Fascinating Desert – Chocolate Falls
Recently a friend told us about the Chocolate Falls, which are about 1 hour north east of Flagstaff - a 3-hour drive. The official name is Grand Falls, but looking at the pictures below, it…
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Horseshoe Dam
Exactly to the day one year ago we came here with my mom. It was a cloudy rather trist day and we didn’t see a single flower and only a few puddles of water. Today…
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This time of the year
It’s fall, even here in the desert, and we hear from different sources that now is the time to see some fall colors. For us this means that we have to drive to higher elevations…
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Arizona River Otters
On December 8, 2017 we saw our first Arizona river otter at the Salt River (Coon Bluff) - a rare sighting as I can tell. This week I was following a hint from a friend…
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Wonderful morning
As most weekends this winter I went with Marco to the Salt River at Goldfield Rd. When heading towards the sand cliffs to look for javelina and maybe bighorn sheep we came a cross a…
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Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, Gilbert, AZ
Since there was some big event going on at the Salt River today we decided to avoid the crowds and head out for a visit to the "Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch" in Gilbert -…
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Majestic Bald Eagles
Another reason for regularly visiting the Salt River area besides meeting like minded people and observing the Wild Horses are the majestic Bald Eagles - the sheer size of these birds is fascinating and they…
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Burrowing Owls at Zanjero Park, Gilbert, AZ
A few weeks back a friend of us told us about the burrowing owls (Kaninchen Eulen oder Grabende Eulen) at Zanjero Park in Gilbert. She invited us to meet her there just before sunrise (which…
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