Thursday, March 10
Sunny but windy, cleaned inside RV in the morning, getting to some spots that hadn't seen cleaning agents for quite a while! Inside the stove top fan assembly for instance.
I did do some Ural wiring cleanup to make it hopefully easier to remove the air filter box's cover. I checked the filter but it was fine. Finally, did some patching/sewing on my Duluth pants. I of course read another e-book. I'm perhaps averaging one every day or so.Windy conditions meant no riding done.
Friday, March 11
Friday, March 11
Spent the morning rigging an ignition bypass switch for Scarlett, my 2014 Ural Patrol. This so when the ignition key switch assembly finally fails me sometime down the road, I'll have a backup way to start the engine.
Windy day high of 66F but wind chill made it seem colder! The only riding done was a test ride with Scarlett to make sure the ignition bypass is secure and worked.
Saturday, March 12
Riding Yagi, my Yamaha TW200, I did a recce of the BLM camping areas to the south of Ajo, AZ after breakfast. Found the spot where I'd hoped to be camping on next open! Having gotten slightly bored with the scenery by Gate 9 of the Barry Goldwater AF Range, I returned to the campsite and broke camp. (The original plan had been to displace on Tuesday).
The rule I'd always followed was never displace during a Friday/Saturday as that's when the weekenders come out to camp; making it harder sometimes to find a good spot. Today I broke the rule after that recce, and snagged the spot I'd been wanting. I unloaded Scarlett from the trailer, then left her and the trailer in the spot I wanted to hold the spot.
I then doubled back into town to the Belly Acres RV Park to dump tanks and take on fresh drinking water. I even got propane while there even though I still had a bit under half a tank.
Gas has gone to $4.99 for the 87 Octane Unleaded! Yikes.
The new campsite is perhaps 2-300 feet from the dirt road that is Darby Wells Road. Darby Wells Road is the main access road to the BLM Dispersed camping areas to the south of Ajo and the Cabeza Prieta NWR.
The gentleman selling the propane mentioned that Spring Break for Arizona Schools starts this week, so I'm happy I managed to grab the spot I wanted.
The plan is to explore this area fully over the next 14 days, as I wait for things to warm up a bit more in southern Utah. I want it to be no lower than 40F at night, makes it so much easier to leave one's warm bed!
The plan is to explore this area fully over the next 14 days, as I wait for things to warm up a bit more in southern Utah. I want it to be no lower than 40F at night, makes it so much easier to leave one's warm bed!
6 comments:
The teddy bears are weird, maybe the same family returns every few months to deposit a new bear...? Trying to start a trend.
Maybe make a voodoo pentagram in front of each bear with a few special pebbles, red powder and a half burnt candle, that might scare them to stop leaving bears.
That's not a bad idea CCjon!
Here in the city, teddy bears, stuffed animals and candles are left when someone has been killed on a corner.
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Kofla, Yes I have seen that for myself in the city, hopefully that's not the case here. I am beginning to think one camper's kid forgot his or her teddy bear, The next camper came along saw it and propped it up so that returning camper could retrieve it. The original camper never did, others saw the bears, added another one and so on and so on.
Wow, those cacti are huge. Nothing you'd see in our neck of the woods. Well, given the effects of climate change, palm trees and citrus fruits are already in the make, so why not. Bring on the cacti!
Did you see the cacti in the Cacti Hunting post SonjaM?
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