#73 / 2008 Tour 4 Winter: Organ Pipes National Monument

ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT

#73

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument 

We spent five days camped in Alamo Canyon in the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument near Why and Ayo AZ. The Sonoran Desert is so much different from the Chihuahuan Desert we are so familiar with in Las Cruces and environs.

 The Saguaro cacti were so numerous, huge, and endearing. They stand tall as two and three story buildings. Their outstretched arms are so expressive. They plead, beguile, admonish, point, pray all with their expressive arms. I walked ten miles in the desert yesterday, six in the morning sun and four more at night watching the stars emerge. 

I couldn't believe the campground would be so full on Superbowl weekend but there must have been at least 20 plus people within the four sites at the campground. Peaceful, beautiful, and we got to get our tent out and attach it to the van. It works beautifully, held tight through the night time wind storms. And that will go even better when we get some stakes to hold down the tent. We had to line it with rocks.

 Caught the Superbowl at Netto's Bar in Gila  Bend, AZ. Got an insult on the way out the door when we didn't tip the rude bartender. Guess she was having a bad day.