March 3-7

We had a wonderful stay at Shadow Ridge RV Resort. Great location, nice sites, friendly staff, well maintained and clean. We even played a couple of hours of ping pong at the clubhouse!http://www.shadowridgerv.com/
Monday we visited the Ajo Mine Museum before taking a walking tour of the Curley School and Town Plaza in the historic district.https://ajoplaza.com/
Tuesday we headed to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument where we stoped at the Visitor's Center before taking the Ajo Mountain Drive, a 21 mile loop on dirt roads. We stopped for lunch at Diablo Wash viewpoint then continued on the loop to hike the Arch Canyon Trail. https://www.nps.gov/orpi/index.htm We completed our day with a delicious meal at Tacos El Tarasco.
Yesterday we went to the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Visitor's Center before taking unimproved roads into BLM land then onto the refuge. We hiked the Copper Canyon trail then onto BLM land as well. We would have liked to explore more but a higher clearance vehicle is a must. https://www.fws.gov/refuge/cabeza-prieta
On our way back to Ajo we hiked up a hill to catch views of the surrounding area then rewarded ourselves with dinner at the Agave Grill.
As always it was great to get away and explore new sights.Lue lisää