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Yes, I think the bark on this tree seems different from the ones we saw in Holland.
1 year agoThere were many Linden trees in the Netherlands. Not sure if this are the same tree.
1 year agoDesert spiny lizard
https://tucsonherpsociety.org/amphibians-reptiles/lizards/desert-spiny-lizard/
Bighorn sheep
https://www.nps.gov/zion/learn/nature/bighorn.htm
Greater short horned lizard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_short-horned_lizard
Murphy’s Hogback was really a tricky hill! I was really glad not to be driving!
1 year agoWe wanted to get in the river but the water was up and running fast so the guides asked us not to get in…..
1 year agoI was so do e with hot and dusty. The river was only thigh deep and we just walked right in!
1 year agoGetting our jeeps up Murphy's Hogback was so hard. You just had to believe that they would make it the whole way up. So hot. In the 90s. We were glad to be at the top. Went to bed early and were riding the next morning at first light to avoid the heat.
1 year agoMight be Harriman's yucca
http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/White%20Enlarged%20Photo%20Pages/yucca%20angustissima%20and%20harrimaniae.htm#harrimaniae
Brittlebush
http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/Yellow%20Enlarged%20Photo%20Pages/encelia%20resinifera.htm
Prince's plume
https://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=1157
Looks like some non-native landscaping plant
1 year agoPossibly charming woodyaster, but there are near 50 species of white many petal flowers with yellow centers in that area according to one website.
http://plant-systematics.appspot.com/?name=Xylorhiza+venusta
Looks like you are all having fun!
1 year ago650 people? That’s a big tour group! Enjoy.