Arizona Landscapes

First, let me reassure you that there is *no* latte' like a Starbucks. A Javelina latte' is a good experience but a second rate one, comparably speaking. Since I can't find Starbucks in smaller towns, I wish that were not true, but, alas. So be it.


Many miles later, we travelled more than half way through southern Arizona today. It was fun to see the changing landscape and I have tried to capture it for you through my dirty windows at 70mph. Sorry about that. Here's a look at our day.



Cloudy skies, but nonethless Arizona mountains have a hazy, mystical air about them, and a purplish cast.

Skies cleared before long, and south of Tucson they were brilliant for a while.

Then I discovered how important the color green is in my perception of spring. Here, I began to notice the landscape looking just a little greener and my heart feeling lighter!


In the desert we actually began to see green grass, you can see just a hint of it in the picture below. And then the saguaro cactuses began to catch our eye.

See them off in the distance?





Getting bigger,
and here, finally, up close and personal. I think they are pretty impressive.

And this lovely late afternoon view is from the door of my RV. Not bad from a parking space behind a truck stop!

We snapped this while out on our evening stroll. I didn't think I was going to see much color in the sky, so we went inside for the evening.

But later, I peeked out my window and here's what I saw -- taken from inside the RV.

The sky had clouded over in the east, though, and I wasn't able to get a view of the lunar eclipse. But each day has its own unique pictures and experiences, so even though the lunar eclipse wasn't part of my experience today . . .

Tomorrow is a new day.