The majority of the coaches here at the rally were packing up and leaving this mo
rning. We got out and wished the ones leaving goodbye until we see them next May in Kerrville, Texas. Later in the morning we headed out west of Tucson to the Arizona-Sonara Desert Museum. This is a combination of botanical garden, museum and zoo. The place has a couple of miles of trails out into the desert with all the different types of cactus and plants that grow in here in the So
nora Desert. As we entered there was one of the docents showing one of the owls on display in the zoo portion of the park. The Sonora Desert is very large and goes into several states: Arizona and California in the United States and the Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California Sur and Sea of Cortez. Due to this they have different types of cactus and plants that grow in the different regions. Also they have many different animals that are native to the different areas. I was surprised to find long horn sheep on display but they are native to the higher regions such as around Sedona, Arizona.
rning. We got out and wished the ones leaving goodbye until we see them next May in Kerrville, Texas. Later in the morning we headed out west of Tucson to the Arizona-Sonara Desert Museum. This is a combination of botanical garden, museum and zoo. The place has a couple of miles of trails out into the desert with all the different types of cactus and plants that grow in here in the So
nora Desert. As we entered there was one of the docents showing one of the owls on display in the zoo portion of the park. The Sonora Desert is very large and goes into several states: Arizona and California in the United States and the Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California Sur and Sea of Cortez. Due to this they have different types of cactus and plants that grow in the different regions. Also they have many different animals that are native to the different areas. I was surprised to find long horn sheep on display but they are native to the higher regions such as around Sedona, Arizona.A major portion of the park was the different cactus and plants. They had everything fro
m large saguaro cactus to the native grasses that grow in different regions. The saguaro cactus are very abundant in this part of Arizona. The hills and mountains are covered with them. This is the ca
ctus with the arms that grow toward the sky that we normally visualize when we think of the southwest desert. Another of the interesting cactus is what is called the organ pipe cactus. They grow in clumps and look very similar to the pipes on musical pipe organs. The park consist of 21 acres and has more than 300 animal species and 1200 kinds of plants, all in their natural desert settings. This made for a very enjoyable day of exploring the beautiful Arizona desert.
m large saguaro cactus to the native grasses that grow in different regions. The saguaro cactus are very abundant in this part of Arizona. The hills and mountains are covered with them. This is the ca
ctus with the arms that grow toward the sky that we normally visualize when we think of the southwest desert. Another of the interesting cactus is what is called the organ pipe cactus. They grow in clumps and look very similar to the pipes on musical pipe organs. The park consist of 21 acres and has more than 300 animal species and 1200 kinds of plants, all in their natural desert settings. This made for a very enjoyable day of exploring the beautiful Arizona desert.
2 comments:
I think of zoos as being for kids - I only ever went to the zoo in OKC as a child - but I've enjoyed the Rock of Eagles at Rocamadour in France and the impressive zoo at Sydney as an adult. That owl in your photo certainly looks fierce! Shame you weren't standing just a tad to the right in front of the cactus - you coulda had cactus horns (was that what Joanne was aiming for??)
This was more museum than zoo, though they did have some animals in areas that resembled their native habitat. The biggest part of the museum was all the different cactus and plants that grow throughout the Sonoran Desert.
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