Tuesday – February 7 – Today we drove down to Organ Pipe National Park. It is about 80 miles south of Gila Bend (pronounced Hela Bend) and about 30 of that was through the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Base. We saw lots of jets doing training, quite interesting. The park borders Mexico so the Border Patrol was very visible when we got near there.

Organ Pipe National Park is named for the cacti there that look like organ pipes. This is the only place they grow in the United States, mostly they are found in Mexico and parts south. We took a 10 mile scenic drive through the park and saw a lot of different varieties of cacti, including a lot of saguaros. We checked out the campground in the park and will try to come back there another year for a few days as it looked really nice. There are no hookups but they have a dump station and a place to get water so wouldn’t be too bad for a few days.

We stopped in Anjo (pronounced AHHO) on the way back and walked around the square where the train station is and different stores. When we got back to the park a lot of new rigs had moved in. There is a Wi-Fi rally being held here starting tomorrow so they have been coming in for the last few days. Talk about huge trailers, there are a number of 5th wheels and there are at least 6 being towed with mini freightliners, and the rest are huge motor homes. I know that by tomorrow night we will looked lost in the mass of 5th wheels and motorhomes. They all seem to have Direcway Satellite systems so guess that is what the wi-fi rally is all about. Unfortunately, they will be doing all their meetings in the clubhouse so I won’t be able to go in and use the internet so will probably not be able to get caught up on my blog and e-mail for a couple of days.