Uraling in the Saguaro NP and now Boondocking near Catalina, AZ

Wednesday, January 22

We Ural'ed our way to the Saguaro National Park's Visitor Center on the west side of Tucson.  The NP also has an eastern portion which we didn't go to.  We figured, either side had thousands of Saguaro Cacti.

Martha got her NP sticker and stamp.   Then we did a slow cruise via Ural of a dirt road loop, admiring the many Saguaro cacti and enjoying the very small amount of tourist traffic.

We called these "the squabbling couple"

Nice park, lots of hiking trails apparently but not much else in terms of motor vehicle touring.

We then attempted to check out the Desert Museum but it's co-located with a Zoo apparently and I was to cheap to pay the $30/person entrance fee.

Returned to the campsite and rested the afternoon away.

Thursday, January 23

It was past time for us to depart the Snyder Hill BLM area today.  More and more tent campers with associated sketchy looking individuals had started gathering nearby.  It was like the sight of tents attracted more tent campers.

Martha reported the latest batch had one relieving himself right by his camper.  Classy.

Luckily, displacing had been part of the plan, as we were tired of the noise and crowds of South Tucson and this particular BLM area.

We motored north out of the city via US 77 and found a nice spot in AZ State Trust Land west of Catalina, AZ in the Oro Valley.

I think we saw like three other campers in the area as we drove slowly in before finally picking up a nice spot: