This is one of a few very neat parks that we visited in Arizona early in February. It was also one of the few places that didn't have any snow, although it was rather cool.
This is also about the only place in the USA where these particular cactus plants grow, and the Park was created to protect this desert environment. Pictures can be seen here. This park and the drive down to it were very interesting and it really triggered a curiosity in the desert in general and cactus plants in paticular. The Park is in the middle of the Sonoran Desert right on the border of Arizona and the Sonoran district of Mexico. (Further north, around Las Vegas, it's the Mojave Desert.)
We stayed here for a couple of nights with the desert at the door of our camper. There were many new bird species to see (the Gila Woodpecker, for example) and lots of fascinating plants, plants specially adapted to survival in a desert environment: the many species of cactus (or is that cacti?), for example, as well as the Ocotillo which was actually starting to bloom.
Speaking of flowering.... I had heard about the desert blooming, but it normally happens a bit later (March or April), and really depends on how much rain the desert gets back in November and December. This will have to be a return trip.
This is also about the only place in the USA where these particular cactus plants grow, and the Park was created to protect this desert environment. Pictures can be seen here. This park and the drive down to it were very interesting and it really triggered a curiosity in the desert in general and cactus plants in paticular. The Park is in the middle of the Sonoran Desert right on the border of Arizona and the Sonoran district of Mexico. (Further north, around Las Vegas, it's the Mojave Desert.)
We stayed here for a couple of nights with the desert at the door of our camper. There were many new bird species to see (the Gila Woodpecker, for example) and lots of fascinating plants, plants specially adapted to survival in a desert environment: the many species of cactus (or is that cacti?), for example, as well as the Ocotillo which was actually starting to bloom.
Speaking of flowering.... I had heard about the desert blooming, but it normally happens a bit later (March or April), and really depends on how much rain the desert gets back in November and December. This will have to be a return trip.
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