THANKS CAMILLE.....YES, IT LOOKS LIKE A STAGHORN CHOLLA FRUIT ALRIGHTWe got off to a lazy start again this morning & I guess I'll just have to blame it on the colder weather. Thirty two degrees just doesn't turn our crank so we've decided to put on our Arizona hats, saddle up, & get out of Dodge in the morning.
We had originally kind of figured on going over to Roper Lake State Park near Safford, Az. for a few days & then working our way up highway 70 to Apache Junction & the Superstition Mountain area but on our walk this morning we decided to head down to Lordsburg, pick I-10 & slip west to the Kartchner Caverns State Park, just past Benson. Probably stay a couple days & then head west of Tucson for one of our favorite little RV Parks & BLM areas near Why & Ajo, Arizona. From there we'll likely head into California to Borrego Springs & the Anza Borrego State Park & BLM lands. We will do the Superstition Mountain area on our way back east in March.
IT'S KELLY FIELDING A WORK CALL FROM CANADA WHILE ON OUR DOG WALK THIS MORNINGWe have really enjoyed our week here in Silver City. It's a nice area & the kind of place that makes you just want to stay put, but even before the week was up I was feeling that gypsy urge to move on. And yes, I have recently been told by an Aunt in Florida that there may well have been some gypsy ancestry in our background. That was kind of good to hear because it sort of explains the restlessness I have had all my life.
Temperatures finally began warming up about mid morning & The Bayfield Bunch began warming up shortly after. Turned out to be a good day for house cleaning. Car windows needed cleaning, some motorhome bins needed re-organizing, & some doggy tummies needed rubbing. Just another nice day around the old plantation.
STILL TALKING:))When we get to the Kartchner Caverns to-morrow it's not likely they will have a WiFi internet system so we have our fingers crossed that our new Verizon Air Card is going to come through for us & have us back on line in no time. If you don't see a blog to-morrow night it will mean our Verizon card didn't work & I'm out in the desert trying to find where I threw it!!
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I think that's a cholla cactus in bloom.
ReplyDeleteNO, I didn't mean in bloom, I meant fruit! Sorry! This is cholla fruit, is it the same as your photo?
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