Today we made an early start to complete our trip to the North Ranch Escapee park in Congress, AZ. At 212.7 miles (92,385.2 total) the drive was considerably shorter than the day before and we had a nice break midway for fuel.
There are two casinos in Indio that are just a mile apart, but Spotlight 29 is by far our favorite for overnighting. It is such an easy off and on from and to interstate 10. It is also very level (on blacktop) and safe.
As it turned out the diesel in AZ was exactly one dollar less per gallon than the fuel we bought in CA yesterday. My mental gymnastics concerning range and capacity paid off for us.
When we filled up and only had a little more than a hundred miles to go Joani realized we had not yet made reservations at North Ranch. We were lucky to find one site available for three nights so she booked it.
The mountains that provide a backdrop for Quartzsite have such an interesting profile.
After we settled in Joani tried the office again and we scored another week so we don't have to think about dry camping or leaving before we intended.
As it happened, today was the second day of the parks 15th annual La Fiesta celebration so we joined our friends Sharon and Loren at the huge bonfire.
The hills to the east turn pink from the setting sun.
I guess I was up too early in anticipation of today's drive or I was wiped out from the previous day's drive because I don't think I quite made it to 9:00 before hitting the pillow for a sound night's sleep.
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