Tagged With "prickly pear"
Comment
Re: Merry Christmas from all of us at TravelGumbo
Can't beat Doug and Bob McKenzie for knowing how to celebrate the spirit of Christmas! Need to get my "beer in a pear tree" soon.
Comment
Re: A Visit to the “Spine Garden:”Cactus in Arizona’s Sonora Desert
As it snows and storms outside, a welcome diversion! I find all cacti interesting but there's something captivating about the saguaro forest around Tucson. While visiting Saguaro National Park (years ago, before it was a national park), I remember a newspaper clipping tacked onto the park's information board. The headline read something like "Saguaro cactus involved in double homocide". Seems a drunk yahoo with a shotgun drove out to the desert to kill himself a giant saguaro. He did, the...
Comment
Re: A Visit to the “Spine Garden:”Cactus in Arizona’s Sonora Desert
I love to travel in the winter to hot countries - who doesn't ? But apart from the obvious reasons you get access to rare and strange fruit that just doesn't travel well. Star fruit, Custard apples, Salak and Prickly pears ! PRICKLY PEARS Delicious !!
Comment
Re: A Visit to the “Spine Garden:”Cactus in Arizona’s Sonora Desert
You actually can eat those fruits?
Comment
Re: A Visit to the “Spine Garden:”Cactus in Arizona’s Sonora Desert
It may seem a little surprising, but yes…it’s food! I always wonder about things like this: Who was the first human desperate enough to try eating a spiny thistle (the one we call an artichoike!)
Comment
Re: A Visit to the “Spine Garden:”Cactus in Arizona’s Sonora Desert
Spending time in the Tucson area, I've learned to appreciate cacti even more. What amazes me is how many tall saguaro there are because it takes so long for them to grow.
Comment
Re: A Visit to the “Spine Garden:”Cactus in Arizona’s Sonora Desert
I love the Saguaro forest around Tucson. Especially in the spring when the cacti are in bloom!
Blog Post
Free Things to do in Phoenix, Arizona
Looking for some free things to do in the Phoenix area? If so, Samantha shares some of the exciting and free things to do while exploring the city.
Blog Post
Happy Easter with Romanian Traditional food
The Easter is the most important celebration of the Romanian people and it is preceded by numerous preparations and rituals. One of the rituals consists in the preparation of the Romanian traditional food, which for me is the most important thing...
Blog Post
Sequoia National Park: Hiking to Pear Lake (The Lakes Trail)
Most folks visit Sequoia National Park to see its giant sequoia trees, the largest living things on the earth! That's a great reason to go and there are wonderful hikes through these amazing forests of giants and the meadows that...
Blog Post
A Visit to the “Spine Garden:”Cactus in Arizona’s Sonora Desert
Even a non-artist like me can make you think of the desert with just a few squiggles of a felt-tip marker. See above? I did it already…and what does the trick is that everyone has seen the image forever, even though the cactus in the...
Blog Post
Choices Café Is All About Eating Right
Everyone is always on a health kick. If you take a look around you I am sure you see several people munching on some lettuce and possibly in work out gear. I am here to tell you that healthy, good-for-you food doesn't have to be boring. Choices...
Blog Post
Touring Maryland's Scenic Eastern Shore
Stephanie Kalina-Metzger visits pretty Talbot County in Maryland, and shares some suggestions for fun ways to spend your time in the small towns of Easton, Oxford and St. Michaels.
Blog Post
Moorten Botanical Garden, Palm Springs, California
On a visit with friends in Palm Springs, PortMoresby seeks out a corner of Southern California desert history at Moorten's Botanical Garden.
Blog Post
Montreal's Hidden Statues
Travel Rob finds some statues in Montreal in some unexpected places.
Blog Post
Boscobel Mansion, Garrison, New York
Jonathan L visited the Boscobel Mansion and grounds in Garrison, New York
Blog Post
Heather Lake, Sequoia National Park
DrFumblefinger hikes to Heather Lake in Sequoia National Park.
Blog Post
Phoenix in the Distance: Amazing South Mountain Park
Join Samantha on a visit to a Phoenix Point of Pride: the nation's largest municipal park.
Blog Post
Santa Barbara's Very California Botanic Garden
In Santa Barbara, the botanic garden is focused on the flora of California in its historic home on land once part of the Santa Barbara mission.
Blog Post
Place Broglie: Strasbourg's Big Market
PHeymont revisits one of his favorite markets and reminisces over some of the favorite treats he's enjoyed there.
Blog Post
A Colorful Hike to Blossom Lake, Idaho
DrFumblefinger enjoyed a hike to Blossom Lakes in the Idaho Panhandle, which during the fall offers nice colors to enhance your enjoyment of the journey.
Blog Post
St. Martin's Parish Church, Bled
DrFumblefinger visits the pretty Neo-Gothic Parish Church of St. Martin, located in the small Slovenian town of Bled.
Blog Post
Hotel Chaco, Albuquerque
Marilyn Jones settles in for a luxury night in Albuquerque, and some fine Mexican cuisine
Blog Post
Portugal updates its fruit catalog
Portugal's food experts have updated the national catalog of edible fruits.
Blog Post
Street Food and Market: Istanbul
This was our third trip to Istanbul, and we had already covered all the major “must do” tourist locations and several of the minor ones. Yes, Istanbul has some great restaurants, but it’s time to relax and pay some attention to some of the street food.
Blog Post
Oh, to be in England! Now that April's...snowing!
Robert Browning wouldn't be very happy with this week's April weather forecast for much of Britain. A "polar plume" is expected to arrive, bringing sub-freezing temperatures to Scotland and northern England.
Blog Post
A Farm Visit in Normandy
I lost my heart in Paris a long time ago, but every time we visit we plan some out-of-city experiences as well. Last summer, as part of our two weeks in Paris, we planned a two-day side-trip to Normandy, visiting Mont-Saint-Michel and with a farm visit.
Blog Post
The Blue Rose B&B: A Victorian Dream
Marilyn Jones finds a pleasant and historic place to spend a night on her Finger Lakes road trip
Blog Post
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Jonathan L visits the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe