2025-26 Trip to the Southwest, Day 127

Day 127, Sunday, February 22, 2026 -Lost Dutchman State Park, Apache Junction, AZ, Day 2 - 0 Miles, 4,176.4 Miles for the Trip.

56°F overnight, 65°F for my morning walk, 72°F at noon, and the high for the day was 77°F.

A warm night. The furnace with the thermostat set at 62°F only came on twice during the early morning. The batteries were down to 92% before breakfast. With making a pot of coffee & toasting a bagel, they were at 90%, and by noon at 97%. While my weather app called for cloudy skies, nothing but blue skies so far.

I finished listening to James Lee Burke's The Hadacol Boogie audio book during my morning walk and went back to listening to James Patterson & Bill Clinton's The President is Missing. As to the Kindle, I'm reading What She Saw by Mary Burton. Libby just informed me that Dana Stabenow's Kate Shugak book #11, The Singing of the Dead library loan is available, so that will be next.

After lunch I took the trash to the dumpster, then sat outside reading. Annoying flies, but so far they don't bite.

I dug out the Z8 & set up the hummingbird feeder. It took about 3 minutes for a Verdin to find it, and another 20 minutes for a Anna's Hummingbird to find it. Another kind of "bird" flew over while I was sitting outside, which, according to Google AI is a Bell AH-1Z Viper,. I also took a photo of the Superstitions.

Dinner was left over chicken & potato salad.

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2025-26 Trip to the Southwest, Day 126

Day 126, Saturday, February 21, 2026 -Lost Dutchman State Park, Apache Junction, AZ - 170 Miles, 4,176.4 Miles for the Trip.

36°F overnight, 62°F by noon while on the road, and the high for the day was 72°F.

A cool night. Rolling up the water hose was not as easy as when it is a bit warmer. I was packed up & hooked up by 10:30 and headed out to the Lost Dutchman State Park. Almost all of the drive was on I 10. Traffic was terrible around Phoenix, as usual. Not a place I'd enjoy living. I listen to KJZZ, the Phoenix NPR news station, and they always announce multiple traffic accidents blocking various lanes during the morning & evening rush hours. I went through a little before 1:00 and it was still a zoo with slowdowns to 20MPH (but no stops) and no accidents.

I'm in site 2, a dry site on asphalt with a picnic table & fire ring with the Superstition Mountains out my back window. I'm here for 3 nights at $25.00 per night plus a $3.20 reservation fee.

After setting up I headed to Fry's grocery store for some supplies, including Grape Zero Gatorade in the large bottles. An interesting store. Almost as big as a Texas HEB, and similar but still missing some stuff. For example, the last HEB I was in had all 6 varieties of Bubba Burgers (no, they are not from Texas - Made in Georgia for a company based in Florida). There was 1 box of standard Bubba Burgers at Fry's. Lots of frozen meals, but missing some of the ones I like. A very long wait at the Deli, most of the time only one person working the counter.

Dinner was a couple of Fry's chicken legs & thighs and a bowl of Egg Potato Salad. Edible, but nothing to write home about.

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2025-26 Trip to the Southwest, Day 125

Day 125, Friday , February 20, 2026 - Quail Run RV Park, Quartzsite, AZ, Day 2 - 0 Miles, 4,006.4 Miles for the Trip.

46°F overnight, 61°F for my morning walk, 66°F by noon, and the high for the day was 66°F.

A little windy this morning but nothing like Borrego Springs. I am doing a few repairs. My outside thermometer decided to stop working overnight. I cleaned up the battery contacts and is seems to be back to life. I have a cell phone hanger attached to the window frame next to my bed. I don't use the phone for much besides as a source for my radio when listening to internet radio stations. The plastic mount broke around the screws holding it in place. I predrilled a couple of new mounting holes that will do until I get home and put in a replacement. Yes, it is a bit boring here so this is as exciting as it gets!

The Repair

I spent the rest of the day reading. I finished Dana Stabenow's Killing Grounds and started #9 in the Kate Shugak series, Hunter's Moon. 

Dinner was a Farewell for the Season gathering at the clubhouse. Pulled chicken (or pork) sandwich, excellent potato salad, and, for the first time for me, apple baked beans which I loved. Apple pie for dessert. One of the better dinners of the trip.

