scott, 27 days ago to Archaeology

#opcOnThisDay in 2018, I brought my dad and his then-girlfriend on a trip through Utah. We stopped at a number of archeology sites on BLM land, including a major petroglyph site, a kiva site, and two other ruin sites. ☀️ #archaeology #utah #ancentralpuebloans #rockart #petroglyphs

A desert landscape with a rocky hill in the background, a car parked on dirt, remnants of a wooden structure in the foreground, and a small, ancient stone wall.
Rocky cliff face with ancient cliff dwellings.
Ancient stone ruins in a desert landscape with scattered vegetation under a cloudy sky.

Jen, 1 month ago to random

#OPCOnThisDay in 2016, @scott and I stopped at the best roadside attraction ever - beer drinking pigs - at the Montpelier Domino Club in #StCroix. Oddest thing I’d ever seen. The pig takes the can in its mouth, opens it, guzzles it, and then spits the beer can back out. Best #lostneededdirections stop ever!

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scott, 2 months ago to Arizona

Trivia time!

#opcOnThisDay in 2018, we spent the day exploring southern #Arizona, locating a bunch of these concrete foundations we had stumbled on via satellite view.

Any guesses as to what they are, and why there are so many of them scattered around?

Abandoned concrete foundations in a desert landscape with power lines and mountains in the distance.
A round concrete manhole cover next to an open manhole on a concrete surface, with surrounding desert vegetation.

Jen, 2 months ago to random

#OPCOnThisDay in 2020, I did a little walk in the desert.

scott, 2 months ago to Arizona

#opcOnThisDay in 2017, we did a daytrip drive out to the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. Didn’t catch many wildflowers, but recent rains had started to green things up a bit. Was just a lovely day to spend some time outside. ☀︎ #Arizona #WildlifeRefuge #Wilderness #OptOutside #ScenicDriving #PublicLands

A silver SUV parked on a gravel road with red rocky mountains and sparse desert vegetation in the background.
Desert landscape with various cacti, including tall saguaro and prickly pear, with mountainous background under a cloudy sky.
A barren landscape with concentric circular tire tracks imprinted in the ground, a cactus in the background, and a white car parked at the edge.

scott, 2 months ago to california

2019 was such a great year for wildflowers! #opcOnThisDay we enjoyed several great blooms in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park after meeting up with some nomadic friends who were passing through.

#california #statepark #desert #bloomscrolling #wildflowers #mountains

scott, 3 months ago to Battlemaps

I enjoyed this desert sunset outside of Saguaro National Park #opcOnThisDay in 2021, hanging out with the incomparable @southwestdude. Not a bad way to spend half a day away from home! ☀︎ #desert #cactus #sunset #tucson #arizona #nationalparks