Now Boondocking in the Barry M. Goldwater AF Gunnery Range

 Wednesday, November 15

We drove over to the border town of Algodones, Mexico to see what there was to see.

Crossing over was no big deal.  Once across and away from the border zone, we were basically continually accosted by men and women trying to get us in their offers for dental or eye glass work, buy leather or metal crafts, decorative pottery, etc!

photo by Martha

photo by Martha

photo by Martha

Both Martha and I felt unsettled, not unsafe, but unsettled by this environment and elected to flee back across the border, back to our car.  Total time from parking the car, entering Mexico and returning to car?  30 minutes.

We'd basically decided, as we drove back to camp, to displace to the Gila Bend, AZ area one day early.  After all, things were getting crowded at our spot as you can see below:

I know, we're only halfway kidding as to the crowding.

So we packed up and left California once again, making it to the campsite 20 miles south of Gila Bend, AZ by 1:00 PM or so.  The weather was overcast but warm.

Thursday, November 16

An overcast day with a high of only 75°F (23.8°C) but warm enough mostly.  There were even brief periods where one could see and feel the sun through the clouds.

It was a planned "relax" day so Martha did her cross-stitching and I went for a few miles of dirt riding with Yagi, my TW200.

Our campsite

Top Hat Mountain

Hopefully, the weather forecast for tomorrow is correct and we'll have just partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures.