Unfortunately I wasn’t able to do nearly as much photography as I was hoping while in Phoenix, Arizona. I think it came mostly as a result of catching up with so many friends, and probably also just general fatigue from driving having been rushed through much of what I wanted to see from the weather. However while in Phoenix I was able to make a couple of small outings, one to the Usery Mountain Regional Park north of Mesa, Arizona, a suburb east of Phoenix. The main foreground subject are barrel cacti, but in the background you can also see some cholla and saguaro cactus as well. This was taken along a hike that I hadn’t done in a few years that I wanted to revisit in the park called the Wind Cave Hike. It’s a relatively easy hike that climbs a mile and a half up a mountain to a sort of overhang that’s been carved out of the limestone from wind.
Tags: Arizona, Cactus, Desert Southwest, Mountains
Filed under Landscape.
