Left in Tucson

Jim captured these views sometime ago, and I am just getting around to posting them.  Taken between spring 2011 and late summer 2012.  Here are views from some of our favorite places.   ------------------------------------ These were taken from Windy Point, a rest stop and vista half way up to the Mount Lemmon ski resort… if you squint, you can see Tucson in the haze just beyond the ridge. Tucson, down in the bowl of a volcano, is at 2500 ft. above sea level.  This picture was taken at about 4000 ft. above that.  Look closely, can you find the section of highway ¼ of the way up from the lower left-hand corner? Me, from behind… 150+ ft. drop off that rock ledge at the bottom right hand corner…  I can’t lie, I’m not as close to the edge as it looks… Again, that’s Tucson nestled down in the bottom of the bowl. Some mother and her two kids enjoying the sunset.     This is the ro...

Spring has sprung here in the Tucson desert!  Birds are chirping, wildflowers are blooming.   This is my favorite time of year in Tucson.   Wherever you walk, drive or bike you can smell the sweet fragrances of acacia tree blooms, creosote bushes in full flower, and the blooming grapefruit, orange and lemons trees that almost everyone has in their backyards.   View from Catalina State Park to Oro Valley Check out that peanut balanced on a rock.  There is a bee hiding in that thistle flower.  Can you find it?  Ocotillo in bloom  Yellow desert poppies, blue desert lupines More yellow desert poppies.

MBs on Parade - Sept 10, 2011 Chaparral Club drive to Mt. Lemmon Catalina Highway to Mt. Lemmon The best of the best Note the "White Queen" in the far right corner View of sprawling Tucson below City of Tucson with Catalina Highway in foreground City of Tucson - Another angle A good place from which to take that leap.... Jim standing in the wash at Catalina State Park- sans Monsoon rain run-off. Bridge across historic Roosevelt Lake and Dam View of Roosevelt Lake to the south Roosevelt Lake sans boat traffic Rainbow over Tucson - East side Same Rainbow over East Side of Tucson Spring time in Catalina State Park "Great Horny Toad!" at Catalina State Park Same Horned Toad The trail at Catalina State Park Spring time view from trail at Catalina State Park Another spring time view from the same trail The wash (where's Jim?) at Catalina State Park Prickly Pear C...