FA+
Shop
Back from the Desert!
10 years ago
General
Things that for whatever reason, I feel need to be said in an addendum to my profile in a blog-type fashion.
I went on a family trip for a little over 1 week and we hit all of these locations.
- Sand Dunes National Park (CO)
- Mesa Verde National Park (CO)
- El Malpais National Monument (NM)
- Petrified Forest National Park (AZ)
- Saguaro National Park (AZ)
- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (AZ)
- Arizona Diamondbacks Stadium (AZ)
- Grand Canyon National Park(AZ)
- Arches National Park (UT)
As a 5/8 Norwegian, 2/8 English, and 1/8 Dutch boy that has lived in the Upper Midwest his entire life, I was pleasantly surprised! I really enjoy the area and seeing mountains, mesas, brush, sand, sandstone, and experiencing the constant +100 degrees F. heat and bright Southern Sun. I especially enjoyed seeing all of the lizards! I didn't get any photos unfortunately (They move so fast!) but I saw at least 10 or more while I was there. I saw gray ones, green/yellow ones, and even one that was blue!
Even more than the lizards I loved seeing all of the Cacti. Some of them had to have been growing at least 200 years or more considering that a cactus can only grow about 1 inch per year. I'm just shy of 6 feet tall, and most of the cacti more than doubled my height.
I came back with a few souvenirs such as turquoise earrings, a polished rock bolo, shot glasses, Navajo-grown whole blue corn meal, and prickly-pear cactus candy and jelly, but that is not enough. I hope to visit Arizona and see the desert again someday!
Has anyone else been to that area, Arizona, or those parks?
- Sand Dunes National Park (CO)
- Mesa Verde National Park (CO)
- El Malpais National Monument (NM)
- Petrified Forest National Park (AZ)
- Saguaro National Park (AZ)
- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (AZ)
- Arizona Diamondbacks Stadium (AZ)
- Grand Canyon National Park(AZ)
- Arches National Park (UT)
As a 5/8 Norwegian, 2/8 English, and 1/8 Dutch boy that has lived in the Upper Midwest his entire life, I was pleasantly surprised! I really enjoy the area and seeing mountains, mesas, brush, sand, sandstone, and experiencing the constant +100 degrees F. heat and bright Southern Sun. I especially enjoyed seeing all of the lizards! I didn't get any photos unfortunately (They move so fast!) but I saw at least 10 or more while I was there. I saw gray ones, green/yellow ones, and even one that was blue!
Even more than the lizards I loved seeing all of the Cacti. Some of them had to have been growing at least 200 years or more considering that a cactus can only grow about 1 inch per year. I'm just shy of 6 feet tall, and most of the cacti more than doubled my height.
I came back with a few souvenirs such as turquoise earrings, a polished rock bolo, shot glasses, Navajo-grown whole blue corn meal, and prickly-pear cactus candy and jelly, but that is not enough. I hope to visit Arizona and see the desert again someday!
Has anyone else been to that area, Arizona, or those parks?
Pleiadian
~pleiadian
Wow! I have not been to that area, Arizona, or those parks! My spirit is, however, enlightened!