After dinner I headed for the showers, 3 stalls plus a disabled one. The unusual thing - they were pay showers, $.25 per 2 minutes. At $62.20 per night I expected free showers, That said, they were large, had adjustable temperature (although it needed to be all the way on hot) a shower head that had 4 different types of spray and a mostly dry drying area separated by a 1/2" lip and a shower curtain, with a chair for a bench & 4 hooks. I would have made it with three quarters, but it took an extra quarter to rinse because the water is soft. All in all $1.00 for the shower. Overall, I'd have to say a B- that would have been a B+ if they were free. 

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2025-26 Trip to the Southwest, Day 124

Day 124, Thursday, February 19, 2026 - Quail Run RV Park, Quartzsite, AZ - 179.7 Miles, 4,006.4 Miles for the Trip.

46°F overnight, 63°F by noon (on the road), and the high for the day was 68°F.

Just a normal amount of wind overnight. I dumped the tanks, but was not able to wash out the hose as much as I would have liked - the park water was shut down due to a leak. 

A mix of 2 & 4 lane roads with about 30 miles on I 10. I was going to stay at Dome Rock, but decided that I wanted to do laundry, shower, etc so I headed to town & a Quartzsite RV park. They sure are not cheap. $62.20 per night for full hookups on a large gravel corner site with a concrete pad. Level side to side & I had to drop the tongue 2".  No picnic table or fire ring.

Site 56

After setting up I did laundry at the park - $2.50 for both wash & dry with carts, a folding table, and comfortable chairs. 

By the time I was finished, it was dinner time. I decided to go to the Mountain Quail Cafe, had a shrimp dinner & iced tea for $21.89 plus tip.

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2025-26 Trip to the Southwest, Day 123

Day 123, Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - Borrego Springs Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, CA, Day 3 - 0 Miles, 3,826.7 Miles for the Trip.

48°F overnight, too windy for my morning walk, 69°F by noon and for my late walk, and the high for the day was 69°F.

I only thought it was windy yesterday. This morning the trailer was rocking the worse I've felt since I started trailer camping. A Winnebago next to me had its roof stripped, a bunch of palm trees lost their dead palms (one into my trailer, and one that covered a truck further down the row) and it took 5 helpers to close up an A frame trailer that partially collapsed. 

My weather app said a peak of 75MPH for gusts, and it felt like it. Lost power around 9:30AM, and the wind started calming down around 10:30AM although there are still gusts that rock the trailer. Once it died down I checked the outsides of the trailer. I lost one wheel chock, but later found it. We are suppose to get high gusts until around 4:00 but right now the sun is out and it is dead calm. I can hear chain saws in the distance and the power is still out. Some folks are running their generators. The folks across from me were planning to do a test run of powering their trailer by solar alone with no hookups. They got their chance!

A ranger stopped by and mentioned that power was out for the entire park as well as most of Borrego Springs. That was reassuring since while the power was out in my trailer (well, at 19V AC), the lights were still on in the bathrooms. I discovered that they are solar powered. Lots of wind damage around town including buckling of the ranger's garage door at home. I'm running on solar & the inverter. I went for my morning walk at 12:30 and took a few photos of the stripped palm fonds.

Last night I finished reading Dana Stabenow's Kate Shugak series #7 Breakup, and started #8, Killing Grounds. Some of her books are available at my Kindle Unlimited for $0.00, and others at the NYPL, but a few are only available as Kindle editions for $15.00 each. I'll skip those. The paperback versions from Amazon are running from around $20.00 to as much as $95.00.

I tried to set the time on my laptop. Both my iPhones, one on AT&T & the other on Verizon have no problem believing I'm in California & the Pacific time zone, but my laptop insists I'm in Phoenix, AZ (Mountain Time). The only way I can get it to switch to the Pacific Time Zone is to shut off automatic & manually enter the correct hour. I'll have to do that again tomorrow when I'm back in Mountain Time. I will have to do the same with both of my temperature monitors. While they do show the correct time to the second (they shut off the display at 2:00AM and "talk" to a time server) they don't know where I am, so they need to be told the time zone. The laptop is suppose to know where I am but evidently, doesn't. I give up. I switched it to the correct time on manual settings, and 10 minutes it changed from Phoenix to Cupertino, CA, but decided it was 12:20 instead of the actual time of 1:20. This is while the time setting was on manual.

