Saguaro National Park
So apparently these things are really, really old...and big. It takes 50 years for the saguaro to grow 7 feet, 75 years to sprout arms, and 150 years to top out at 50 feet tall.
Work decided to send us to Tucson, Arizona, for a weekend to see the Utes play the Arizona Wildcats. When we arrived we couldn't check into the hotel, so we decided to explore the area a little bit. That's when we discovered the Saguaro National Park...
So apparently these things are really, really old...and big. It takes 50 years for the saguaro to grow 7 feet, 75 years to sprout arms, and 150 years to top out at 50 feet tall.
The biggest foe for the saguaro...poachers stealing the plants for use in landscaping. We tried to dig one up, but it was too expensive to check it in a bag through Delta.
Ya-Ya was a champ and wanted in on the action. She's at the super grabby stage...so learn by doing...
Actually, it was a super "posed" picture. Even at 5 months, she knew not to touch the thing with a million prickly spikes on it. I think her expression says it all, "Mom! Why are you making me do this?!"
No babies were harmed during this photo shoot...one mother did prick her finger...
Saguaros,
Saguaros,
Saguaros...
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