Sunday, November 18, 2018

Wild Burro Canyon, The Ride Home and Big Changes.


Wild Burrow Canyon.

We left the hotel around 9:00 and drove north on 77. We tuned west on the Edwin Road. As soon as we left the highway we pulled over to air down.

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The trail was very easy but dusty.

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We drove about 6 miles east and stopped to check out this windmill and water tank.

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This was at the end of this trail.

A Bunch of Bull.

There was a big bull bellowing at the fence.

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He probably thought we were the farmer bring him some hay or grain. He sure was noisy.

The End of the Trail.

We back tracked a bit and found the trail going east again toward this big Marble Mine.

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We followed that trail about a mile and came to a locked gate.
Apparently the place has changed hands and the new owners have closed the trail.

Interesting Plants.

We turned around and headed back toward the highway.

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As we drove along Patti had me stop so she could get a picture of these interesting plants.

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Here is the same type of plant before it bloom’s.

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Back at the highway we aired up and headed down this road

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to I-10 where we headed west.

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We stopped at this station for a break and Patti got this dinosaur picture.

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From here we headed for home and arrived in Quartzsite around 4:20.

It was a fun five days of jeeping and Dennis did a great job leading the group.

Big Changes.

When Patti and I left home in Santa Rosa we were discussing upgrading our RV as we wanted more room and our Flair is getting old. It will need a roof in a few years and other stuff is getting old as well.

By the time we got to Quartzsite we had decided that we would look around for a newer unit.

Our neighbor had his property, a 1/3 acre lot with a 30 ft. Fifth wheel trailer on it, up for sale.

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We went over and checked it out. The fifth wheel is a little newer than our RV and has two slide-outs; one in the living area and one in the bedroom.
His asking price is lower than what it would cost us to get a newer motorhome.

After discussing it during the week we were in Oro Valley, we decided to buy the place.
Now we are going to be property owners in Quartzsite.
I figure that if we bought a motor home its value would depreciate rapidly and we would take a big loss when we are through with it. Hopefully the property value will appreciate over time.
Now we have to sell the motor home.

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