Organ Pipe Cactus is giving tours to a historic pond in the monument. It is right along the border so we were escorted by law enforcement and they were with us for safety at Quitobaquito. It is an spring oasis in this desert. A town was here and someone farmed the surrounding land after building a pond to irrigate crops of figs and corn. Now it is in a closed area right next to the border fence. It has interesting history.
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| Is this the desert? |
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| The surrounding landscape is like this. |
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| The Ranger is explaining to us about the history of the pond. |
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