Heard but not seen. ~ 2 comments
I got to my new home in Ajo, Arizona, about lunchtime. Since I left around 8 a.m., that was a long drive for me. But that included a stop to fill up a propane tank, shopping at Walmart for groceries, and stopping at a McDonald's for lunch. But the driving tired me out, so I took the day off and didn't do much of anything except relax.
When I got to Ajo and the old rodeo grounds where I'm boondocking, three times I heard jet fighters fly over. And neither of those times could I see anything in the sky...And that's what I was afraid of. If I couldn't see them, how did I know they were jet fighters? It's the sound they make. Military jets are very, very loud. And when they kick in their afterburners for a few seconds, it shakes the ground even though they are so far away I can't see them……Did you know that commercial jets have mufflers on them so they're relatively quiet?
Now the humidity and temperatures weren't right for the planes to produce a contrail yesterday. But when they do, that's another way to tell they are military jets because even though I can't see the airplane, the Contrail loops all over the sky when they're doing whatever they do at the bombing range.
So it appears that I was hearing the F-35s from the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, and if that's the case, there will be no pictures of the planes. Because everything they do will be so high that they are out of sight, and I will have to find something else to take pictures of while I'm in Ajo.
Theboondork
The sunrise creeps up on the desert slowly and almost imperceptibly.
Desert boondocking roads can lead somewhere, or nowhere, depending on where you want to go.
But mostly, desert boondocking roads lead to peace and quiet and loneliness only the desert can give.