3/28/2023

March 21–23, 2023 Casa Grande, Week 3, Part 2

This blog is picture intensive…  I just had to capture this event – green and flowering desert!

What a beautiful day for a walkabout.

Looking out over the east wall:

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One of Joan Tarkin’s fabulous paintings:

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This road is on the south wall of the park – looking west:

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Looking east:

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I think the RV’s are being stored along the road (?).

View of the park from the back field:

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The desert has grass!

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This “carpet” is very tiny flowers:

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If you enlarge this picture, you can see the tiny flowers:

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OMGoodness… It may need to be mowed! 

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Tabletop Mountain in the distance.  The trees are starting to green up too.

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Oh my, the flowers!

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Shadows on the mountains:

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Looking back at the park:

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Old irrigation system:

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Since we have been coming here (2008), these fields have not been farmed.  Not sure why.

Wheelies in the desert and orange flowers in the background:

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Beautiful!

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Part of the irrigation system:

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The park – yes, we are in the middle of fields – it is great!

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Crop circles – LOL!

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More flowers:

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Andy looking for me – Smile

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He saw me now!

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Our lot:

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What a treat to be here during this Bloom!!

Tomorrow we head to Yuma for our final dental work and then start to slowly head east so stay tuned and enjoy today.

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2 comments:

Kris Zahn said...

Thanks for these beautiful pictures! No one really realizes how beautiful and gorgeous the desert can be.

Diane said...

It truly is beautiful!