For remote car camps, Cochise Stronghold, and Palm Canyon in the KOFA wildlife refuge, Southern AZ.
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Deacon Patrick <lamontg...@mac.com> wrote: > Exactly, Andy. It's that human-created adventure (most often bureaucracy > created) that can leave me recovering for several days. I'd much rather > feel well enough to ride or run. Trouble is, it's like avoiding gopher > holes at a gallop. Sardonic grin. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > > On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 1:55:03 PM UTC-7, ascpgh wrote: >> >> Very true about the set-up of the camping area. >> >> On a return from my friend's family's cabin outside of Creede, CO we had >> a run in with the bad. We had to clean up and get things back to the "easy >> in" status for the next visit, as we enjoyed when we pulled in from an 18 >> hour drive at the beginning of the summer. We got on the road at three PM >> and by six knew we'd be worthless to drive any farther and pulled into the >> Cimarron Canyon State Park Campground to lay up for the night to start our >> drive well-rested. >> >> Once we had camp set up and were cooking the last of our food for dinner >> a ranger informed us the campsites were for day use only and we'd have to >> go to the "other" camping area to stay over night. No tolerance for our >> cooking meal, I had to dump it before his eyes as my friend broke down the >> tent, wadding it, sleeping bags, and pads into the back of the Trooper for >> our drive to the designated camping area which turned out to be amongst a >> bunch of parked-for-the-season coaches from Texas (nouveau fly fishing >> lodges) that all seemed to have generators running for AC and TV. Having >> spent the summer in a cabin, in a valley that incurs into and is surrounded >> on three sides by the Weminuche Wilderness Area, we were audibly unable to >> stay for the inability to sleep there. Knowing that ahead of time we would >> have just overnighted there by the cabin at Spar City and started when we >> woke, well-rested. >> >> Longest night of driving I have ever spent. Short shifts at the wheel >> exchanged whenever we could find someplace lit up selling coffee and gas. >> >> Andy Cheatham >> Pittsburgh >> >> On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 12:56:08 PM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: >>> >>> Great suggestion, Liesl. Saguaro, Joshua Tree, Mojeve, Death Valley, and >>> Channel Islands are on our list. Depending not he NP set up at the >>> campgrounds, they can be very quiet or obnoxiously loud. The trick is >>> discerning which it is before I get screwed up and need two days to >>> recover. Sardonic grin. >>> >>> With abandon, >>> Patrick >>> >>> On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 10:24:55 AM UTC-7, Liesl wrote: >>>> >>>> Joshua Tree is really a spectacular place and the weather should be >>>> warm enough at night (I think). If you can haul water, the campground >>>> without facilities is quiet in my experience. Mostly rock climbers. It is >>>> a place that is good for the soul. I camped there twice when I lived in >>>> SF; once in November for Thanksgiving. Friends had a 1 year old and it >>>> worked for a few days. Ranks tops on the list of memorable thanksgivings. >>>> Night lows then were low 30's, maybe high 20's. Check it out. >>>> >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Bill Gibson Tempe, Arizona, USA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
