March 10th, 2010 by John 
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My kids standing under a 40+ foot tall giant Saguaro Cactus in southern Arizona – August 1999.
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That is a huge, scary cactus! I never seen one that big! it is like Freddie Krueger’s Claw!
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John reply on March 10th, 2010 5:58 am:
I like “Freddie Krueger’s Claw!”, that’s great and very descriptive!
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Ohhh! That’s a very tall and gigantic cactus! LOL
Haven’t seen like that one before. I only saw those small cute little ones in our place. I bet these kinds usually grow in the desert.
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John reply on March 10th, 2010 5:59 am:
Yeah, this is the giant, scary twisted cousin of those small little cute ones Junezach!!!
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Don’t back up any farther!
Ouch!
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John reply on March 10th, 2010 5:59 am:
Right, that would have ruined our whole trip!
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Whoa! That is one HUGE cactus! And while I’m sure your kids are a bit taller now(!), I wonder how much taller the cactus is.
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John reply on March 10th, 2010 6:02 am:
The Saguaro Cactus only grows one (1) inch per year. So it is probably only about a foot taller then when we were standing there. It takes 75 years to grow one of those “side arms”. AND the cactus can live to be 150 years old. That concludes today’s class…
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Funny you should mention “Prickly” after my whole ‘Condom’ fiasco! I surly hope you get a better response to this fantastic pictorial imagery, than I did with my ‘foldie’.
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John reply on March 10th, 2010 6:07 am:
You should not be so hard on yourself Don.
I don’t think it was a fiasco at all. Great story! It could be worse, you could have been visiting the doctor for “shooting blanks”… then you wouldn’t have needed to pocket the condoms…:) LOL
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Don E. Chute reply on March 10th, 2010 8:18 am:
Whoooohoo! that was a particularly funny one this morning.
p.s. They won’t even let me back in Arizona. But, that’s another whole story!
PLU!
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Don E. Chute reply on March 11th, 2010 6:43 am:
More kudos to you, The Big EZ!
The Stats report from you was superdupper! Now if I only knew what all that stuff meant??
PLU!
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John reply on March 11th, 2010 7:14 am:
You’re welcome Mr. Chute! Send me a copy and I will decipher it!
That is one big giant cactus. I don’t think I have ever seen on of this size, I take that back. I am sure I have never seen on of those
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John reply on March 10th, 2010 6:10 am:
It and others were GIANT! If you ever get a chance to visit Arizona, I highly recommend it. The scenery is spectacular! Grand Canyon, Painted Desert, Sonoran Desert, Tuscon area – all beautiful!
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Apollo reply on March 11th, 2010 7:26 am:
I keep it in mind John. I think I have to take a business vacation to Arizona sooner or sooner
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John reply on March 11th, 2010 7:45 am:
How ironic! My first trip to Arizona was for some software training for a week in 1996. It wasn’t exactly silicon valley, but close. Our instructor, in shorts and sandals, gave us the grand tour of Tucson. We took long lunches at the locals only restaurants, where he filled us in on all the cool things to do in the area. He would release us everyday around 3:00 (we started at 7:00) and the class would follow him out into the desert to watch the sunset. OR to Old Tucson Studios, where many of the great westerns and TV shows were filmed. OR to the Sonora Desert Museum, which is one of the coolest places on earth, BTW! Everyday was a different adventure! I was hooked! That’s how my family ended up on vacation there in 1999. We have returned twice since. I could go on and on….
Sounds like a post!
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That’s great.. a really good remembrance for them.
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John reply on March 10th, 2010 10:34 pm:
Yes, we had a blast on this trip….memories.
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wow.. that is one big cactus. I bet they will remember that trip for years to come.
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Cool picture, hope they weren’t too close. They hurt when you touch them.
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John reply on March 10th, 2010 10:35 pm:
Yeah, they look like they are right up on it!
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Wow! Big Cactus. One of these days I’m gonna get to Arizona!
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John reply on March 10th, 2010 10:37 pm:
You should Sue, it is beautiful!
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That is a huge cactus. Bet the kids loved seeing that thing. Were there a lot of them that big??? That was great that the kids got to go out West. We did that trip when I was a child which of course was back in the dark ages.
Great pictures.
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John reply on March 10th, 2010 10:38 pm:
Yes, there were plenty this size. In fact, in Tucson, there is an entire park filled with them!
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Quite a big Cactus right there.
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John reply on March 10th, 2010 10:38 pm:
Yes it is!
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That’s a really large cactus…
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Here I go again with a story that I read recently. ;o) Cactus are fast becoming a favorite of eco-smugglers. Apparently there are people out there that will pay large sums of money for mature cactus. I imagine these are landscapers, developers, and the like who want to add mature plant features to their homes and offices. They say that the problem is so severe that it is actually threatening certain cactus populations in some areas. I have a feeling though that the one in your picture is quite safe. ;o) take care my friend.
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John reply on March 10th, 2010 10:39 pm:
Yeah, I’d like to see someone try and steal this one! ;o)
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wow, that cactus is out of this world! thanks for the photo, i didn’t know they got that big.
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I have never seen a cactus that huge. And thanks for the science lesson. I needed to learn something today.
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John reply on March 11th, 2010 7:12 am:
You are quite welcome Vixen, glad I could pass on some facts!
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Hi John,
I have never seen a cactus that big before. Nice picture with your kids to remember the trip by. Have a great day!
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John reply on March 11th, 2010 7:13 am:
Neither had we Robin, I will tell you, these things are HUGE when you’re standing under them!
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Wow, that thing is dang tall! Great find!
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John reply on March 11th, 2010 7:13 am:
Tall and just amazing!
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Tall, dark and prickly – just the way I like my men
Seriously thought that Is an amazing photo. That must be the Mother of all cacti
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John reply on March 13th, 2010 8:40 am:
It was the mutha!!!
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Can you believe that was over 10 years ago John? How time flies. They look like good kids, and just to think someday they will be taking care of you, lol. Kidding of course, you’ll end up in an old bloggers home with the rest of us, not being able to hold a conversation without a keyboard, depends and a bib. Kidding of course, You’ll end up in the restricted old bloggers home with Chute, both of you tossing old condoms back and forth, kidding of course, hmmm or am I?
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John reply on March 13th, 2010 8:42 am:
Yeah Glenn, we can play a twisted game of “keep away”, tossing the condoms back and forth, with you as the “man in the middle”! LOL…gross.
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I was in Arizona a few years ago. I didn’t see anything quite like this one. Wow!
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John reply on March 12th, 2010 5:12 am:
Hi Jacqueline, it depends on where in Arizona you were visiting. I didn’t see anything this large in Northern AZ, just south of Phoenix.
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