Sunday Jan 29, 2023 - Bisbee to Organ Pipe National Monument

 
Packing up for our group of 5 of us is harder than for just the two of us. Deb has been communicating with Deb N and Carmen about who is bringing what. We use three 27 gallon tubs (Home Depot). One has all of the van stuff (tire jack, leveling blocks, etc), one has camping stuff (propane bottle (5 gal), stove, tablecloth, etc.) and the third is provisions (food & cooking stuff). The provision box lives in the house as we stage everything we want to take. So for the last week we have been adding (and subtracting) stuff to and from the provision box. We will be out for 4 nights with 5 people so quite a bit of food.

We drove the pretty way through Sonoita but stopped at Target in Sierra Vista to get some groceries and some new plastic glasses (the glass ones break), along with a game of Farkel, that we learned while with Erick and  Hannah in the Bahamas.

Traffic was light on I-10 and we turned off on good old exit 263, then Ajo Way with a stop at La Estrella bakery to get some empanadas for the gang and a javelina cookie for Carman. Subway for lunch.

Organ Pipe is a couple of hours down RT 85 and then 86, so we arrived about 3pm, found our spot (152), pulled the table, camp box, chairs, etc. out of the van and set up our outside stuff.

We did a quick walk around the campground and it is packed compared to when we were here last October. The rest of the gang arrived an hour or so later and we were just walking past the entrance when they arrived.

We have three sites next to each other so this is going to be fun. It was kind of windy so there was no outside fire tonight.

Deb and Dave have a good sized camper, so we all piled in there for Deb N’s delicious home made chili and cornbread for dinner. This is a fun gang!

Odometer at Bisbee = 4272, Organ Pipe = 4515, Day 25