Above I am looking at Anza Borrego Desert ;
Vivian is inspecting an Ocotillo (tree, plant, shrub or bush?).
Below is a good site honoring the Ocotillo :
http://www.desertusa.com/nov96/du_ocotillo.html
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Above is Montezuma's Castle which Montezuma never went near.
This is a National Monument and there are sites devoted to it.
http://www.nps.gov/moca/
Also some Pineapple Cactus followed by a giant saguaro abundant
in the Sonora Desert of Arizona and Mexaco.
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Memorial service for my best friend "Ike", 1977
He loved that Church
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