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At the end of every trip, I wind up with a few photos from one place and a few from another. None are worth a blog post on their own, but I’d like you to see them.

A seven hour tour of the valley reveals beauty, and very bad behavior by the “good guys.”

We visit one of the lesser-known National Monuments.

The hike up Peralta Canyon is a bit over two miles each way. When you reach the rim, you’ll have climbed about 1300 feet. Most would consider this a moderate hike. But when the temperature is 85f (30c) it becomes a greater challenge.

A two day break in our journey home

It’s been said (by me, anyway) that you never visit places close to home until you have visitors. Case in point, the beautiful Bloedel Reserve about two miles away.

The Seattle Asian Art Museum offers a tribute to a remarkable gentleman.

Las Noches de las Luminarias at the Desert Botanical Garden. More music, less cacti.

Seventy-three degrees with high clouds and a breeze, time to revisit Bell Pass.
Bonus: a little religious philosophy thrown in.

It’s time again for Scottsdale’s interactive light show on the Arizona Canal.

Tubac is a small village in southern Arizona a few miles from the Mexican border. If you are looking for brightly-colored pottery or a Margarita, this is the place for you.

We jumped at a chance to tour the reference and research facilities at the Desert Botanical Garden.

We return to the Southwest Wildlife Conservation Society where critters of all sorts are either healed and returned to the wild, or given a home for life.