Today we first drove around the nearby Ajo Mountain Drive. It’s about 34 km, mostly gravel and rough in places, and we averaged 15 km/hr; also did a couple of miles of hiking along the way.
We did a 1.2 mile hike up a narrow rocky path called Arch canyon, but stopped at the sign “steep rocky climb ahead”. We thought it was already a steep rocky climb!
We had a lunch at a nice picnic area at Estes Canyon, joined by an Abert Towhee, who thought he should share our lunch. See it on the bench across from Cathie?
By the time we got back out to the main road, we were quite happy to be off the bumpy gravel drive. Then we headed up to Ajo for some groceries, and a rotisserie chicken for supper. We didn't stock up on the way here, since we didn't know if we'd be able to stay at all, or for how long. We'll be registering for a couple more nights tomorrow.
Our van has been getting some interest and nice complements. The units here tend to be in the class B to small Class A size range, with some fairy large 5th-wheels but few of the usual behemoths.
It's a real symphony of generators at breakfast and supper times. Even though we are in the generator-free section, it's like being in the peeing-free section in a swimming pool. The noise does get a bit diluted by the time it gets to us.
We met a couple from Washington State that are proud owners of a year-old Road Trek Zion model, one of the new Chrysler-based Hymer models. We were able to tell them that our son-in-law (Clare) was responsible for almost anything in the van that is formed from plastic, and there is a lot. Luckily they love their Zion! And they told us that before we mentioned Clare.
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