And then we drove to the Chiricahua National Monument in far southeastern Arizona. We had been told that the area was great for birding, and it was, but it was so much more - a very beautiful and magical place. Different Native American tribes had different names for this place:  The land of standing up rocks; The place where turkeys live.


Doors on a storage building at Faraway Ranch

Arizona Madrone Tree

From a walk in the campground

Huckleberry Hound

 A younger Arizona Madrone

Mexican Jays

Echo Canyon

A standing rock

Acorn Woodpecker

Yellow Eyed Junco

Remmnat chimney from the Civilian Conservation Corps residences

 God bless the CCC

And now, on to the Three Rivers Petrogylph site. Don't tell anyone. Don't go there. Keep it a very deep secret. The official description says that there are over 20000 different identified petroglyphs along a ridge of black rocks in the desert. It is also now noted that there are about 600 known modern additions of graffiti - that is why we don't want anyone else to find out about the place.

Enjoy!