POST #21-20 

Hiding Out In The AZ Outback!  

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We have been here at Alamo Lake State Park since December 27^th.  In has been chilly here (for Arizona!) and breezy.  When the sun dips behind the horizon it cools off quickly!  But the sunsets have been spectacular!

We have been driving around exploring the area, checked out some other campgrounds here in the Park…This shot is from Loop “E”, a no hookup loop, but closer to the lake…Artillery Peak is closer here too… 

We made a drive to the Wayside Oasis, a Bar/Grill and RV Park, a few miles further into the outback via a rough dirt road.  

It is quite a busy place, it’s the ONLY place for about 45 miles to get some food and/or a beer.  There is no utilities there, but they run a big diesel power plant from 8AM to 10 PM to power the RV park.  There is even a runway for small planes and some are always parked there.  A short sped-up video of the drive there can be seen HERE. 

We have been riding our E-Bikes all around here, with the Boys (Bill & Ted) being towed behind in their little trailer.

 

They Love It!  They get to go see the Coots by the lake, and were able to get a close up view of some Wild Burros!  The Zebra stripes on these guys is interesting! 

After a long ride and exploring, Bill and Ted are ready to relax!

We have been doing some work on the RV while we are here at Alamo.  One project by choice, the other we didn’t have a choice…Just before we left Morenga Palms RV Park near Wenden, the door latch of the RV broke.  Couldn’t unlock the door from the outside, so we climbed in through the door in the cab.  Couldn’t unlock it from the inside either.  We had to take the inside plate of the latch off and drill and grind out the outside part enough to work the bolt back and get the door open.

So then the only way to lock it was with the deadbolt.  Getting that open, researching and ordering another door latch from Amazon was about a 3 hour project.  $226 later, the new latch arrived Wednesday and we installed it on Thursday.  Took a bit of cutting and fabrication to get it working but it’s done!  Don’t need a key to get in anymore!  Its great!  

The other project, by choice was installing Buffalo Nickel tacks on all of the doors and drawers in the front area of the RV...Did that project on a chilly morning that had a low of 33 degrees!

Took a couple hours and $60 worth of tacks!  But we think it adds a lot to the rustic look.

Tomorrow we leave here and move back to Lake Pleasant Regional Park, with a stop at Wickenburg to do laundry.  

It’s about a 115 mile drive and the weather should be great!

By the way, we have a bunch of movies saved on thumb drives so we can watch when we feel like a movie and there's no internet.  We were watching the 1969 movie "Easy Rider" .  We noticed a part was filmed in Sunset Crater National Monument, where we were just a few weeks ago.  

If you go back to (Click or Tap>>>)  Post#21-10 – Exploring The Volcanic Field, I put a clip from that movie of Wyatt and Billy riding their Harleys in the monument…gives you a better view of the area than our photos!  Besides it's cool!

Anyway we will check in when we get settled at Lake Pleasant for our 7 day stay.

Until Next Time!