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| partners | | After circling the campground cuz I missed the turn to our camping spot, we finally pulled in and were barely out of Tonto and barely made greetings when Wendy says, "let's go". I'm thinking "uh, where?" but I obediently and quick as I can load up my little water pack and we start walking.
We ended up on an Interpretive Trail and were introduced to some new cactus and brush (today I spent 1/2 hour trying to find the name for this cool bush we saw - I could only think of the word flexible and via a thesaurus I finally came up with "limberbush"). It is an interesting bush also called Sangre de Christo as when cut or injured the twigs exude irritating sap that dries blood-red.
As we made our way up on the path I saw this red glow on the Organ Pipes so we made our way off the path and toward those incredible cactus. Wendy said the red thorns are unique to those cactus. The light wasn't very good so it was hard to get a good picture of this phenomenon. We were also enthralled by the hedge-hogs, especially their height.
And before I know it, John has already got my brother to the top of the hill we were starting to climb. Fortunately I had told Wayne that if you can't find John, look up as he'll be on top of something so Wayne got an early indoctrination as to what happens when you follow John  . Wendy and I eventually joined them. We tried to find a place to get a good photo in-between all of the folks lounging on their chairs with their red wine. We did get some rather perturbed looks so moved on to another part of the hill.
As were going back down the hill some additional folks were coming up with their chairs and wine. We informed them the sun had pretty well set but they weren't deterred. I can only imagine how the walk down in the dark is on this somewhat steep area with all of those chairs and glasses of wine in hand  .
We finished off the nite with some cuba libras, bbqed brisket, bs schnapps - threw the sleeping bags on the ground and enjoyed a nite of cat naps under the stars.  |
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For me, sometimes it's just as much about the journey as the destination.
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I'm in! Fab idea Angela. You couldn't have picked a better bench. 
and with the foreground of the desert with some mountains, you can get some decent photos without hardly trying. What a great way to spend time in the Organ Pipe Cactus Wilderness. Once the sun set Kathy, Amy and I headed down the rest of the trail reading and reacting to the interpretive signs along the way down; altho we needed Amy's headlamp to see the signs. We ended up camp-whacking back to our campsite; not something I'm apparently good at. Nonetheless we girls had fun and I think laughed that whole time.
