A couple of weeks ago, over the period of a couple of days, I found thirty geocaches. (It’s not really as spectacular as it might sound – my all-time record in one day is 84, found in New Mexico at a power trail event near Albuquerque while visiting my friend, Linda.) But I thought maybe seeing what the desert around Quartzsite, Arizona, looks like this time of year, after an unseasonable warmer couple of months than normal, would be of interest to you. And since I took a few photos while I was on my geocaching mission, here they are: kind of like a blog’s idea of the vacation photos we all bring back from Disneyland or the cruise we went on.
It’s fairly green around here because of the rain we had a few weeks ago, and the rain from the clouds visible in the pics will make it even greener in the weeks to come. One doesn’t typically associate the word “green” with miles and miles of kitty litter but I can tell you, it’s green. Ish. If one were to just drive a couple miles out of town, up on a rise, and take a look around, it’s so green, it’s hard to see the tan colored sand in between the green trees and bushes that grow out here.
Enjoy the pics… and maybe next time, you’ll come with me to snag a few caches out in the desert!
See you on the road!
Beautiful details Lois!
Thank you, Maria! My little iPhone does a pretty good job of taking pics 😀
Very nice photos, love those little yellow flowers! Looks like you’re having lots of fun! Take care
Thank you Kimberly! I know I looked at the label that said what the flowers were but I’ll be danged if I can remember what it said! It’s been so nice and peaceful, I think I could stay in the desert forever 😀
Isn’t it amazing how colorful the desert can be! I’ve always loved it after a rainstorm. Those little burrows….hmmm…it’s not ants, I don’t think it’s scorpion…hmm, what is it?
I know, Debbie! It’s amazing what a little bit of water will do! Those cone-shaped holes appeared overnight… I can’t imagine what they are. Very interesting shape…
Thanks for sharing your photos. They are lovely. My favorite is the cactus and the tree.
I hope you are currently somewhere cool and beautiful.
Thanks, Blaize! Right now, I’m near Lake Havasu in Arizona at almost a thousand feet elevation, so the days and nights are almost perfect in weather – little breeze, low to mid 80s, hardly anyone here on the BLM land, birds, bats, and lizards everywhere, desert trees taller than I am, hardly any dust. I’m loving it!
Antlion– among the desert oddities.
“The antlion larva is often called “doodlebug” in North America because of the odd winding, spiralling trails it leaves in the sand while looking for a good location to build its trap, as these trails look as if someone has doodled in the sand.” wikipedia
They hate trail mix, especially M&Ms–odd creatures!
Interesting! These cone-shaped holes don’t have any trails to or from them so I don’t know if they’re antlion or not. Will do some further research. Thanks!!!
You take the kinda pictures and tell the story that make me want a be there.
…and I wish you were here, too! Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment, Linda!