Twisted tree on south rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Wyoming, October 7, 2011.
The tree is probably a Utah Juniper, as it is the most common juniper in Arizona. A short tree, it is an extremely slow growing plant that may live as long as 650 years. Under very severe site conditions, Utah junipers can subsist in very stunted forms – a 6-inch tree with a 24-inch taproot may be over 50 years old. Utah junipers thrive on very dry sites and usually occur in areas with hot, dry summers and cold, wet winters.
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This picture is lovely. This weekend, while we were visiting the BFs parents, I mentioned you.
My daughter and I were helping his mom put together a puzzle. It’s one of the toughest puzzles we’ve done. The puzzle was shot in Sedona, Arizona. It was a beautiful picture of red rocks in a canyon. They told me they had visited those rocks. It immediately made me think of some of the wonderful pictures you shared here and so I mentioned you and your blog in our discussion.
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We’ve never actually been to Sedona, Arizona. The closest we came was in 2011 when we visited the area around Flagstaff, but we never went more than a couple miles south if I40 until we were quite a ways east of there. Sedona is pretty much sue south of Flagstaff.
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