big man tips

P.A. Seitts Preserve at Go John Canyon Golden cottonwoods along Cave Creek in P.A. Seitts Preserve Tucked between Cave Creek Regional Park and horsey suburban neighborhoods, the P.A. Seitts Preserve at Go John Canyon is a tiny buffer zone of beauty. The site is owned and managed by the Desert Foothills Land Trust, a nonprofit organization that works to conserve Sonoran Desert open spaces, sensitive plants and native animal species in the north Valley.   While some of the organization�s 23 properties that protect 680 acres are off limits or viewable only by guided tours, P.A. Seitts is open to the public. The Overlook Trail The 271-acre site preserves an important wildlife corridor, riparian habitat and historical elements along Cave Creek. Several hiking trails and nature paths explore the property�s various points of interest. To get to the trails, hike 0.2 mile on the access path to a gate and the main trail junction.   Craggy outcroppings on Overlook Trail A good way to beg...

ARTISTIC MUSINGS on SAGUARO HILL Cave Creek Art imitating life. In his essay The Decay of Lying , Oscar Wilde stated: �Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.� This concept has been fodder for arguments among philosophers and pundits since ancient times. Throughout history, notable minds have contributed to the fray.   �Art is imitation and that�s bad.�   Plato   �Art completes what nature cannot bring to finish. The artist gives us knowledge of nature's unrealized ends.� Aristotle �Art is what you can get away with.� Andy Warhol Genuine and imposter saguaros mingle on the hill. The serene memorial gardens and trail at the Carol Bartol Preserve at Saguaro Hill is an excellent place to ruminate on the muddling of life with art and there�s a perfect subject waiting at the gateway--fake saguaros. At the top of the preserve�s entry staircase, visitors are greeted by an array of enormous sculptures imitating Carnegiea gigantean . At first glance, their too perfect...