Saturday in the Desert

We went back to the desert on Saturday to complete some of the trails we had started earlier this week. On the advice of some fellow cachers, we took some of the side trails as that is where there are some of the more interesting military items. We finally got to see what I was hoping to see.

we passed some dry campers

this was a serious dry camper as there are 3 solar panels on the roof

other campers/RVs were out there, but no solar panels 

maybe generators? I know it is NOT something I wish to do

some of the ocotillos are leafed, but not blooming

others are blooming, but the stems are still brown and bare

this seemed interesting and worry of a photo

we heard about a geocache near a plane wreckage

it was a small plane, with mostly unrecognizable parts

the cache was found and signed

we were also told about a geocache near some tanks

this one was a fiber glass mock-up

a view from the back; looks almost real

a wooden mock-up of a troop carrier that has seen better days

we found the geocache

another tank farther along

this one was real

another cache took us to a small saguaro forest

a hawk has nested in the arms

rare to see some fruit remaining on the saguaros 

this time of year as most of it has been picked

by the birds or other hungry animals

neat to see the remains of the flowers on some of the fruit

this is where we have spent the majority of our time

this past week

in case you are wondering...

the yellow lines are the trails we have cached this trip

the green lines are caches yet to be found and signed (by me)

there are more caches to get

and more interesting things to see

we will be back

By the way, we stopped at the Organic Date Farm on the way back to Yuma. It was open, so we bought more dates, and had date shakes. YUM! A tasty ending to  another  entertaining and successful day in the desert. Life is good.