Moving South

 Didn't do to much more in Prescott!  Really.....just how many bars can one visit and drink in. It was a cool place and another town I could live in.  It's always the goal to find cool places to live if we ever decide to quit rolling.  I've probably said this already and will probably say it again.

We ditched the luxury of electricity and camped on some free government land (BLM). Not black lives matter (they do) but Bureau of Land Management. We drove around to a bunch of places you can camp for free.  I am sure these places are packed in the winter with hardy snowbirds, but today it was us and the cactus.  It was beautiful and different.  No shade trees and green grass or green vegetation, but still pretty!!  We only stayed here for one night and know that we will certainly utilize the free land that the government provides us with in the future.  It is the governments, so you just never know how long it will remain free.  Use it, before we lose it!!

Travel time is on hold.  This doesn't mean we won't have adventures so do all you FANS & FAMILY worry.  We pulled into Del Pueblo and settled in.  We do not have to start any work until the 20th so we will explore the area and find all the disc golf and grocery stores.  The park is kind of dead right now.  I guess all the snowbirds are enjoying the fall weather and pretty tree colors before they head down here.  There are 487 sites here and they will be full by January.  I guess this is a park people get on a waiting list to be in for the winter.  

I will take better pictures some time, but this is the emptiness next to us for now which is just peachy.  The spaces are nice and roomy, so we are not packed in like sardines!  We settled, did our laundry and figured out what we needed to.  Life is good as was the Mexican food we ate at this colorful restaurant. If only they made good margaritas!!  Oh well I am certain we will find them down here somewhere.

I hid under this tree while Dick disc golfed.  Man it is still blazing hot down here!  How do they survive the summer heat.  I will be so glad when it cools off.  The weather people say a cool down is coming. They consider 85 a cool temp!!  YIKES!  I may die of heat stroke!!  

SO..........Lettuce is a big thing down here.  They ever have a lettuce festival.  Doesn't that sound exciting.  I will let you know just how exciting after I figure out when it is and after we go.  I mean really....can you live in the lettuce capital of the country without going to a lettuce festival. I am sure it will be more interesting than I make it sound. Stay tuned!!  Anyhow this is how it is planted.  Each raised row has 3 rows of lettuce.  There are field upon field of this stuff. Kind of cool looking and interesting.  Maybe I will go on a tour or maybe just read up on it!!  I will let you all know when the festival is just in case you want to come on down an experience all the excitement.

We drove about an hour to the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge to see ZERO wildlife.  We believe that Arizona has no wildlife.  We have seen many a sign saying watch out for wildlife. Deer, antelope, donkeys, etc. Even a dead one on the side of the road would have made us happy.  Anyhow this wildlife refuge was said to have the largest herd of long horned sheep.  There were none but that was OK.  We had a grueling hike up the canyon and saw pretty all around.  We could have hiked a few more hours but Dick didn't brink his water and the hell if I was going to share mine.  I am not going to die in the wilderness from lack of water from sharing. My luck I would pass out and a herd of long horns would trot by and spit on me for not believing they existed!!

This is the palms in the canyon!

I know it doesn't look like we were up that high, but our truck is a tiny dot in one of these pictures and I was getting woozie from the thin air.  OK not really. I don't get woozie just boozie!😂😂

I took a half selfie for you to enjoy & look how good I am getting at foot selfies!!

Cactus, cactus, everywhere!

After the desert hike, we needed a rest so there wasn't much that happened.  We walked around a bunch at the resort and took a few pictures. This is life!

Lastly, we hit up the Goodwill and got a cool rug and a shirt!  Yea, that is exciting info. Heading to Mexico next week!  Stay tuned.  We might die at the WALL!!

  

More Wild, Wild West (a longer post than normal)

 Wide open spaces!  I will never cease to be amazed by how far the eye can see when we are driving around in the west. You can see for miles and miles.  Some of it is pretty and some not so much.  The land is dotted with abandoned houses & rusty crap all over the place.  Where did these people go, and can I just move in and renovate??? 

We headed out to a disc golf course 1st thing.  It is good to get out and walk around after driving.  This is a picture of me disc golfing. Ok it is really just shadow art!!

I know you probably think this is just a dead tree in the desert but it is so much more!!  It is a dead UGLY tree in the desert!! Where are my shade trees?  I still think it is kind of pretty!!

Back to the camper for some dinner and a small walk about!  This is our fine set up for cooking! We be tailgaters everywhere we go. Some pretty awesome food can come from this set up!!                                         

Headed a little more south to Bisbee, AZ to tour a mine and walk about this quirky, artsy fartsy little town.  We had an awesome mine tour.  I just can not imagine who would be crazy enough to go into a mine, blow holes in a wall when you are hundreds of feet underground, then figure out how to shovel it out and push it to the surface! It was actually pretty cool and I would recommend everyone do a tour like this if you get the chance.  You just never know how hard people really work until you enter a mine and get some edgeamacation.

This was the highlight of the tour.  Maybe not, but it sure was funny.  I guess when you gotta go there better be a place to!!  Actually, a rail car that is pushed out when full.  Nothing like shitting with a friend!!

We hit up a super dive bar after the tour with so much cool stuff on the walls that my eyeballs were bugging out.

 This could be our new home!!

I ditched Dick for the afternoon and went to town for diner on my own.  Had a great time a local saloon with live music and great food and drink.

Tomestone in a day!!  We woke up, ate our breakfast and headed to the OK Corral.  Took in the live show of some people killing each other and had a great time.  This town has much history, and it was super fun to look at all the old stuff.  Lots of old pictures and wild west stuff. Went to an old theatre/whorehouse/saloon as well and were fascinated with all the old stuff and history of this building.

I belong in a surry with the fringe on top!!

I would have had to stuff Dick in this small coffin🤣

We were taken back in time for sure!!  What a day!  Dead tired!

                  Onward ho!

Plane's, Plane's everywhere. What a cool museum!

Looking kinds small here!

Who the heck can memorize all these buttons. I would surely press the wrong one and die!!

On to more disc golf & beer at a pretty cool park in Fountain Hills AZ.  The brewery was one of the most entertaining I've ever been in. There was an in the brewery scavenger hunt that was awesome. Tons of spooky skull, potion, dead stuff all over and you had to find certain things. Bartenter would  quiz you before he gave you the prize. Some of the most excellent beer too!

Moved on to Scottsdale, AZ to visit for just the night with Dicks Aunt Karen & cousins Tom and Neil. Fun was had if even for a short time.

Cottonwood & Clarkdale AZ

We made it to our camp spot in Prescott, AZ and headed out up and down a mountain with so many twists and tight turns that I was glad we were not towing the trailer or I surely would have died. The disc golf was again uneventful for me. Just a dusty walk with a lot of dead stuff. One lone flower and what sounded like anaconda sized rattle snakes.  🐍 Around every corners I peaked awaiting certain death. Still alive cause I am writing this story of my life!

We went to a couple breweries and saw some pretty scenery then headed back to camp for our fancy dinner. Enjoy the pictures. Tomorrow we begin a new blog.

More wild west next week! Whiskey Row in Prescott & Arrival to Yuma! Del Pueblo...

WATCH OUT!!