Then, back in the air
Going on around, we saw lots of Palo Verde trees,
this being a nice one
showing the green bark. Here's another with a scene of
saguaro in the background.
One more nice example
of the Arizona State Tree. Then there is this curious looking
Boojum tree.
Albuquerque visitors
Becky and Don came from Albuquerque on February 9, and drove out east to
Willcox and met them, and then stayed overnight. After checking into our
motel, we went out to the Cochise Stronghold. Here's
most of the crew.
There are some good
picture scenes,
nice one with the sun shining on the rock formations. Here is (perhaps) a
more interesting one,
and another with
plenty of places to hide. Cochise's body is out there somewhere, they say.
From there we drove over to the Playa Willcox Refuge where we hoped to see
some sand cranes. However, we were apparently too late in the season to see
any, although I did take this shot of
doves in a tree. However,
now that I see it, it is most interesting as a bare tree against sky and
clouds as sundown approaches, with doves an incidental thing in the picture.
The next day we headed out to the
Chiricahua National Monument.
It was a hideout for Geronimo, and is a spectacular area of towering rock
formations. Naturally, I took a few pictures of them, some following: