Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

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We took a daytrip to the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument near the border of Mexico in southern Arizona, south of Ajo, west of Tucson, and east of Yuma.

The entrance sign:

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument sign

Info signs; notice the loop on the right-hand side? That’s the unpaved road we drove; see below:

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument sign
Info sign

Mountains:

Mountains
Mountains

Info signs:

Info sign
Info sign

Mountains:

Mountains

Cacti:

Cacti
Cacti

Visitor center, with an example of an organ pipe cactus:

Visitor center

A weird social distancing barrier inside:

Social distancing barrier

We enjoyed a picnic lunch:

Picnic lunch

A hopeful raven kept an eye on us:

Bird

Info signs:

Info sign
Info signs
Info sign

The aforementioned unpaved road we toured:

Unpaved road

Lots of pictures of cacti of various sorts:

Cacti
Cacti
Cacti
Cacti
Cacti
Cacti
Cacti
Cacti
Cacti
Cacti
Cacti
Cacti
Cacti
Cacti
Cacti
Cacti

A stone arch:

Cacti
Arch and cacti
Cacti
Arch
Arch
Info sign
Info sign
Info sign
Info sign

Mini arch:

Arch