Frost in Willcox

Location, Yuma, AZ

The drive from Las Cruces to Willcox, AZ on Saturday was fairly easy as we had no wind and the road stays at the same elevation for most of the way. We got very good mileage.

We stayed at the Elks club which has a great campground. There are 28 big, wide sites with water and electricity. We had a thunder and lightning storm right after we arrived. It rained enough for water to puddle in the streets.

We awoke to frost covering the vehicles and a temperature of 31 degrees. Fortunately the water lines didn’t freeze.

On Sunday it warmed up nicely during the day as we traveled. The new third lane from Tucson to Picacho Peak really helps with traffic flow.

We arrived back at the Elks lodge in Casa Grande, AZ where we had stayed earlier in our trip. Clyda called her cousin Rodney and invited them for dinner. Actually, we went out for Mexican food next door to the Elks Club. We talked until about 10:30 before calling it a day.

Today we drove I-8 to Yuma arriving at Rivers Edge RV Park about 1:30 PM. There are still lots of people in town but there were also lots of RV’s headed east as we drove west.

After being on the road for so many days, we crashed this afternoon and cooked steaks for dinner tonight.

I called a local guy to wash our rigs which are filthy from the rain in Texas while but he was sort of non-committal about doing it tomorrow as everyone is asking to have their rigs washed before they leave. We will see what happens tomorrow.