Boondocking outside Parker, AZ December, 16,

We stayed for five days and four nights.  It was nice to be out there.  We didn’t need to be completely alone, and never were.  It’s an area set aside for dispersed camping.

Other people came and went.  It’s a lot like boats arriving at an anchorage.  We don’t each need “swing-room”, but each rig seemed to find the largest unoccupied space.  The unoccupied spaces get smaller and smaller as the afternoon goes on, but even with terrain constraints, we all stayed relatively evenly spaced.  The whole area was well-kept; no trash on the ground.  It appears that everyone appreciates the opportunity and does their best not to abuse it.

The alternative was the campground at the marina.

We’re happy with our boondocking choice.

We spent most of our time at Sue and John’s house on the river.

Sister in law Barbara, Judy, and her sister Sue.

Henry and Hatchi.

A good time was had by all.

Now we’re back in Chandler.

Trip map

Hard birds December, 15,

Become easy birds.

It’s hard to find common goldeneyes, greater scaup, and hooded mergansers in way south Texas.  It’s not impossible, but it takes some patience, travel, and looking.

Here, in different habitat, some hard birds get easier.  Like:

Common Goldeneyes.

Greater Scaup (and a clark’s grebe).

Hooded Mergansers (with a bufflehead in the background).

We don’t normally boondock

  But this time it seemed like the best choice.   We’re in Parker, AZ.    Parker Map   We’re going to visit with Judy’s sister Sue and her husband John, and maybe sister-in-law Barbara if she comes too.  Sue and John have a house on the river.  It’s a cool place to be.   Susie’s house   Me, I have an all-day continuing education class on the computer tomorrow.  For that I’ll need the best internet I can get.  If we drop down to an RV Park in the canyon by the river, we’ll lose our signal, so here we are, on the high ground.  Everything should work!   I’ll report back.