Our motivation to go to Arizona was to attend the wedding of Ann's nephew Alex Jehle. On August 2nd, Patrick, Ann and Donovan flew to Arizona. We stayed in Tucson with dear friends Cammy and Doug Vaughan for several days, enjoying visits to the Arizona Desert Museum, Saguaro National Forest, Mount Lemmon, and Sabino Canyon.

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.............Cammy's patio....................our rental car..................cactus in the Desert Museum.....

............Agave..............................Red Bird of Paradise................. Hummingbird! Click on this!.

................Cammy........................Hummingbird...........................Flower........

....................more great flowers at the Arizona Desert Museum.................

.................Red Bird of Paradise ........Patrick, Donovan & Ann ................ Quail...........

.............Sculpture of bird evolution............ Saguaro National Forest..............

We visited Kartchner Caverns near Benson, AZ. We couldn't take pictures in the cave, but we took several in the park. Then we drove to Rio Rico to stay with Ann's sister, Jean Windmiller, and her husband Paul Jehle.

Mountain in fog	Picnic in Kartchner Park	Goofing off
Disappearing mountain	Hidden visitor center	Blooming Barrel Cactus
Cactus garden in the rain	Garden blooms	Desert in green
Ocotillo with leaves	Sunset in Rio Rico from	Jean & Paul's back yard
still setting	worth 4 pictures!	Donovan in the back yard in Rio Rico
Finishing Harry Potter VII on the ramada	Paul up a eucalyptus	Sonoita creek
Testing the water	Hikers with prickly pears	Hoodoo
Paul in riparian setting	Blooming bush	Keyhole to climb
With water flowing thru	In Glynis's room--testing the soggy camera	The camera works!!
Even from a tree...	Donovan with birthday loot	Hats and roses in Jean's dining room
Watching old Transformers cartoons online	Ann in Sonoita Creek	Jean and Donovan
The creek where I dunked my camera!	Shady place for a rest