The electricity came back at 3:20.

Dinner was a Boston Market Chicken Pot Pie.

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2025-26 Trip to the Southwest, Day 122

Day 122, Tuesday, February 17, 2026 - Borrego Springs Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, CA, Day 2 - 0 Miles, 3,826.7 Miles for the Trip.

47°F overnight, 55°F for my morning walk, 61°F by noon and the high for the day was 66°F.

The wind died down although more is predicted for this afternoon. There was still a bit of off & on rain overnight. Partly clouded skies for my morning walk and most of the rest of the morning.

While I checked out the showers, I didn't use them. Unheated & a $1.00 token for each 2 minutes. I still have a token from the last time I was here in my shaving bag, but I guess it will stay there. 

While a few folks left this morning, the park is still fairly full. Everything from 40' motorhomes to half shells, including an Escape 5.0TA. 

I made a trip to check out some new (at least to me) metal sculptures along Borrego Springs Road and on the way back stopped at the Central Market. I picked up a strawberry shortcake that looked better than it tasted, but on the other hand, I found a box of Tabatchnick Creamed Spinach, my favorite and one that disappeared from the Oswego shelves.

I also added a couple more photos of me that Paula took while watching the fireworks & lighting the evening fire.

Back at the trailer I'm doing more reading. I'm currently listening to James Lee Burke's The Hadacol Boogie, taking a break from The President is Missing because Burke's audio book was one I've been waiting a few weeks for. I'll restart The President is Missing once I'm done with The Hadacol Boogie. I'm currently reading another of Dana Stabenow's Kate Shugak series Breakup.

Dinner was a Blake's Country Fried Chicken plate.

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2025-26 Trip to the Southwest, Day 121

Day 121, Monday, February 16, 2026 - Borrego Springs Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, CA - 250.3 Miles, 3,826.7 Miles for the Trip.

56°F overnight, 57°F by noon and the high for the day was 59°F.

Last night's fireworks were somewhat lame compared to Friday & Saturday, but I took some photos:

More at today's LakeshoreImages page.

I skipped my morning walk since I had a long drive today. On the other hand, arriving at Borrego Springs Desert State Park before the 2:00 check in time (even a minute before) doesn't work. They won't let you in. Most of the drive after the first 80 was on 4 lane roads, including 45 miles on I 10. I made a stop for gas at the casino ($3.84 per gallon) along CA 86 which runs on the west side of the Salton Sea. While on a "reservation", not quite the deal as Running Man in Parker where I filled up for $2.76 per gallon.

Rain off & on for the last 75 miles of the trip. I arrived at the park at 2:17 and there was a line of about 5 RVs waiting to get in. Heavy rain that was nice enough to stop while I set up, After setting up the rain started off & on. It stopped again around 4:00 and a rainbow formed in the distance. As that went away the wind picked up enough to shake the trailer even with the stabilizers down. Now, at 5:00 both the wind and the rain are back to off & on. I was planning to do my "morning" walk here, but no way!

The batteries were at 90% when I arrived and the converter was drawing 15 amps putting 34 amps into them after I hooked up. I'm in site 34, a full hookup pull through on asphalt with a picnic table & fire ring for $45.75 per night for 3 nights. Other than the asphalt strip, all else is on sand. 

Site 34

I checked both Verizon & AT&T - Verizon was 53.23Mbps down & 30.08Mbps up, while AT&T showed 65.18Mbps down & 15.45Mbps up. While there are a few palm trees so the north is clear enough for the Starlink Mini, I suspect that if I put it out the tripod would blow over.

Dinner was an Amy's Enchilada with Rice & Beans bowl.

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2025-26 Trip to the Southwest, Day 120

Day 120, Sunday, February 15, 2026 - Sara Rodeo Grounds, Lake Havasu City, AZ, Day 7 - 0 Miles, 3,576.4 Miles for the Trip

55°F overnight, 60°F for my morning walk, 67°F by noon and the high for the day was 74°F.

Another show last night. They didn't include a drone display, but lots of fireworks.

Paula took a photo of us watching & photographing the fireworks:

Cathy, Me, and Mike

As usual, many more photos at today's LakeshoreImages page.

