We went to the Desert Museum - there's a formal name, but I don't remember it - only about 30 minutes outside of the city. We walked all of their trails and saw a variety of plants and animals native to the area. It reminded me a little of Wildlife Safari in Winston, OR (south of Roseburg) but without the safari. We saw lots of birds, spiders, a beaver, a river otter and various sizes of critters from the cat family. Saul napped in the pack when he needed to and seemed to enjoy being out in the fresh air- though as you'll see in one of the pictures below he wasn't so sure about the hat. He'll have to get used to it by summer, though!
On our last day we went to a botanical garden. It's on the grounds of an original estate and gardens from years ago and has been turned into a place for visitors to see the wide variety of plants native to the general area. Imagine the quantity of cacti all in one plce! They also had a butterfly exhibit. It was really, really muggy in the butterfly house, fogging up Aaron's camera almost immediately! We were right ahead of a 1st grade class so once they all got in inside it was quite loud.
Saul did great on the flight home. Again, he slept on the longer leg betwen Phoenix and Portland, giving me time to read a book and rest my eyes. Considering our sleeping arrangements at the hotel, I think I slept less on vacation than I do at home.
And now we are home and back to the comfort of our own bed and a return to the routine. Hmmmm . . . where shall we go next?
Aaron and Saul at the high desert museum.
Fussy times in the hotel room while Saul was telling us that he was ready to sleep. We tried to be back from our daily activities around 3:30 to give Saul time to move on his home since he was in the pack so much.
Aaaaah. Asleep - on his belly and not swaddled!
A butterfly on Aaron's shoulder. His picture didn't turn out, but could have been cool!
Napping at the botanical garden.
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