ESTABLISHED APRIL 13, 1937
330,000 ACRES
Leann really wanted to come back, I reluctantly said OK and was glad I did. Last time we were in a tent and I do not remember the campground being this nice. Maybe they upgraded since our last visit.
Lots of climbing but this was a spectacular hike.
Leann on the first part of the climb, it kept getting steeper.
Almost to the top
View from the top
What goes up, must go down. This section was steep.
Leann by an Organ Pipe Cactus, you can see how they got the name.
This is the back wall of our shelter, with the sun outlining a tree. I thought it looked like a Japanese print.
We hiked to the red tanks. Leann said it would be shorter to hike back on the road……NOPE. Longest hike of the trip.
This looks like and animal climbing a cactus to get a bow, at least to me.
This is a pack rat nest. There was a sign in the bathrooms to keep your hoods raised. Apparently the rats like to build nests on the engines and can cause lots of damage. I never knew that pack rats were an actual animal and not just a human that can’t get rid of anything.
Image from the net so you can see the troublemakers.
Sammy is “helping” us take down the shelter.
HAPPY TRAILS, STEVE