Today was a day of searching for us. Searching for a place to dump the tanks. Searching for a place to buy propane. Searching for a post office. Searching for a laundromat. Searching for a grocery store. And when we returned home, searching for my flip flops. We were only marginally successful. We started off by driving down to Patagonia, AZ, a quaint small town between here and Mexico. We found a laundromat (at the suggestion of the postal worker - we found the post office!); it was part of a small, private RV park on the outskirts of the town. I met an elderly man there, and he commented on my knitting, saying he hadn't seen anyone knit in decades! An aside: I didn't realize how much I would be knitting in laundromats on this whole journey, but, there it is! We also discussed Alaska, Jack London, and the weather in Patagonia, which he said sometimes reaches -8 degrees in the winter! While I was supervising the laundry, Darell went over to the "Ovens of Patagonia," a local bakery, and picked up some pastries and a loaf of multi-grain bread (okay, we weren't exactly searching for bakery goods, but, hey, if they present themselves.... Alas, the bread was gone within minutes. But the pastries made it home.
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| Cinnamon Roll and Carrot Cake for desert tonight! |
We continued our searching for the other places, going through Patagonia State Park (very crowded, but looked like people were having fun), and down to Nogales, AZ, just at the border of Mexico. We did find a grocery store and got gasoline, but then headed home to find Darell's flip flops flip flopped across the campsite, and mine nowhere to be found. Windy, here, in our absence, I guess. I finally crawled under the RV and found mine. Now we're settled in and eyeing those pastries!
And from a future vagabond....how hard is it to find a place to dump the tanks? when you've been staying in out of the way places?
ReplyDeleteHere are a couple of websites that Darell has found that have helped:
Deletesanidumps.com
rvdumps.com
rvdumpsites.net
Sometimes, he just googles: RV dump sites near (fill in the name of the city you are near).
Also, google state, county, or city websites, and they sometimes say where there are public dump sites. Many federal, state, and county campgrounds have dumpsites where you can pay a fee to dump your tanks, even if you are not staying there. Even some private RV parks will let you dump, for a fee. Also, reading blogs of lots of RVers can help you find dumpsites. The tanks in our Chinook are small, so this is an ongoing issue - we've found that we sometimes have to drive quite a distance from where we are staying to dump the tanks. It's just part of the experience! I always hope the dump site is close to a nice bakery or a place to buy good produce!
Thanks, Andi......;>) CCK
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