Thursday, January 15, 2026

Still at Hot Well Dunes

Yesterday, Wednesday January 14

Pretty much a do nothing day, the highlight of which was a long soak in the hot tub nearest our campsite.

It was a little breezy as well, encouraging one to simply hang out in the gazebo.


Today, Thursday January 15

Another sunny day with temperatures in the low 60s but at least not as breezy.  After a relaxed morning and a hearty lunch, I went riding the local area with Yagi.

Some meandering on deep sand trails later , I found the small pond that I believe is created from the water pumped out of the well.  The water drains constantly from the hot tubs you see, and the water collects perhaps a mile downstream.

I found my way back to the main road and exited the rec area to get a picture the windmill nearby used to run a water pump back in the day.  

This is the windmill back in 2023:

2023

Today I found the windmill and tower gone.  The solar panel remains press powering the pump that is apparently sending water to a square cement structure nearby.  

Oh well.

I rode back into the rec area and meandered about the small bush-covered dunes parallel to the north side of the main access road.

Surprisingly, there were still at least 3 open campsites: 3,5 and 7.

I wandered over to near the base of the small cliffside area where the big dunes are located atop of.



Can you spot the metal cross I showed you in the last post?  Look along the top edge of the cliff....

Ok, here's a 10x zoom view of it:

Some more slow meandering and soon I was getting close to my campsite.  Only to find this numbskull schweinehund who'd decided to park his rig between two designated campsites!  Yep, less than 50ft away.

The F*ck Off flag was hung up immediately of course:

A sour note to end what had been a nice ride.  Oh well, schweinehund can't help being schweinehund I guess.

A big fifth wheel rig showed up later and parked seemingly nose to nose with the class C in campsite 14.  I assume they were friends.  It's getting crowded here.


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