Organ Pipe National Monument Scenes

Jan 31, 2012 Tues
Mary Brumfield and I took a ride on the two interior roads of the monument. One road is 5 miles long while the second is over 20 miles. They were both spectacular. Every few feet looked like a post card.

Jan 30, 2012 Mon
Arrived at Organ Pipe National Monument today. Found Mary Brumfield and parked next to her. The campground has no hookups, but the sites are paved and well spaced with a little offset. The bathrooms including showers are very clean.
WOW AZ - what big cactus you have. This part of the desert received rain in Oct, Nov, and Dec. It is very green with many blooming flowers. Not what you would expect this time of year. The visitor center has some great educational displays on desert life.

Mary and Me and our rigs among the giant cactus

Jan 29, 2012 Sun
Stayed in the park today and did a load of laundry before taking off  to meet Mary at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument tomorrow. Vacuumed, cleaned the inside of the trailer, hooked up the truck to the trailer and unhooked everthing but the electric so I can take off as soon as I get up in the morning. Did more blog work. Marilyn was a huge help.

Jan 28, 2012 Sat
Stayed at the trailer today. I FINALLY received my first mail. The post office doesn’t have my box number on their forwarding labels. I only received two Christmas cards. Hard telling where the others went. I’m trying to set up a blog on blogspot.com. May need help from Marilyn.

Jan 27, 2012 Fri
Drove back to Wickenburg today. I visited a Nature Conservancy Preserve. Not much happening there. Spring would be a better time for birds. I did get a good shot of a roadrunner. Beep Beep!!!!

Roadrunner

Jan 26, 2012 Thur
Drove over to Parker to get the oil changed in the truck at the Chev dealer. Since I was just 30 miles from Quartzsite I drove back down to take another stroll around the booths with a million other people. What a zoo. Parking was frustrating. Finally got a spot close to the action. I bought 3 new pair of earings and a couple of rocks for Marie’s flowerbed.

Jan 25, 2012 Wed
Did three loads of laundry this morning. Then I drove to Wickenburg AZ and visited the western museum. It was a very nice museum. Not only did it include artifacts, but they have quite an art exhibit including several Remington and Russell sculptures and paintings by various artists.