Day One of the Race for Arizona

We drove just over 300 miles today to get to this campsite at Ratcliff Lake Recreation Area in Davy Crockett National Forest.

After almost six hours of driving Bud had to back in avoiding this hole…

and this rock…

which came in to play because he couldn’t let the front of the truck swing into this tree.

But in the end he got the trailer slotted in…

and we managed to level it without unhooking, so we can quickly take off for another 300+ miles tomorrow.

There is a lovely view from our “patio”.

Matey and I had a nice two mile walk…

along pretty Ratcliff Lake.

On our walk we stopped and chatted with Libby Seigars. She and her husband boated the great loop. They also drove through Quebec to Labrador and Newfoundland. She’s from Maine and I had mentioned stopping in Thorndike to see our friends Barb and Charlie last summer. “I know just a couple of people from Thorndike,” she said, “who are your friends?” I told her; she worked with Charlie, is a potter and knew and admired Barb’s work for years and then met her through Charlie. Wow! And we meet in a campground in Texas.

It’s things like this that make the driving and the parking all worth while!

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  1. Joan Berwaldt's avatar Joan Berwaldt says:

    In the picture where your trailer is “slotted in” it looks like the under -story bushes in the background are covered with frost. That is amazing that you met that woman in TX whose knows people you know in ME!

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