Take the Tour: Desert Botanical Garden; Phoenix, AZ

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Fri May 25, 2007 1:52 am

Photo Set: 47
Visit Date: 2-15-2007
Camera: Sony HandyCam DVD403

Desert Botanical Garden
Phoenix, Arizona
Website Link: http://www.dbg.org

ENJOY!!

tvaughan · Post by **tvaughan** » Fri May 25, 2007 2:32 am

Very nice, thanks.

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Fri May 25, 2007 3:14 am

Thanks For the tour Darryl!

Do you race Mazdas?

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Fri May 25, 2007 3:03 pm

thanks guys.

I have two more galleries i'm working on. Cacti just love to pose for the camera.

Tony; Yes, i do race a Mazda. Is this going to be one of those *small world* moments

Do you race?

Post by **daiv** » Fri May 25, 2007 3:06 pm

Hey Darryl, that took some time to put this post together. But makes for a very nice tour. I've been to the DBG once and I just went crazy! So many cacti, so little time!

Anyway, thanks for the time you took to share this!

hob · Post by **hob** » Fri May 25, 2007 6:28 pm

great show

as Daiv said it takes a long time to put that together.....almost nothing in the way of cacti will grow year round in the open over here, we appreciate the time spent to show us these shots

Spikey1007 · Post by **Spikey1007** » Fri May 25, 2007 7:59 pm

Very nice shots some of them look very professional.

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Fri May 25, 2007 8:37 pm

No problem at all folks!

wow, professional looking huh...thanks! I enjoy taking photos and try to make them as interesting as possible. So I figured here is good place to show them off

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Fri May 25, 2007 9:42 pm

Hi Darryl- as it looks like I really am moving to Tempe AZ at the end of July (holy moly it's hot there then!) I especially appreciate the photos.

peterb

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Fri May 25, 2007 9:50 pm

Well now Peterb, Santa Fe is no iceberg

Too hot for me...i need SOME sort of sea breeze.

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Fri May 25, 2007 10:30 pm

Hi Darryl- Actually, Santa Fe is a frikkin' iceberg, especially this spring. I'm often met with disbelief when I talk about the Santa Fe climate, but that's because folks forget it's in the foothills of the Rockies and at an altitude of 7,000 feet. Last night it was 35F! We got three feet of snow over New Year's weekend. From the last spring frost to first fall frost is a teeny little window of 130 days. The highest temperature ever recorded for Santa Fe is 99F degrees, the lowest: -17F.

Tempe's record high is 119F.

But I'm getting more excited about moving there. It's hailing outside right now...gotta run and put a few plants under cover.

peterb

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Fri May 25, 2007 10:40 pm

i stand corrected...i had no idea it got THAT cold there...brrrrr

Infact, the day before this garden visit we drove up through the Arizona Mountains and into a bloody blizard!! It's been many many years since i threw a snowball

and of all places, i was doing it in a desert state..WTH!

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Fri May 25, 2007 10:52 pm

Hi Darryl- haha, yes, that's one of the great charms of the mountainous southwest. I was in Palm Springs once and it was about 100F; I took the tram to the top of Mt. San Jacinto and there was three feet of snow. All I had was desert camping gear and the ranger looked at me like I was insane. (He was right).

peterb

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Sat May 26, 2007 1:04 am

Hi Darryl, nah I dont Race But I built a little hot rod Rx3 when I was a teenager,
I bought it for 50 bucks with the engine in the trunk!

when I got through screwing with it,it had a street ported 13b rotary with a holly 550,headers and custom exhaust,5 speed tranny,Ricaros and so on....
It could easily take a factory camaro or mustang,which isnt saying much at that time in the early to mid 80's they were sleds, but it was still fun!
my favorite were the ones with the paper plates stil on em.

I havent thought about that car in a long time,
thanks for jaring my memory

Is there anyone still running a rotary?

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sat May 26, 2007 1:57 am

Thanks for the tour! Great pictures.

Mark