{"id":6189,"date":"2022-01-09T22:59:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T14:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=6189"},"modified":"2026-01-25T08:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T00:31:15","slug":"20220109saguaro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/09\/20220109saguaro\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 1 of 2022 Arizona Trip, Saguaro National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

First day of my 2022 Arizona trip. My friend and I would be visiting Saguaro National Park, home to soaring cacti as a symbol of the America west.<\/p>\n

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After reaching Tucson the previous night, my friend and I had an entire day to enjoy its warm climate before heading north towards Sedona the next day. For the day, we decided to visit Saguaro National Park, one of the three national parks in the state of Arizona, home to soaring saguaros that thrived in its desert landscape.<\/p>\n

Tucson Mountain District<\/span><\/h3>\n

Saguaro National Park was divided by the city of Tucson into two districts, the western Tucson Mountain District and eastern Rincon Mountain District. We seemed to be more interested in the mountainous western part, so we decided to visit it first. It turned out that my rather-athletic friend was quite keen on Wasson Peak, the highest mountain in the vicinity overlooking fields of saguaros and the city of Tucson.
\nIt\u2019s close to midnight by the time we checked into the hotel last night, so we had a good night\u2019s rest and set off at a relatively late 10:30am. The ride to the trailhead would take us through Tucson Mountain Park, \tmade of a few rugged and picturesque mountains on the city\u2019s outskirts. It\u2019s 11am by the time we reached the trailhead of Wasson Peak, located at the border between Tucson Mountain Park and Saguaro National Park.<\/p>\n