I must preface my story about the San Diego Wild Animal Park by asserting that they could have easily named it the San Diego Wild Africa Park since the majority of the park’s 400 plus species of animals are from the huge continent. In fact the location for the park in the San Pasqual Valley [...]
While much of the country is still buried under blankets of snow or drenched by rain we are enjoying Spring here in Tucson. Located near the heart of the Sonoran Desert, Tucson is experiencing a spectacular wildflower year. We were fortunate this year as the winter rainy season was actually a wet one. The multiple [...]
I would be remiss to focus so much on Tucson without discussing the city’s long aviation history. Sixteen years after the Wright brothers successfully achieved lighter-than-air flight in 1903, land was set aside in Tucson for the creation of a civil airfield. The Tucson field was the first municipally-owned airfield in the country; it really [...]
Occasionally circumstances bring together people from opposite walks of life who join forces and create a masterpiece. Such was the case when Arthur Newton Pack met William H. Carr in 1951.
But first some background. William H. Carr was born in New York in 1902. His was a modest family headed by his father who [...]The month of February is a fantastic time to visit Tucson. Not only does Tucson have amazing warm and sunny winter weather (most of the time), but there is so much going on that there is literally something for everyone; Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, Fiesta de los Vaqueros, Accenture Match Play Championship, Kona 24 [...]
Neither of us have been participating in many of the activities organized here at the Wrinkle Ranch but last week when I learned the hiking group was tackling Brown Canyon I jumped at the chance. The canyon is a part of the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge (BANWR) that is only accessible by taking a [...]
We set off a bit later in the day than we had hoped, sometimes life just gets in the way. It was a chilly but sunny morning as we hit I-10 heading east. We thought we were dressed appropriately in jeans and long-sleeved shirts but soon we would be dreaming of shorts. In Benson we [...]
As we were driving to visit an area of the Santa Cruz River, Lance and I had to laugh. Just two short years ago we would have never entertained the idea of driving somewhere just to see a bunch of birds. In my family birders were affectionately called “Bird Brains.” Funny how life changes.
Of course, [...]
As I mentioned previously, I grew up in the Tucson area. The city lies in the Sonoran Desert which covers parts of Arizona, California and the state of Sonora in Mexico. The Sonoran Desert is the largest and hottest desert in North America and yet it is also the wettest desert—receiving anywhere from 3” to [...]
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