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I've been here many times over 17 years. It's kind of funny because when I saw both The Eiger Sanction and On Her Majesty's Secret Service as a kid, this area was pretty much make believe to me. It was like it was Disneyland, but it wasn't a real place.

Further, my original motivation for coming here really had very little to do with the movies, other than minor footnotes about the geography. I thought "well, maybe I should go there, it looks cool and find out if any of it is actually real". When I got here the first time, I was blown away. I was like "holy shit, not only is it real, but there is so much more here that the movies DIDN'T show".

I've been here enough times now to where I know the ropes and know my way around very well. Even with all the other tourists, I feel very comfortable and laid back here. But, that's because I know how to avoid them to a great extent. The general rule is that you stay away from this entire area between our Memorial Day and our Labor Day. It's packed/overflowing and really isn't a pleasant vacation destination, other than the scenery. I suppose nothing unusual about any of that.
I motorcycled the Alps and Dolomites in 2016... What an utterly incredible place. Pictures don't do it justice. Driving in a car don't do it justice. But on a bike... what a place!

The same is true of the Rockies. Recent trip I went back and forth across the Continental Divide 8 times on passes from Southern Colorado into Montana and Idaho and Washington. Flying over it... driving through it... nothing compares to actually being 'in it!' Love my mountains!

Cheers,

Sirhr
 
Your wife must have found a small variety that I have never seen before. The prickly pears I know grow around 1.5m - 3m high. Some of the leaves are large enough to hide behind.
Well, it could also be that they are just locally misnamed, I guess. 🤔 We're 600 miles north of the US border here....so not really cactus country. 😉