Joshua Tree National Park
We started our day at Joshua Tree National Monument with a 1.8 mile walk through, around, and over some of the rock piles near the Cottonwood Campground. David’s... more
Roosevelt Dam
Roosevelt Recreation Area was created in the early 1900s when the Teddy Roosevelt Dam was built for flood control and electricity generation and to create... more
Roosevelt Recreation Area
The drive from Tucson to Roosevelt Recreation Area took us through some fantastic country. Still lots of Saguaro cacti, but lots more prickly... more
Tucson Visit
We had a great day today. After leaving Tucson Mountain Park, we headed across the Gates Pass. It’s a road with a great view, but certainly is winding... more
Sonoran Desert Museum
The Sonoran Desert Museum is an attraction we have seen on previous visits to Tucson, but it is certainly worth seeing again and again. The displays are so... more
Organ Pipe Cactus
The second is the Ajo Mountain loop (21 miles) and takes you through the desert to two great hikes up into the mountains. We chose the Bull Pasture –... more
Buckeye AZ
Not a very exciting day. We got a late start from the LTVA, walked a bit in the desert off I-10 in an area with a really interesting desert floor with lots of... more
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