Sunday, mostly R&R.
It reached 90° today, but the teens-level humidity made it bearable, especially with open windows and the vent fan running.
I'm going to Wickenburg on Monday morning since I'm almost out of everything. Most things I can do without, but I'll run out of water Monday, and that's one thing I can't do without. The thought of running out of water in the desert will motivate me to go shopping despite my procrastination and lack of ambition. The heat doesn't make running errands any more fun, but no water would make it worse—if not dangerous.
I think that I'm witnessing a mass migration of fellow RVers heading back north. Up until about two weeks ago, this Arizona trust land area had a whole lot of RVers, and there were great herds of their little off-road vehicles running all over the place. But last weekend, I noticed there were very few off-road vehicles of any kind driving around, and even though I'm boondocking about 100 feet from the main dirt road, I haven't seen or heard anyone go past me all day.
As someone who notices such things, I can only guess that it's either time for many RVers to head back north or that the recent heat wave has pushed folks to leave early. I suspected something was up a couple of weeks ago when I stayed at the rodeo arena campground. I paid $10 a night to boondock, and the place had lots of empty campsites—which is rare, since in the past I felt lucky to get a spot there because it's usually so crowded.
Colorado's weather may look nice now, but it is unpredictable this time of year. And because of that, I still plan to head back to Denver in mid-May, but Colorado has surprised me with snow in May before.
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This is what I'm talking about: a couple of weeks ago, this main area of the Arizona trust lands had fifteen or twenty RVs in it; now I count five… There's an RV hidden in the middle of the picture, and there's actually two RVs on the far left. This place literally went from full of RVs to almost nothing in about two weeks. Maybe folks want to be back up North by springtime, which happens next week.
The sun sets over another perfect day of boondocking.
The sun rises over what's expected to be yet another perfect day of boondocking.