Poor Dan! Another crack-of-dawn flight!/
Hello! I'm a Saguaro! Welcome to my land!/
Our hotel's grounds/
And the resident waterfall, which is pumped 8 months out of the year!/
Nooooo!/
Hug me!/
This won't end well!/
Really? You really want to hug the Saguaro?/
Wobbly!/
Prickly Pear margarita... it was too sweet/
Dinner at The Flying V/
It was wery vindee/
Purply!/
Kitty!/
Sleepy ocelot /
The desert/
Trainer dude for the Harris Hawks/
Friends/
The key that opened the rock!/
Baby ducks very interested in someone's shoe laces/
No cookies to the coyotes/
Burrr.../
Self-timer from across the highway!/
Finally, Assana makes it to the other side/
Awwwh! Big fat Saguaro.../
Saguaro NP - the east side /
Cute as a button!/
Hiking the wash/
Saguaros everywhere/
More cute nubbins!/
Juvenile Saguaro/
Itsiest bitsiest little nubbin!/
Big fat arms/
Each of them have their own personality/
Assana for scale/
Sooo cute!/
Hat Mountain/
The west side/
Barrel cactus on rocks/
More rock camera balancing/
Assana & Shorty/
Almost at Wasson Peak/
The view from the top/
Balancing the tripod who could!/
Windy & cold, Wasson Peak!/
Bestest ever candied pecan!/
Cacti and the moon/
Nubbins, nubbins, and more nubbins!/
Unique like clouds /
Bird house in the cactus/
Rock & Saguaros/
Teddy bear cactus!/
Fluffy? Think again! The most vicious plant in the desert!/
Barb-bunnies trying to go home with us/
Then one attacks Assana's finger!/
Barbs deeply embedded in the skin!/
Dan to the rescue! /
Growing tip/
Perfect baby arm/
More Teddybears/
Hard to imagine something so cute is so vicious!/
Fuzz & sunset/
New Year's eve, 2010/