Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Desert Boondocking near Ajo, AZ - Feb 9-18
We boondocked just north of Ajo with the Escapees Boondockers and found them to be just as welcoming and enjoyable to camp with as the Boomers. There were lots of relaxing group activities: happy hour daily at 4 pm, several pot lucks, evening campfires, daily walking groups, crafting get-togethers, sing-alongs -- we even found some excellent bridge players to play a couple of games with. 
One of the group activities was to clean up trash along the side of the road leading back to town. The general consensus was that at least 90% of the trash we picked up were beer cans & bottles, most likely "deposited" by the side of the road by locals. This fact is all the more irritating when you realize that in order to get to that stretch of road from Ajo, you have to pass by the town's free dump.
The area was a nice area for group camping -- there were lots of places to walk and enjoy the desert views. We took several scenic drives around the Ajo area and attended an evening jam session in the tiny town of Why, about 20 miles away. We got an introduction to the hobby of geocaching (check out www.geocaching.com), although we never actually found a site. The one that we attempted (twice) turned out to be too difficult to reach without special climbing gear.# posted by Doug and Willie @ 5:41 PM 
