Full Circle - Almost Home

We drove from Chloride, Arizona which is about 18 miles north west of Kingman to the Escapee's North Ranch RV Park in Congress near Wickenburg yesterday.  No problems - or should I say no problems with the RV, Buddy - different story.  He's just too darn smart.  Knew exactly that it was travel day - he hunkered up inside my drawer, fought Dave when we had to get him out, got the medicine into his mouth which he promptly threw up all over the carpet.  Ugh.  But we were hoping enough got down his throat so we did not attempt to try to put another dose in him.  Just took in the slides, secured everything and off we drove, praying that when we got to the next stop I would not find a horrific mess on the floor as well as on him.  Oh - and the night before we left Chloride - dozens of coyotes were screaming their heads off.  Neighbor RVer said they came right by his site and stayed put.

Bye Chloride

Helter skelter mountains

Wide open nothingness

Dave drove Route 93 south, the future Interstate 11, all the way into Wickenburg then turned up north for 8 miles to North Ranch once we got into Congress.  We did not stop,  just drove on for 183 miles.  We could have driven all the way to Picacho but we wanted a couple of days to clean out the RV and package up stuff so our move into the winter home is quick.  And being members of Escapees, the stay here is very inexpensive.

Saguaros - we are definitely back in Arizona

And Joshua Trees

Lots of Joshua Trees

Got into North Ranch by noon and it was 91 and climbing.  By 5pm the inside temperature was 95 and the outside 94.  I hate this warm weather but we need to get acclimated to the heat.  Buddy - also hates the heat and he sleeps in the shower - I think the coolness of the ceramic is soothing.  And guess what?  No accidents or doo-doos.  Can't figure him out.  And - it was 6 months ago exactly to the day that we were here at North Ranch on our way out this past April.  Wow.

We arrived, North Ranch - Escapees

For the next couple of days it will be in the mid to high 90s, then by Sunday starting to get more manageable and be in the mid 80s.  In Picacho it is the same temps so we are dragging our feet.  This summer's trip was amazing.  All told we put 5,150 miles on the RV; 5,150 miles pulling the car and the car having another 3000 miles or more of us just tooling around.  Saw some awesome things and the weather could not have been better.  Only 2 days of rain and those days did not keep us inside.  No breakdowns on the RV, did have 2 little fixings that had to be done and those will be more modified this winter.

This will be the last post of the summer. If we do something or go somewhere new, will post to the blog and alert that an update is available.  What are our plans for next summer?  We are thinking of heading straight up into Montana and then into Alberta/British Columbia.  Tentative.  Banff and Jasper National Parks are calling our names.  We'll see.