Sledding and tubing available on the Rim Country lakes
Hello again, fellow Creekers.
Tuesday, Feb. 14 was not only Valentine’s Day, but it was also the 100th anniversary for the state of Arizona.
So let’s celebrate the state’s birthday and visit some local attractions. We have had a beautiful winter.
There is still some snow for sledding and tubing nearby Woods Canyon Lake and we have had many visitors from the Valley this winter that have come out to enjoy the snow. The Rim Country lakes are a popular attraction all year long and offer sledding in the winter and fishing in the summer. Aside, from the Rim Country lakes there are many other local attractions in the Christopher Creek area.
The Tonto Creek Fish Hatchery produces and stocks around 400,000 brook and cutthroat trout, 165,000 rainbow trout, and 150,000 of Apache trout which is Arizona’s state fish.
Wildlife viewing and photography is another popular attraction. Arizona is the third most diverse state with 534 bird species, 107 native reptiles and 26 native amphibian species.
To take an extreme example (that, admittedly, doesn't involve vesper bats): the roost at Eagle Creek Cave in Arizona [shown here, from Angie McIntire's Holy Batblog Batgirl!] consisted of more than 30 million Mexican free-tailed bats Tadarida
Water frogs and other amphibians, as well as reptiles and fish, may become infected with species and strains of Salmonella. These bacteria in pet animals may be transmitted to humans. Infected and diseased humans show signs of gastrointestinal illness