Another whirlwind vacation to Arizona.
Whew!- Days on the road: 8
- Miles driven: 2150
- Photos taken: 2775
- Weddings attended: 1
- National Parks, Monuments, Forests, Recreation Areas, and Historic Landmarks visited: 9
- Tuzigoot national monument
- Coconino nat'l forest
- Grand Canyon nat'l park
- Prescott nat'l forest
- Kaibab nat'l forest
- Lake Mead nat'l recreation area
- Hoover Dam nat'l historic landmark
- Joshua Tree nat'l park
- Taliesin West nat'l historic landmark (Scottsdale)
- State Parks visited: 3
- Fort Tejon SP (Tejon Pass, CA)
- South Mountain SP (Phoenix)
- Red Rock SP (Sedona)
- Tourist-trappy kinds of fun places visited: 6
- Casa da Fruta (Gilroy)
- Pea Soup Andersen (Santa Nella)
- Alien Fresh Jerky
- Mad Greek
- Peggy Sue's '50s Diner
- Nevada casinos
- Educational, culturally meaningful places visited: 8
- Arizona Natural History Museum (Mesa)
- Harvey House, plus Railroad Museum and Route 66 Museum (Barstow)
- Twenty Mule Team Museum (Boron)
- Borax "mine" tour (dang, closed, photos from outside only) (Boron)
- Calico Early Man archaeological dig site (Yermo)
- Tehachapi Loop (railroad) (Tehachapi pass)
- Jerome, AZ
- My sister's house in NV
- Geocaches found: 1 in Arizona, 2 in Nevada.
- Dog petted (that I remember): 3 (Shiba Inu at wedding, Labrador at Tuzigoot, terrier at Harvey House)
- Photos involving dogs: A few
- Agility sites visited: 1 (Westworld, although there was no agility there at the moment)
- Wild mammal varieties seen: 5 (jack rabbit, elk, deer, cottontail, big horn sheep); photographed: latter 4
- Wild reptile varieties seen: a bunch, mostly lizards (some photos), a couple of snakes (no photos), desert tortoise (wow! Yay!); also big red-eared sliders in a domestic pond
- Wild birds photographed--none very well or very close: quail (from a distance), scrub jay, raven, though maybe condors but now I think they're just turkey vultures (sigh) from a LONG distance, lesser goldfinch (I think), white-winged dove
- Wildflowers photographed: Wow, were there a lot of wildflowers this trip! Identifying them all will take a while.
Dogs were very happy to see me; I'm very tired and have unpacking to do plus go through all those photos! I think I'd better do the wedding first and get to the others later, but just because I've already edited this one, here's a white-winged dove on a blooming saguaro.
Hey, welcome back! I'll have you know I was starting to get worried about you, hearing neither hide nor hair of you here or on facebook. Then I remembered you were on vacation, and all is well.
ReplyDeleteI had to laugh out loud at the number of photos taken. I often find myself in a similar boat, though perhaps a slightly smaller one. Ah, the joy of digital photography. Will be a big job working through them all but I'll look forward to seeing the keepers. Speaking of which -- whoa, cool looking cactus.
I don't remember ever seeing a Saguaro in bloom or with fruit before, so this was especially cool.
ReplyDeleteWelcome back! There is nothing like a good road trip. It sounds like you had a great time. Hope to see you soon :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks! My next trial is July. I *almost* dropped in on Turlock on my way home, but it was getting late & I was tired, so didn't.
ReplyDeleteWelcome back! I know you had a great trip, just from the # of photos taken! LOL! That's just the most fun, taking pictures on a road trip! Can't wait to see some (or all) of them!
ReplyDeletePet the girls...and take a nap!