It’s a long way from the boreal forest to the sonoran desert. About the only thing they have in common is plenty of rock. This ancient volcano rising out of the desert beside a longer ridge of rock, must have reminded somebody of the thumb on a mitten. We ate lunch in the shaded canyon beneath it, then climbed the opposite side to paint.

It’s a long way from the boreal forest to the sonoran desert. About the only thing they have in common is plenty of rock. This ancient volcano rising out of the desert beside a longer ridge of rock, must have reminded somebody of the thumb on a mitten. We ate lunch in the shaded canyon beneath it, then climbed the opposite side to paint.