We hiked out to Baker Mine today, about 5 miles round trip. Mostly flat and rolling country. Lots of Organ Pipe cactus in the area. The mine was, well, just a hole in the ground. We knew that from the other mine hike. This was just a place to go. Did see a hare on the trail. But despite all the signs we have not seen any Mexicans. We have seen a lot of Border Patrol, including one on an ATV out cruising the back country. The other day we had the Air Force out doing exercises overhead. Major sonic booms too, echoing off the mountains like some huge thunder storm on a clear day.
Sunset on the hills east of us was quite good tonight. Then after dark there was a presentation in the outdoor amphitheater on constellations and some of the different ways various peoples from around the world have seen them. It has always impressed me that very different cultures from all across the world and across time have seen much of the same things in the night sky. The stories have been different sometimes but not always. Like Orion has been a hunter to both the ancient Greeks and the tribes that became the Russians.
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| A Saguaro just beginning to grow arms |
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