I’d never seen an organ pipe cactus, and maybe you never have either, so let’s start this post with a beautiful example of one. Cool and weird and wonderful, right?
Eastern Arizona Museum
On a street corner in Pima, Arizona, you’ll find a small building with a faded sign: Eastern Arizona Museum. My cousin arranged for us to have special access for a few hours during our family reunion in Safford and it was a lot of fun. Read on to see what treasures I found and for two cool surprises…
Bisbee Mine Tour, AZ
Ever want to go underground and see what a real mine looks like? Me, too! So I did just that in Bisbee, Arizona last month. For the small price of $14, you too can wear a stylish orange or yellow safety vest and a rocking green hard hat as you take your seat on a tram that used to cart rocks out of the mine. Was it fun? Was it worth the money?
Sunday Serenity: Grateful
I spent last weekend in eastern Arizona at a family reunion. The oldest of us in attendance were mid-80s, the “youngest” one just turned 60 last year. We were mostly first cousins and second cousins through our grandparents (Kempton, Colvin, and Gilliland), and most of us had met before but not often enough. After it was over, I got to thinking about the importance of family and of knowing your place in this world as you go through the stages of your life.
Ready for Their Closeups
The southwestern desert is a vast expanse, whether you’re driving through it, hiking its myriad trails, or simply staring out across the distances for miles and miles. I did a lot of that last one my first week at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. And then serendipity brought me to a little shop in Ajo where a photographer had a case of lenses for sale. Sitting there on a shelf, calling my name was a beautiful old Minolta lens, a 100mm sibling to the 58mm lens I had inherited from my Dad several years ago.