A Prickly Experience
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona The drive to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument was about 3½ hours south east of Yuma. We went through two border inspections but they didn’t stop us. There were about 8 police cars sitting in the middle of the highway within a short distance, nearly as many as we have ever seen in our entire time here – it must be a crossing point for illegals. The park is only about 7 miles to the Mexican border and they do have problems with drug cartels here. I guess we didn’t have the skin colour they were looking for as they weren’t interested in us. I did see a Mexican walking in the middle of nowhere…not sure how far he will get. I was surprised there were no signs along the road warning you not to pick up hitchhikers like the ones we see near prisons. Although the campground is about 50 years old, it has recently been updated with all RV sites being pull-throughs and all the roads are bitumen. We have a concrete pad, a tap (not for our perso...