El Tigre

This weekend we drove over to Sierra Vista where there is yet another military base: Fort Huachucha. We bought a new camera, but suprise, suprise, the stupid memory card we have doesnt fit...technology wins again. In the mean time we can take about 8 pictures on the card that came with it, here are a few:


This is us at Ramsey Canyon, a Nature Consevancy Preserve, where there is actually water and trees and things with leaves.

On the drive home we took the small road that runs along the border. This mountain dominates the scene around here, it is technically called San Jose Mountain, but i like to refer to it as The Sleeping Lion, and sometimes as El Tigre.

THE SLEEPING LION



El Tigre is a dangerous place that has become a major passage way for drug traffiking. We are told that no one goes there but the border patrol and drug runners; never the less it still draws people. El tigre is also the name for the rare and elusive jaguar.


Jaguar sightings have been few and far between in the past decade, but there are stories that confirm this magical cat's existance in the area. The range of the jaguar used to be from central america to northern Arizona, but poachers, hunter and ranchers have ensured that the numbers have dwindled to a point where, officially, there probably arent any jaguars around here. Unofficially, well, that's a different story. It is said that adult mountain lions need 50 square miles to survive and hunt. Jaguars may need twice that much space to roam. So, I like to call the mountain El Tigre, and know that the jaguars are watching us and keeping thier distance.