Our second full day here we travelled out to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. It's about 20 minutes from our campsite, a nice little drive. Our first visit out there, we did a short drive and the visitor's center. Bill and I became Desert Rangers (for not-so-Junior Rangers). We learned a lot doing that booklet!
Bill needed to get some work done, so the kids and I headed back to Organ Pipe to do a longer drive. We intended to hike, but the temperatures we cold, and it was WINDY. Fair weather hiker, that's me. But it makes for happier campers, at least in our family.
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| Ajo Mountains |
Ajo Mountain Drive is a 21 mile loop that is just breathtaking. During our Desert Ranger paperwork, we read about christates, and the booklet had stops along the drive for us to check some out (along with some arches). The ranger booklet also mentioned the Ajo Mountain Drive Guide, so we stopped back at the visitor's center before heading out to get that booklet, which gave us a ton of information for all the numbered stops along the way. We didn't meet with anyone else at the stops, but plenty of people passed us. They missed out.
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| Saguaro |
See this saguaro? It has a couple of christates at the top. It's a growth anomaly. Our book told us about this. So we stopped and checked it out. Man, it was windy.
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| Musical Organ Pipe |
NS was cranky about the cold, whipping wind. But when we read that if you get close to this organ pipe when a breeze comes by, you can hear it play music, NS jumped forth and ran to that organ pipe. It was cool, totally worth the 120 foot hike!
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| Ocotillo Flower |
Lovey me the green ocotillo. Especially with their flowers!!!!
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