I watched Mike & Cathy pack up & head out. They offered their slot next to Paula's Escape 21, but I think I'll stay here. A mix of clear sky & clouds with a steady wind & gusts to 30MPH. I sat outside reading for most of the afternoon.

Around 3:00 I headed to the showers. Paula packed up her trailer and headed out around 3:30, planning to drive about 1/2 way home to save a 9 hour drive tomorrow. I spent the rest of the afternoon doing more sitting outside reading.

I was planning o eat at the food truck, but it was closed. On the other hand, Scoops Ice Cream was open. Unfortunately, they were out of Cappuccino Crunch, the wonderful flavor I had yesterday, so I had to settle for strawberry. Good, but not as good as Cappuccino Crunch. Of course that meant eating dinner backwards with dessert first, but I'm an adult and allowed.

Dinner was a Lean Cuisine Orange Chicken Bowl.

2025-26 Trip to the Southwest, Day 119

Day 119, Saturday, February 14, 2026 - Sara Rodeo Grounds, Lake Havasu City, AZ, Day 6 - 0 Miles, 3,576.4 Miles for the Trip

49°F overnight, 55°F for my morning walk, 65°F by noon and the high for the day was 72°F.

Last night's fireworks included a couple of full shows. A beautiful evening sky, and they started individual rounds before dark. I split up the images by aspect ratio to make them fit better. They did a fancy drone display that I caught the end of.  Many more photos on today's LakeshoreImages page.

While there was plenty of sun for the morning walk, it was still a bit cool. I wore a long sleeve shirt & my vest, although by the time I finished, I didn't need the vest.

Most of the day was spent outside reading. 

Dinner was the barbecue which was not worth the $22.00 it cost. On the other hand, the Scoops Ice Cream Truck, while it had a long & slow line, had great ice cream.

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2025-26 Trip to the Southwest, Day 118

Day 118, Friday, February 13, 2026 - Sara Rodeo Grounds, Lake Havasu City, AZ, Day 5 - 0 Miles, 3,576.4 Miles for the Trip

56°F overnight, 60°F for my morning walk, 67°F by noon and the high for the day was 73°F.

Heavy clouds this morning so that even at 60°F, it felt cool for my walk. 

I took some photos of last night's demo fireworks while sitting around Paula's campfire. More photos on today's LakeshoreImages page.

Today was another day spent in the trailer. While it made it up to 67°F by noon with the wind and clouds sitting outside was not all that comfortable. The batteries started off at 72% this morning, and were only up to 73% by noon.

It did warm up enough that I sat outside for some of the late afternoon. The batteries were up to 80% by the end of the day.

I finished Though Not Dead by Dana Stabenow and started her #6 Kate Shugak book, Blood Will Tell.

Dinner was a turkey sandwich & chips.

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2025-26 Trip to the Southwest, Day 117

Day 117, Thursday, February 12, 2026 - Sara Rodeo Grounds, Lake Havasu City, AZ, Day 4 - 0 Miles, 3,576.4 Miles for the Trip

55°F overnight, 60°F for my morning walk, 69°F by noon and the high for the day was 74°F.

Not much in the way of fireworks last night, but here are a few photos.  More at today's LakeshoreImages page.

I didn't go anywhere during the day except for my morning walk. A loop around the outside of the park is a little under a mile. Partly cloudy. The batteries started out the day at 73% and by dinner time were only up to 82%. Still plenty even though tomorrow is suppose to be cloudy. I can save some amp hours by heating my coffee water on the stove although the coffee pot only uses around 3 amp hours to make a 3 cup pot of coffee. 

A neighbor with a class C RV moved into site B22, one of the sites next to mine.

Around 3:00 I made a trip to the showers. A bit of a walk, but the building has 4 family style bathrooms, each with a shower. Plenty of room, a large tub sized shower with benches, plenty of adjustable hot water and a removable hand held shower head. Very clean. The bad - no hooks and no bench outside of the one in the shower. You need to balance your stuff on the edges of the sink or on the closed toilet lid. Overall, a C+.

Around 5:00 the Sea Scouts came by towing a boat filled with firewood & ice. We still have enough at Paula's for at least tonight.

