One Day at Saguaro National Park (West) 🌵 | Hiking Wasson Peak, Valley View Overlook, & more!

We spent a day exploring Saguaro National Park’s west side in Tucson, Arizona, including a very windy hike up Wasson Peak, seeing tons of saguaro cacti, cooking a cactus themed meal, and watching a beautiful sunset.

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Cactus taco recipe: https://www.sidechef.com/recipes/5304/nopales_and_roasted_corn_tacos/ (we mostly followed this, but added a ton of spices to the mixture)

⌚Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:45 Wasson Peak
06:05 Visitor Center
06:33 Making cactus tacos
08:12 Desert Discovery Nature Trail
09:03 Bajada Loop Drive
09:32 Signal Hill Petroglyphs
10:05 Valley View Overlook Trail

📍Locations in this vlog
Wasson Peak: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/arizona/wasson-peak-via-king-canyon-and-hugh-norris-trail
Desert Discovery Nature Trail: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/arizona/desert-discovery-nature-trail
Signal Hill: https://www.nps.gov/sagu/learn/historyculture/upload/Signal-Hill-Petroglyph-Brief.pdf
Valley View Overlook: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/arizona/valley-view-overlook-trail
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Hi y’all! We’re Adam, Kathryn, and Kona, an adventurous married couple (+ pup!) living on the road in our self-converted sprinter van! You can often find us driving all around the US and Canada, scoping out the best coffee shops, eating tacos and ice cream (we're a 5+ taco and 2+ scoop household), and enjoying nature.

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