Isn't This the Life?!: Around Tucson

We stayed around the southern part of Arizona for a week or so. We traveled through Bisbee, near the Mexican border, where mining was the main economic activity.

huge open pit former Copper mine at Bisbee, AZ

We stayed a few days in Patagonia State Park, just north of Nogales, Mexico.

Hiking in Patagonia State Park

Barrel Cactus with fruit

View of the mountains on our hike

Rock-hounding - Sune has his backpack to help carry water and rocks

An old style gas station where we bought propane - interesting name!

Next we went to Catalina State Park just north of Tucson. We found many huge saguaro cactus with multiple arms there.

Moon rise over the Catalina Mountains

Palo Verde tree

We loved Tucson and found it easy to get around. We based ourselves in a municipal campground just west of the city, in the Tucson Mountain Park. We ate a lot of good home style Mexican food at a small cheap restaurant near the campground.

From there we visited the Sonoran Desert Museum. The Desert Museum is like a zoo, but it combines animals, plants and geology in its environment and displays. They have a group of trained Harris' hawks that put on a free flying demonstration, which was amazing.