Organ Pipe Cactus NP

We had a wonderful 21 mile drive on gravel road looking at cactus. We learned the difference between Organ Pipe cactus and Saguaro cactus. Below is the Organ Pipe. These plants are huge, amazing, awesome. We took lots of photos and had to choose only a few to share.

We are here at the right time of year to see the Saguaro in bloom. If we were there in the morning before 8:00 we could see the Organ Pipe blooms too.

Here Gary is standing by 1 of each. There were many other varieties of cactus as well. We were within 5 miles of Mexico at the visitors center. We are surprised to see Border Guard stops along the way. They aren't just at the border. Had a nice chat with a young guard from Spokane. He lived in Richland for a while. Today +280 miles = 1867.