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Saturday, December 20, 2014

Thunderbird Conservation Park Day 2

This morning it was pretty crowded at Thunderbird Conservation Park; not surprising given that it's the start of the weekend.  Dr. K, Becca and I managed to find an area that wasn't too crowded, but we had quite a few encounters nonetheless.  One chance meeting with a young family was amusing.  Mother, father and two small kids were accompanied by a cute dog who was very curious about Becca.  While the two hounds sniffed the air in each other's direction one little girl said of Becca, "Is that a coyote?"  The mother said, "That isn't a coyote."  Dr. K and I were quite disappointed because we always thought Becca was a coyote.

The ramadas at the park are built to last

What looks to be two Saguaros

is really one

Typical Sonoran  Desert scene

Stubby arms

Beautiful Palo Verde tree

Multi-limb Saguaro

3 comments:

Liz Tipping said...

Love the sign!
Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!
Liz

packrat said...

Thank you, Liz! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours, too. (I know you Brits say 'Happy Christmas,' but what the hey.

:)

Dr. K said...

Out of the mouths of children . . . come some funny sayings.

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