Organ Pipe Cactus

We took a long bike ride to visit the Organ Pipe Cactus Monument.  It is directly below Gila Bend closer to the western side of Arizona and just miles from the Border.  Lots of Border Patrol check points and visibility.  We saw some different types of desert and rock formations than are near us. We went by the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Gunnery Range and through the O'ODHAM Indian Reservation in our travels.

Distant Mountains going toward Ajo, AZ

Black volcanic hills

Entrance to the Monument

Dense Desert growth

Mount Ajo - 

At the Monument - Cholla, Organ Pipe and
Saguaro cactus

Prickly Pear and Organ Pipe - The Organ Pipe Cactus
grows abundantly in Mexico, but only in the Monument
Reserve in the USA.

Beginning of low plant desert with multi-colored mineral
deposits in the mountains - Reservation Area

O'ODHAM Reservation - DESERT

Round buttes of Lava - colorful when you are in them.