A walk around Ajo AZ

May 30 2018

Here's some pictures collected in and around Ajo last January.

Blue bottle tree.

"Best small southwest town 2017" [USA Today]

Interesting yard art.

Saturday morning farmers market on the plaza.

The Curley School provides live-work space apartments for the
community of artists.

Purple cactus makes an interesting contrast in the landscape.

Baby donkey born "unexpectedly" one evening.
Owner rescued mama and didn't know she was expecting.

Shadow Ridge RV Resort.

The streets in the core area of town are extra wide and well landscaped.

Our home for a few months.

"Night of the Lepus", a 70's era Si-Fi horror thriller flick filmed in Ajo.
Murals like this are all over town.

Why, AZ is a crossroads just south of Ajo with a campground, restaurant and a well decorated convenience store / gas station called Why Not!

The weather forecast for Portal, AZ is 101 degrees next Sunday, time to head north!

Greetings from southern AZ

5/29/2018

Well, without intending to, I seem to have taken a winter hiatus from the blog. We spent several months volunteering for Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge in Ajo, AZ. After some time in Tucson, AZ we returned to Portal, AZ and Cave Creek Canyon. Soon we'll be heading north in the general direction of the central Oregon coast where we'll spend the summer leading kayak trips for Oregon State Parks.

Here's some pictures from our latest visit to Cave Creek Canyon...

The Visitors center under the craggy cliffs of Cave Creek Canyon.

Panoramic view from Vista Point.

Inside the Visitors Center.

Annual Garden Party during the 

Memorial Day weekend.

Joan sporting a hummingbird (temp) tattoo.

Local astronomers and Solar observatory

BUGS...

(Notice writing pin at center right.)

... More BUGS...

... Butterflies...

and Snakes, "Oh My!"

American Kestrel

Golden Eagle

Local Couse White-tailed deer invade
the campsite most afternoons.

Moon rise over the Chiricauhua's