Hurricane Isaac's path

Cacti bushes, captured in Arizona

Hi my friends,

it's Sunday again and I hope you all have a good one, where ever you are!

Two days ago we were fearing Hurricane "Isaac"'s path coming over Florida and today we are lucky and happy... he turned out more to the waters into the Gulf of Mexico and Florida is out of danger, except Key West get wet. You never know up to the last days which direction the storm will really turn.

Back in time, when we were living down in Key West, we were evacuating many times - and nothing happened at home. And by many other storms we sat at home, boarded up with a lot of water and a bigger stock of can food as usual...had no electricity for some days - and get soaked with to much water....almost in to the living room.

But today we are happy and thankful not to had to do anything from all above.

Wishing you all a safe and lucky Sunday too!
~Susanne

No perfection at all

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

~ Salvador Dali ~

Hi my friends,

Finally I have some time to relax - and to show you also other photos than just landscapes...LOL... :))

Thanks again for all your wonderful comments and compliments! It makes me always happy to hear and to read that you liked my post(s) :)

Susanne

Pretty Landscapes on The Way to Phoenix,AZ

This photo belongs actually to the post before, when we left Sedona. It is such a pretty last view back towards the red rocks of Sedona! I just wanted to share it with you too. :)

This was the fantastic view, when we were driving from Flagstaff over all the hills towards Phoenix

Pretty color contrast of yellow fields and the "Black Canyon" mountains

The first fields of Saguaro Cacti came up, those are so typical for Arizona
I love these trees

Another pretty view close by Black Canyon City


Hi my friends,

we are still in beautiful and warm Phoenix, Arizona and have booked just now another night. We cannot decide where we want to go as next....LOL... :)

Thanks for all the nice comments and the loyal visits! Love you all! :))

Come back soon!
Susanne and David

Arizona Sunset

We stayed one night in the Saguaro National Park, AZ and had the chance to watch a wonderful sunset in the West and on the horizon in the East was the rising moon coming up

Arizona moon between the red colored mountains at the Saguaro National Park

Beautiful evening light in the high desert!

Last sunbeams on the cacti

An intense glow colored the sky after the sun went down behind the high mountains!

Hi my friends,

We are arrived in California today and we are planning to stay here around for a while here before we will be heading up more North at the coast line!

I'm behind with my postings now, I know... I hope you'll still enjoy my posts from Arizona and also the future ones. There will come some more from a very special place we have visited there around Tucson, still in Arizona. And then there will come also some pictures from our driving from AZ to CA with interesting landscape changes - pictures from the high desert down into the valleys and to the yellow/white sand hills at the border to Mexico... stay tuned! :))

Thank you so much for your visits and all the nice comments and compliments, they are all very much appreciated!

Susanne and David

Good bye New Mexico - Hello Arizona

We left Silver City and drove down the hills towards Lordsburg and took the highway towards Arizona. In the pictures are the Cupper mines of Tyron to see.

This is how it looks out in the desert: long straight roads for miles to go and mountains, mountains, all over you can see!

Tuscon in Arizona cannot be to far away - only 173 miles or something like that... :))

We stopped by a ghost town named STEIN - it was closed because of to many ghost activities...LOL... it was not open for the public anymore

And this is how STEIN looks - old buildings and ruins that have seen better times

But the UNION PACIFIC train is still around and searching his way up the hills - very slowly

Soon after STEIN we crossed the state line to Arizona. I always wanted to see this beautiful "Grand Canyon State"

Pretty soon also the landscape started to change the colors to big red rocky formations

I'm fascinated with cactus flowers and cactus plants. You will see more of them in my coming next photos, visiting some National Parks and the heart of the desert of Arizona

If they are blooming red cactus....

...or yellow cactus flowers - they are all magnificent for me!

We arrived in Tuscon Arizona and outside of the city we have found a great place to spend the night: on the parking lot of the Desert Diamond Casino which is owned by Tohono O'odham Indian tribe. And of course, YES, we went to the Casino - and YES, we did some gamblings - and NO, we didn't won....LOL... we lost a little bit of our pocket money :)).... no problems, maybe next time we will be more lucky!


Hi my friends

Thank you very much for all your nice comments and compliments to my post about Silver City. Yes it was a nice experience for both of us to visit that hill town in New Mexico, close to the Arizona border. And the ride to Arizona was pretty too. Arizona is a very nice state and there is a lot to see also. We will visit probably Sedona, AZ on our way back coming from Las Vegas, some when in summer or so...

Tomorrow I will show you some photos from a very great and exciting place in the heart of the desert and up in the hills. We slept there in one of the big Sate Parks and I have captured for you a mountain sunset. So stay tuned!

Looking forward to your comments and see you soon!

Susanne and David

Cayo Hueso

Eviva Mexico? No, no... I'm not in Mexico ! I'm still here in Key West. I captured these wonderful cactus plants in a side street in Key West.

By the way: "Cayo Hueso" is Spanish for "Island of Bones". The history tells, when Ponce de Leon first arrived at Key West, the island was littered with bones from the Indians who had lived here. The term "Key" is most likely an Anglicization of Cayo. It isn't clear if "West" is derived from Hueso (pronounced way-so) or if the term "West" has to do with the geographical location of Key West.