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Stacy and I went to the Boyce-Thompson Arboretum.  The Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park is located in Queen Creek Canyon, three miles west of Superior, Arizona. Natural resource developer and philanthropist William Boyce Thompson established the Southwestern Arboretum in the mid-1920’s. The inspiration to create an arid-region arboretum sprang from a lifetime of interest in things botanical, horticultural, and natural.
        • Monstrose Totem Pole Cactus
        • The very odd looking Boojum Tree (related to the Ocotillo)
        • American Coot
        • The lake
          • The Boyce-Thompson home
          • The Boyce-Thompson home
                  • The very man-made trail
                        • An old house on the property
                          • Seed Grown baby Boojum
                          • Picket Post Mountain

                          We then drove up Queen Creek Canyon, through Superior to what used to be a Rock Climbing area. Simon and David tried to climb there in January, but it was sleeting when we arrived. The area is now being mined. Stacy and I got there late in the day and got the color of the setting sun on the rocks.