We went to explore the Salt River today, mainly as a way to try to distract me from the fact that I'm having hip replacement tomorrow!  Yikes!  

The Sonoran Desert Museum is a fusion of zoo, botanical garden, art gllery, natural history museum, and aquarium!  The gardens showcase the Sonoran Desert's ecosystem, home to over 2,000 species of plants and is known as the most lush desert on earth. 

With over 4400 species of flora, the Desert Botanical Garden boasts the largest number of desert plants in a living collection anywhere on Earth!  They also focus on conservation efforts for endangered plants.  More than 400 of the Garden's plants are rare or endangered species.

Donna and I went to Prescott today to check out the changing leaves!  We went up the back way and as we were circling up the hill we saw the memorial to the Granite Mountain Hotshots. 

Decided to head out to Gilbert Riparian Area today as it had been so long since I had taken the time to just play with photos! 

The mulit-level, state-of-the-art facility is America's newest aquarium and holds more than 2 million gallons of water!

We were looking for a fun, cooler place to go for a hike so headed up to Heber

Totally into day trips lately!  Today Donna and I drove up to Williams to hike around Kaibab Lake.

Time for the annual Wildflower Trip!  With the rains we've had it was a gorgeous display this year!