This weekend we stopped in at Tohono Chul Park for the member's reception. We've been members for a number of years and used to visit and stroll the grounds regularly, but with busy lives, it seems as though it just dropped off the table; I'm not sure why. Well I know why, it seems like we just don't have the time to get over there. But when I really look at it, that doesn't make sense. For us, its perhaps a ten minute drive, and we normally spend a little over an hour wandering the grounds. Sometimes we stop in the tearoom for lunch. We always have a good time.
So for the lack of two hours (come on, we have to be able to find a couple hours free every once and a while), we dropped visiting one of Tucson's gems. If you haven't been to Tohono Chul, I recommend it as a nice way get out in the desert, without really leaving the city. After all, the park is located one block west of Oracle on Ina. Pretty much right near one of the busiest intersections in town. Yet, it never ceses to amaze me the wildlife I've seen there. This past Saturday, a hawk (perhaps a Harris's) was just sitting in a palo verde tree right on the grounds. We also saw a number of hummingbirds, cactus wrens, quail, gold finches, and the ubiquitous desert cotton tail rabbits. Plus you get to see quite a number of desert adapted plants (many labeled), with the possibility of purchasing them at their greenhouse.
So, we've discussed it some, and we plan on returning to our habit of stopping at Tohono Chul park a bit more often. At least to demonstrate our support for this corner of desert that is sorrounded by asphalt, because if it were to go away, that would be a great loss for Tucson and its people.
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