Empire Ranch, Sonoita, AZ

 Just a 120 mile ride today to get to our other favorite boondocking place.  The Empire Ranch is about 30 minutes south of Tucson’s southern fringe.  It was a 60,000 acre ranch which is now BLM land and leased out for ranching.  This is more desert grassland than where we were before.  And more rolling hills.  We often see antelope here and a wide variety of birds.  Carlene identified a Ladder Back Woodpecker this afternoon and we saw what we think was a Ferrougenous Hawk.  

There was a fire in the grass sometime in the past year, many hills are burnt off.  That leaves just the bare rock and scattered yucca.

Mt Wrightson on our west usually has snow, but not this year.  Unless something appears in the morning sun.

A final morning look at Mt Graham

I-10 west of Wilcox

I-10 between Wilcox and Benson

The Chiricahuas from Benson

And our new views

Here I am,

Another day, another view