Organ Pipe National Monument Arizona

Beautiful green desert with rhyolite volcanic rock canyons. We took a dirt road for 21 miles in Ajo mountains to hike to arch rock and hiked from the campground to the Victoria mine which was used to mine gold and Silver. The sunsets from the campground were so beautiful.
The organ pipe cactus only grows here and across the border in Mexico. The indigenous Tohono O’odham collect the organ pipe fruit in summer to make syrup. The palo verde trees are so beautiful with green trunks for photosynthesis and serve as nurse trees for saguaros.Read more