Sunset Photography Hike in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

[@bosse641]

Nice area.

[@johnlandry362]

Spectacular!

[@hillbillyadventures6557]

Fantastic!

[@henryblosser]

Beautiful!

[@patriciaburke2401]

Amazing photography. The golden hours are so special. Wonderful colors! Thanks for sharing.

[@LadyMarie880]

This place blows your mind it is so different so beautiful you can't stop looking. And before you can take the pictures you want the sun is gone/or the cloud has come in. LOL Beautiful shots. thanks for sharing til next time Bye Bye

[@frederickoning191]

Amazing scenery! What a contrast to British Columbia. Arizona has a unique and powerful beauty---- majestic. Very doable hikes. Great hike!

[@gopugmama4408]

Truly beautiful scenery & lovely pictures! My husband loves desert type landscape. Happy Trails from your Oregon friends!

[@mikegahm9706]

Nice. Thanks

[@jimmybean5291]

Your new camera is just amazing it's almost 3-D like.....

[@Johnnycbtx]

Ray, that would be Puerto Peñasco, Mexico....another nice video!

[@herb7877]

Nice images at the end & use of your intervalometer .

[@jameschristie4596]

After watching this video...oh how I want to be back on the Scenic Loop. Enjoy Ray.

[@NOWvodTV]

That next day sunset was awesome. Hope to capture a few of those soon. Nice video! I think I saw a Pack Rat run by your truck!

[@weschilton]

It’s been foul cold weather here in LA with many days of pouring rain. I am SO jealous of you right now. That is a perfect evening in the beautiful southwestern desert!

[@LoveYourRV]

We got some rain last night and into today, guess the tail end of the storm

[@mssixty3426]

Wow, great capture of the pink color in the sunset clouds! My cell phone pics show the orange and yellow, but fails to capture the pinks and purples.

[@georgemcelroy9441]

Amazing ray, wow awesome sunset pictures, the colors are magnificent, this is why i have lived here 47 years

[@javajunkie9748]

Love the scenery! I was so impressed by you wildlife and fauna knowledge. Thank you for taking us along!

[@snubbedpeer]

"In residential areas, cactus wrens are notorious for getting into mischief. Being curious birds, it is not uncommon for them to be found flying about out-of-place in automobiles or homes where a window has been left open." So keep the screen door closed and the doors and windows of the truck too, LOL.

[@LoveYourRV]

I saw one hanging out in the wheel well of my truck the other day. They like to perch and nest inside Cholla cactus, amazing how they can avoid the needles.

[@snubbedpeer]

@@LoveYourRV Apparently they do that on purpose, the needles protect them from other animals.

[@rickeygreen7019]

👍🏾

[@greggallen6283]

My wife and I are curious about snakes when you are out and about hiking. Do you see any and do you carry a first aid kit? My wife is terrified of them and she said she would not hike out there. Love your videos!

[@LoveYourRV]

Generally, it's too cold for them when I'm down here in the winter time, so not a big concern. Here is more about dangerous critters down here I addressed in a previous video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5nVqpd5oax4h9U Cheers! Ray

[@joycemarino9800]

Gorgeous scenery and fantastic photography. We will be visiting there soon!

[@carmas54]

You should consider getting a set of family radios so you can reach Ann when you guys go different ways

[@LoveYourRV]

We have 2-way radios and separate cell phones, but this time we were literally within shouting distance. ;)

[@carmas54]

@@LoveYourRV well I know how close the two of you are...sounds good

[@johnebakeriii]

BRAVO, Ray!! Spectacular shots!!

[@mikemysicka7717]

What a wonderful vid! I will spend my next winter in the desert southwest for sure.

[@Walt1119]

Really pretty Ray! Thanks so much for sharing with us!!! W.

[@katherinclayton4344]

love this area, nice shots.

[@kamloopscruiser874]

Love your videos and photos. Your travels let us see that part of the USA that we probably never visit.

[@56chevy11]

Love your videos....

[@snailspace3938]

Thx so much Ray for sharing your walk, it was just like being there. Beautiful photos

[@LoveYourRV]

You're welcome. :)

[@chrislonsberry4571]

Great photography! Makes me feel warm as I sit here in the North one day post Polar Vortex.

[@marilynnarnold811]

Cactus picture with the road and mountain was great

[@CattVanDo]

Really nice editing with the photos! Thank you for sharing :)

[@jerrydaminato743]

Looking at coming that way in about 3-4 weeks. Wow some amazing shots.

[@cyndifoore7743]

With all the rain the desert 🌵 has turned so green. You got some great shots Ray, really nice. I can’t wait to get out there, maybe I’ll be a shutter bug again. Ooooh, that sunset was the grand finale!

