We are spending some downtime here in Salome, letting Gorgie’s leg heal. She is feeling better every day and is walking more. She still has some pain but even that is going away.
They call this area (The McMullen Valley), The Arizona Outback. Arizona Outback There is some agriculture but mostly desert. The towns are all very small. We mailed a letter yesterday at the Post Office, the parking lot was full, and all the neighbors were standing around visiting with each other, you don’t see that very often.
Gorgie was getting motorhome fever, so we took a drive to see the sights. There is an Arizona State Park at Alamo Lake, it was a 40 mile (one way) drive, but it was worth it. The sad thing is that they are going to close it along with most of the other state parks on June 10th due to budget problems. Seems that the state of Arizona is almost bankrupt, very sad as it was a lovely and popular place, with a nice campground and reportedly excellent fishing.
On the way home we took a short detour (4 miles) on a dirt road to a place called Wayside they have a cafe, sell gas, propane to campers and 4 wheelers. We had a couple of pretty good hamburgers. We tried to take a different road back to the highway but only made it about a mile where we encountered a lot of loose sand and not wanting to get stuck we backtracked and returned on the same road we came in on. The desert is greening up now and maybe we will see some wildflowers and cactus blooms before we have to leave. It was a very nice drive and it got Gorgie out.
Today we were going to go to the Great Outback Chili Cook-off but it has been pouring all morning so even if it’s going on we are going to pass the mud and possible flooded roads, maybe next time.
Pam and Steve are passing through this area next week and are going to stop and spend a night with us. We are looking forward to seeing some faces from home. We have had a great time reconnecting with some folks we met last year and and this year but it will be nice to see “Old Friends”.
More Later,Rich
1 comment:
What a fabulous trip! I'm sorry to hear about Aunt Gloria's leg. Was she partying so hard that it gave out? Did she go base jumping? Knife fight with the locals?
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