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Copper Queen Hotel

Young reaching back to the dead
A couple 85 year old saguaro next to a couple dead ones
A view of Cactus Forest Trail in Saguaro National Park.
It's easy to see "scenes" in saguaro. Maybe the two on the left are in a fight and the one on the right is cheering.

Granddad
A saguaro like this is well over 200 years old.

Seven Falls in Mid-October
A view of Seven Falls near Tuscon, Arizona in mid-October (just after monsoon season). This was the goal of a ~4 mile hike (~8.2 miles round trip) with about 1100ft/335m elevation gain. The hike was beautiful and takes you across the creek 7 times. I found it interesting that Bear Canyon, home of Seven Falls, had a much higher concentration of saguaro cactus than Saguaro National Park. This is one of a few pools at the falls and swimming is allowed. The water is heavy with tannins giving it a slightly brown tint.
Seven Falls #2
A view of one of the pools at Seven Falls near Tuscon, Arizona in mid-October (just after monsoon season). This was the goal of a ~4 mile hike (~8.2 miles round trip) with about 1100ft/335m elevation gain. The hike was beautiful and takes you across the creek 7 times. I found it interesting that Bear Canyon, home of Seven Falls, had a much higher concentration of saguaro cactus than Saguaro National Park. This is one of a few pools at the falls and swimming is allowed. The water is heavy with tannins giving it a slightly brown tint.
Seven Falls #2
A view of one of the pools at Seven Falls near Tuscon, Arizona in mid-October (just after monsoon season). This was the goal of a ~4 mile hike (~8.2 miles round trip) with about 1100ft/335m elevation gain. The hike was beautiful and takes you across the creek 7 times. I found it interesting that Bear Canyon, home of Seven Falls, had a much higher concentration of saguaro cactus than Saguaro National Park. This is one of a few pools at the falls and swimming is allowed. The water is heavy with tannins giving it a slightly brown tint.