A battle and a double dose of grandeur – part 2

First ruins of the day – the Big House. Not too far north of Picacho Peak you can find the mysterious Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. In fact, one sentence in the brochure distributed by the National Park Service describes …

A battle and a double dose of grandeur – part 1

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 …

Cactus and Closings – part 2

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 …