I went to the Desert Botanical Gardens a couple of days ago hoping to get a shot of the Monarch Butterflies before the exhibit closed. Not much luck with the Monarchs but I did find this beautiful water lily in the enclosure’s pond.
Monthly Archives: November 2008
sentinels
Saguaro Cactus have been nicknamed The Sentinels of the Desert and it’s easy to see why. This morning we did a 5 1/2 mile hike through a forest of these amazing cactus and learned all about them thanks to our MSC hike leader, Dave Lorenz. One of the most fascinating things is that the Saguaro seed is smaller than a poppy seed! We don’t see many baby Saguaros because of the extraordinary set of circumstances that have to exist in order for them to germinate.
geology hike
We have the most amazing rock formations here like this area called the Amphitheater Rocks. Today’s hike featured how they were formed.
http://mcdowellsonoran.org/hiking.html