2/17/2019 We hiked to the remains of Fort Bowie today. As you may know Mary has a National Park Passport Book, Well to get a stamp for this one requires a slight hike. Ok so, it was more than a slight hike, the sign said Visiter Center 1.5 miles round trip. So that makes it …

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2/11/2019 Elevation 3572 We arrived in Benson around 11:00 with a cold wind blowing. The thermometer read 57 degrees but with the wind ripping, my hands were hurting by the time we got things set up. After 11 days at 5 different spots off the grid we felt it was time for some electricity and …

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2/6/2018  Elevation 1427 Pronounced AH-hoh. Ajo is the Spanish word for garlic (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈaxo]). The Spanish may have named the place using the familiar word in place of the similar-sounding O’odham word for paint (oʼoho). The Tohono O’odham people obtained red paint pigments from the area. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajo,_Arizona We spent 4 nights abut 1/2 way between Quartzsite …

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1/1/2019 The day dawned cold (29) and windy. It has been cold and windy here this year. Much colder than last year……. And WINDY, last year we had almost no wind. This year almost no days without wind gust. We didn’t do anything today, the only thing we did was get a couple of gallons …

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