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| From Organ Pipe Natl Monument |
We had a three day weekend with MLK day and decided to spend a night camping by the USA / Mexico border. The Organ Pipe Natl Monument was created to preserve the Sonoran desert. The park is full of saguaro and organ pipe cactus. Pretty much every plant, tree and shrub in the park has thorns or is poisonous.
So of course we both got stuck a couple of times. With so much cacti, it's just a matter of time before you become a human pin cushion. I got up close and personal with a cholla (ie jumping cactus) while josh got tangled up in some catclaw.
Some don't really care for desert landscape but we have grown to love it. We went on a 21 mile scenic loop that took us the foothills of the Ajo mountains. While on the loop we took in a classic sunset with silhouetted cactus all around us.
Most of the park can only be accessed now by day hikes. They had to close the backcounty camping because of the drug smugglers and banditos that make border crossings there. We stayed the campground and even though we could see the border fence from camp we felt pretty safe.
While there we went to a ranger fireside chat. We were the youngest couple there by far. Any one of the other campers could have passed for our grandparents (mostly RV campers). It was fun, kind of like being invited to a traveling senior citizens meeting.
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| We are very excited about moving back to Utah in February but as it turns out moving can be pretty stressful. Josh has been working / interning 55 hour weeks for a few months now. I have started the job hunt and tried to get things set up for us to move. So it was nice to leave all that behind for a couple of days and just relax and enjoy the scenery. |
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5 comments:
Well well well, looks like our timing is a little off! we will be in PHX like a week or two after you come back to UT! ah well it will be easier to hang whilst you are living in UT. I like all the pics and this summer lets go UT camping!!!
You two do the funnest (is that a word??) stuff!! You need to get a GPS and do a little geocashing. We have a lot of fun doing it. Hey! Glad to hear you are moving back. I'm sure Josh is glad to be moving on to the real world of helping others feel better.
Great pictures. You are very brave battling all those pokey cactus plants.
Wow, So right before I looked at your blog. I was looking around Google Maps at the Mexican border just for fun, looking at all sorts of pictures and stuff, then I decided to check out your blog and what do you know, there you guys are right by the border. So random. I love your pictures of Arizona, they capture alot of the beauty in that part of the country. I miss Arizona's landscape.
HEY!!!! When are you guys moving back already?! We all need to go out and party like it's 1999!
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