Cap'n Bob & the Damsel

The Old Wickenburg Train Station

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We drove to the old part of town to do some shopping at the “other” supermarket. We drove past the old train station which is along the still active BNSF railroad track. I took this picture of the station next to the track.

The station is now used by the Chamber of Commerce as a tourism center. To facilitate this, the building had to be rotated 180 degrees such that the boarding platform is opposite from the track side. No matter, though, The BNSF trains no longer stop in Wickenburg.

Click on the image to enlarge.

27 Aug 2012 by Arizona Photography Retirement

Wildflower or Weed?

Wildflower or Weed?

We took a walk over by the Casandro Dam, about a quarter mile south of the house, after the rain last Wednesday. There were several plants along the road that had these wild flowers. I don’t know what it is, but it sure is a delicate and interesting-looking cluster of little blossoms. Click on the image to enlarge.

26 Aug 2012 by Arizona Flowers Photography

More Erosion

More Erosion

We had a really heavy downpour last Wednesday night. It looks like I’ll have to shore up the front of the property with big rocks to avoid losing more of the landscape between the RV drive and the west wash. Again, I have plenty of big rocks up in the wash and around the lot, so it’s just a matter of collecting them in the wheelbarrow and burying them along the roadway where the floods wash down.

Damn! I’m supposed to be retired and all this stuff pops up to keep me busy. Ah well, It probably keeps me out of trouble.

Click on the image for the full sized panorama.

25 Aug 2012 by Arizona Environment Home & Garden Panorama Retirement

Monsoon Evening

Monsoon Evening

We had a pretty good rain shower this afternoon. It quickly came and went without much impact other than raising the humidity in our part of the Sonoran desert to an astounding 65%. Who ever said that Sonoran summers were a DRY heat?

All jesting aside, the rain this summer has brought a badly needed increase to the ground water plane here, regardless of the minor discomfort of a little mugginess. Tonight’s radar weather map indicates a lot of shower activity along the lower Colorado river and north of I-40 in the Kaibab plateau. The Sandia mountains and a lot of new Mexico are also enjoying a rainy evening.

There are a few flash flood warnings in all the heavy rain shower areas.

22 Aug 2012 by Arizona Environment

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