Dead Horse Ranch State Park- Cottonwood, Arizona

It has been a full two weeks since we've been on the road, but it feels like a lifetime. For all my blog buddies, I'm going to show you Dead Horse Ranch State Park in Cottonwood, Arizona. As I've mentioned, this would be a perfect place to visit in the Winter or Spring when you're in the South!! The picture above is a very appealing, but a tad short, back in RV site. There are many sites with water and electric for $19 a night. There are three different loops for water and electric sites. The lower loop has more mature trees and the upper two loops are more open. Cottonwood makes a perfect base to explore the nearby mining town of Jerome, the Verde Canyon Railway in Clarkdale, and the red rock famous Sedona.
The pond is a fishing hot spot and is stocked with trout and catfish. A nice trail circles the pond. There is an extensive trail system at the state park for equestrians, hiking and mountain biking.
Cabins are a new addition to the park and are set in a loop by themselves, nicely shaded by the native trees. Dead Horse State Park sits right next to the Verde River Greenway for a respite from the high desert.
The monsoons roll through the area until about mid-September. Monsoon storms can cause flash flooding in one area and not leave a drop of rain on the other side of town.

Our next camping excursion is Labor Day weekend. A group from church will circle our wagons for a weekend of food and fellowship! We will be boondocking...so stay tuned to see where we end up. The rule for Arizona is you go North in the summer, so we will climb the rim, either North or East, to be in the Ponderosa Pines.

Home Again, Home Again- Cottonwood, AZ

Yesterday we traveled from Colorado City, Colorado to Acoma, New Mexico. It was a smooth travel day. We stayed at the Sky City Casino RV Park, which I believe is in Acoma. Although on Mapquest I had better luck plugging in Acomita or Sky City. It is on the Acoma Pueblo Indian Reservation west of Albuquerque and east of Grants. When we settled into the park, there were only 3 other RV's there. One more came in after us and that was it! It is a pretty new park and they allow you to just "pick your spot". That was nice because the pavement they used for the slots was not heavy duty, and some spots were more level than others. So we pulled into one, checked for level, didn't like it and pulled into another. :-) We stayed hooked up to the truck for our last travel day. The scenery from the park is beautiful. In the park they xeriscaped with Russian Sage and some other pretty desert plants. You are able to use the casino hotel's facilities...so Caleb and I cooled off in the pool. We checked the pool's hours so that he and his dad could go back later! We decided we were tired of the food in our trailer and would eat at the casino's restaurant. We all enjoyed the buffet- the food was decent and we didn't have any dishes to wash! Oh...one more thing...the cashier gave Chris a Senior Discount...LOL! For those of you that know that Chris is not quite to that age group yet, he let his hair grow out a bit and it grows gray!

This morning we were the last over-nighters out of the park for our final travel day home. God blessed us with another smooth day and we arrived home at about 1 PM Arizona time! When we pulled into the driveway, the truck was reading a hot 98 degrees outside. So inside we went to get the AC cranked up!

We sure did enjoy our time on the road, but it was also nice to arrive at our stucco-n-sticks! And if you're wondering what will happen to the blog now... here goes. I'd like to give some of you a taste of Arizona Boondocking. We usually take the trailer out about once a month or so... so that will probably be the frequency of my posting! I'll let you know where to go and of course, share some pictures and events along the way.

To all who have been reading, thank you! May God bless each of your journeys- both on the road and in your lives!

Colorado Thunder

Sunset in Wyoming

Today we traveled from Glendo, Wyoming to Colorado City, Colorado. Make no mistake...this Colorado City is the one in Colorado, not AZ. We are at the Pueblo South KOA. We pulled in minutes before the thunderstorms came crashing through. We're planning on 2 more travel days to be back in Arizona. We will probably stop near Albuquerque or Grants, New Mexico depending on the afternoon thunderstorms.