It's official. Our first 100 degree day was last Friday, April 1st. Oh if it were only an April Fool's joke. But, alas, it was not.
The african daisies have all faded and been pulled, a few irises remain but won't last long, and the smell of orange blossoms is all but gone. We'll get a reprieve, however. This coming weekend . . . when we have a highschool reunion party planned . . . it is going to be about 70 degrees. The bad news is: it might rain:( Let's hope not.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
We've Been to Bagdad!
We were getting cabin fever a few weeks ago and decided to take a road trip to a place in Arizona we'd never visited before . . . Bagdad. It's about as far off the beaten path as you can get for a little town, tucked in the mountains about 20 miles north of US93, the road that leads from Wickenburg to Las Vegas.
This iris are in bloom, but fading fast in the recent heat!
California isn't the only state with Joshua Trees. The Joshua Tree Parkway is part of US 93 between Wickenburg and Kingman, Arizona.
We finally made it to Bagdad. Founded in 1882, it still employees a majority of the town at a working copper mine, plus about two restaurants, a post office, Bashas grocery store and a few churches and schools.
These two miners, sculpted of wire, greet newcomers to town.
On our way back to Phoenix, we stopped along the Santa Maria River to nap (Gene) and bird watch (Sue). Many of the otherwise dry washes in the mountains had water from snowmelt runoff and recent storms.
Our final stop was at the Shrine of St. Joseph of the Mountains in Yarnell, Arizona. Built in the 1930's, it is the location of the remains of Fr. Bill Wasson who founded Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos, the international organization supported by Friends of the Orphans from which Sue retired. A pilgrimage to this shrine will be held next August, the fifth anniversary of Fr. Bill's passing. Hundreds of supporters and pequenos raised at the orphanage are expected to attend. The Shrine, which was built on land purchased by Fr. Bill's parents, has a Way of the Cross that winds through boulders and sculptures of The Last Supper and Garden of Gethsemane.
This iris are in bloom, but fading fast in the recent heat!
California isn't the only state with Joshua Trees. The Joshua Tree Parkway is part of US 93 between Wickenburg and Kingman, Arizona.
We finally made it to Bagdad. Founded in 1882, it still employees a majority of the town at a working copper mine, plus about two restaurants, a post office, Bashas grocery store and a few churches and schools.
These two miners, sculpted of wire, greet newcomers to town.
On our way back to Phoenix, we stopped along the Santa Maria River to nap (Gene) and bird watch (Sue). Many of the otherwise dry washes in the mountains had water from snowmelt runoff and recent storms.
Our final stop was at the Shrine of St. Joseph of the Mountains in Yarnell, Arizona. Built in the 1930's, it is the location of the remains of Fr. Bill Wasson who founded Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos, the international organization supported by Friends of the Orphans from which Sue retired. A pilgrimage to this shrine will be held next August, the fifth anniversary of Fr. Bill's passing. Hundreds of supporters and pequenos raised at the orphanage are expected to attend. The Shrine, which was built on land purchased by Fr. Bill's parents, has a Way of the Cross that winds through boulders and sculptures of The Last Supper and Garden of Gethsemane.
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