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Sunday we decided we would take off on another road trip. This time our destination was Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. This trip would be another 600 mile round trip road trip. We packed the car with tent camping gear on Saturday evening so we would be ready to go first thing in the morning. Not only were we looking at a 5-6 hour ride, but we would be turning our clocks forward to mountain time. We were planning on camping at Twin Peaks campground right in the National Monument. They are a first come, first serve park. We had called ahead and the ranger said there should be room. The ride was easy east across the 10 and then south just before Phoenix, and all the way to the Mexico border. The landscape became much more vegetated as we drove south into the Sonoran Desert. I later read that this desert is nicknamed “the green desert” because of this vegetation. Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument literally sits on the border with Mexico. In fact there are several places in the park where you can see the fence separating our two countries. The whole area is filled with border patrol and signs warning you to look out for illegal immigration and smuggling. Continue reading →
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