The end of the trip took us on one more journey along state highway 86 which was established in 1967 and was oringally the road used as the main access between Tucson and New Mexico. It was also a huge indian throughfare (part of the Tohono O'odham Indian Nation).
The scenery was very rustic Arizona and we encountered the Kitt Peak National Observatory. We didn't get to stop, but this place sounds cool with over 22 optical telescopes and two radio telescopes as well as three major night operating telescopes! This route also led us through a town called Ajo (blink and you miss it...but we liked the mural on the wall)!
We are not sure, but we believe that this saguaro was welcoming us to the park!
The road through the Saguaro National Park was beautiful
Trying to fit in and become one of the locals!
Kitt Peak National Observatory sitting atop of the mountain, just off Highway 86
Saying good bye to the Saguaro National Park
This was a mural at the gas station in Ajo. Not much there, but it was on the way back to Gila Bend.
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