I spent last night in a fairly good Motel in Ajo, and the previous two nights in Organ Pipe National Monument Campground.

I have now been in the Ajo, AZ area about 20 days, and am not as favorably impressed as I was earlier. It is pretty remote, maybe too remote:
• My cell phone only works on Analog, which takes more power and for battery life the Motorola T727 is downright pathetic. (I should update my cellular phone page. I would not recommend Motorola over Nokia.)
• There is a real problem with illegal immigration across the border. I think it is likely to get worse. I see a lot of Border Patrol activity. Much more than I saw last year.
• I don't know if the problem is related to the above Mexican Immigration problem or not; but there is a lot of trash along the roads around here. So much so that I think it will discourage tourists, which I believe is the only source of income. Driving along highway 85 south out of Ajo in the morning the roadside just sparkles with broken glass for as far as one can throw a bottle. I have never seen worse.
• There is no mining, manufacturing or farming around here. The only business is serving the people here, but that in and of itself cannot sustain a community.

I plan on staying for another week or so at the BLM camp just south of Why, AZ. And then will probably head east toward Tucson, AZ.