It was a busy day…

 

Our Location:

Saddle Mountain BLM, Tonopah, Az

(Yesterday's post)

We woke this morning to odd sounds. Construction sounds, those are new here. Sure enough a look out the door and we could see and hear all the busy noises of starting a new project, back up beepers, squeaks, bangs, shouts, you know the sounds. Of course add to that all of the big equipment that comes with road work and just how are we going to squeeze our 35 +feet past all of that stuff. We strolled out to chat with a fella and was of course assured they wouldn’t block us in. 

Stepping around the front of the Igloo at our new location and looking back toward the mountains.

Back home we decided to continue on our plan for the day. Our time is officially up tomorrow but a few things hinge on a few other things, so we wanted to get the ball rolling and at least knock off a few items we feel are necessary. First chore was to do laundry, for this we headed off to Buckeye and the Desert Laundry  at 705 Monroe Street. We have used it in the past, it’s very clean, fair in price and close to groceries.  It cost us $34.00 to do four very large loads of laundry. I think it is slowly dying and won’t be around much longer. About half of the washers and two thirds of the dryers are out of service. Sad but it is what it is. It’s still very clean, the same attendant is still very friendly and helpful.

 

The sun is setting and it's very bright over there.

Some groceries at Wally’s and back home we went. We noticed the construction signs laying down so that means the fellas are done for the day. Good, we will try to weave our way out of the maze. We hooked up the Igloo and headed toward the street. Weaving and ducking, bopping and dodging we wound our way out to Salome Hwy, hung a right and went about 3 miles to Saddle Mountain Vista Ranch to dump our tanks. For $20.00 we are empty. A chat with Angela, who originally hails from Jim & Barb’s (Jim and Barb's Rv Adventure ) fine state of South Dakota, had us learning more about the fly issue and I wonder if something about the dead cattle as well. 

 

I never tire of that view, that mountain changes only by the minute.

Hickmens is the local chicken grower, been here about seven years now, the fly problem started out here in the BLM land about 4 years ago when they leased land from the BLM Bureau and now spread the waste here. (According to Angela ). The dead cattle on the road side have been hit by vehicles, that’s pretty obvious but nothing is cleaning them up, no birds, coyotes, not even flies or insects seem to be around them. They are slow decomposing in the sun and some have been here for a while, a couple of months at least. I don’t think we will be back to this area in the future or we will be finding a much different location to use.

Out my window. I could get used to that view.

We came down to Mile Marker 13, hung a left and managed to snag a decent spot for a few days until Doug & Yuma show up with the White Lion and get their nerves settled and things in order. That should be tomorrow and in a few days time we will be pulling up the stakes and letting the wheels roll westward once again to Q. Or at least that is the plan at this point.

The sun is setting in the west and casting shadows and highlights everywhere.

A chat with my sister and her fella last night had us all laughing. Happy Birthday Rick (sister’s fella). You don’t look your age, for certain. We don’t what age you are but you don’t look it. Glad you had a good day.

I like it. 

Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoyed your visit.

Not a bad way to watch the sun go down.

Until next time…

Take care, be safe,

Deb

A few more photos from my hike....

Our Location: Saddle Mountain BLM, Tonopah, AZ

 

 

After a bit of wiggling and jiggling I've been able to get my cord to work again tonight. I should have a new one by Wednesday morning. If all goes well. The nice fella at Saddle Mountain Ranch has graciously allowed me to have my package sent there at no charge for the use of his address. 

 

 

 I crossed this wash while on my hike.

 Some campers way down over there.

Always interesting to see where folks park. 

 

 

Today Riley and I headed into Buckeye for a few things. A stop at the TA for trash disposal, Lowe's to check on a couple of items, we bought one and decided to wait on the other. A stop at Walmart had us dropping a great many of our hard earned dollars for a number of items. Today is the second visit to this Walmart and the second time my debit card hasn't worked there. They need new machines. It's worked everywhere else this winter except this store. 

 

 

 I am not sure what that is, we cannot see any water from the roads but it could be an irrigation pond way off the road.  

 Those folks are all camped off Courthouse Road.

 

 

Back home we put everything away and will be doing a bit of work in the future with the items we picked up today. However the rest of the day was  restful. Very few flies around us, and we are happy about that. The door, windows and vents open most of the day to catch the little breeze that was helping to cool off the heat. Mid 70's today in the heat of the afternoon. Close to the 50F mark in the mornings now. 

 

 

The photos today are still from my short hike up the edge of Saddle Mountain a few days ago. Only my zoom lens, so I don't have many panoramic views.  

 

 

 It is much steeper and longer than it looks. I walked up and down this area.

 The White Lion, Vaughn  and the Igloo way off in the distance.

 I went a bit higher than this point.

 

 

Chatted with my dad today, he called to say the snow has stopped and it was a nice sunny day, not warm but sunny. Supposed to warm up tomorrow with more snow on the way. Winter in Northern Ontario, isn't it just wonderful? Chatted also with daughter Courtney for a while. Left messages on a couple of other machines as well. 

 

We have had a bit of a change of plans and will be staying in the area for another week before we head off. We are slowly figuring out our route home and with certain dates in mind we are working out our route to allow us to plod along at a nice leisurely pace.

It doesn't look it but on top of that rock is where I stood, it's quite large in size. I took most of the higher up photos from that spot. Even the one above it which shows the saguaro that I mentioned climbing higher than.

 

 

On that note, I'm going to say goodnight. Hope all is well with everyone out there in blog land. Thanks for stopping by. 

 Pretty, isn't it? 

That is the area I climbed, to the top of that slope. 

 

 

Until next time.... take care, be safe, 

Deb

Easy moving day...

Our Location: Saddle Mountain BLM, Tonopah, AZ

 

We awoke this morning to dead calm, no wind of any kind. The sky was filled with fog/haze and the sun was hard to see for a while. We pulled out of our spot and headed for AZ at 7:45 AM.

 

 

 

 Very hazy over the KOFA Mountains this morning.

 

We met Doug & Yuma of Miss Adventure Travels at the rest area on I 10 East between Quartzsite and Tonopah. From there they followed us to our current location. It's one we've stayed in before and have enjoyed. 

 

 

 This guy was floating slowly over the Saddle Mountain area this morning as we were setting up on our home dirt as George would say. 

 

The wind has been steadily increasing all day and as I write this post we have the big slide pulled in and are going to keep it in as the winds are supposed to continue overnight and into tomorrow. 

 

 What a difference colour makes.

  

I have a few plans for tomorrow but I'll fill you in on those tomorrow or at least whenever my next post will be. Before settling in here we travelled to Saddle Mountain Vista Ranch where we dumped and took on some water, also emptied some garbage. It is about 5 or 6 miles from our location and convenient. 

 

 

This guy is still standing and I thought he was finished last year when we were here. 

 

 

A bit of a gathering this afternoon at the Igloo, as it blocked some of the wind but after an hour or so Doug & Yuma went home and Riley & I came inside. The temps are frosty here, only 56F/13.3 C but with the wind it doesn't feel very warm.  Not getting any warmer either, brrr.

 The mountains out behind and to the right of the Igloo. Can you see the face?

Can you see it now?

 

I called dad to tell him we  made it, but instead told his answering machine. He'll be happy now, we have full bars on the phone. 

 

 

 Miss Adventure, Doug, Yuma and the little Silver Jeep, just across the courtyard from us.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you all had a wonderful day. 

 

Until next time.. take care, be safe, 

 

Deb