The Saguaro SKP Co-op Park in Benson, AZ, was full, but a site opened up and we moved after only one night of dry camping to site 713 (that has to be a lucky number if ever I heard one) on the top row.
High on the hill behind us was a water tower with a jeep trail for access. Sam and I hiked up there and found trails continued on further than I was willing to go. There were distant mountains all around. I convinced Joani to hike up the hill after Happy Hour to see the sunset. Even with little cloud drama, it was simply gorgeous!
The long afternoon shadows were about to engulf the park.
Aglow with the last few minutes of afternoon sunlight, this little cactus pointed in every direction.
A resident of the park enjoys building small arches (2 - 3 feet tall in the center) using only large rocks and gravity. You will find about a dozen tucked into landscaped yards throughout the park.
Somewhere in the rugged mountains in the center, you will find the "Cochise stronghold."
Looking off to the south of the water tower, it looks like a series of petrified dunes.
The lower the sun sank behind us, the pinker the hills to the east became.
Shadows had swallowed the park and the rosy hills would soon be next.
It was amazing how fast the temperature would drop after the sun hid behind the hills to our back.
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