[@jimmybean5291]

Awesome video thank you

[@irdiverdan]

Congratulations to Twin Peaks Campground in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Ajo, AZ for winning Best National Park Campground for the 2nd year in a row! See the other National Park Service Campgrounds that won a 2018 Campers Choice Award: www.campendium.com/camping/campers-choice-awards-2018/best-national-park-camping-2018/ Nice video and pics Ray!!!

[@LoveYourRV]

Awesome!

[@johnmaggs769]

This is the second year for us in southern AZ /CA. We visited family in San Felipe in the Baja. We were told the desert is blooming with the recent rains the best in many years. From Yuma to San Felipe it was spectacular.

[@perfectlylonely]

3:30 Thanks for the 360* view. Nice images, you have a great traveling instructor 😁

[@sgtevmckay]

The desert has it's own beauty to be sure. Missing the lower desert lands

[@im2crafty]

Please excuse the question , since Anne and you take different trails - what happens in an emergency ?

[@LoveYourRV]

Yell for help, we weren't very far from each other or the campground. :)

[@Paul-ul3iu]

Ray, great video. I'll be heading there soon myself, although probably boondocking. Any concerns about running into undocumented folks coming across the border?

[@LoveYourRV]

Not much of a concern from my experience and talking to a few others that have visited for many years. Not saying it doesn't go on but the area is heavily patrolled by border patrol agents and National park rangers. There is a large border patrol station in the area www.cbp.gov/border-security/along-us-borders/border-patrol-sectors/tucson-sector-arizona/ajo-station and two checkpoints on highway 85. Cheers, Ray

[@Paul-ul3iu]

@@LoveYourRV Thanks very much...appreciate the input!

[@darnel322]

Beautiful! I especially liked the shot at 16:25 of several types of cactus in the foreground and the "purple mountain's majesty" in the background, and the awesome sunset time lapse you captured the next night. Keep up the great work...

[@LoveYourRV]

Thanks. :)

[@timf6916]

Nice area, nice walk

[@suzyq3746]

My kind of outing. It's all in the eye. Keep on clicking

[@johnpurdum8126]

Very beautiful area that you are in. Sunsets in AZ are the best!

[@rodkrischke9154]

What was the large animal moving from left to right at about 4:10 of the video. Did you see it while you were filming.

[@LoveYourRV]

Yes, that's the roadway, it was a car

[@PhotoAlbert]

Nice video and photos Ray! I've never really been a landscape photographer but I suspect as we travel more, I'll get more into it. So I was wondering what kind of tripod you (or Anne) use. The tripod I have is much to heavy to be lugging around on a hike. I'll need something that's lighter to carry along. Thanks!

[@LoveYourRV]

Thanks, Anne uses a Gitzo Tripod with a Really Right Stuff Ball Head and L-Bracket. Pricey stuff but really light and well made. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWqyhqeol6d7pMk I usually do handhold but often borrow her Joby Gorilla Pod - kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJasq2Cjm9uei9k

[@firemarshal17]

Those choyas are nasty!

[@davidcrumpler5714]

Did I miss something? I haven’t seen Angie in any of the videos lately. Please tell me she’s OK.

[@LoveYourRV]

She has left us, a few months back - www.loveyourrv.com/a-great-beagle-life-memorial-to-angie/

[@davidcrumpler5714]

What an awesome tribute. So sorry for your loss.

[@katherinclayton4344]

need to ask, ever walk up on a snake out there? what did you do? if yes.

[@LoveYourRV]

Never have, generally it's too cold for them when I'm down here in the winter time, so not a big concern. Here is more about dangerous critters down here I addressed in a previous video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5nVqpd5oax4h9U

[@JH-zf8ff]

Love your pics. Have you run to any more rodents? When we lived there we put moth balls in and around things. Packed openings with steel wool and put 20 mule team borax around the edges.

[@LoveYourRV]

No, thankfully as far as I can tell they have left us alone. :)

[@brighton_dude]

Very enjoyable video. I wonder if you ever take your RV to Mexico?

[@LoveYourRV]

No, we haven't yet, still not bored of the US. One of these days we probably will.

[@mrdean7206]

Are you boondocking at this campground ?

[@LoveYourRV]

Not quite boondocking, it's an organized campground, even has concrete pads and picnic tables, but it is dry camping if that's what you mean, no hookups. There are water fill spigots around and an RV dump station plus bathrooms and I think solar powered showers. Cheers, Ray

[@mrdean7206]

What is the price per night. Thank you, love you videos.

[@LoveYourRV]

$20 a night. 1/2 price $10 per night for people with the Federal Lands Seniors access pass.

[@arkansastraveler7698]

Since they don't take reservations, how hard is it to get in there ?

[@LoveYourRV]

They do take reservations now during peak season from January to March. www.nps.gov/orpi/planyourvisit/twin-peaks.htm Not hard, 2 1/2 hours drive from downtown Phoenix mostly on a decent 2 lane 55 MPH highway - goo.gl/maps/4uV1NCiYHdH2