While in Arizona last christmas, i finally got a chance to go to the Boyce Arboretum on the way out of phoenix heading to miami, arizona. its a huge arboretum nestled into a little canyon, and there’s tons of cacti, trees and cool plants. I don’t know if dec is the best time of year to go, but it was still very nice. My friend Chris and his girlfriend joined myself and my dad for the trip. so lets get started.
damn cute hedgehog cacti.these guys are endangered
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interesting story, these were spread around one of the mine sights ive worked at, and they had to collect them all and put them into a little nursery somewhere safe away from the mining activities.
i love the look of these barrel cacti.
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and this is an awesome huge agave
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i was floored by this tree. i think its a tree. Yup. its indeed a tree. relative to the ocotillo (sweet) and named after a snark! even cooler. i want one.
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and look at its trunk!!
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then we came across a lake
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some sweet lichen
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and then this valley opened before us.
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and this is the house that the person who the arboretum is named after built.
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totally cool looking trees, with fall colors.
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Chris and I
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my dad and I
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great looking aloe’s flowering
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These hedges are mini pomegranates. very nice.
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wonderful tree.
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this is a very very old saguaro
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this looks so great. i wouldn’t mind this at my house.
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overall, it was a wonderful outing, and i want to go back at a different time of year again.