Ajo. Jan. 23rd - 27th. 9 to 18 deg. Windy and sunny.

 All the fuel savings we had coming down the I5 we lost on I8 from Yuma to Gilla Bend. The truck had to down shift a couple of times,to keep us at 58 mph. Other than that, the trip was fine, lots and lots of desert. 


We found a nice spot just off of Darby Wells rd. outside Ajo and set up camp. It was a bit windy when we got here but the next day was beautiful. Very little wind and sunny and warm. I did a little maintenance around the trailer, then sat in the sun and read. It starts to get chilly when the sun goes down, around six pm. 

The view out our window.

I took a walk around and took these photos.



This is what a dead cactus looks like.
The largest Cholla I have seen, it is just behind us.
A Barrel Cactus just after a bloom.
There were at least eight Quail feeding around the trailer this morning, unfortunately, I did not get a good photo of them, so you will have to take my word for it.

Yesterday, the 26th. it blew all day and we just sat in the trailer and read. Good thing we like to read.

Today it has calmed down although we just had 6 drops of rain on the skylight. We will go and do some exploring shortly.



 


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