Students from Germany

   This afternoon my job was to escort 15 German high school students and a couple of instructors around the park.  The schedule said it was to be a general tour, but the combination of language difficulties and high school hormones showed me that a desert stroll was more appropriate.  The students were well behaved, polite, but not really into learning about desert plants.
   They saw lots of blooming flowers, many of the smaller cacti are getting blossoms.  The lizards were out in force, but, unfortunately, no snakes were sighted.

This is the Easter Lily Cactus.   Front  

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