Chillin' in the AZ

I'm hangin' out for awhile in the Phoenix area, like many retirees do. About half of the traffic in Sun City consists of golf carts driven by old folks from the midwest. In late April and early May they will all go back up north and Sun City will turn into a semi ghost town. But now, in February, it's bustling. The Lizards enjoy it here; they're in their natural habitat. I take them out into the desert once in awhile where they are most at home.

This view is in White Tank Mountain Regional Park, west of Phoenix. If you blow up the pic and look closely just to the right of the cactus arms you can see the towers of downtown Phoenix, about 30 miles away.

A noble saguaro rises into the desert sky. White Tank is a pleasant place with many good trails of varying difficulty, and numerous picnic areas tucked cozily into the desert. These are nice spots to relax with a beer and a book. Most of the time the only sounds are birds, or perhaps the breeze whispering thru the spines of the saguaros. The picnic benches can even be used for a brief period of comatose slotation (i.e. siesta), as I did earlier this week.