Location: Buckeye and Marana, Arizona
From Tonopah we continued east on I-10 to Buckeye where we headed south to Gila Bend and continued east on the I-80 to by-pass Phoenix. The I-8 is also much quieter than the I-10 so much more enjoyable to ride. We passed through the Sonora National Monument where you pass through a forest of saguaro cacti, thousands of them as far as the eye can see, interspersed with cholla, palo verde and other prickly, deserty plants. So beautiful. My phone camera could not capture it very well but hopefully I can post some more photos of this stretch later on. The first night we found a nice camping spot in a small, dry river bed which was lined by bushes that created a natural tunnel of vegetation. The perfect little hiding spot.
The ride on the following day was rather boring. We stopped to check our emails at the MacDonalds in Eloy. As we stood there a man approached James and asked if we had eaten..."would you like to join us?" He, his wife and their kids were on a road trip from Ontario to California to visit some friends. It was a most enjoyable encouter and interesting conversations. It was even better because we had pretty much run out of food this morning and there were no stores around! Thank You Lord for providing so wonderfully!
THANK YOU SAM AND WENDY FOR THE GREAT MEAL. IT WAS GREAT TO MEET YOU AND WE HOPE YOUR TRIP WENT WELL. TAKE CARE AND GOD BLESS!
With MacDonalds burger power in our legs, we made it all the way to Marana on the Frontage rd which follows I 10 by the time the sun was starting to set. Being close to Tucson the area was quite urban now and we were not sure if we could find a nice hidden camping spot. As we were riding along the frontage road we noticed a group of RV's and trailers on our right on what was clearly not an official campground. Cool, let's check it out. It turned out this was a Go-Kart racing ground and several families had already gathered there for this weekend's races. They welcomed us to set up our tent wherever we found suitable and invited us to join in the BBQ later in the evening. Beer and drinks in the cooler over there! Wow, awesome! Thank you again Lord for providing such great people to meet, a safe place to camp and food to keep us going! They were a fun bunch and all really passionate about racing. Some of the trailers were completely outfitted as workshops where the fathers were giving their kids's Go-Karts the last tweaks before tomorrow's races. Impressive!
THANKS BILL AND EVERYBODY ELSE FOR WELCOMING US. WE HAD A GREAT EVENING WITH YOU AND WISH YOU ALL MUCH SUCCESS ON THE TRACK!!
That's down the road from my casa! ;)
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