This slightly run-down house was built in the late 1893's by the Pinal County Sheriff. It still has it's original walls, ceiling and clapboard siding on two sides. It has served as the visitor center since 1997 and was manned by a charming lady by the name of Donna. She loaded us up with brochures for just about everything in Arizona and sent us on our way.
We took a few minutes to drive through the town and the only thing of interest was the old courthouse building. The steeple towers over the town and catches your eye instantly with clocks on all four sides.
We headed south again towards Tucson and drove through an incredible area with hundreds of saguaros, staghorn, prickly pear and barrel cacti. Of course, we took every side road that Doug could find and when we were off the highway, it seemed like we were totally surrounded.
Some of the barrel cacti had yellow fruit on them that the birds had obviously been enjoying. In all of the places we have been in Arizona, I have never seen so many plants. And, with the rain we have had in the last few days, the desert is as green as can be.
We drove many miles through this kind of scenery and finally turned around. The day was getting late and we will be following this road to Tucson tomorrow.
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