Ron and Mary's Trip
to the Desert Museum
West of Tucson, AZ
The background is made from a
prickly pear cactus picture from the same trip.


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1) Mary standing by a building on a cliff on the way to the Museum.
2) The view over the cliff.
3) Looking back the other way.
4) A flowering crown of thorns?
5) At the Museum.

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6) Mary by two agave plants. They flower once in 7-9 years then die.
7) Cacti and blue sky.
8) Another big agave. The indians used them for rope, cloth, and sewing needles.
9) I liked the folds in this cactus.
10) Are these things Joshua Trees?

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11) A highly adapted desert tree.
12) The desert in bloom.
13) More flowers.
14) Flowers and a cactus.
15) Blood Flower Milkweed with a big blue butterfly in the middle.

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16) Cacti and Palm Trees.
17) More flowers along the path.
18) Looking to the main building.
19) Down another path.
20) Dark and rugged.

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21) More palm trees.
22) Beautiful sky.
23) Another vista.
24) Cacti along a more natural path.
25) Me in the prickly stuff.


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