Weather: Super nice 82, no wind.
Perfect for riding. We are mesmerized by the mountain ranges, everywhere you look in the vista.
It is about 80 miles to Tucson and we had some riding we wanted to get in so it made sense to head down one day and stay overnight and see the rest the next day and head to back to our home on wheels in the park.
Stopped at the Biosphere2; the world's largest living laboratory that is focused on the future of the planet. In 1991 eight scientists were locked into the Biosphere for Mission 1 Experiment - staying in there for two years - growing their own food, completely closed ecological system with 100% of the air, water and recycled.
Have you ever watched the National Parks series by Ken Burns ? If you have you will get the next picture.... John Muir an early naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the US seems to have left his mark in the Saguaro National Park.
A Saguaro like this grows arms when he is 70 years old, and can live to be 150 to 200 years and be up to 50 feet tall. (I have no clue why I call them "he") :)
There is an 8 mile ride through the desert park and a million cacti. Nature really is a beautiful thing..... John Muir really knew what he was talking about. :)
Perfect for riding. We are mesmerized by the mountain ranges, everywhere you look in the vista.
It is about 80 miles to Tucson and we had some riding we wanted to get in so it made sense to head down one day and stay overnight and see the rest the next day and head to back to our home on wheels in the park.
Stopped at the Biosphere2; the world's largest living laboratory that is focused on the future of the planet. In 1991 eight scientists were locked into the Biosphere for Mission 1 Experiment - staying in there for two years - growing their own food, completely closed ecological system with 100% of the air, water and recycled.
About 25 miles south we stopped at Sabino Canyon located in the Coronado National Forest. One of the unique rock formations is called "the mask".... they say you can see it winking at you???
Have you ever watched the National Parks series by Ken Burns ? If you have you will get the next picture.... John Muir an early naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the US seems to have left his mark in the Saguaro National Park.
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| I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. John Muir 1914 |
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