Saguaro National Park and my Encounter with the Javelina

Seeing Saguaro National Park is like visiting another planet, but somebody should really warn you about the pigs. Really, how many people know that Arizona has a wild pig population? I sure didn’t. So colored me shocked when I ran into these feisty fellows on a trail and had to hightail out of there at the speed of light. Had I known then what I know now about Javelinas, I wouldn’t have run so fast. So let me save you from the same embarrassment. But first, those cactuses. Saguaro Cactuses Should Rule the Earth Saguaro cactuses are an icon of the old American West. The tall tubular cactus’ stands tall, green and spikey and looks like it has two arms. Put’em up, pardner. Seeing these cacti was my reason for coming to Tucson. I’d glimpsed them briefly a few years before driving from Phoenix to Sedona, and I knew I had to come back. Picture John Wayne or any cowboy in chaps with pistols in hand, big Saguaros rising up in the background. Just picture it. You don’t have to do anything special to see Saguaro’s while in Tucson, they’re everywhere, but still, you should go to the national park […]

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