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| Our first us close and personal Saguaro in Picacho Peak |
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| Emma enjoying her view. Note the reflections! |
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Site in Picacho Peak St. Pk, AZ
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| The Saguaro & its nurse plant, a Palo Verde |
We arrived Saturday at Karchner Caverns State Park, southeast of Tucson. It is a newer park with a great view of surrounding mountains and cavern tours, one of which we took on Sunday morning. The cavern was discovered by 2 young graduate students who fought for 14 years to preserve the cave and make it a state park. The cave is a living cave still changing. We have been to Lawrey in VA, Mammoth in KY and Calsbad in NM and all are so different. This is not large. It is kept at 100% humidity and preserved as living. The park is prestine. My battery went so there are no pictures. We are now in Picacho Peak State Park between Tucson and Casa Grande. Having been here before, we wanted to stop. This is right off the highway but the peak and desert scenery make you feel you are right in the Sonoran Desert, which you are. The Saguaro are up close and personal all around the campsites. This park is also a modern, clean park and both are $25 a night with electricity. There is no water at each campsite in this park but we do not care. By Thursday we will be in our new home for the next few months.
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