Phoenix Photo Gallery

The Phoenix photo gallery has Arizona vacation photos from 2007. These include the Sonoran Desert in Phoenix, and views from a mountaintop with an abandoned gold mine!

Visiting a Gold Mine

This is the mountaintop with the abandoned gold mine. The land containing the mine is privately owned, and the only tour company allowed on the property is Carefree Adventures. They allow you to actually go into the mine, where you can see the mineshaft and veins of gold remaining in the rocks.

This is just a nice, peaceful spot on the mountaintop.

A few clouds rolled over the mountain, leaving very distinct patterns of light and dark on the mountainside.

Inside the mine - that's our tour guide showing the veins of gold in the rock walls.

Horseback Riding in the Sonoran Desert

We went horseback riding in the Tonto National Forest, in the Sonoran Desert in Phoenix. Cave Creek Outfitters provided the guide, and were great to work with.

This type of cactus, the Saguaro, is commonly used in depictions of the southwest - but it actually exists only in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona.

There is a bird nesting in the cactus.

We also ran into a rattlesnake on the trail, and had to go around it!

The Phoenix Zoo

Phoenix also has a very nice zoo. The settings are very natural, and it looks like all of these animals are in the same area - although those in the back are actually separated from those in front.

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