The high for the day was supposed to be below 90 degrees…and there was a 50-60% chance of rain in the area starting around 11:00. The image is from two minutes shy of noon and I had yet to feel a drop of rain…and I wouldn’t for the next hour that it took me to make it back to the truck…but it was beautiful in its potential. Sometimes that has to be good enough….

July 28, 2015 | Categories: Black Canyon Trail, Photos - Outdoors | Tags: Arizona, Arizona hiking, Black Canyon Trail, Bradshaw Mountains, Bradshaw Mountains Arizona, cholla cactus, desert hiking, hiking, image made 7-19-2015, photography, Saguaro cacti, seekraz photography, Sonora Desert, Sonora Desert hiking, Teddy Bear cactus, Yavapai County | 12 Comments
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January 10, 2015 | Categories: Photos - Outdoors | Tags: Arizona, Barrel Cactus, Brittle-brush, Desert Hills, Desert Hills Arizona, desert ridge, image made 1-10-15, Maricopa Trail, New River, New River Arizona, Ocotillo cactus, Palo Verde, saguaro cactus, Sonora Desert, Spear S Ranch, Teddy Bear cactus | 12 Comments
December 27, 2014 | Categories: Photos - Outdoors | Tags: Arizona Sonora Desert, Barrel Cactus, Brittle-brush, Cholla skeleton, City of Phoenix Sonoran Desert Preserve, dew on cactus spines, images made on 12-14-2014, Ocotillo cactus, Sonora Desert, Teddy Bear cactus | 26 Comments
I didn’t know that this was a Jumping Cholla…thought it was a Teddy Bear Cholla..turns out that they’re actually the same thing..or so says this website, Sonoran Desert Plants. This particular species of cactus is quite prevalent in the desert area of north Phoenix.
July 13, 2014 | Categories: Photos - Outdoors | Tags: Arizona, Desert Hills, Jumping Cholla, north Phoenix, Phoenix Arizona, photography, Sonora Desert, Sonoran Desert Plants, Teddy Bear cactus, Teddy Bear Cholla | 20 Comments