THE AJO AREA PICTURES.

26 March 2013:  Left the Ajo area and are right now in the Gila Bend Air Force Station Fam Camp.  Had to dump our campers, get water, and get rid of trash.  We did some great hikes and even went out into the Barry M. Goldwater Gunnery and Bombing Range north of Ajo to look at some large saguaros.   And we had some real excitement at our campsite at 0430 this morning.  Gary was awakened by noise of someone taking things out of the back of his pickup.  When he opened their camp trailer door, one of their dogs ran out barking.  He yelled at her to get back and that is what woke me up.  I thought she was chasing a coyote and when I heard Gary go off running, I got up to try and assist him finding the dog.  Well it wasn’t the dog he was running after, it was some illegal aliens.  I jumped up and put on some clothes still thinking he was chasing his dog.  By the time I caught up with him, he had one of the illegals carrying his cooler back towards camp at gun point.  There were 25 of them according to the one Gary caught.  I called 911 and a couple of Sheriff Deputies came out and took the guy off our hands.  After having some tea and coffee and watching the sunrise, we went searching the area for some missing things.  We found all of our stuff and they had left some of theirs which we cleaned up.  So it was a pretty exciting way to start our morning.  We had planned to leave that campsite this morning anyway as we are now headed to the Roosevelt Lake area, but it gave us a little more incentive.  It is very hot here in Gila Bend – still in the 90’s after 1700.

Gary and Georgine's kayak awaiting water!

Sunrise at our campsite at Ajo.

Lots of bees this year.

The top of an Organ Pipe cactus.

 A very tall saguaro.

 G & GB with their dogs.

A desert lily.

Nice hiking in the Goldwater Range.

The girls on a dry water fall area.

G & GB with some of the things from the illegals.

Sunset from Gila Bend Air Force Station Fam camp.

The Fam camp with a full moon in the background.