Monthly Archives: June 2017

Based on the end of yesterday’s entry, it shouldn’t surprise you that one of the doses of grandeur referenced in today’s headline is the Grand Canyon. This is where I’ll end the day but there’s some other grandeur to see …

Making baby cacti. Now, let’s look at the reproductive strategy of the two cacti. (That’s a young saguaro on the left.) Since it’s not as long lived as the saguaro, typically reaching a maximum age of about 150 years, the …

Although Tucson sits at only 2,400 feet in altitude, I woke up on morning two with a mild headache and dryness in my nose that felt more intense than the effects of a potent antihistamine – symptoms that would typify …

The newly shortened version of the previous post ended with confirmation that Mount Lemmon name honors Sara and not her husband John but we hadn’t yet reached its peak so let’s continue our ascent. In addition to the changing scent, …

The first of the two major trips I have planned for 2017 will take me to Arizona and Utah – two of the five U S states I’ve never visited. I will cover two of the remaining three – Wyoming …