A nervously pacing wolf at the Sonora Desert Museum

A day of rest from hiking

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May 4th 2006
Today I took a break from hiking and had planned a morning at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, which is located about 15 minutes west of downtown Tucson. Its a privately owned facility that is a combination zoo desert garden, and museum. Let me first get my negative impressions of the place out of the way. First, some of the displays contained fake item ... read more

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