My Winter Vacation –The Arizona- Sonoran Desert Museum
Cutest Prarie Dog Saying Hello! Remember when you had to write an essay about “My Summer Vacation”? That is what came to mind when I decided to share my recent visit to Tucson’s ‘Sonoran Desert Museum’ www.desertmuseum.org . Peter and I spent about 4 hours enjoying the landscape and animals and could have spent more time. This is one place I visited often when I lived in Tucson; one place I miss and one place you should know about! Hundreds of saguaro cacti line the mountains on the way to the museum. Half the fun is driving on the winding mountain roads outside of Tucson, getting to the crest and looking over the desert floor. It makes me feel small and full of wonder. This place is a world renowned zoo, a natur al history museum and a botanical garden. Walking along the many paths, you see interpretive displays. The plants and animals represent a large area of the southwest- Arizona, California and many states of Mexico. Ther...