Staghorn Cholla and Saguaro Cactus, Catalina State Park
It was a really nice warm day again today, and no wind unlike yesterday. We went for a bike ride this afternoon, but along the way we stopped at the short hike around the Romero Ruins. This is an archaeological site that is at least 1000 years old. There are old stone ruins that have been excavated and show where the Hohokum Indian people lived here. The site is called the Romero Ruins because that was the name of the Mexican settler who settled here in the mid 1800’s. He used many of the stones from the Indian ruins to build his own buildings.
It is too bad that we didn’t know how nice this state park would be when we booked it online. If we had, we’d probably have stayed here a few more days. Although it is right on the outskirts of Tucson, it still feels “wild”. Every night and morning we can hear a lot of coyotes yipping all around the park very close to us.