THIS IS BAJA ARIZONA, THE LAND SOUTH OF THE GILA RIVER.  I OFFER A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE LAND HERE.  CLICK ON A PAGE TO SEE WHAT HAS YET TO BE DESTROYED BY THE LAND DEVELOPERS AND THOUSANDS OF ILLEGALS TRAMPLING THE LAND.  I AM NEITHER A MINUTEMAN OR CORPORATE SLAVE LABOR ADVOCATE.  I'm just a poor desert rat.  I'M JUST TIRED OF THIS FANTASTIC LAND BEING CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE WHILE THE POLITICIANS of two nations DO NOTHING.

BUT NEVER MIND THE POLITICAL BS.  COME WANDER THE SIGHTS OF THE DESERT, BACK ROADS AND TOWNS OF BAJA ARIZONA.

THE PAGES ARE:

THE CITIES

TUCSON  THE TOWN WHERE I LIVE.  A GREAT CITY FULL OF DESERT BEAUTY.

NOGALES  A BORDER TOWN.

BISBEE  A GREAT MINING TOWN ALONG THE BORDER.

THE SURROUNDING AREAS

TUCSON AREA  THE NEWER SUBURBS THAT HAVE SPRUNG UP OVER THE YEARS.

PIMA COUNTY A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM A COUNTY THAT IS LARGER THAN RHODE ISLAND.

Pinal County

Cochise County

Graham County

CHIRICAHUA NATIONAL MONUMENT  THE APACHE STRONGHOLD.

ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT  AMERICA'S BEST KEPT SECRET.

CANELO HILLS AND SAN RAFELl VALLEY  A TREASURE BEING DESTROYED BY THE ILLEGALS AND THOSE WHO WISH TO STOP THEM.

PICHACHO PEAK  COME ON OUT TO THE PEAK!

MIDDLE OF NOWHERE  PICTURES FROM PLACES THAT YOU WON'T FIND ON TOO MANY MAPS OR IN TOO MANY BROCHURES.

Carr Canyon  Dedicated to Lum Culliton

Santa Rita Mountains The mountains to the south of Tucson.

RINCON MOUNTAINS  The mountains to the east of Tucson

TUCSON MOUNTAINS  THIS PAGE DEDICATED TO LOU PERFIDIO 

SANTA CATALINA MOUNTAINS

ARAVAIPA  A GEM OF ARIZONA.  A MUST SEE, A MUST DO!!

EMPIRE MOUNTAINS

PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS

ORO BLANCO MOUNTAINS

ATASCOSCA MOUNTAINS

HUACHUCA MOUNTAINS

DRAGOON MOUNTAINS

DOS CABAZES MOUNTAINS

SAN PEDRO RIVER ARIZONA

PAJARITO MOUNTAINS

THE CACTUS

Coryphantha robustispina v. scheeri  THE PIMA COUNTY PINEAPPLE.  A rare cactus that to the best of my knowledge only grows in Pima County.  This cactus is endangered and its crime seems to be is that it likes to grow where home developers want to build

Peniocereus greggii THE ARIZONA QUEEN OF THE NIGHT OR THE QUEEN OF THE NIGHT.  A page dedicated to a stick-like cactus.  Happy hunting, you'll need good eyes for this one. 

XERISCAPING A SIMPLE GUIDE TO XERISCAPING IN ARIZONA.  TIME FOR THE DESERT UPRISING

Echinomastus erectocentrus  A PAGE DEDICATED TO A RARE CACTUS!

DESERT BLOOMS  This page dedicated to Glenn Reilly a fellow Berlin Brat  

carnegiea gigantea A page devoted to the mighty saguaro,  

Ferocactus wislizeni Dedicated to Barrel Cactus!

cylindropuntia or cholla The joys of cholla

Fouquieria splendens or Ocotillo  A desert tree

Echinocereus Devoted to all Echinocereus types

SUNSETS AND ANIMALS

Baja Arizona Sunsets Nothing but sunsets!  

Critters and Varmits  A collection of animals and insects.

GHOSTTOWNS AND RUINS OF ARIZONA

LochieL ARIZONA

TRES DE MAYO ARIZONA

TOTAL WRECK ARIZONA

SUNNYSIDE ARIZONA

ALTO ARIZONA

RUBY ARIZONA

OLD GLORY ARIZONA

BLACK DIAMOND ARIZONA

FORT BOWIE ARIZONA

WORLD'S FAIR MINE ARIZONA

DUQUESNE ARIZONA

HARSHAW ARIZONA

KANSAS MINE ARIZONA

CASA GRANDE RUINS A 13TH CENTURY HOHOKUM RUIN

AUSTERLITZ MINE ARIZONA

CALIFORNIA GULCH GRAVEYARD ARIZONA

CASA PIEDRA ARIZONA

ORO BLANCO MINE ARIZONA

COURTLAND ARIZONA

GLEESON ARIZONA

WARSAW MINE ARIZONA

ORO CEMETERY ARIZONA

CONTENTION CITY ARIZONA

GRAND MILL ARIZONA

PRESIDIO SANTA CRUZ DE TERRENATE OR THE QUIBURI MISSION

MILLVILLE ARIZONA

CHARLESTON ARIZONA

PETROGLYPHS

VARIOUS RUINS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA

BOSTON MILL ARIZONA

BRUNCKOW'S CABIN

DRAGOON SPRINGS STAGE STATION

 

MY FAVORITE BAND IN CONCERT

NEW MODEL ARMY  CONCERT PICTURES OF JUSTIN SULLIVAN AND FRIENDS AND NEW MODEL ARMY IN ARIZONA:  2003, 2004 AND 2005.

 

 

THE SITE IS UNDER RECONSTRUCTION, COME IN ANYWAY!  JUST DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT THE MESS.  BESIDES, YOU LOOK SILLY WITH THAT PAINT CAN ON YOUR FOOT.  FOR DESERT TALES AND RANTS GO TO THE FORUMS AT CACTUS LOVERS.COM.  FOR COLORADO GHOST TOWNS CHECK OUT ROCKYMOUNTAINPROFILES.COM

 

I do have an online shop at Cafe Press now.  Please visit http://www.cafepress.com/bajaarizona

I'm trying to make a living while wandering the desert all day!  It beats any job that I have ever had!!  Thanks!!

 

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