POST #21-19 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! 

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 Wishing Everyone A Happy and Prosperous New Year!

2021 can't help to be a better year than 2020!

All the best from Mikey, Barbi, Bill And Ted!

Until Next Time!

 POST #21-18 

Deep Into The Outback  

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On Sunday, December 27^th, we left the Morenga Palms RV Park and headed north in to the Arizona Outback towards Alamo Lake State Park.  It was a short trip of 38 miles, with mostly cloudy skies and light winds…temps in the lower 60s.  We are there until Monday, January 4th.

A sped up video of that drive can be seen HERE.

We arrived and set up our camp at our favorite spot in the park.  We are way at the end of a peninsula....the view from our site is awesome!

Alamo Lake State Park is way out in the middle of the AZ outback...internet connection here is very poor, even with our WEBOOST. But using it we went from nothing to being able to work on and update publish this content!

WEBOOST Antenna

The peak in the photo below is Artillery Peak.  The whole area in the photo is the weathered remains of an ancient shield volcano.  The peak is what's left of the original lava conduit.  The contours of the original volcano are marked by the red lines.  Over the eons erosion by wind and rain has reduced it to what we see today.  The peak is the solidified "plug" of the lava conduit....Click the photo to enlarge... 

The area around artillery peak has vast resources of manganese, one of the largest deposits in the country.  Also found in this area are good deposits of uranium and also some gold.

We will be shooting some Drone videos here....Watch for them soon!

Until Next Time!

 

POST #21-17 

Pistachios! 

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We are leaving Morenga Palms RV Park tomorrow to head deeper into the Arizona Outback!

While driving around we saw huge fields of trees....

They are Pistachio Orchards!  Arizona hosts about 4,500 acres of pistachio trees, mostly grown in this part of the state.  As a tree, pistachios are hardy but take a lot of attention. Pistachio trees are alternate bearing, meaning they have strong production one year and little the next.  There was nothing on the trees, but it was easy to figure what they were by nuts found on the ground...

Anyway we head out in the morning...Destination Alamo Lake State Park...about 38 miles north of the tiny town of Wenden which  we are staying about 2 miles west of.  That state park is WAAYY out there!

Until Next Time!

POST #21-16

Christmas At Morenga Palms! 

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Today is Christmas Eve!  We are here at Morenga Palms RV Park form the Christmas week.  

The owners and guests are super nice and welcoming!  A lot of the guests here are from Montana…Billings, Thompson Falls, Livingston, Gardiner and more.  Parked right next to us are Jim and Marijane from Billings.  Just so happens Jim is a cousin to one of Barbi’s best friends back home.  Jim seems to know everyone I know, like my brother-in law Frank and a lot of other guys I know!  His sister and brother-in-law are also here, 2 spots down, also friends of Barbi.  The owner just retired from the Army, and also served on the USS Kitty Hawk in the Navy.  He has been deployed 4 times to Iraq and Afghanistan. Most recently he was one of the drivers of the BEAST, the limo for President Trump!  Very cool! 

Everyone here at the park gathers around the fire pit at dusk for fun, food and drink...

We all looked at the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn on the evening of the 21^st.....This short video shows how it looked from here…   

Most folks put up Christmas decorations around their camp…this was us! 

And our Christmas tree inside!   

Some of the folks went out in the desert and picked up expired Century Plants (a type of Agave) and put lights on them...

It’s been quite chilly in the morning…low 30s most days, but warms up nicely later on.  Great mornings to sleep in and cuddle!  

We will be here at Morenga Palms until the 27^th, when we move on to Alamo Lake State Park, AZ... 

Until Next Time!

 

POST #21-15

Heading Into the Arizona Outback 

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On December 19th we got up and started packing up at Lake Pleasant Regional Park.  We only had 4 days here, but the weather was nice...about 10 to 15 degrees warmer than our last stop in Dead Horse Ranch State Park.  Our time here was spent riding our bikes around the area with the Boys in tow in their little trailer.  And enjoying our pet Roadrunner! 

The roadrunner generally ranges in size from 22 to 24 in from tail to beak. The average weight is about 8–15 oz.  The roadrunner is a large, slender, black-brown and white-streaked ground bird with a distinctive head crest. It has long legs, strong feet, and an oversized dark bill. The tail is broad with white tips on the three outer tail feathers. Roadrunners are members of the cuckoo family. The roadrunner can run at speeds of up to 20 mph and prefers sprinting to flying. The roadrunner has a slow and descending dove-like "coo". It also makes a rapid, vocalized clattering sound with its beak.  Their calls can be heard HERE.  Our little buddy was so trusting she would eat from our hands...

Every time we came outside she would wander over for a handout!  A bit of hamburger would keep her happy!  We were sad to leave her, but we will be back on January 4th...

So we packed up and headed out for our next stop at Wenden, in the Arizona Outback.  It was a short trip of about 80 miles...

The weather was sunny, about 65 with light winds...a sped up video of the drive can be seen HERE.  Wenden is in the The Arizona Outback (McMullen Valley) which encompasses the vast Hwy 60 corridor that lies between the Harcuvar and Harquahala Mountain Ranges, traveling west  from Wickenburg through McMullen Valley across to the Kofas, and on to Ehrenberg, AZ on the Colorado River.  The area is rich in history, gold mines, agriculture, cowboys and cattle drives, old miners and new enterprises. Vast open lands, mild winters, and the irresistible desert vistas make the area a favorite spot for winter snowbirds and off-road enthusiasts.  A lot of hobby gold  mining goes on here still to this day.

Our final destination in the Wenden area is Morenga Palms RV Park.  We have stayed here before, the owners and other campers are very nice and welcoming!  We plan to stay here through Christmas week..8 days... we got our camp set up and enjoyed a great AZ Sunset!

Watch for more on this area!

Until Next Time!