Month: January 2022

Thursday, January 20

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SIERRA VISTA, AZ.

Day 101 – The low last night was 36 degrees. Today the high was 59 degrees. It was partly cloudy. The campground is clean, safe, and offers full hook-ups. It’s a bit noisy at times: highway traffic noise, barking dogs, and kids riding around the camping loop on their bikes, yelling – kids don’t go to school anymore? But, considering how many people camp and live here, it’s really not bad. Tomorrow we drive to a campground a little below Tuscon, a HUGE city. We’ll probably be begging for an opportunity to come back here after that!

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Monday, January 17

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TRAVEL DAY

From: Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area, McNeal, AZ.

To: Turquoise Valley Golf & RV Park, Naco, AZ.

Day 98 – Last night we made a loaf of bread. When it was done, it looked like a very large cookie. We forgot the yeast. So, this morning as soon as we got up, Rob started another loaf of bread. This meant we’d be sticking around the campsite until the bread was finished before leaving for our next destination. We hung around, did some trip planning, and finally departed at 11:25 a.m. It was 56 degrees and mostly cloudy with no wind.

31 miles (0:50) 53326-53357
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Sunday, January 16

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EXPLORING THE AREA, DAY 2.

Day 97 – We woke up early this morning before the sun was up, freezing cold. The RV’s propane was empty (we knew it was low but we’d thought it would last all night). It was 47 degrees inside the RV and 23 degrees outside. Rob went outside and using the moon as light, hooked up one of the small, portable propane tanks. Luckily, we’d awakened before the pipes froze. Rob climbed, freezing cold, back into bed. Gracie and Luna joined us under the covers. When we got up, the RV had still not come up to temperature, but was well on its way. After their breakfast, three of the girls cuddled up together on the dashboard, trying to get what little sunlight was coming in at that time. Luna was squeezed on the bottom of the heap by the bulk of Java; Gracie warmed her paws under both of them.

Getting warm! Luna, Java and Gracie
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Friday, January 14

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TRAVEL DAY

From: Sunny Flat Campground, Portal, AZ.

To: Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area, McNeal, AZ.

Day 95 – It was 32 degrees this morning, rather than in the 20’s, and it was warming up rapidly because we had sunlight earlier in our campsite. Hmm….do we really want to leave now that it’s getting warmer? Unfortunately, yes, because it’s Friday of a holiday weekend and we have no reservations anywhere (no phone or internet signal; how do you make a reservation?). There’s supposed to be bad weather here tomorrow. We need to find another place to stay, at least for Friday and Saturday nights.

157 miles (3:05) 53169-53326
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Tuesday, January 11

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TRAVEL DAY

From: Rusty’s RV Ranch, Rodeo, NM.

To: Sunny Flat Campground, Portal, AZ.

Day 92 – As of this morning, we’ve been traveling on this trip for 3 months. Today we drove just a few miles from Rusty’s in NM, crossed the border into Arizona and entered the Coronado National Forest, and drove several more miles to our campground. As expected we had no internet and no cell phone signal anywhere in the area where we were camping.

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