sand. This is a very pretty area, the sand is white, as are the granite mountains, and the vegetation is quite lush. This is a saguaro and ocotillo country. We got to the Tule Well by 4:00 pm and started to prepare our Thanksgiving dinner. Needless to say, we had a lot of food, and it all was delicious. After the meal we all went for a night hike. The Tule Well is a designated campsite. There are tables, windmill pumping water, you can even take a shower. There is also a nice one room cabin where you can escape the elements. It is pointed out that it is not permitted to build wood campfires. Charcoal is permitted. Friday we were going to drive to Tinajas Altas, and camp the night there. On the way there, we decided to bay the Cabeza Prieta Peak. It is 2559 ft, a gain of about 1200. However, you have to walk five plus miles each way. The peak is attractive, white granite at the bottom, capped with a dark volcanic rock. Just as the name indicates, Dark Head. The hike was very pleasant, and the view was grand. We could see the Sea of Cortez, and the Pinacate Peaks. As you might expect:, Gordon Mcleod had beat us to it, we found his register on the summit. Quite a few people have climbed it. The hike did take quite a bit of time, and we still had to drive 20 miles over a rough road to Tinajas Altas. We had about an hour of sunlight left. I should point out that there are only two roads open to the public: one going east and west, and the other north and south. All other roads are closed. Tinaias Altas is the name of a mountain range, Just before you get to Yuma. The name means: High Tanks. That is precisely what is located in the range, many natural storage tanks along a waterfall coming down the mountain. These tanks were the objective of many travelers traveling on the Camino Del Diablo on their way to California gold mines. The main reason the road was named the Devil's Highway is the sparsity of water. By the time the travelers got to Tinajas Altas, they have been long out of water, and at their last ounce of strength. There used to be about 50 graves near the tanks, until the vandals destroyed them 20-30 years ago. We had fun climbing on the water fall and seeing these tanks. Many of them had quite a bit of water in. Our next stop was Papago Well, some 60 miles east. we crossed areas that were pretty barren and fit the name of Camino Del Diablo, but other areas were lush with vegetation and even grass as in a meadow. At Papago Well there were tables and the windmill with a water tank. Next morning, Sunday, the party split up. Some of us went to climb Papago Mountain while others wanted to get an earlier start home. Papago Mountain is about 2160 ft, gain 1100, distance 2 miles each way. It is a nice, pleasant peak. Again Gordon McLeod beat us to it, but his party of two were the only ones that had signed in the last six years. We exited the refuge through Organ Pipe National Monument. The

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