Rob's Red Jeep Rambles

08/17/2024

This Saguaro has a nice head of hair, and his buddy, the Prickly Pear has a nice head of fruit! 🌵☯🧙
Sonoran Desert National Monument, Southern Arizona

08/16/2024

Scott and Peter Encholl-ing a cholla😎😂🌵☯

08/16/2024

Desert Fence Art
Sonoran Desert National Monument

08/16/2024

One Shadow takin' a pic, Two Shadows takin' a pic.
Sonoran Desert National Monument. 🌵

08/11/2024

Tracks from the desert wash, seen accross the huge amount of deposited sand I posted about previously.🌵

08/08/2024

Deposition of Sand in a Desert Wash, Sonoran Desert National Monument, Southern Arizona
A huge amount of sand was deposited in this washes’ channel. I visit here often, as it is a stop on one of my Jeep Tour’s into the Sonoran Desert National Monument. There had been some tremendous and violent thunderstorms the night before. The channel usually looks like it does in the pic of my Jeep, minus the sand berm I am on…all flat! The last pic of the crested saguaro, an unusual mutation where a saguaro creates a fan shape instead of a column, is from another time, showing the flat channel there.

08/05/2024

Went on a fantastic Ramble with Scott and Peter, relatives from out of town here for my wife Alice's Celebration of Life on Saturday. We all really needed this peaceful and serene experience after a very tough month!
Here are a bunch from our very early morning Ramble to beat the heat.
This is the Sonoran Desert National Monument, Southern Arizona.🌵🌵

06/02/2024

My Ramblers from our Friday Ramble...my friends and former students, Rylee and Preston!🌵🌵☯🧙

06/01/2024

Golden Hour Sunrise pics between 5:45am and 6:00am Friday morning.
More spectacular scenery from my Ramble with my friends Rylee and Preston. Javelina Montains in the background and some of the road we were on.

05/31/2024

Went on another Rob's Red Jeep Ramble today with 2 of my former students, Rylee and Preston. Here are some pics of a crested Saguaro we visited at the end of our Ramble. Book a Ramble with us!!

05/31/2024

Some beautiful Ironwood trees and their flowers...today on my Ramble with Rylee and Preston!

05/31/2024

Went on another amazing Ramble today...with 2 of my former students, Rylee and Preston...here are some pics of the remote and beautiful Sonoran Desert National Monument, Javelina Mountains.

03/23/2024

Spectacular in any direction!
Shot from on top of a high bank of the wash I was standing over.
The first 2 are the view looking southwest along this wash, and the last 2 are facing the opposite direction, looking to the northeast.
Sand Tank Mountains, Sonoran Desert National Monument 3/22/24

03/23/2024

I was back here in the remote Javelina Mountains looking for wildflowers that I posted about earlier. This is an amazing Saguaro Forest, and notice the incredible density of Saguaros at the base of the mountains!
Sonoran Desert National Monument.🌵🌵

03/22/2024

Back again looking for wildflowers in the Sonoran Desert National Monument...they seem slower to start here in the Monument compared to last year, but here are some from today.🌵😂☯🧙

03/19/2024

This is where I was today looking for wildflowers that I posted about earlier. Thr remote Javelina Mountains with this amazinf Saguaro forest on its flanks!🌵🌵☯🧙
Sonoran Desert National Monument, southern Arizona.

03/18/2024

This morning I was over in the Sonoran Desert National Monument, looking for wildflowers. Last year at this time the SuperBloom had carpeted many sections of the Monument with large displays. This year is not a superbloom, but if you poke around you can find some that are obvious, and many that are hidden.
Here are a few.

02/27/2024

The photos of the tiny purple flowers I posted a bit ago...have now openned!!
Also found out it is a Redstem Stork's Bill. The plant's common name "Stork's Bill" references the shape of its seedpods, which resemble a stork's open bill.

02/24/2024

Rob’s Red Jeep Rambles went on a Ramble with Kathy and Dave yesterday.
The endpoint of out Ramble was back in the Bender Springs area adjacent to the Sonoran Desert National Monument.
We saw a wildlife water catchment, which supply water to wildlife in remote areas of Arizona. An installed, tilted concrete apron funnels rainwater, when it happens, into an underground reservoir, and a small rectangular trough allows the critters access to drink. 💧💦
We saw remains of a small deer, evidence of the closeness of predator and prey at the “water hole”. I Had previously found 2 adult deer skulls at this water catchment.
There was also some spectacular Sonoran Desert mountain scenery replete with cholla and saguaro cacti forests. Also we spied a few fledgling poppies…maybe we’ll see more next month??!!
We had a great time on our morning Ramble into the most diverse desert in North America!🌵🌵

02/19/2024

Over in the Sonoran Desert National Monument this morning. Went all the way back to the Bender Springs Area of the Barry Goldwater Air Force Range Public use area that is no longer used for bombing or strafing the ground for target practice. This Public Area is adjacent to the Monument lands. A free permit is required. These lands have been largely untouched and are amazing examples of pristine Sonoran Desert Landscapes.
The Monument protects almost half a million acres of Sonoran Desert. 🌵

02/16/2024

Our beautiful Sonoran Desert

02/04/2024

Had another amazing Ramble with Adanary and Gustavo over in the Sonoran Desert National Monument.🌵😎
We saw many things but the best was an appearance of a Lone Wild horse!🐎
You never know what you will see on a Rob's Red Jeep Ramble!
Maybe YOU need to book a Ramble!

01/25/2024

Bella, our cat, wants to go on a Jeep Ramble, too!

01/24/2024

Rob’s Red Jeep Rambles is now also listed on the website Visit US Parks https://visitusaparks.com/casa-grande-history-culture-adventure/ They did an article on the Casa Grande area and it’s amenities, and we featured in it as an adventure to experience here!

Journey through time, traditions, rich history, and diverse experiences in Casa Grande, Arizona, just an hour from Phoenix and Tucson.

01/22/2024

Rob's Red Jeep Rambles is now featured on the Casa Grande Chamber of Commerce site, under Tours and Experiences!
https://experiencecasagrande.com/tours-experience/ 😎🌵☯🧙

01/22/2024

Another early morning Fog Event in Casa Grande.

01/21/2024

From our Friday Ramble with Paul and Scotty.
This pic is of a wildlife water catchment, deep in the remote Sand Tank Mountains in the Bender Springs area of the Sonoran Desert National Monument, The concrete apron funnels any rainwater into an underground reservoir and critters drink from a small trough nearby.
I thought the pattern on the concrete apron was cool, and I made a Photo Art rendering of it.

01/20/2024

On our Ramble today, we entered the Bender Springs area of the Barry Goldwater Air Force Range public access lands, and the Range operates on the other side of the Sand Tank Mountains right where we were. 3 Air Force jets flew overhead from the Southeast and banked to execute a turn to the right, and headed North.

01/20/2024

Had a fantastic Ramble with Paul and Scotty this morning in the Sonoran Desert National Monument. We saw a Cholla cacti forest on the road in, stopped and looked at some ranching ruins, stopped to look at a couple of petroglyphs I had found, visited a water for wildlife catchment at the base of a mountain, took in the amazing and beautiful Sand Tank Mountains in the Bender’s Spring area full of Saguaros, and on the way back out, checked out 2 different rock art installations, and finally saw a crested Saguaro. Quite a day packed with Adventure, great company, and some of the most beautiful and unique scenery on the planet!

08/25/2023

Pics from my Jeep Biz Ramble in March. I had a generational Ramble with a family of 3... Grandma, her Daughter, and her Grandson 😎 Had a spectacular day with them!!
Sonoran Desert National Monument 3/25/23