Autumn on the San Pedro River.

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Here in Cochise County, the southeastern most county in Arizona,



we have one river that winds across the landscape. The river was named Rio Nexpa by the Coronado Expedition in 1540. A good rain has to occur before the river actually looks like a river, yet all kinds of trees and desert wildlife cling to it's banks for survival. Much of the river is an animal and bird reserve, and is kept quite primitive.



The intimate view of the river gets one lost in the primitive nature of the environment where one hates to make a footprint or break one established twig.