Signal Hill in Saguaro National Park outside of Tucson offers an easy walk to a dramatic spiral petroglyph with a saguaro-studded backdrop. But these petroglyphs aren’t the only in the region. Just a few miles away, for instance, the Cororaque National Historic District in nearby Ironwood Forest National Monument offers hundreds of far less well-known but equally intriguing petroglyphs. I love our National Parks, but there’s just as much to love in our National Conservation Lands, too!
Can’t wait for another summer paddle down the Lower Salt River outside of Phoenix. Always a great morning on the water, before it heats up and before the tubing crowds show up.
Bringing my mom and girlfriend Jen on a national park birthday road trip for their 75th and 37th birthdays in May. We’ll be hitting up White Sands, Carlsbad Caverns, and Guadalupe Mountains—and maybe even sneaking in a stop at Gila Cliff Dwellings if time permits. All will be first visits for them.
There’s a 300-room pueblo ruin complex within sight of I-17…and it’s named for a duck.
Looking forward to another kayaking adventure soon.
Where will YOUR next trail beer be?
I need more waterfalls like this in my life.
Woven hat on display at Heard Museum
There aren’t many places that can compare to the views from Glacier Point.
Oh deer.
Found this off the Geronimo Trail, a dirt road that skirts the US-Mexico border in southeastern Arizona between Nogales, Arizona and the New Mexico state line. Thank goodness I had a quarter handy!
In Soviet Willcox, all your golf balls belong to us…
I brought Jen to see The Thing?
Ruins of Fort Bowie, Arizona
Made a return visit to Fort Bowie National Historic Site for Jen, one of the few national park units that requires a hike to get to the visitor center. #fb
Delicate
Missing this view.
Zebraface
That time you brought six duraflame logs backpacking to ensure you’d have a campfire.
Hidden in the darkness
