Friday, we did a 6 mile walk to the Glory Hole Mine. This was another overcast day, several we have had since we got the additional solar panel.
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| Overcast Day |
It was different than most of our hikes, as we had to climb up over a headwall, then down to a base camp, before climbing back up between a couple of hills and then up the side of one them.
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| Rock and Cactus Squirrel |
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Vistas
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| Small mine entrance along the way |
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| Ocitillo Planters (old tires) |
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| Vehicle Skeleton |
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About 300 yards from the mine site, we came to a washed out bridge. John decided to scramble down one side, then back up the other side to get to the mine.
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| Scramble down to get around washed out bridge |
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| What is left of the bridge |
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| Glory Hole Mine Entrance |
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| Quartz boulders that came off the hill above |
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| Nice Sunset |
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Saturday, was a sunny day, good for the solar. We did a short loop around the flat area to check out a side road that has been a popular camping spot when we were here before.
Sunday, we did another short loop in a different direction, before watching CFL division finals, the Nascar Championship race, and Grand Slam Curling.
Monday morning we packed up to head to Casa Grande to RoVers Roost SKP Co-op. On the way we stopped in Gila Bend for lunch at Humberto's Mexican food. We had always seen a lot of people parked here for lunch on our previous visits. We had a big burrito, and cheese quesadilla. Then we continued to RoVers Roost in Casa Grande. They don't take reservations, but we got a site.
Tuesday, we shopped at the K-mart in Casa Grande, which is closing over the winter, so it had discounts on everything. We had loaded potato skins and a southwest salad for lunch at McMashers Sports Bar and Grill. The found was good and the service very good
On Wednesday morning, we couldn't find the socks we bought yesterday anywhere in the trailer or truck. We stopped at K-mart to see if we had left a bag there with the ankle socks and a bag of Werthers we bought yesterday. They couldn't find them, but happily replaced them for us.
Then we went to Casa Grande Mountain Park (city park), where we did a 3.4 mi hike along the Ridge Trail, a moderate section, and returned on the easier Spine Trail, lower on the mountain. They were quite organized, with trail markers at every major intersection, and GPS markers along the way that can be used as reference in case of an emergency. We saw more people on these trails in the first half hour than we saw the whole time we were in Vicksburg.
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| Junction Markers |
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| GPS Marker |
On Thursday, we headed to Walmart to pick up a few things before they closed (maybe) for Thanksgiving evening. Cheese-and-garlic pizza for dinner.
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