I was showered, shaved, and Shinola’d and had commandeered the bench outside the shower facilities at Arizona’s Catalina State park. The Santa Catalina mountain range monopolizes the eastern horizon of Tucson, and we were mesmerized spectators in the evening’s sunset. We rushed back to our site and photographed our camper framed by craggy formations that we would merely enjoy this evening but hope to explore more fully during a future visit.
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Archive for December, 2009
Catalina State Park, AZ
Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona
“Please identify yourself, and let us know if you’re a lifer,” the park volunteer kindly requested after we’d gathered for an early-morning birding walk. The only “lifers” I was familiar with were bad guys serving life-long terms in prison for crimes we don’t even want to know about. In birding circles, a lifer is one who lists all birds spotted throughout a lifetime, and there were some in this group who’d exceeded 700 different species.
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Safely Settled in Pahrump, NV
Perched on a spiny limb of one of many Mesquite trees characterizing this section of California’s Mojave desert, the black Phainopepla (silky-flycatcher family) greeted us with musical chatter and more than a little curiosity. After all, we were the first visitors this year to the Point of Rock springs at the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. Sooney spotted the place on the map and an interpretive ranger in Death Valley highly recommended a visit.
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