For my final adventure on my little Arizona trip last month I headed out to Chiricahua National Monument, which I didn't even know existed when I first arrived in Arizona, but somehow found through happenstance down an online rabbit hole. Chiricahua is composed of bright green and neon yellow lichen-covered pinnacles, hoodoos and balancing rocks …
Did you know that a saguaro cactus doesn't grow its first arm until it's already 100 years old and can reach a height of 45 feet? These Sonoran desert plants are everywhere in southern Arizona and are truly astounding, but I wasn't here for them. I was here for the organ pipe cactus, because this …
Over Thanksgiving my mom, who is a rockhound (an amateur rock seeker and collector) and has recently started her own jewelry line called IndigoMesa using the rocks she finds, invited me to join her and her lovely partner (hi Karl!) at the gem and mineral shows held every January in Quartzsite, Arizona. You don't really have to …
Adventures in Ayeletland 