Friday January 19th 2018

It was another beautiful day in Arizona. As the sun was rising the temperature was in the mid forties. By the time the sun was setting the temperature had reached the mid to upper seventies. From what I can tell using the internet the weather is going downhill from here. Tomorrow will be in the sixties with rain threatening. Without local television stations to catch up on the weather forecast it’s hard to know your getting the latest information.

Some kind of raptor flying above the mountains.

Another mystery waterfowl

Heron?

I spent another day enjoying this park and the Colorado River. The scenery is very dramatic and the bird life is intriguing. I have to get better figure out what varieties of birds I’m watching. Today I watched a pair of big birds circling and floating on the air currents. They were far enough away that I couldn’t tell what kind of raptor they were. My guess is some kind of vulture.

Cactus garden with some very interesting plants.

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This park also has a nice cactus garden between the park and the main road. I took a walk through the garden this afternoon. You can tell it is well cared for. Many of the cactus plants look like living sculptures and they aren’t over crowded.

One last picture of the cove in the Colorado river as it flows by the River Island State Park in Arizona.

Tomorrow I move to the east some more. I’m traveling about a 170 miles to Gila Bend southwest of Phoenix for a night. That’s about the halfway point in my journey to Benson AZ. I’ll stay in Benson for a week to tour Tombstone AZ and the Chiricahua National Monument assuming the National Monument isn’t closed by a government shutdown. From there I’ll move on to Las Cruces New Mexico for a few days.