Succulent hunting in the Arizona desert
Only two weeks to go to Christmas. That means two weeks and a day until I set out on my 7th annual post-Christmas trip south. Like 6 out of these 7 times, it will be to Arizona. What can I say? I love the desert, especially the Sonoran, and I need my yearly fix! Looking back at my previous excursions, I realized that I never blogged about a December 2016 outing to the Waterman Mountains with agave guru Greg Starr , author of Agaves: Living Sculptures for Landscapes and Containers , and desert rat Ron Parker , author of Chasing Centuries: The Search for Ancient Agave Cultivars Across the Desert Southwest . It was one of the most memorable experiences I ever had in the Sonoran Desert, and the photos I took are too good not to share. Located about 25 miles northwest of Tucson, the Waterman Mountains are part of Ironwood Forest National Monument . This is a remote area inhabited by few, if any, souls. The roads we took after getting off Interstate 10 got progressively ...