December 19, 2016 - Gilbert Ray Campground, Tucson Mountain Park, Tucson, AZ
We've finally arrived at our "winter home", campsite A-60 at our campground here in Tucson, some 3,300 miles+ from Mattapoisett, MA. Our last stop before arriving here was the Pancho Villa State Park in Columbus, NM on the Mexico border across from the town of Palomas, MX.
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| Time to break out the Cowboy Hat. |
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| Site of the last "major" military battle on US Soil. |
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| The hero statue of Pancho, across the border in Palomas. |
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| Pretty desolate landscape for the campsite, right on the battleground. |
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| But pretty nice sunsets too! |
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Definitely worth the trip across the border to Palomas for lunch (and shopping) at the Pink Store. I like a place where they hand you a drink as soon as you enter the door and start looking around at the goods for sale!
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| A little more green, and gorgeous mountains at our site in Tucson. |
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| And nice sunsets here too. |
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| Landscape at adjoining Saguaro National Park. |
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| An example of a "nursery tree", saguaros nurtured by the shade of a Palo Verde tree, from yesterday's hike. |
Good to be getting settled after the long road trip!
