Sunrise

 2/8- Organ Pipe National Monument 

   As I ranted the other day about desert sunsets this morning showed me that sunrises deserve mention. When I poked my head out the window the entire sky was a deep orange which slowly brightened. Some blue sky started to poke through and finally the sun tossed a few rays out and it deepened to a nice red. When it finally peeked over the mountain it lit up the clouds to beautiful yellow and then we got back to our normal day. Whew! All that was before I got out from under the covers. 

    There were actually clouds in the sky today and it was predicted to be partly cloudy!! The clouds never became real clouds but it was just sort of a haze over the sun all day. 

    We hiked up to the visitor center and listened to a talk on pack rats. Pack rats can be a real problem around here as they will climb under your vehicle and chew wires to bring them back to their nest. I had always wondered why folks have all these lights surrounding their rv’s and it’s mostly to keep critters from getting underneath. To this end also we open the hood on the camper along with everyone else here. According to the ranger none of these things will really matter much. She says it’s more a matter of luck than anything else. 

    We attended to lecture tonight on bats. Bats make up 20% of the mammals on earth. The talk was quite good and very informative. I have been really impressed with the staff here. They all seem to be really enjoying their jobs and are very helpful and knowledgeable.

    It’s probably time to move on tomorrow. I think we will try for Tucson and see if we can catch some of the Super Bowl. 

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