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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Post author:Colleen
Post published:November 28, 2020
Post category:Adventure Exploring Photos Reviews Wildlife

Yesterday we toured the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum adjacent to Saguaro National Park. The concept of the museum is to allow visitors to see the nature of the desert in a natural setting. The museum consists of several buildings that include live habitats for reptiles, butterflies, hummingbirds as well as a vast area of a desert zoo. We headed to the reptile building and saw the local rattlesnakes (so we can identify them to the medics when we are attacked by one hiking), but quickly left because this building was also a Covid incubator! We then went to the outdoor…

Our Search for Wild Horses

Post author:Colleen
Post published:November 21, 2020
Post category:Adventure Drone Exploring Photos Videos Wildlife

Yesterday we headed out very early in search of wild horses at Salt Creek River near Lost Dutchman State Park. We were prepared to fail as we took fishing equipment as well as art work to spend the day at the river. There are about 5 areas of Salt Creek that you can get to the river to see the horses. We started at Granite Reef Recreation area...nothing but horse poop! We continued to Coon Bluff Recreation area...no horses but plenty of horse poop. So we decided to try fishing...first we fly fished, great fun, but no fish and…

Bighorn Sheep

Post author:Carol
Post published:November 10, 2020
Post category:Artwork Wildlife

Colleen got me interested in ink & watercolor art (true beginner!). Earlier this year I completed a 30 page book for my sister, who loves animals. My goal is to paint the animals we see on our trip. This is my image of a Bighorn Sheep we saw in Zion National Park.

California Condors, Wow!

Post author:Colleen
Post published:October 11, 2020
Post category:Adventure Exploring Photos Wildlife

On Friday we drove a 40 mile dirt road near Kanab, UT and came across a California Condor viewpoint. While there we met a guy that works for the Peregrine Fund, saving the California Condors. While there we did see them on the cliffs, but they were really far away. Our new friend said that we needed to go to the Navajo Bridge in the morning to see them up close. So, today we drove early to the Navajo Bridge...holy cow...the condors were everywhere! The California Condor is one of the rarest birds in the world. It is the largest flying…

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