On the way to Old Tucson Studios we drove through about the biggest
Saguaro Cactus forest I’ve ever seen.
Turns out we’re in Saguaro National Park.
Quite a sight for us Northerners. We have castus in Alberta – a few varieties – notably Prickly Pear – but these Saguaro are a novelty to us.
Below: Rest point.
Below: looking back – Tucson in the distance.
Below: rest point 2.
Just another Arizona vista.
Below: looking ahead – Old Tucson Studios in the distance.
Below: coming in
Arriving …
At the Entrance – Gift Shop
Entrance.
Next: Inside Old Tucson Studios
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Yep, I’ve seen those mighty tall bandits from the side of the road like this. I can let my imagination run wild at sunset when it’s dark and they are silhouetted. I swear their arms move 😉
Well they definitely are part of the Western mystique and icons of Arizona. Love ’em.
The Saguaro are beautiful plants. They dominate the landscape.
Hard to believe a plant can get that big in the desert.
Those cactus are so straight! Each one, perfectly at attention. Interesting. We saw saguaro in Arizona, but they didn’t look like that. They had branches. Maybe those were just very young?
Seems they can take many different shapes. ?? And some are gigantic.
I did see some absolutely HUGE ones in the desert outside of Phoenix.