Verna took an image looking west from Castle Hot Springs Road yesterday. I cut her image down to make this nice panoramic image of the Sonoran Desert with Vulture Peak in the distance. Very pretty scenery. Click on the image to view the full-sized panorama.
After shopping in Surprise today, we took a drive up toward Castle Hot Springs. The area up there is a beautiful Sonoran Desert saguaro forest with teddy bear cholla, compass cactus and prickly pear among the usual creosote and mesquite. Click on the image to enlarge.
My son, Gar, and his girl friend, Sara, paid us a visit today. It was a semi-surprise since we knew they would be in Arizona but we didn’t know when. They visited for a while and then continued on the rest of their vacation. Click on the image to enlarge.
I collected some more rocks from around the lot and placed them along the road to shore up the rocks I placed there on Wednesday. Verna came out to help also. She took this picture of me working on the project when she brought the dogs out for their run.
I took the panoramic image seen above after the day’s work was complete. I still want to move more of the one-inch red gravel to cover some of the bare spots. Click on the image to enlarge.
If you travel along US 60 in Arizona between Aguila and Wenden, you might just miss Gladden if you blink at the wrong time. This tiny little wide spot consists of a house or two, a little Motel/RV park and a field with a few horses or burros and maybe some other livestock. It seems to vary from season to season. Cute little place, really. Click on the image to enlarge.
