After returning from house and pet sitting in Portland in May, we spent most of our time in Flagstaff with visits to Phoenix as needed. This was at the Duck Pond in Flagstaff.
This is a view of Mount Humphreys from Lone Tree Road in Flagstaff.
It was too hot in Phoenix for Piper, so she spent the summer in Flagstaff. Here she is looking for squirrels at a nearby construction site.
These next two were taken at the Duck Pond in Flagstaff - this is about a 25 minute walk from our home.
As with the spring, beautiful blossoms can be found in both gardens and out in the wild, in the mountains of Flagstaff and the valley of Phoenix.
On some of our walks in Flagstaff, we saw lots of wildlife.
We have nicknamed Piper as the solar powered dog - she loves to go outside and lie in the sun.
One morning, there was a herd of 8 or nine of these guys across the street from our home in Flagstaff - I was returning from a walk with the dog and they were only about a hundred feet away from us.
On one of my trips to Phoenix, it was 116 degrees when I walked to the drug store. There was record heat in Phoenix and much of the world. The big problem was the heat island effect of the city where night time lows were in the low to mid 90s. This is a problem for cacti, as they need the night time temp to drop below 90 so they can open their pores and finish the exchange of gases from photosynthesis.
And even in that heat in Phoenix, I came across this guy.
