Sunny
High - 88
Low -51
Today we decided to visit one of our favorite places in Tucson - the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. We've been there several times. In fact, we are members. The weather was perfect.
The Desert Museum was founded in 1952 on 21 acres to the west of Tucson. It's in the middle of the desert and re-creates many different habitats with the native plants and animals.
Here are a couple of photos of the museum.
This is the desert's idea of fall color. The ocotillos are turning yellow.
This beautiful mesquite ramada provides an overview of the whole museum.
The wolves pace almost constantly, but at least they look healthy.
Sometimes the javelinas are hard to spot, but today four of them were lined up in the shade under a bridge. They look cute here, but they're quite large. They also stink!!
A lot of the wildlife is contained for viewing, but there are lots of critters who are there by choice. We spotted these two large lizards sunning themselves on a rock. The lower one was green and was about 18" long.
It was a fun day and interesting to see the museum in the fall for the first time.
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