Location: Florence, Arizona
After the good rest at Dennis and Kyong’s we felt strong and
with the help of a good tailwind we made it all the way up to 10 miles outside
of Florence. It was a very scenic ride with lots of chollas (those fuzzy looking
cactus bushes). Camping just off the road somewhere surrounded by cacti would
have been lovely but going too far off road means lots of prickly objects on
the ground which could get our bike tires and inflatable sleeping mats into
real trouble. So we opted to ask at a farmy looking place if we could just put
our tent somewhere on their property. The family was very nice and showed us to
a cement pad towards the back of the property. Great! It turned out that this
was one of the largest goat farms in Arizona and Holly took me on a quick tour
to see all the baby goats. One even had a heart shaped mark on its side. Holly,
her brother Luis and his friend Ramon were super nice and took it upon them to
be our hosts. They made us a nice fire and kept bringing us food. We roasted
hot dogs, drank hot chocolate cooked on the fire and ate some of the many
locally grown oranges that Holly’s grandma had an entire box full of. Grandma
even gave us a piece of her homemade goat cheese. Yummy! The kids were so cool
to hang out with and they were very interested in our travels. We slept very
well that night but at one point we heard this horrific screaming and roaring.
It sounded like it was along the street somewhere less than 100 meters away
from us. At first it sounded like a very insane person on the loose but we then
figured it was probably a javelina, a wild boar. Supposedly the dogs are afraid
of javelinas, which can be very aggressive and dangerous, and the fact that we
did not hear a single dog bark
Thanks Liz, Rene, Holly, Luis and Ramon for letting us camp
with your goats J
and the food. We had a wonderful evening with you!
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