Saguaro Park, bracketing Tucson, needs more parking as visitation surges, but “the community takes a lot of pride in the park, and they’re not going to let things fall apart.”
It's mid-February, the Super Bowl is behind us, Spring Training is just beginning (but meaningful ball games are six weeks away), and many national parks are still under snow. But if you need to get away to a park, we have some candidates for you.
As the sun set over the Sonoran Desert, the animals came out to play. The deer grazing among the saguaro were probably mule but could have been white-tailed it was tough to say at dusk with only mini red-light flashlights in hand instead of binoculars. The bird that perched on a tree branch for a few seconds before flying away had the distinctive silhouette of an owl.
“LIGHTS UP! A FESTIVAL OF ILLUMINATION” THROUGH JAN. 7 With the artistry of noted public garden landscape architect Tres Fromme, the Gardens light up for.