Sabino Canyon after lots of rain!

Yesterday.  Bridges on the tram road (in succession from low to high elevation).
Be prepared - there are a lot of bridges on this road. 

Hope you enjoyed the water.  We had a good time.

Hike to Bridal Wreath Falls

Yestreday we took a short, but strenuous hike (about 5.2 miles round trip) to Bridal Wreath Falls in the Saguaro East National Park.  It was 2.6 miles to the falls, with almost a 1,000' gain in elevation from the trailhead. Bart says that's about a 7% gradient.  It surely seemed steep,especially the 1st mile was almost flat.

There wasn't as much water running as we had hoped, but worth the trip anyway.  This saguaro is just a skeleton, but very photogenic and the ocotillo is beginning to leaf out (you have to look very closely between the thorns).

Tucson Today - I'm Not Kidding

I took this picture a few minutes ago from our driveway.  If there weren't clouds everywhere, I could make a great panorama video of all the mountains.  We've had 2.1" of rain since Wednesday evening!

Christmas in January

Kate, James, Kyle and Liam arrived Jan.1.   We celebrated Kate's birthday and Christmas at the same time.  Other pics include trips to the zoo, the Tucson Botanical Gardens and major swim progress.

AT THE POOL

Getting ready.

Taking the plunge.

Swimming across the pool (bad photograher placement).

 Tucson Botanical Gardens

Bart took this and it's now my desktop background!