Arizona

Fort Bowie National Historic Site is located in Bowie, AZ and was referred by the Spaniards as Puerto del Dado, the Pass of Chance. This pass separates the Chiricahua and Dos Cabezas mountains and drew emigrants, prospectors, and soldiers to this Apache homeland. This is the site the Bascom Affair of 1861 and the Battle of Apache Pass in 1862.

_AK89646 — Bowie, AZ: Willcox, AZ: Fort Bowie National Historic Site

_AK89648 — Bowie, AZ: Willcox, AZ: Fort Bowie National Historic Site

Chiricahua National Monument located in Wilcox, AZ, stand amazing rock pinnacles that loom over you like guardians of the forest.

_AK89492 — Willcox, AZ: Chiricahua National Monument, Heart of Rocks Loop

_AK89546 — Willcox, AZ: Chiricahua National Monument, Heart of Rocks Loop

Grand Canyon National Park has rock that is nearly two billion years old in the bottom of the canyon, is 277 miles long, up to 18 miles wide, and is a mile deep.

We went on a 6 day rafting adventure in the Grand Canyon. We hiked 9.5 miles down the Bright Angel trail to Phantom Ranch, rafted 193 miles of the Colorado River, and went through 70 fun rapids.

_AK85548 — Grand Canyon National Park, AZ: Bright Angel Trail

_AK85561 — Grand Canyon National Park, AZ: One of many beautiful blooming cacti in the canyon.

_AK85601 — Grand Canyon National Park, AZ: Silver bridge

_AK85638 — Grand Canyon National Park, AZ: Scorpion hunt with a park ranger at Phantom Ranch.

_AK85647 — Grand Canyon National Park, AZ: Phantom Ranch

_AK85651 — Grand Canyon National Park, AZ: Sacred Datura, a poisonous perennial plant that is sometimes used as a hallucinogen.

_AK85701 — Grand Canyon National Park, AZ: Black suspension bridge

DSCN1092 — Grand Canyon National Park, AZ: A rainy day on the river.

_AK85744 — Grand Canyon National Park, AZ: Playing crazy 8s by the river.

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_AK85937 — Grand Canyon National Park, AZ: Havasu Creek

_AK85943 — Grand Canyon National Park, AZ: Havasu Creek

_AK85977 — Grand Canyon National Park, AZ: Havasu Creek

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_AK86361 — Grand Canyon National Park, AZ: South Rim

_AK86408 — Grand Canyon National Park, AZ: South Rim

_AK85383 — Grand Canyon National Park, AZ: South Rim

_AK85394 — Grand Canyon National Park, AZ: Hopi House

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DSCN1277 — Grand Canyon National Park, AZ: Rafting crew

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DSCN1445 — Grand Canyon National Park, AZ: Morning yoga by the river.

Saguaro National Park located in the Sonoran Desert in Tucson, AZ. The saguaro is the symbol of the American Southwest.

Petrified Forest National Park is one of the best places in the world to see remnants of prehistoric forests, now petrified wood.

_AK80073 — Petrified Forest National Park, AZ: Blue Mesa

_AK80078 — Petrified Forest National Park, AZ: Blue Mesa

_AK80016 — Petrified Forest National Park, AZ: Historic Route 66

_AK80033 — Petrified Forest National Park, AZ: Newspaper Rock

Kitt Peak National Observatory is a US astronomical observatory located on Kitt Peak of the Quinlan Mountains in the Sonoran Desert on the Tohono O’odham Nation.

Sabino Canyon is located in the Santa Catalina Mountains and the Coronado National Forest north of Tucson, Arizona.

Tucson, AZ

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