Friday, January 19 (continued)
The crew and I arrive at our new camp!
I’ve camped with my crew at Painted Rock Petroglyph Campground in the past and found it to be a handy and inexpensive camp when crossing Arizona.
Painted Rock is located west of Gila Bend.
To get to it, one leaves Interstate-8 at exit 102 and drives fifteen miles on a two-lane, paved road. You go past the huge Solana Solar Array.
The road is a roller-coaster of dips across washes until it goes over a crest. A valley and the campground come into view.
With the Senior Discount Pass the camping fee is only $4 a night.
I’m not fussy about choosing a campsite or how I position the Best Little Trailer. Usually I’m very particular!
I find a site away from the generator people. I pull in where the ground is level and where shade will fall on the BLT’s door and refrigerator side.
We’re only going to stay here for a day or two.
I put down the blue mat but don’t stake it. I figure the lounger and the boys’ big pillow should hold it in place if we don’t get strong wind.
Reggie and Roger deserve a walk!
They both were very patient travelers today. Oh, are they happy to have paws on the ground again!
We follow a gravel road going away from the campground.
A wash provides an interesting detour.
Besides a few saguaros, this part of the Southwest has plants I didn’t see in the area around Blythe, California. I don’t know what that thorny, silver plant is in the photo (above).
Mesquite trees grow well here.
Thick, tall grasses border the wash. The vegetation in general looks greener and more — I don’t know the perfect word — robust?
“Let’s go home now and have supper.”
The timing of this walk is around the time they go over to Skeeter’s. I’m thankful that the new environment keeps their minds off what (and who) was left behind.
Saturday, January 20
Reg, Rog, and I wake to a cold, dark morning! Immediately I fire up the Wave 3 heater.
First potty run of the day reveals a heavy overcast, hanging low, so low that there appears to be fog on nearby hills.
“Dang! It’s cold!”
By the time we’ve had our breakfast and I’ve gone online to check the blog and the news, I decide what we will do.
I don’t feel like driving in this kind of morning. The cloud cover will probably burn off by noon. I’m not going to wait until then and leave late. I’d rather wait until tomorrow, give Reg and Rog a break from the PTV.
Rather than our typical, long walk, the crew and I make quick, shorter ones several times throughout the day.
As expected, the sky brightens with each passing hour.
What I didn’t expect is the wind! I gather up the mat and the big, blue pillow, tossing both into the back of the PTV before they are blown across the campground.
Reggie and Roger are content to stay inside, once the cold wind has whipped around them. They play on the bed and take short dog-naps (as opposed to cat-naps). This gives me time to work on this blog and to reply to comments.
The last photo of the day . . . .
One of the many things I love about the Southwest:
You don’t have to wait long for the return of sunshine and blue skies!
rvsue
NOTE: To read and see more about Painted Rock and the petroglyphs, click on the Archives in the sidebar and go to the posts of January 2015.
Here’s a link to one of my memories of Painted Rock: “Doin’ the wash.” Warning: Lots of pics, including a photo of Bridget leading me home. — Sue
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