Lone cactus

This is a Buckhorn Cholla cactus that is in the area I hiked in yesterday.  It is mostly all scrub trees and scrub brush.  I located one other other cactus in the area so far.  Either they cleared them or this is just a area of scrub.  I hiked for 1.75 hours and covered almost 5 miles.  It just keeps going and going, must be terrific on a horse.  It's good to be on the dirt  instead of rocks or cement but gosh my knees sure wanted a break!

I had a Buckhorn along my garage wall when I moved in.  It would have over 200 flower blooms in the spring.  I kept it for several years but the darned thing was eating me alive everytime I walked by it and I finally had it taken out.

The extra is of the same cactus on the side where you can see an old, very deep birds nest of some kind.