DESERT COLORS

Staghorn Cholla in yellow
Staghorn Cholla in yellow and red, like a Peace Rose!

Ocotillo and Teddy Bear Cholla

A lizard with a VERY long tail! (he was about 1 foot long)

An inviting 4 wheeler road edged by Creosote Bush

Gambels Quail on Paul's morning walk

Colorful hillside on Paul's morning walk.

Green Staghorn Cholla blooms

Peachy prickly pear blooms

Pink profusion

Orange Staghorn Cholla

Beavertail closeup

Paul had to show off by photographing the Vanessa Annabella "on" the cactus bloom. They weren't landing on them, he got this one going by!!

Cute bunny on Paul's morning walk.

FANTASTIC DESERT FLOWERS

A beautiful Vanessa Annabella butterfly on Golden Crownbeard. There was a HUGE migration of these butterflies here, literally thousands are flying through this area, even now.

Another Vanessa Annabella, the butterfly Bella is named for.

Staghorn Cholla blossom. These Cacti have blossoms in many different colors, from green to magenta.

A hedgehog cactus in bloom.

Saguaro up close

Paul walking back to the RZR

Getting a closeup of a Hedgehog Cactus

They don't get much prettier than this!

Cactus fruit.

Hedgehog and Staghorn cactus

Beavertail blossoms

Beavertail closeup

Hedgehog profusion

Lotsa colors

The whole scene

Hedgehog closeup (you really can't appreciate them from the photos...they are glittery and translucent.)

This flower is about 4" across.

Hedgehog cactus and cholla wood

Just look at all the blooms coming out!

WICKENBURG

Depiction of "horse" in stall in Wickenburg, turn of the century. Very nice western museum here.
A Wickenburg bedroom of the same era.

Kitchen

Dining area

Nice parlor

General store

Ohhh nice saloon.

Here's Paul at the jail tree, chained and angry. heehee

Pretty hard to budge this counterweight.

Impressive way to keep prisoners, no jail needed.

Staghorn Cholla blooms just coming out.

Huge quartz, and lots more where it came from.

First time I've seen these, a type of wild Mallow, I think.

Ocotillo and Brittlebush