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 Today we headed to our first, of what we hope to be many,  National Parks. Saguaro is one of the more interesting parks because it has two different sections located in two separate parts of Tucson. Today we explored the west section which is truly the home of the cactus for which it is named. There is a visitor center in each section so you can get two passport stamps (I’ll discuss this in a future post). 

Traveling with Ricky the rat dog does complicate visiting because one of us must stay with him while the other explores. We did try to take him on a dog friendly hike in this section of the park but this beach dog was NOT digging the heat. 

So we did the long loop driving tour which was incredibly picturesque.  So happy we have the jeep to do these more remote tours. We had made a lunch so we found a covered picnic area where we were able to enjoy out AZ. green tea in AZ.

All in all it was a great visit. Tomorrow we plan to explore the east section which has a much more diverse tree population.  

After leaving Saguaro’s east unit we headed south to explore the Timacacori National Historic Park.  



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