4 Wheels 4 Girls

On Saturday, March 26, it was a bumpy ride into Saguaro National Park. Our dad told us that the cacti we were looking at were saguaro. We saw huge saguaro standing with arms pointing in all directions. There were mountains covered with saguaro and other types of cactus. The saguaro looked like tall prickly green things with arms. Daddy said the saguaro looked like crowds of people standing around all over the mountains. When you looked at the saguaro closely, you saw lines and lines of prickles and you even saw holes in them. The holes had birds flying in and out of them. A park ranger told us later the birds were cactus wren.

On the ground were prickly pear cactus. All of a sudden, our dad yelled, “There’s a critter by that prickly pear cactus!” We all looked and saw the critter. He was a small and cute rodent, and he ran away quickly.

After driving on the bumpy road for a long time, we finally saw a sign that said “Visitor Center 1 mile.” We all cheered because we had finally made it to our destination. We did the junior ranger program. We watched a short movie about saguaro.

Dad says saguaro teach us to reach high

We went for a walk in the desert and looked for birds. Here are some pictures of us imitating some of the cacti we saw:

Ellie as an Ocotillo

Dad as a Chain-fruit Cholla

Stella as Saguaro. Dad says they teach us good posture, too.

Greta as a Prickly-Pear