2026年2月14日February 14, 2026 · 1 min read

重返 TucsonTucson, Again

三年后再回图森，图森未来已经没有未来了Back after three years. The company that brought me here is gone; the saguaros aren't

For the long weekend in mid-February, I flew to Phoenix, picked up a car, and drove south to Tucson.

Tucson used to be one of the places I knew best in America. My company had a testing base here, and I came often. After I left the company, three or four years passed before I came back.

On those work trips, I always hurried from the airport to the office. This time I finally had time to look at both sides of the road.

An OVERSIZE LOAD convoy on the evening I-10

Sunset burning on the mountains, freight cars lined up at their feet

Picacho Peak at dusk

The next morning I went to Saguaro National Park. Big sun, big clouds. On my last visit it had just rained, and the saguaros looked freshly washed. I remembered them as delicate. This time, the same saguaros looked rugged, every one of them like a middle finger raised to the sky.

Three saguaros standing together, yellow brittlebush at their feet

A saguaro-covered slope, the city spread out below the mountains

An old saguaro just starting on its first arms

The day I left was overcast. An older man sat among the 🌵🌵🌵, surrounded by a garden of middle fingers, looking entirely at peace.

A cactus garden under an overcast sky, an old man on a bench

二月中的长周末，我飞到凤凰城，提了车，一路向南开去 Tucson。

Tucson 曾经是我在美国最熟悉的地方之一。公司在这里有测试基地，我常常要来。离开公司以后，一别就是三四年。

从前下了飞机，总是匆匆往公司赶。这次终于有空看看路两边了。

傍晚的 I-10 上，一支挂着 OVERSIZE LOAD 的车队

夕阳点着的山，山脚下排着货运车厢

暮色里的 Picacho Peak

第二天一早去了 Saguaro 国家公园，太阳很大，云也很大。上次来刚下过雨，仙人掌像刚洗过澡，我记住的词是“清秀”。这次再看，还是它们，个个 rugged 得很，怎么看怎么像竖给天空的中指。

三根站在一起的仙人掌，脚下开着黄花

长满仙人掌的山坡，山下摊着城市

一根刚开始长手臂的老仙人掌

离开的时候是阴天。一位老先生坐在🌵🌵🌵中间，被一园子的中指围着，看起来倒是心平气和。

阴天的仙人掌园，长椅上坐着一位老先生

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