BigFoot in a Speedo? Ewww - no. Yeah, I get it: "giants" and "desert"... but: no.
Of course, I am talking about the saguaro cacti. If you want to see these, there is no place better than Saguaro National Park. There are east and west sections of this park, but there are more of 'em in the west section (and more diversity in the east section). I went west.
I gave myself "an assignment" today: don't shoot any video and try to keep it to 10 photos to show the viewing today. Yeah, that went out the window when I drove through Tucson Mountain Park on the way to Saguaro National Park... "Look at all those saguaros! What if Tucson Mountain Park has more of 'em than the National Park?"
Spoiler Alert: they both have a LOT of saguaro cacti!
I couldn't help myself: I shot more than 10 images before I even got to the National Park, and, yeah, I pulled out the DJI Pocket 3. I shot a BUNCH of videos yesterday on my trek (RoadTrek?) up Mt Lemon. It took a bunch of time last night to go through all of them. I have a video arranged, but the upload situation in this outing isn't conducive to getting it posted. I shot WAY fewer videos today, and all with one camera, so there isn't as much time necessary to getting the footage to match up in editing. And, I'm going to try to only post 10 still photos of today's outing. We'll see how that works out.
On with the show: first stop along the way, Tucson Mountain Park...
Yep, they have plenty of saguaros (above), and I do like some curvy roads (below)...
Plenty of things to do around here...
Into the National Park...
A stop at the Visitors Center...
Then off to a "scenic loop" (all gravel)...
Yeah, that's a couple Jeeps in front of me (above) - the van did just fine, but I did take it slow
I couldn't do it: that's twelve images, and I wanted to add a bunch more. Edited down from around 40 images (and I was trying to hold back).
OK, I had to put in one more with the Roadtrek...
Interesting outing. Video to come. Probably.
2 comments:
Nice images and a variety of cactus! We never made it to the NP, but the Desert Museum is a nice afternoon. Our Tuscon friend took us there during our first visit. We drove down from Sun City with the in-laws for a couple of days there. I would like to visit her again, but last March we could not make our schedules work out for me to head south from your home.
Got a call from an old friend (we used to be real close) in Las Vegas on Tuesday night. After hearing about mine, he ended up buying a used McPherson Sable yesterday. I guess it pays to live in a huge market like Las Vegas. They are planning retirement next year and are already spending the summer in the UP of Michigan, working remotely from his RV. So a carbon fiber guitar made sense. He has alway been a mostly electric player.
Thanks, Earl. We've done the Desert Museum before - very nice. This trip, I was mostly looking for some fun places to drive, so I didn't go there again.
Maybe you need to sign up to be an McPherson ambassador, too? ;-) Seems that most people investigate CF guitars out of a perceived "need," then find they can sound great, too. I didn't bring a guitar along on this outing; there have been a couple times where I would have enjoyed it. Space is an issue, but being solo this time, I got to expand into Joan's cabinets, too.
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