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Tucson, Arizona, Part 2: December 19 - 21, 2025

View of Thimble Rock from Windy Point on Mt Lemmon Scenic Byway Mt. Lemmon's summit is 9,157 ft/2,791m high. It is the tallest peak in the Santa Catalina mountain range. Forest Service information says, "Because the road (Mount Lemmon Scenic Byway) starts in the Lower Sonoran vegetative life zone and climbs to the high forests of the Canadian zone, it offers the biological equivalent of driving from the deserts of Mexico to the forests of Canada in a short stretch of 27 miles

Cecilia Clark

Dec 29, 20254 min read

Tucson, Arizona, Part 1: December 14 - 17, 2025

Desert Museum Handler and Harris Hawk Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum We flew to Tucson, Arizona, to celebrate Dan's birthday. We've been to Tucson before but never really explored much of the surrounding area. On this trip we began at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum . We went specifically to see the raptor free flight that takes place Friday - Monday at 10:30 am during the winter months. The handlers emphasized that the birds are not captives. They are free to come and go or n

Cecilia Clark

Dec 29, 20254 min read