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Date: 05/23/23 11:26
Arizona in Bloom
Author: MacBeau

One of the great surprises last week came upon reaching Peach Springs, AZ. The entire landscape was covered in Desert globe mallow as this 90 car passed by westbound. Not the greatest light, obviously, but the colors where too enticing to ignore. In total ten different species of wildflowers were discovered in the drive along old 66.
Be of good cheer,
—Mac
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Date: 05/23/23 11:47
Re: Arizona in Bloom
Author: santafe199

I'm loving the color texture! Nice stuff... :^)

Lance

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Date: 05/23/23 12:25
Re: Arizona in Bloom
Author: Ritzville

Always NICE to see a good bloom, NICE catch Mac!

Larry

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Date: 05/23/23 14:03
Re: Arizona in Bloom
Author: TheNavigator

Great desert color!
GK

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Date: 05/23/23 14:30
Re: Arizona in Bloom
Author: pedrop

Nice to see those orange flowers in the desert.

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
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Date: 05/23/23 15:11
Re: Arizona in Bloom
Author: bobk

Beautiful shots!

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Date: 05/23/23 16:48
Re: Arizona in Bloom
Author: RetiredHogger

Very nice. We were just out that way earlier this month.

Speaking of old Rt. 66, I snapped this on the trip at Continental Divide, NM. The view faces west, with I-40 on the left, and Rt. 66 on the right.



 



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Date: 05/23/23 18:31
Re: Arizona in Bloom
Author: SCKP187

Nice photos. The desert does look amazing
Brian Stevens

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Date: 05/23/23 21:27
Re: Arizona in Bloom
Author: oyw

Beauties, Mac!

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Date: 05/24/23 07:31
Re: Arizona in Bloom
Author: tomstp

Perfect place for a rattler.

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Date: 05/24/23 08:27
Re: Arizona in Bloom
Author: Gonut1

Nice to see when one considers a desert as a sandy wasteland. My sisters both live in Arizona and the wet spring really livened up the landscape. I've never gotten further west than Texas hill country and when it isn't winter it is green! My one sister said once the temperature hit 100 all her flowers fried!
Orange other than BNSF!
Gonut

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Date: 05/24/23 10:56
Re: Arizona in Bloom
Author: RetiredHogger

tomstp Wrote:
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> Perfect place for a rattler.

I think about that a lot when driving through what I'd call "scrub country". I wouldn't be kicking any of the small bushes on a hot, sunny day.

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Date: 05/24/23 14:21
Re: Arizona in Bloom
Author: MacBeau

Thankfully I have yet to encounter a single one of the seventeen species that supposedly populate the state. Hopefully that will not change.
—Mac

tomstp Wrote:
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> Perfect place for a rattler.

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