so and so begins my southern road trip arizona here i come
after a long visit home the road was calling it was time to heed the call
i am all settled in here at camp i am at a free campsite a free blm campsite just
outside of yuma arizona tomorrow's destination is tucson arizona i plan to spend a day or two
exploring the area i have some spots in mind which i'm excited about checking out
tonight i'm just going to hang out here at camp looks like i am in for
a pretty sunset and then i'll get up bright and early and hit the road tomorrow it's only
about a four and a half hour drive we are underway with the southern road trip super
excited
good morning we are on the road again it is tucson or bust
coffee nectar of the gods good morning it is the following morning i did make it to tucson
i will be staying at a friend's property for the next couple of days and as we were sitting around
having dinner last night one of my friends asked me if they could join me on my hike today and
do some shooting this person is a very talented videographer cinematographer
who wishes to remain off camera and anonymous so i feel very honored that they would want to join me
i do get accused quite often of not being out on the trail alone and people think that somebody
else is filming me which is not the case i carry my camera on a tripod and set it up for the shots
however today i will have somebody else filming me for a small portion of the morning or this
morning's hike actually we will be beginning in the tucson mountains and then we will
part ways after this morning's hike and i'm going to visit the saguaro national forest really
excited to get today started gotta get this bed made get changed and i will see you on the trail
gorgeous
so
so currently we are in the tucson mountain park
and following this wash along this trail where all these beautiful saguaro cactus are
and i have never hiked among the saguaro so it's very exciting today
so
the very unusual looking saguaro cacti are native to the sonoran
desert and have a relatively long lifespan often exceeding 150 years
so
right now i am within the saguaro national park boundary hiking amongst these
really cool cacti i saw that there was a trail
leading to some petroglyphs close by so i think i'm going to check that out next
the rock art fan within saguaro national park was created by the prehistoric hohokam people
they may have pecked these petroglyphs more than a thousand years ago
so
thanks so much for joining me on this first episode of my southern road trip
i am currently making my way through the southwest before eventually ending up in
the southeast stay tuned every sunday for a new episode and i will see you on the next one bye
you