I took a van tour today that the rangers offered to what used to be a tiny settlement called Quitobaquito. We drove about 40 minutes out along the Mexican border on washboard dirt road and finally arrived at a nondescript trailhead.
A short hike and we came across Quitobaquito, a little man-made pond fed by a single nearby spring.
Rather than rewrite a blog someone has already written, go here to read about the Quitobaquito Springs:
https://www.nps.gov/orpi/learn/historyculture/quitobaquito-springs.htm
I'm enjoying my stay here at Organ Pipe. I'm paying $8 per night and will only stay two nights. There is another primitive campground here for $5 per night that I'd like to check out, but my coleman stove broke this morning and I need to go into town to get it repaired. So I probably will just continue to head North once I get the part.
Here are some photos. My data plan is nearly empty for the month, so no more blogging for a few days.
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| Nice camp spot near the toilets |
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| Beautiful scenery |
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| Organ Pipe Cactus |
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| Pretty sunsets though not as spectacular as in Quartzsite |
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| A van picks you up at the campground for the tour |
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| Quitobaquito Pond |
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| The spring where it all begins is full of endangered pupfish |
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| Jose Lorenzo Sestier's grave, the only sign of civilization |
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