Why - Why Not?

This week we are at Why, Arizona - a small community thirty miles north of the Mexican border.  Once again, we are on BLM land which simply means that it is owned by the government and folks are allowed to camp for free, which of course, is our style.  It isn't very crowded this time of year but I understand that it gets considerably more busy over the winter.

It was a week of doing a few chores, going on the occasional drive, and a whole lot of relaxation.  Half of the motorhome got waxes (have to wait until we turn around so the sun is on the other side) and I got half the inside cleaned (don't have to wait until the sun is on the other side).

We do go for our daily walks and particularly enjoy the flowers that are everywhere as a result of some rains a while back.  Mostly they are yellow - all the mesquite bushes are in full bloom as I had not seen before, and the ground is covered with clumps of pretty little yellow flowers.

  And we came across what we think is a small tarantula

plus a small area of some unusual caterpillars.  According to Google, they eventually become a tiger moth.

As we usual do in the desert, I hung a couple of hummingbird feeders.  While I haven't seen a lot of them, one of the feeders seemed to empty fairly quickly.  Well I did finally catch the "hummingbird" which actually was a Gila woodpecker - the rascal.

The other unusual bird is the Phainopepla which I had not seen before but other than the colour, it looks similar to cardinal but smaller.  It was difficult to get a good photo as they seem to be very skittish.

We went for a couple of drives - one to Organ Pipe National Monument.  There is a primitive campground in Alamo Canyon so we went to have a look at it.  We came across a rescue station, something that could easily save a life, but we have not  seen anything like that before.

This area is very beautiful with the heavy stands of cactus - mostly saguaro

As most of you have heard, the U.S. military have been installing concertina wire along the Mexican border.  We have seen military vehicles with spools of the wire heading south; however in the past couple of days, there have been a number of military vehicles heading north hauling heavy equipment.  We have not, and likely won't, take a drive to see what was built.

Until next week, I hope everyone have a terrific week!!