Chiracauhua National Monument, Arizona

This was our main destination today before we drove on to Tucson.  We crossed the continental divide outside on Deming as we were drivin on the the part of I-10 called the Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway.  The formations above are the result of 4000 feet of ash from a vocanic eruption that compacted and is now still eroding from wind and rain.  The name is from the occupation by the Chiracauhua Apache who lived here in the 1800's until Geronimo agreed to stop fighting.   A family who settled here and ran a guest ranch taking their guests up the canyon by horseback was instrumental in getting the National Monument designaton.  We are now in Tucson and planning tomorrow's outing to Kitt Peak and  the western side of Sagurao National Park.  I think I will be calling this trip "Rocks and Cactus".   I did see yellow wildflowers along the interstate today.  Hopefully there will be more blooming as we drive around.  We are in the Sonoran desert and left the Chihuahuan desert when we left New Mexico.   A desert is a desert.