We hiked up the Desert View nature trail at sunset last evening.
The same organ pipe cactus covered ridge as the sun sank lower. The back lit Teddy bear cholla cactus at sunset just glowed.
More back lit cholla with an organ pipe cactus too. Don’t they look so soft and fuzzy like you should come pet them?? These are the same vicious cactus that attacked me twice with spiney segments that seem to jump at you with barbed spines that were very painful and almost impossible to remove. They seem to glow even during the day too. Sunset with organ pipe and cholla.
A view of the campground from the top of the ridge. I finished up this basket for the coming up sale. The kokopeli is set in epoxy resin with some chips and surround by them in the bottom and top of the basket.
Today we drove to the south end of the park to hike to Milton mine. We drove along the border fence. There is a Mexican highway just on the other side. This is the vehicle barrier part of the fence on the border. It is built our of repurposed railroad rails from when they built the Hoover dam. The railroad delivered concrete to the dam site.
John at Milton mine. Can you see all the blue copper ore? Yellow evening primrose, black water bottles- the immigrants carry these because they don’t show up at night like the white milk bottles., gravel ghost missing a petal, wooly daisy and a big chunk of copper ore.
These are some St Petersburg chains I am learning to put on my baskets. The two thinner ones are single chains and the green on on the left is a double St Petersburg chain. I will now make some small baskets and put these around the necks. First basket with the beads. They are only attached with a couple needles now, but will attach them permently after dinner.
John making pizza on the grill tonight. Today we hiked to Bull Pasture Loop via Estes Canyon. See the switchbacks at the top of the map. 3.7 miles round trip. It was a very steep trail- lots of elevation.
Since it is higher elevation it is much lusher. The poppies are starting to bloom.
More poppies. It is a really pretty canyon.
The views were really nice at the top. Looking back at the campground on the other side of the valley. You can see the winding road in the valley of Ajo Mountain drive.
John having lunch in a very comforable position. The trail.
Looking down into Estes canyon were we came up. Rocky view.
John in a cholla tunnel. Yikes. John photographing flowers on the way back.
Saguaro and poppies.
Beautiful hike and drive to get there. Blue Dicks, lupine, ferns, agave seed heat, a spire with a lone saguaro at the top and jojoba leaves.
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