Friday, March 6 – Tuesday, March 10, 2015
I love to travel. Period. It doesn’t matter where the road takes me I love being on it. The sense of adventure that comes with exploring new places, whether it is abroad or right here in the United States, is one of the joys of my life. It’s always been that way. When traveling around the country I am always drawn to The West. I don’t know if that’s because I have spent a good number of my years in the South and Georgia in particular and the big sky out west is such a different view from my day to day but whatever the reason I always relish the chance to go out and explore.
The past few days I had the opportunity to visit with a good friend in Tucson, Arizona and although a lot of time out of those days were spent working with brides and grooms as well as a couple about to get married later this year, I did get the chance to spend some time in the desert. Saguaro National Park and the Tucson Desert Museum were both great suggestions from my friends and we spent a little bit of time exploring two of their favorite places. Saguaro National Park is definitely beautiful. As we wound our way through the park, the sun was starting to set lighting up the numerous cacti that give the park its name. Huge boulder formations started to rise from the desert floor as we neared our destination in the park in order to really get a beautiful view of the descending twilight. The Tucson Desert Museum is a little harder to describe. Not quite a zoo, the museum had a bunch of desert inhabitants in natural enclosures within the property. Bob cats and mountain lions lazed in the winter sun, while deer foraged around for food. There was also a birds of prey demonstration where a prairie falcon and a great horned owl wowed the gathered crowd as handlers had them swooping and diving over their heads.
Later I’ll be able to share some of the work that got done while I was out there. I’m really excited to be able to do that. But for now enjoy what some of the desert and the West has to offer through my eyes!
Driving down a desert highway in a Roadrunner.
Roadrunner in Tucson, Arizona on Sunday, March 8, 2015.
The sun sets over the mountains at Saguaro National Park in Tucson, Arizona on Sunday, March 8, 2015.
People watch the sun set from a large boulder inside Saguaro National Park in Tucson, Arizona on Sunday, March 8, 2015.
The sun sets on a saguaro cactus at Saguaro National Park in Tucson, Arizona on Sunday, March 8, 2015.
A saguaro cactus in Tucson, Arizona on Monday, March 9, 2015.
A saguaro cactus in Tucson, Arizona on Monday, March 9, 2015.
A statue of Paul Bunyan guards a neighborhoos in Tucson, Arizona as the sun sets on Monday, March 9, 2015.
A raven soars in the air above the Tucson Desert Museum in Arizona on Tuesday, March 10, 2015.
A great horned owl perches on the branch of a tree at the Tucson Desert Museum in Arizona on Tuesday, March 10, 2015.
A prairie falcon soars over the heads of the crowd at the Tucson Desert Museum in Arizona on Tuesday, March 10, 2015.
A prairie falcon takes off from its perch at the Tucson Desert Museum in Arizona on Tuesday, March 10, 2015.
A prairie falcon soars through the air at the Tucson Desert Museum in Arizona on Tuesday, March 10, 2015.
A bobcat perches on a rock in its enclosure at the Tucson Desert Museum in Arizona on Tuesday, March 10, 2015.
A saguaro cactus hides the sun at the Tucson Desert Museum in Arizona on Tuesday, March 10, 2015.
A humming bird perches on a branch at the Tucson Desert Museum in Arizona on Tuesday, March 10, 2015.
The spines on a cactus at the Tucson Desert Museum in Arizona on Tuesday, March 10, 2015.
A deer forages for something to eat in its enclosure at the Tucson Desert Museum in Arizona on Tuesday, March 10, 2015.
The desert view in Tucson, Arizona on Friday, March 6, 2015.
The desert view in Tucson, Arizona on Friday, March 6, 2015.
The desert view in Tucson, Arizona on Friday, March 6, 2015.