The Painted Desert & Petrified Forest National Park

Plenty of iron and manganese compounds account

 for the colors you'll find of the Painted Desert.

The Painted Desert, like so much out west, reminds me of 

Saguara National Park

We spent a lot of time trying to get smart about

Kartchner Caverns

Kartchner Caverns State Park

The first clue that Kartchner Caverns State Park was going to be a stand alone experience was

Wildlife World Zoo in Phoenix, AZ

This guy took a momentary break from guard duty to

Arizona Sonora Desert Museum

garden eels

We weren't expecting to find an aquarium at the

The O.K. Corral in Tombstone, AZ

Our time in Tombstone was not long, but it

The Queen Mine in Bisbee, AZ

Bennie suiting us for the Queen Mine Tour.

This is Bennie.  He is the