April 1 - Ajo, AZ

It was nice to have a down time day.  I walked the nature trail this morning.  I didn't take Kirk as it is full of cholla cactus, needle grass, etc if you happen to stray from the trail and it has cottontail rabbits.

Early morning, RV park in the distance from nature trail.

Cholla blooming 

Met this little fellow along the trail.

We went to the Farmers Market and then grocery shopping.  Wow, forgot how expensive it is here but lots of choices and back in the land of products we missed from home.

Ajo Visitor Centre

Town Square

Artist's Alley

Map showing surface mine on lower left

High-grade native copper made Ajo the first copper mine in Arizona. The mine closed in the 1980's but huge tailings piles of multicoloured stone remain as well as huge hole.