24 May 2024 – Trip Day 54
Catching up with the backlog!
We mailed off some postcards from Tumacacori before we headed out to Organ Pipe National Monument. Being Memorial Day Weekend, we didn’t expect there to be too much traffic, given that Organ Pipe is a ways out there. As we drove down, there was very little traffic on the way from Tucson.
However, as we got close to the visitor center, we encountered stand still traffic that took us another hour or so to go the last two miles to the visitor center. When we got to the visitor center, there were only a couple other people there. It was all traffic headed south to Mexico.
We had the run of the place and the kids promptly got to work on their Junior Ranger books.
Ducky was exploring the museum as well and generally trying his best to run amok!
Jarek looks over the model of the park while Evan adjusts his vest
Dad on duty wrangling the babies!
We went out to do the short nature walk around the visitor center. We saw a number of neat saguaro cacti.
Evan poses in front of an organ pipe cactus, while Garrett has had enough.
A pair of saguaros are dueling with one arm tied behind their backs!
Back at the visitor center, the kids turned in their books and received their badges.
A happy Randal back at the AirBnB enjoys dinner after a long day on the road!