Lazy days . . .
By Friday afternoon of this holiday weekend, the campsites are full.
Mostly the people come here to fish.
As the crew and I walk past people fishing, I ask, “Have you had any luck?” Everyone so far says no. I ask one man what he’s fishing for. “I don’t know,” he replies with a shrug. “I’m down here from Idaho. I just want to catch an Arizona fish.”
License plates show visitors from California, Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming.
Dale rides his bike into our camp for a visit each day.
The kickstand on his bike is bent. He has to place a rock at the end of the kickstand to keep the bike from falling over. He wishes out loud that he had a straight, metal rod with which to replace it.
I open up the back of the Perfect Tow Vehicle and rummage in my catch-all bin.
“Do you think this will work?” I ask, handing my find over to Dale.
He turns it over in his hand. “This is all-thread. That’s what ya’ call it — all-thread. It might work. It looks the right length. Now all I need is some wire to attach it to the kickstand.”
“Can’t help you with that,” I respond.
The next day Dale pedals into our camp and shows off his remodeled kickstand. He found some wire somewhere. One “kick” and the attached rod holds up his bike securely. We’re both amazed that I had the perfect item for his repair project.
Dale and I sit together watching the coots.
I hand him my Arizona Benchmark Atlas so he can plan the next leg of his journey. “I want to go east of Yuma,” he says.
“Gee, Dale. You’re looking at a long grade over a mountain. Maybe you’d better go around it.” He studies the map and formulates a detour on flatter terrain.
I express my concern to Dale about him riding his bike across the stretch of unpopulated desert east of Yuma. “Where will you get water?” I ask. “It’s pretty desolate out there.”
Regardless of my concern, Dale is determined to bike east.
He wants the challenge. Maybe he needs the challenge. I don’t press any further.
I do suggest he take a longer route away from the interstate, a route that will lead him through some small towns along the way. He plots his route with his finger on the map.
Dale is waiting for his medicine to arrive at the post office in Winterhaven. He’s accepted my offer to drive him over there on Monday to pick it up. It would take him several hours by bike, whereas we can zip over there in a jiffy in the PTV.
I finish the book sent to me by one of my readers. It’s called Dogtripping: 25 Rescues, 11 Volunteers, and 3 RVs on Our Canine Cross-Country Adventure by David Rosenfelt.
A couple lives with 25 rescued dogs in California and then they all travel in a Class C across the U.S. to their new home in Maine. An easy read and often humorous book. Thanks, Linda! I enjoyed it very much.
I have to stop now . . .
I need to toss the crew in the PTV and go get Dale. We’re going to explore the area around the lakes. I hope to take some great photos along the way!
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