About Tucson's Picture Rocks

~ Smoky Sunset with Saguaro ~

The fires are sixty miles south of us, but this afternoon, the wind shifted, and a pall fell over the desert. I was hiking the Valley View Trail in Saguaro National Park West (near Picture Rocks) when the sun went down, and all that smoke gave us an amazing sunset!

Here's what the horizon looked like at 7:00 p.m.:

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~ Entrance: Recycled Windmill with Bottles ~

On the edge of Saguaro National Park's Tucson Mountain District is a Bed & Breakfast called Crickethead Inn.

I visited the Inn while hiking one of the trails in the Picture Rocks area recently, and the entrance gate captured my imagination. Look what can be done with imagination, old bottles and an old windmill!

Guests at the Crickethead Inn enjoy what I'm blessed to experience every day: waking to the sounds of the Sonoran Desert, and watching the sun rise in solitude.

Crickethead Inn abuts Saguaro National Park, one of our country's most unusual treasures. The Park's Red Hills Visitor Center, where I volunteer every Thursday, is just ten minutes away.

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I'm fascinated by these petroglyphs. So much so, in fact, that you may be getting bored with them if you're a long time reader of my blog. (This is the fourth or fifth post in the last month centered around these ancient drawings in stone.)

The Active Rain Real Estate Network facilitates communication between business people across North America. In a short span of time, we communicate across vast geographical divides, often more than 1,000 miles.

This rock represents just the opposite. In a limited geographical location, it communicates across aeons of time, perhaps more than 1,000 years.

There's something in the human soul that wants to communicate with others.

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Ez-Kim-In-Zin Picnic Area in Tucson's Saguaro National Park West is the most remote in the park... and it's an easy drive from anywhere in Tucson.

This lovely rock structure is easily the most unique (and beautiful) picnic spot I've seen anywhere in the southwest.

Check this out:

• Unparalleled views of Wasson and Amole peaks, in the Tucson Mountains.
• Magnificent evening sunsets surrounded by a forest of Giant Saguaros.
• 1,000 year old petroglyphs at the nearby Signal Hill Picnic Area
• Children-friendly, the picnic area has bathrooms!
• Quiet and peaceful. Tucson is on the other side of the mountains.
• Hiking trails created by the CCC nearly 100 years ago - some with hand-carved granite steps (Hugh Norris trail)
• Friendly Active Rain Ambassador for Arizona would love to be your guide. (That would be me. Call in advance.)

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map courtesy of the National Park Service

I've resisted the "wordless" thing, but I'm giving in today. Wednesday, September 16, 2009. I've resisted because this is a blog, after all. A web log. A chronicle of images painted in the mind with words.

Your mind doesn't think in words. It translates words into images in your brain, and then "sees" and processes the images.

Think of this image as a shortcut for your busy mind.

It's my favorite saguaro. You'll see it along Golden Gate Road in Saguaro National Park (west.)

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