LAVENDER JEEP SUNSET TOUR
If the Sky Island Tour is taken at the right time of day, it offers the perfect unimpeded view for a sunset in Arizona's western sky. Arizona is famous for its sunsets; in fact, that's what made Arizona Highways magazine so popular in the days before Bisbee turquoise jewelry became the most collectible of magazine covers.
From the top, you look down on the thin, winding line of green created by the cottonwoods of the San Pedro River, running north from Mexico. The San Pedro is known as one of the Last Great Places because its ecosystem has been maintained intact and because it is home to so many diverse species that benefit from its refuge in the desert.
As twilight approaches, the green of the San Pedro and of the nearby trees of the high Mules, the blues and purples of the other mountain islands and the vivid hues of the sunset create a quickly shifting palette that only the greatest artists can imitate and which even photographers have difficulty in capturing accurately. But you should try.