Now, if this is Saturday, it must be 4 days from payday and 2 days from a new government! Good riddance to the old.
When last updated, we were in Tombstone. Since then, we have done some re-stocking in Benson, got a new fridge roof vent cover in Tucson to replace one that had fought with some low tree branches somewhere along the line. Surprisingly cheap and easy to replace. Then we headed west through even more desert - that's about all they have down here - to a little place called Why, AZ, where I have camped before on the BLM land. Like last year, the host couple are from a northern state called Alberta. Visited a ranger friend in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument - right on the Mexican border, and learned what some of their challenges are - some pretty wild stuff. More when I get home.
I knew from past experience that cycling in this area could be hazardous to bike tires, but that didn't stop me from riding 7km out into the desert, then carrying my bike all the way back. This was done at dusk, and I was able to spot a number of smuggler trails and crossings to make life more interesting.
Back in camp I met a couple from Banff, and found out that an ex-neighbor from Lake Louise had been there over Christmas! Big country, small world.
Sitting in downtown Ajo, just up the road from Why, headed for Gila Bend and then will try to locate some cousins in Yuma. And buy some new tubes for the bike!
Hope you aren't all freezing in the dark, but there is green grass around the palm trees here!
Some 'old' pics of Harley checking out the historic court house in Tombstone, and a shot of the street. Others of a hardship camping spot near Why