Arizona State Parks

It’s weird going to state parks in Arizona in February.  Ohio state parks are either closed or with only a few hardy souls camping.  Here the parks are full, especially on weekends.  We can hear the laughter of kids playing all around us.  We got one of the last campsites available at the last two parks.

The other thing that’s different here are mineral springs.  Several of the parks have hot tubs using mineral springs.  Wonderful!  (sorry, no picture of us in the tub!)

One thing that amazes me is how much the desert is full of life.  Between all the green, the spring flowers, and the animals, it just doesn’t seem like a desert.  We’ve seen a roadrunner a few times.  They really do that hop thing like in the cartoon.  But no “beep beep”.  Plus, I finally got a picture of the Gimbel’s quail.  They are pretty fast too.

We’re heading east and hope to see most of the places we skipped when it was so cold and snowy in January.  This is the view of Mt. Graham from Roper Lake State Park.