45.02 Arizona: A brief (very) introduction to Tonto National Forest including Sonoran Desert, Superstition Mountains and a little of massive Phoenix.
Saguaro and Jenni—a complete coincidence, if you can believe that. Sonoran Desert near Apache Junction. Canyon Lake, Tonto National Forest. Who knows from where the next threat will emanate? Who could anticipate the latest virus that has created panic and may I add, a touch of hysteria, fueled by the media and anyone trying to seek fame, perhaps even for just a few moments. I digress but it seems that the human condition is such that we’ll do anything to have our names in lights. While not wishing to downplay the threat and after all, we are over the magic age of 65 and apparently it makes us high risk candidates for death should the corona catch us. Definitely not funny and accordingly, we do not treat this lightly. Then again, how should we react? How to behave? We’ve heard so many different versions of the etiquette in this new era. Frankly, we’ve tended to call a ‘spade a…whoops, it’s so difficult to know what to say these days—fortunately, I’m writing which might make a...