The "Country" of Arizona

Typically when I think of driving in the "country" I picture miles of corn fields or grasslands. In Arizona, instead of corn, cacti litter the countryside. I have never seen so many towering cacti! The mountains are covered with cacti and other desert plants as well.

Today my co-worker and I went to the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. Besides being located in the gorgeous outskirts of Tuscon, the museum had desert gardens and a small zoo. My favorite animal was the javelina--a desert pig. More than the mountains, however, I enjoyed watching the sun melt behind the mountains. The colors of a desert sunset are breathtaking.