On the way to our next park, we took a side trip to Chiracahua National Monument where the Chiracahua Apache lived. There are some awesome rock formations. We took the mountain drive heeding the warning that vehicles over 29 feet were not allowed. Luckily, we are only 26! It started raining, thundering and lightning just as we got to the top. I went out with an umbrella until Denny mentioned that being on top of a mountain with an umbrella when there is lightning, isn't very bright. We waited a while, even ate lunch, but no clearing. We did manage a few pictures between down-bursts.

View at the top

This was called sea captain. Not sure why, I don't see him.

"Organ pipes", now this name makes sense!

It's nice and warm here in southern Arizona. We have been at Kartchner Caverns State Park. Who knew there were caves in Arizona? Not me! So, we went on a cave tour. We have been in many caves in the past and they were always cool. This one, however, was almost 80 and humid. Maybe because it was not underground, but in the side of a mountain, We had to take a tram up to it. No pictures though as cameras were not allowed. They had a lot of rules, including how to roll or fold your jacket when you got inside, in order to avoid leaving lint in the caverns!
We did hike up the " Foothills Trail". I'm not sure why it was called foothills since it zig-zagged up the side of the mountain! It was rated as moderately rugged but there was an option to go to the top of the mountain for a view. We took the option, thereby taking the moderate out of the rating.😊
While at this park, Denny took his 1000th photo. Aren't you glad I don't post all of them!

See the trail?

View from the top. Double click to enlarge and you can see the semi out on the road.

The Yuccas here were huge. That's some flower stem! Maybe 25 feet, considering that I am only 5'2" ish!

But, best of all, we got to meet up briefly with an old college friend, Larry Selig. We were so busy catching up, we forgot to take a picture. But, it would have been all smiles and laughter.😍😍😍