This dirt road leads to a
desert wonderland.
dominate the landscape.
These Purple "Snapdragons"
look like Mexican Skullcap.
This Saguaro continues to
live with its Nurse Tree, a
The leaves look like a Dandelion.
The flower is beautifully complex.
A budding Ocotillo.
A dead Saguaro slowly decays
near healthy, many armed cacti.
Tiny Rock Gilia blooms cover
this low growing plant.
We are not alone.
A dog print & a human
footprint.
Eric & a Jumping Cholla.
(It's a Teddy Bear Cholla
large enough to grow
nodules.)
I thought they were low growing plants.
This is a Hedgehog Cactus.
I almost missed these tiny
white Daisies.
Baby Teddy Bear Cholla grow
near the "mother plant."
Its delicate flowers
Eric & I snuggle beneath
a Saguaro.
I am grateful that the US Government has set land aside for all to enjoy. The BLM Land near Red Rock is barely touched by man. It's a quiet place to visit and revel in the abundant plant life in the Sonoran Desert.
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