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Saguaro Natonal Monument March 11, 2008
https://www.nps.gov/sagu/index.htm

I have no photos but there were Greater roadrunners, and Gila woodpeckers.

The drive

Prickly pear and Barrel cacti

Saguaro in the wild

More Buckhorn cholla

Even though it was morning the sun and heat were ever present.

Saguaro and Ocotillo. I think Ocotillo looks a lot like rebar.

Most of the time Ocotillo looks like thorny sticks, but here you can see it fully leafed out.

Prickly pear and Teddy bear cholla

Another Ocotillo, I was impressed by how tall they could grow.

Here we have Prickly pear, Ocotillo, Saguaro in the background and foreground (armless), and I think a Palo Verde tree on the left.

And now we add in yuccas

So much to learn and now remember.