Saguaro

We had planned to go to Lake Powell for Fall break. Then a cold front storm was coming though so we canceled it. After reviewing a few different ideas that all included a LOT of driving, we still had no solid plans on Thursday. By the time I woke up on Friday morning, a road trip to Arizona was decided. We hurriedly made plans and hotel reservations and headed out. We drove to Las Vegas for the night to make the next day's travel a little more palatable. 

Saturday- Oct 22nd

More driving today from Las Vegas to Saguaro National Park (west side). We had enough time to go to the visitor's center, the Desert Discover Nature Trail, then up to the Valley View trail for a nice sunset hike.

Sunday- Oct 23rd

We visited the east side of Saguaro National Park today. There is an 8-mile loop that you can drive (or bike which Josh wanted to do, but we didn't). We stopped at a lot of the pull-outs, and hiked the Desert Ecology Trail. This area of the park receives more water so the landscape was a little different and less Sagauro-y than the west side. On the way back cars and a biker was stopped in the road while a fat rattlesnake crossed in front of us.

After we did the east side loop, we went back to the west side to go to Signal Hill where there were petroglyphs.

That night we drove to Holbrook, AZ for the night to be closer to Petrified Forest in the morning. We passed through some snow/hail on the way.