1171 October 22, 2024 Picacho Peak

We were up early and surrendered our RV keys to Gerry at 6:30am.

We found a Starbucks and then headed to Friendship Park.  It was a great morning for walking and riding bikes. 

We had our breakfast and then waited for a phone call.  The RV was ready at 12:45.

We left Phoenix and traveled the short distance to Picacho Peak State Park.

We didn’t venture out into the heat until this evening.  Tim walked out and saw a guy pick a tarantula out of the road, allowing it to walk on his arms.  He came to get me and his camera but when we got back to look, the hairy spider had wandered off.

It was pleasant outside and I sat watching the sky change.

I spied something dark moving in the road and there was another tarantula.  This time, we were ready with our cameras.  I had read that October, the most active month, is the time when the males go searching for female friends.  Sometimes they can we seen walking together in a large group.  Though they are scary looking, their bites are supposedly no more harmful than a bee sting.