We pulled into this park and after 5 days of dry camping, the first thing we had to do was dump our tanks. Our gray and black tanks were full.
We're at the Buckhorn Family Campground at Usery Mountain Regional Park. This is a very nice park, we have reservations for two nights. I had to book ahead of time. I've learned that parks in Southern Arizona is very busy this time of the year. Sites are $30 per night, if you make reservations online, there is an $8 fee. The sites here have water and electric hookups and a separate dump station. Our site #53 is on the inner circle and is really nice but the best sights is on the outside of the circle.We finally can watch TV....we didn't realize how much we missed it.
Today is kind of rainy and cold so no hiking today. It cleared up a little in the late afternoon so we took a short walk around the campground.
Feb 28
This was a very lazy day. Was raining all night and this morning still rainy and dark. Flash flood warning for Maricopa County flashed all day. Later in the afternoon, it cleared up so we went for a walk around the campground and walked the Buckhorn Campground Nature Trail.
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| Cactus flower |
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| Saguaro Cactus |
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| Funny looking cactus |
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| Sunset at Usery Mountain Regional Park |
Mar 01 Usery Mountain - McDowell Mountain Regional Park 35 miles 1hr
Before leaving Usery, we went on a short hike. The last two days have been rainy so was nice to see sunshine this morning.
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| Early morning hike |
Then off to our next stop.....McDowell Mountain Regional Park is northeast of Scottsdale in the lower Verde Basin. This 21,099 acre Sonoran Desert park is one of Maricopa County's largest. Elevation ranges from 1,550 to 3,100 feet.
We have a really nice site. It's electric and water with a separate dump station. $30 per night and again, I had to make reservations ahead of time and could only get two nights.
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| Lunch was really good |
After we settled at our camp site, we drove into town, Fountain Hills. It's very nice here, wide open bike paths all over, nice shopping areas...just very clean.
We had lunch at Senor Taco. Excellent food here and very reasonable. Our lunch was very, very good. They have restaurants all over Arizona.
We went food shopping at Basha's and bought our first lottery ticket. I'm so lucky Joe is so handy. He replaced our porch light this afternoon. That's part of owning an RV...things always breaking down.
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| Mr Fix It |
Mar 02
Last night was pretty cold, got our electric blankets and portable heater going. I got up around 5am to use the bathroom and it was 41 degrees outside. At 7am it was 47.
We went on a three mile hike this morning. When we started it was still pretty cold but it warmed up real fast.
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| Pretty cactus flowers |
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| Dinner was pork chops & stuffed jalapeno with bacon |
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