Anyone at Organ Pipe lately?

[johnhicks]

I'm currently in Ajo and there's no rumblings in town about any trouble with immigrants. There are rumblings about people who can't get to work, business difficulty etc.

 

[MN Blue Skies]

I'm currently in Ajo and there's no rumblings in town about any trouble with immigrants. There are rumblings about people who can't get to work, business difficulty etc.

So glad to hear. DH and I really like that area and hopefully we'll get back there some day.

John where are you staying? If you're in Ajo you should check out the Elks Lodge. I don't think you have to be a member.

 

[Tom_M]

I'm at Gunsight Wash a BLM campsite which is two miles south of Why. I've been here for two weeks and have had no problems. It's very peaceful here especially since they closed the Lukeville border crossing.

 

[Lou Schneider]

So glad to hear. DH and I really like that area and hopefully we'll get back there some day.

John where are you staying? If you're in Ajo you should check out the Elks Lodge. I don't think you have to be a member.

If so, they are the exception. Every Elks lodge I've been to only offers camping to Elks. Has to do with insurance and zoning, providing a service to members vs. operating a campground open to the general public.

 

[johnhicks]

We're at Ajo Heights RVP for the winter, first time here.

 

[DonTom]

'm at Gunsight Wash a BLM campsite which is two miles south of Why. I've been here for two weeks and have had no problems. It's very peaceful here especially since they closed the Lukeville border crossing.

Glad to hear. I want to check that place out for the first time. I will probably be there in January some time. I have been to OPCNM many times, but I never checked out Gunsight Wash.

-Don- Reno, NV

 

[UTTransplant]

I am not quite sure what you intended to show with that map. The red dots are where people have died. All it really shows is how very dangerous is the route these people take.

 

[Mountain high]

Oh, that's bad. I removed my post. Thanks

 

[Lou Schneider]

The shutdown of the Lukeville border crossing has turned the tourist town of Rocky Point (Puerto Penasco) into a virtual ghost town. Story on the effect to Rocky Point businesses is in the second video under this link.

'Ghost town': Rocky Point feeling tourism loss after Lukeville Port of Entry closure

 

[Ray-IN]

We're at Ajo Heights RVP for the winter, first time here.

I liked to hang around in the sunken garden, quiet and peaceful and often some shade. Is the plaza in Ajo still open?

 

[johnhicks]

Yes, still open. Overall business in Ajo and Why is down about 50 percent.

 

[Tulecreeper]

Yes, still open. Overall business in Ajo and Why is down about 50 percent.

That is because they are REE-MOTE.

 

[MN Blue Skies]

That is because they are REE-MOTE.

???

 

[Tulecreeper]

???

Business in Ajo and Why is down 50% because they are...REMOTE. Get it? REE-MOTE...emphasis.

 

[Ray-IN]

???

Remote as in, the address is_ 14th and Plum. fourteen miles plum out in the country. I see they do have a WalMart now. When we were there the only shopping was in the plaza

 

[johnhicks]

Between having Walmart and Amazon shipped to here in a day or two and Olsens IGA/Ace Hardware across the street, there's no reason to go to Walmart. I'm definitely enjoying that.

 

[DonTom]

Olsens IGA/Ace Hardware across the street,

I was surprised how large Olsen's Marketplace is. IMO, they had a better selection than most Wal*Marts. They even had the AA and AAA lith batteries I was looking for that I couldn't fine at any Wal*Mart during that trip.

That was a while back, but here is my electric motorcycle charging in their parking lot, still shown as the last photo taken for a check-in on April 26, 2023. I rode it there from OPCNM. Ajo has several places to charge up. But all AC, ~7KW,. But no DC fast charging--Yet.

-Don- Auburn, CA

 

[Tulecreeper]

Remote as in, the address is_ 14th and Plum. fourteen miles plum out in the country. I see they do have a WalMart now. When we were there the only shopping was in the plaza

I'm fairly certain there is no Walmart in Why or Ajo, or anywhere within 50 miles.

 

[johnhicks]

There is no Walmart in Why or Ajo. The closest is in Buckeye.

Olsens and NAPA have a very surprising amount of RV supplies and parts.

 

[Wasillaguy]

I heard it was the youngsters that named the town Why.
All the old folks wanted to call it "Because I Said So, That's Why"