Dinner was an Apple Chicken Brat & steamed green peas.

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2025-26 Trip to the Southwest, Day 116

Day 116, Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - Sara Rodeo Grounds, Lake Havasu City, AZ, Day 3 - 0 Miles, 3,576.4 Miles for the Trip

62°F overnight, 64°F for my morning walk, 70°F by noon and the high for the day was 71°F.

Heavy clouds overnight & this morning with lots of early morning wind that died by daybreak. At 11:30 the solar panels were only producing 28 watts, not enough to keep up with the basic demand of the trailer let alone charge the batteries which are at 81%. While my weather app says partially cloudy tomorrow, let's hope for enough sun to put something back in the batteries. At least there was no need to run the furnace last night. 71°F overnight in the trailer, too warm for me since I prefer to sleep in the low 60's.

I didn't do much other than sit inside the trailer. During my morning walk I'm currently listening to The President is Missing by Bill Clinton & James Patterson, and on the Kindle reading Though Not Dead by Dana Stabenow. I do enjoy her Alaska novels featuring Kate Shugak. 

Since I don't have hookups, I fired up the gas on the water heater to do some dishes. If there is wind against that side of the trailer it dumps CO into the trailer, setting off the alarm. I have a CO detector that has a readout so I can see if it is creeping up before there is enough to alarm. Just a very light wind this afternoon so we will see how it goes. The count made it to 85. 400 is where it sounds the alarm so I guess I'll live. I do wish I could get a better seal on the water heater rim where it meets the fiberglass shell, but I've done just about everything I can think of and there is still leakage.

I went to Bashes for some baked chicken & discovered that they had 1 8 pack of the large Grape Zero Gatorade bottles. 

Tonight will be the first night of any fireworks. Just demos which are usually spaced far apart.

Dinner was chicken thighs, Bush beans & a salad.

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2025-26 Trip to the Southwest, Day 115

Day 115, Tuesday, February 10, 2026 - Sara Rodeo Grounds, Lake Havasu City, AZ, Day 2 - 0 Miles, 3,576.4 Miles for the Trip

56°F overnight, 56°F for my morning walk, 72°F by noon and the high for the day was 75°F.

Last night I finished The Compound by Aisling Rawle. It was interesting to read a novel about a reality show. OK for a first book. I started Though Not Dead by Dana Stabenow.

During my morning walk I found another Escape, a 5.0TA in the lower section. Not anyone I know. Paula arrived in her new Escape 21 and next door neighbor just as I was getting back from shopping & picking up my prescriptions. No luck on Chicken Bubba Burgers, but the butcher recommended a brand they carry - Red Bird. I'll try one for dinner tonight.

I also bought a replacement Sony radio - a DSX-M55BT, a marine version that may hold up better to the movement & temperatures in the trailer. The removal of the old one & putting the new one in place went OK. I was lucky - the wiring & connector were the same for the new radio as the old one so I didn't need to redo the connections; just plug it in. Even the remote is the same so I have a spare. I was hoping I could leave one in the front of the trailer, but the radio is behind the closet & the remote can't see it. I still need to do some settings adjustments, but that will wait until dark.

Dinner was a Red Bird Chicken burger & Bush beans. The burger was pretty good. I still prefer the Bubba version, but these will do.

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2025-26 Trip to the Southwest, Day 114

Day 114, Monday, February 9, 2026 - Sara Rodeo Grounds, Lake Havasu City, AZ - 11 Miles, 3,576.4 Miles for the Trip

51°F overnight, 54°F for my morning walk, 68°F by noon and the high for the day was 77°F.

I headed out around 11:30. No line at the dump station, and no one behind me. An uneventful 11 mile drive to the rodeo grounds. I'm in B22, a dry 20' X 40' section of a parking lot for a week. A $250 donation to the Sara Rodeo Grounds for 7 nights or $35.71 per night. I had to raise one side 2 1/2" and drop the tongue 3". You best be comfortable with a horsey smell since there are horse droppings all over the parking lot. The ground is very hard - Tough to stake down the mat & I had to use a tent stake to drill holes for the hummingbird feeder & the camping sign.

