Chandler Neighborhood Shots - Water Reflections at Pima Park

Having grown up in Orange (TX), then Beaumont, then Nacogdoches, then Houston - places where water abounds and rivers run full - the lifestyles built around living in the Sonora desert is a whole new world to us.  Even more so to my wife, having grown up in the jungles of Taiwan.  So just about everything out here is culturally very interesting.

Such as what you see above.  A look at the water and trails built up above water level points to the first thing that amazed us about life in the desert Southwest.  That is, parks here are engineered to be flooded, and during the hot six-month summer season are routinely inundated via an underground water system to keep the grass alive.  Yes, water percolates up from underneath and the whole place is flooded, turning the park into a huge reflection pool divided by the trails.  Then it takes a few days to dry up, and a couple of weeks later they do it all over again.

More reflection shots below, captured by my iPhone 15 Pro Max:

All of these neighborhood pics, by the way, were captured with the iPhone, as I didn't feel like carrying the Bigger Cahoona around on our neighborhood walks.