Wednesday Dec 21, 2022 - Bisbee to Dead Horse Ranch State Park

 

It’s about 5 hours to Dead Horse so we were kind of leisurely putting everything together. Remember you can buy anything you forget. This will be about two weeks so it’s the first longish time out in Sally Ann. Seven days worth of socks and underwear, etc, empty the house fridge and put it in the van fridge (minus all that moldy stuff in the back). Passports (we hope to go to Mexico to see Jake and Nath), electronic thingies (chargers, cables), etc, etc. Pile it all up in the driveway and then pull the van up and heave it all in the side door. We put everything away in the van, nice and neat. Deb broke the handle off one of the antique water spigots so I turned the water main off (in case it is open, gotta fix that when I get back).

One more trip downtown to get the mail, drop off some books, stop at Dave’s to drop off some books and north on Rt 80. Detour (so some reason) west to Mustang Corners and north to I-80. The cruise control to a Jersey Mikes on the other side of Tucson for a sub lunch. More cruise control through Phoenix and then Rt 17 all the way north to Dead Horse Ranch. Once we left traffic in Phoenix we climbed to a high plateau. I never get sick of the mountains seemingly always on the horizon. We passed the pie place in Rock Springs and then over the divide and down into the Cottonwood basin where Dead Horse Ranch is. Deb reserved site 92 which she was told was the best. We will be here for three nights. Nice bathrooms with showers and a  place to wash dishes. Bought some fire wood ($8) from the campground host (Santa looking guy with a little dog, splits his time between here and Colorado). Tomorrow we figure out how to walk into Cottonwood (Santa says it’s 5 miles, Deb’s friend says it’s 1.5??). Grilled cheese and leftover

soup for supper. Nice and toasty tonight with the Wabasco heater.

Odometer this morning = 2411, tonight = 2738 = 327 miles today.

Day 12