Hot Hot Hot

The last couple days in Arizona have been pretty good. Plus it was nice seeing my brother Jerry and his wife Nancy in Tucson.  All of us got in some sightseeing and good mexican food. Plus Yvonne loved climbing the ladder to get into my brother's 18 wheeler truck to see what they are like inside. 

Today we are boondocking out in the desert on BLM (Bureau of Land Management) land.  We just drove into the desert a half mile and picked a level spot.  It is 102 degrees and our air conditioning is barely keeping up.  Generators are working very well though.

 The wind is quite strong and these dust tornado things keep sweeping through here. While we were driving on the interstate we kept seeing very large dust tornadoes flying across the desert everywhere. We even remarked how we wondered what it would be like to be hit by one. Well we found out. We were getting dinner ready and one hit us direct to our side and the 5'er rocked violently for a few seconds. So much so that I went out and deployed the stabilizers. No way it would have flipped us but it felt like a giant was rocking the trailer. And now we know.

Our campsite out in the desert

Even though this desert is pretty harsh, we prefer wilderness camping over the manicured RV resorts in most respects. There's nobody around, no artificial lights and we have everything we need. KOA or private campgrounds are ok to stop and sleep but this is what I consider camping. Still, the desert is not really our thing so we'll be glad to get to Anaheim CA tomorrow and in a few days begin the trip north into cooler temps and out of the desert dryness.