Hooray, the National Parks are coming back on line.  The visitor center at Saguaro NP is open so we stop to get maps and trail recommendations.  Today we head for the Douglas Springs trailhead and the Garwood Loop hike that climbs up slope well into the desert above Tucson.  I am always amazed at how dense the vegetation is in this moisture starved place.  Saguaro are the towering pines of the desert while creosote bush, mesquite, palo verde, and dozens of varieties of cactus form the understory.  We are too early for wildflowers but the beautiful rugged landscape still makes for a great walk.  The ranger reported that hikers saw a mountain lion here yesterday but we were not so fortunate today.  A handful of the typical desert birds did make a showing though so fauna sighting wasn’t a complete washout.