A week has come and gone at ORPI. R and I have been busy learning the “ins and outs” of our new “home”. It takes a while to get comfortable at a new location. There are 11 sites that are provided for volunteers. While the roadway is gravel each trailer pad and adjacent patio is concrete so parking is flat and sturdy. All of the RV spots are spaced far apart and have full hook-ups. The day we arrived it was 63 degrees but the next day the temperature started to drop. By the same time the next day, the temp was in the forties with the night dropping to around 25 which is unheard of in this area. It will take a couple of months to see just how the cacti in this area were damaged. This is the northern-most range of the Organ Pipe and Senita Cactus so they are not used to such low temperatures.
Our work days are Sat, Sun, Mon and Tuesday. The park wants 32 hours of volunteer work for the RV space. The thirty two hours can be split between married couples. So R and I will probably be splitting our workdays in the future.
Both of us worked on our presentations today. There are two types of presentations here at the park. Short ones last fifteen minutes and are used for ranger talks that occur at the visitor center at various times thorough the day. Longer presentations last 40 minutes and are done at the evening programs that are given at the campground amphitheater nightly. So my short presentation compares the Desert Tortoise to a perfect RV. R’s short presentation explains how the Saguaro Cactus is adapted to living in a hot dry environment.
Next week will be interesting as we give our first presentations.
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