260 km/161 m – The Caravan is getting a good start this morning and should be back into the US by noon. We have a stop along the way to turn in the TIPs at a new Aduana installation at San Emeterio, this would be a great opportunity for a body break. Lots of options after you get back into the US, Dan & Lisa made it to Quartzite in 2016, but it was a long day. Always lots of room at the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Park. The Wagon-Masters will organize the goodbyes and the return of the radios.
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is a U.S. National Monument and UNESCO biosphere reserve located in extreme southern Arizona that shares a border with the Mexican state of Sonora. The park is the only place in the United States where the organ pipe cactus grows wild. Along with organ pipe, many other types of cacti and other desert flora native to the Yuma Desert section of the Sonoran Desert region grow in the park.
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is 517 sq mi (1,340 km2) in size. In 1976 the monument was declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO, and in 1977 95% of Organ Pipe Cactus was declared a wilderness area.
