Carla's Arizona Photos: Part 1
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Left: Sunset in the Western Tucson Mountains
Right: Sunset from atop Wasson Peak (highest peak in West Tucson Mountains)
Left: Me hiking w/view of Tucson behind me
Right: Me hiking with cactus below and behind me (the perspective is off, but see photo below for general size of cactus.)
Left: Me with an average-size Saguaro cactus
Right: My favorite flowers -- Hedgehog cactus in bloom (nice desert behind)
Left: Sunrise over a lake 4 hours North of Tucson
Right: Friend Scott next to Organ Pipe cactus, 4 hours southwest of Tucson...he thinks it looks alien.
Saguaro (sa-waa-row) cactus in Western Tucson Mountains (45-min drive and 1 hour hike from my apartment).
Left: The nest of a Cactus Wren (Arizona state bird) in a teddy-bear cholla cactus. (1/2 hour drive and 1-hour hike from my apartment)
Right: Prickly Pear cactus and Brittlebush flowers in Western Tucson Mountains.
Left: Butterfly on a flower
Right: Lizard on a rock
Left: Cute little hedgehog cactus next to purple Lupen, nestled in rocks.
Right: Me hiking in autumn atop Mount Lemmon -- I couldn't tell if it was cool or not, and adjusted layers haphazzardly, so pardon the wacky combo outfit. (1/2 hour drive and 1/2 hour hike from my apartment)
This is a view of Tucson at dusk from atop Wasson Peak in the Western Mountains (so the view faces east, and the sunset is behind me.) (45 min drive, 3 hour hike from my apartment).
Left: This is a nice colorful plaza about 1 block from my office (my office is a similar structure, but just plain white with blue stairs.)
Right: Twin saguaro cactus near the main downtown church, a block from my office.
Left: There are so many ruins in Arizona! Here's me with a big adobe-house ruin near sunset crater, near the Grand Canyon, 5 hours north from my apartment.
Right: Here's a view from inside that ancient adobe ruin.