Apr
13
2005

Botanical Gardens

PhotosWednesday, April 13, 2005 - 06:09:33 pm
(Posted Under: Travel, Arizona Trip)
This afternoon after Katie got off work, we drove out to the botanical gardens - right outside of Tempe.

Incidently, on Tuesday I'd gotten an email about golf courses in Tempe. Tuesday afternoon we drove past the one in the photos. We had to stop today when we went past it and take a photo. So fitting...

In anycase, the Botanical Gardens were amazing. They didn't even seem like much driving up to them - you can hardly tell they're there. It's a very unique botanical gardens out here. The term is so often associated with lush green lawns, neat flower beds, and tall trees. The Arizona botanical gardens however, have the desert setting and is filled with amazing cacti and succulents. Took lots of photos. In terms of wildlife, got to see woodpeckers, squirrels, lizards, huge ass tadpoles and even a snake basking in the afternoon sun, on the ruins of an old house (very small wall). No glass enclosure folks, on the trail in it's natural habitat. Unfortunately we didn't get a great photo of it, as it was sliding towards the shade of a near by tree, and I was trying to frantically delete a photo off the camera, as it was full again. Very cool to see in anycase.

We also learned something quite interesting - there is a Mt. Ord in Arizona. How freakin' cool is that? We're going to try to drive out there.

We stayed out there until about 5:30 (it closes at dusk), before driving back home. The timing was nice, because my feet were starting to get really sore, wearing my new Vans. It was awfully nice to get home and slip into the pair that are worn in.

Again, a picture says a thousand words, so here are the photos.

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