Desert Botanical Gardens

Mesa has a culture pass that you can check out from the library. It gives you admission to a few different places around the valley for free. There are a few restrictions but not bad. I got the one to go to the Desert Botanical Gardens. We went early on a Saturday morning. We pretty much walked around in the heat...looking at cactuses. Can it get any better? Some were blooming so that made it better. I don't know if I would pay $15/per person to see all the cactuses, but for free it was cool. It would probably be better when it isn't so hot outside.

We saw tons of thses lizards around.

And these birds.