Photo Blog with Waterfalls, Hiking, Outdoors, and other Adventures
The Scenic Tour of Jewel Cave National Monument explores deeper into the cave than the short Discovery Tour which I also joined this morning by mistake. Prepare yourself to traverse up & down over 730 stairs through a 1/2 mile loop that descends several hundred feet. After starting again at the Target Room we immediately … Read more
Winter weekends in Tucson apparently bring everyone out to play and crowds were swarming today. I left Saguaro N.P. because trails were packed and it was the same story at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Came here because I wanted to finally see a rattlesnake and mountain lion in person, and because everywhere I went people … Read more
Last stop for my short weekend trip on 8/5/17 was Rocky Arbor State Park. It’s one of the smaller parks (244 acres) and is sandwiched in between busy highways I-94 and Hwy 12. It can be easily hiked in an hour or two with features including rock bluffs and a variety of plant life. I took … Read more