Red Team - Week 3 Tohono O'odham

The red team had quite the eventful week on the Tohono O'odham Nation. After a lovely morning in Ike's Coffee Shop and a lunch at In-N-Out, we made our way to the nation. We were fortunate enough to stay the entire week at the Sells Rec Center where the staff was friendly and the showers were hot. Even got to watch a movie on the Smart Screen! Saturday morning we had the pleasure of being locked into the rec center parking lot; the second time in my life I've been accidentally locked into somewhere. Tues morning we encountered our subplot from hell--velvet mesquite just taller than either of us (top row, 2nd from left). We're still picking thorns out of our skin. Thursday morning our slowly leaking tire finally gave up leading to a tire change on a Silverado in under 40 min. Not too shabby given that we hadn't even eaten breakfast yet.

We did see one of our first wildflowers, saw numerous burros, flushed some UDA's, and got to watch every border patrol agent that drove past our truck stop and look. It took all my will-power not to click the alarm to watch them freak out.

Thanks to Karen, the Sells Rec Staff, and all the residents that made us feel so welcomed!