I am walking across
Federal BLM Land
on a dirt road.
I follow another camper's
foot prints.
hedgerow.
I cross broad, flat areas of the Sonoran Desert.
These concentric circles sit
just off the dirt road.
Are they ancient, or were
they made just months ago?
The road gets rougher as
I approach a wash.
Bike tracks... Someone has
been ridding a bike along
this dirt road.
A camper is flying
a Drone.
Saguaro Cacti reach
for the sky.
A Saguaro Cactus deteriorates to
stalks at the end of its lifespan.
I stop to look at this large
tree, at the edge of a wash.
Its trunk has tree bark, unlike the Palo Verde Tree that has chlorophyll in its tree trunk.
It's leaves are small &
densely clustered.
This amateur botanist has decided that this is an Ironwood Tree.
I turn around & start my
walk back to our
motorhome.
I hear an engine droning....
A Powered Parachute
sails overhead.
There's another one, soaring
above RVs parked in
the desert.
No particular place to go is a great destination. Today's walk raised questions, fueled my curiosity about the plant life and history of Native Americans in western Arizona. I lifted my eyes to the sky to watch a Drone and Powered Parachutes explore the desert from above.
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