We’re in the desert but it doesn’t look like what one would
expect for a desert. According to
Wikipedia, the Sonoran Desert is a North American desert which covers large
parts of the Southwestern United States in Arizona and California, and of
Northwestern Mexico in Sonora, Baja California and Baja California Sur. It is
one of the largest and hottest deserts in North America, with an area of
311,000 square kilometers (120,000 sq miles).
In this area there are vast areas of Greasewood shrubs (Creosote bush)
and Palo Verde and Mesquite trees as far as I can see with their differing and
changing shades of green. There are even
a few Saguaro Cactus within our viewscape.
With the welcome heavy showers we had overnight, the green should
continue for a while. We’re basking
under sunny skies today and the solar is fully charging the batteries. Yesterday’s relentless wind has gone and so
far we just have a light breeze today.
We arrived in the Bouse area just before dark Tuesday and
grabbed the first spot we came to. Unfortunately,
the internet was not very good in the whole area where we like to be so we moved
over to the two week free camping area at about two mile on the Plomosa
Road. We hadn’t planned on coming over
here for a few more days but the internet was too frustrating to endure. It’s amazing how we’ve come to rely on the
internet on a daily basis in such a short time.
Even with the Wilson Trucker Antenna we couldn’t get very reliable
service on the other side of the hills while here we are getting great internet
just with the booster and little antenna.
We had a bit of excitement on the drive over. Just as we were coming by Casa Grande on I-8,
a tan Chevy Tahoe came screaming down an on ramp just ahead of me. Not far behind was a police Tahoe in hot
pursuit followed by at least five more marked and unmarked police
vehicles. Suddenly a ways in front of us
there was a lot of dust billowing up. It
appeared the bad guys cut across a tilled field expecting to go cross country
to elude the police. They didn’t get far
as I could see their Tahoe hung up on a rise which I think was an irrigation
ditch. It looked like their front wheels
were hanging in the air but they might have ripped the front axle off too.
I’m looking forward to getting back to some geocaching while
we’re in this area. I noticed on the
computer that well over one hundred new caches have been placed close by so I won’t
have to go as far as I thought. Jim is
getting well hooked on geocaching as well.
Jacquie and Jim arrived this
afternoon. It seems they managed to get
to deal with a title office up in Mesa yesterday and got the paperwork signed
and the money is in trust so they can allow the new owner to take possession of
the lot. If the title office in Florence knew what they were doing, they could have told Jacquie and Jim they could get their passports certified down here at an IRS office rather than having to send them back to Canada. When we get around to selling our property some
time down the road, I think we’ll avoid those turkeys in Florence. They seemed so great when we were buying.
The first two photos are sunset
The following ones are all sunrise
It was a little different seeing the fog after last night's rain
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