Bajada Trail.

My new project is hiking all the trails at South Mountain.














A graceful saguaro.


















Red needled barrel cacti.













Tahoe was ready to chase the horses; I had to hold him back.















Saguaro skin.













Bird's nest in staghorn cholla

















A cactus wren lives here.

















Tahoe rested underneath a palo verde tree.














Hedgehog cacti growing among the rocks.













Hohokam petroglyphs on the rock.

Pumpkin Carving.
This was Jon Kline's 4th annual party.












Josh and I carved a two-headed pumpkin.
















This is Darby the dog.


There were so many amazing pumpkins.
The castle was really intricate.











I liked the grim reaper.




One of my favorites was the cat, of course.

An ASU Sun Devil.

Out of 18 pumpkins, everyone liked ours the best. We won first place and took home the coveted Kline Cup Award.

It looks best when it is glowing.

Prescribed burn.

I was going to finish backpacking the Highline Trail, but the Payson Fire Dept. had other plans.












Tahoe and his blanket. It got down to 30 degrees that night. Brrrr.











We backpacked near Tonto Creek, and I used my new GPS!













Sacred Datura.













Tahoe loves river beds.













This is an old windmill at Deer Creek in the Mazatal Mountains. I like the skull.








The monarchs are migrating to Mexico.





Sonoran Sunset.





This is a blooming Century Yucca.


Boulder says Happy Halloween.

The National Trail.












Tahoe and I hiked part of this trail at South Mountain in Tempe.













The sunset was beautiful.













This is the view of Phoenix.













Ocotillo.













We heard coyotes barking in the distance.













These are hedgehog cacti.













A barrel cactus.

The Wildlife World Zoo.




A meerkat.











A jaguar.













Josh feeding the giraffes.




































































We rode the Skyride.










































Reindeer.











This is a tapir, the national animal of Belize.