Saguaro National Park

Before leaving Tucson for the drive back to Fresno we wanted to have a chance to see Saguaro National Park. This park is broken up into two sections - the Rincon Mountain District on the east side of Tucson and the Tucson Mountain District to the west of Tucson. Since we had a full day of driving ahead of us (11 hours back to Fresno) we knew we would barely scratch the surface of this unique park, but opted to visit the west side of the park since it was more or less in the direction that we needed to travel. We started at the visitor’s center, but once again, because of Covid-19 restrictions, it was closed. We were able to grab a brochure/map and decided that the Bajada Loop Drive would give us a good overview of the park. This 6 mile loop was great! We were able to stop and wander around the Saguaro Cacti and take a bunch of pictures. Many of the cacti were beginning to flower with a pretty dark red bloom. By 9am we had completed the loop and were back on the road headed home.