Friday, and we are at Patagonia Lake State Park

We've been getting some great weather the past week with highs in the low seventies. It's been sunny and great for hiking and sightseeing. The lake here is in a valley surrounded by low mountains and is a favorite area for birders since there is a big migration of birds that come into and out of the states to Mexico. They see parrots here at times and a wide variety of tropical birds seen very few places in the United States.
Patagonia (the town), is a  small artsy craftsy village with a lot of character and a few conveniences for us within a short drive of the park. We are here for a week and plan to join in on a couple of the ranger led activities that they have daily.

At Organ Pipe Cactus Campground we were within a short hike of the Mexico border. Signs along the trails warned of impending doom. We had no problems.

This was our visit to Lukeville. We expected a town, but all we found was this border crossing into Mexico. Other campers told us about Rocky Point in Mexico. It is and hour south of Lukeville, and is a favorite resort area on the Sea of Cortez, northeast side of the Baja peninsula. We might go there another year.

A last look at the mountains at OrganPipe.

This is it!

Main street in town

It's all about the birding here. With lots of species of birds in a confined area of the desert.

Northern Shovelers in Lake Patagonia

A view of the lake

We walked the trails through grazing cattle.