Site B21

A Present From the Horses

I parked the trailer with the back window pointing at the location of the fireworks so I could sit inside & watch them if I got tired of sitting outside. It also puts the door & sitting area in the shade. I miss the shade I had at Cattail Cove. With one side of the trailer facing the sun even though the temperature only made it to 77°F, inside the trailer it is 83°F at 5:00. I'm sure it will cool down at night.

I sat outside for a bit. The flies are a PIA. So far they don't seem to bite, but they like to land on you. At least one made it into the trailer.

I got a call, text, email and voice mail that all but one of my prescriptions are ready at Walgreens, so I'll head into town tomorrow.

I turned on the radio and it was very loud, then died. I can listen directly to my phone, but it doesn't carry around the trailer.

Lots of empty spaces in the park. I thought most of the fiberglass folks from last year were coming back, but the A sites they were in are filling up with stick built trailers. A Bigfoot arrived, but it isn't Dan & Chris. Dan had a stroke and they won't be coming.

Dinner was a Saffron Road Chicken Tikka Masala bowl.

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2025-26 Trip to the Southwest, Day 113

Day 113, Sunday, February 8, 2026 - Cattail Cove State Park, Lake Havasu City, AZ - 65.4 Miles, 3,565.4 Miles for the Trip

52°F overnight, 77°F for my afternoon walk, 77°F by noon and the high for the day was 79°F.

I finished packing up the trailer, made another run to Loves & filled the truck tires, then hooked up the trailer. Said good by to lots of folks that I won't see for 2 years since next year is Florida for me.

I made a short stop at Safeway for a gallon of water & a couple of things, then continued to Cattail Cove. I'm in site 35, a back in on asphalt across from the restrooms. Needed to raise 1 1/2" side to side & drop the tongue 3 1/2". $33.20 with reservation fee for water & 30 amp electric.

After setting up I did my "morning" walk around 1:00. I included a photo of the construction sign for a new section of the campground. A private campground closed & the state added it to Cattail Cove. It will open in March. There are two other fiberglass trailers, another Escape 21 that some friends own but didn't attend the Quartzsite rally, and a Scamp 19. I also included a photo of one of the largest truck campers I've seen on a truck without dual rear wheels. There is a section along the road that they are starting a cactus garden. I included a photo of the existing garden. There are also some fruit trees, although I didn't find the lemon tree that I picked a lemon from for my blueberry pie the last time I was here. I did find some grapefruit trees as well as an orange tree, both with a couple of pieces of fruit on them.

Lots of wildflowers in bloom along all the places where water has run over the winter. 

More photos at today's LakeshoreImages page.

Just before dinner I headed to the showers. 2 large stalls in the men's section, both roll in disabled with a bench in the drying area and a shower curtain between the shower & the drying area. The left one has a bench it the shower and additional rails. An interesting show head - it is the typical 1" high pressure, fine spray types, but they must have drilled out the spray nozzles so that they produce a coarse spray. A big improvement. Plenty of adjustable hot water. 2 hooks in the drying area. While the shower curtain keeps the direct spray out of the drying area, the floor drain is directly under the shower curtain, so most of the drying area floor gets wet. Overall, a B+.

Dinner was a Tyson Broccoli & Cheese Chicken Roll cooked outside in the toaster oven to save additional heat in the trailer, and a salad. The shade of the tree keeps the sun away, but is is still 78°F in the trailer.

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2025-26 Trip to the Southwest, Day 112

Day 112, Saturday, February 7, 2026 - Dome Rock BLM, Quartzsite, AZ, Day 7 - 0 Miles, 3,500 Miles for the Trip

51°F overnight, 67°F for my morning walk, 77°F by noon and the high for the day was 80°F.

I took a photo of the campfire last night with the iPhone 17. It did better than the Nikon Z8.

We actually had a few new arrivals yesterday, and a few left today. I started packing up some of the stuff I didn't plan in using such as the grill, outdoor table, etc. Made a trip to Loves to put air in the truck tires, but there was someone parked in front of the air hose. You can't blame them since the parking space isn't marked but it means I'll have to dig out my Viair compressor. 

I took a few photos during the afternoon.

A few more photos at today's LakeshoreImages page.

Dunner was an Amy's Enchilada with Rice & Beans bowl. After dinner I folded down the solar panels. After dark it will be out to the campfire. I'll add a campfire photo later.

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