On Saturday we took a drive to the Desert Museum. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a 98-acre
museum and zoo founded in 1952 and located near Tucson, Arizona. It contains a
museum and two miles of walking paths on 21 acres of this property, and is one
of the most visited attractions in Tucson.
Organ Pipe Cactus
We had to make a stop at the Hummingbird House. It is so cool to be in a confined space with a bunch of people friendly hummers. They fly all over the place. Several were nesting. They have very tiny nests.
Not sure what kind of cactus this is, but they have very sharp spines.
At this point I found out how long my new camera battery
will last. Not long enough!! We walked all the trails in the museum, and
saw the Raptors in Free Flight. That was
my favorite part. Those birds are so
cool.
We also saw something I’ve never seen in the desert,
Javelinas. Of course this group was just
sleeping in the shade.
This is what they look like, big hairy pig-types. Wayne has seen them in the wild. In fact most
of what we saw at the Museum, we see all time out riding. It’s too bad more
people can’t get out and see these things in nature. It was really kind of sad to see it so
regulated and regimented. Although
having signs label all the vegetation by name was kind of handy.
After the museum we drove out through the Tucson Mountain
Park back to I-10 and headed to Picacho Peak.
Sunday we went back up to Wickenburg to have the mechanic
take a look at the new engine, Wayne thought something wasn’t right. He was correct and we had to spend a couple
days while they got the parts and took care of the issue. Then it was back to Quartzsite to finish
out our time in Arizona. We did take one
ride in the desert, but I forgot to take my camera. Lately we have been riding our bicycles far
more often than our motorcycles. Oh well, all
is good!
Next stop Nevada! We hope to do some riding there.
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