Sunday, January 26, 2020

Day 181 - Sat 25 Jan 2020 - Tuscon

Time to move again. Surprisingly, it is actually warmer a few hours North so we head towards Tuscon. On the way, we finally see the tall 'coathanger' or 'organ pipe' cactus plants, the icon of the American West. Whole fields of them!

On the way we pass one of those airplane boneyards. Hundreds of airplanes waiting to be dismantled and sold for parts and scrap.


We find a great spot on public land. There are a few other campers already there, including a young couple who have their horses in an old cattle pen there. It's a real community feel, everyone is looking out for each other.

We go for a little walk around and spot some really gigantic saguaro cactii. This one was easily 10m tall and therefore around 150 years old.


Also spotted, coyote footprints.


We also finally get to have a campfire again. Stuffed and smelly we roll into bed.




We are serenaded to sleep by the wild coyotes and cactus wrens.

Today: 157km - 2h30m
Total: 21,686km - 423h23m