The blessing of desert water flows through a portion of West Boulder Canyon known as O’Grady Canyon, named after “Rattlesnake” Tim O’Grady who prospected the area mid-Twentieth Century.
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Even more so as this is an intermittent flow, dry boulders offer no solace in dry seasons. In the distance, beyond a Black Mesa ridge studded with Saguaro cactus, is Malpais Mountain (Spanish, “Bad Country”). Closer, on the right, is the ridge of Palamino Mountain.
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It’s interesting to come across a relationship here between Spanish and French. My favorite swamp in Louisiana carries the name Mauvais: French (or Cajun French?), also for ‘bad.’
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or “Les Fleurs du mal”
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Or, this, which was the first song I danced to at Whiskey River, on the levee in Henderson, Louisiana.
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memories
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You’ve brought back memories of the Superstition Mountains from our 2014 stay in Phoenix.
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2011 was our last time in Arizona. I miss it!!
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The roads from New York will still take you there. I’m considering another visit, as it’s now been almost six years since the last.
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True enough….there are other places I want to see for the first time so will have to miss Arizona for now.
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