February 28, and a quick change of plans. (This post is out of order.... I discovered I'd missed it!) We'd been trying to meet up with a couple we knew from our time in Oregon and there had been scheduling conflicts, but we finally hit on a date we could all be in the same place at the same time. It's tricky when you are all traveling in different directions!
The plan required us to find a spot in Arizona for one night and we didn't have reservations, which is risky these days, so we decided to try out one of the boondocking areas in Quartzite. This particular area is known as the "Hi Jolly" camping area, named for the man who came to the United States in 1856 to assist the U.S. Army in developing their Camel Corp.
We love the wide open desert, and this loosly organized area fit the bill. The dogs loved it too as there was less need to be on a leash all the time.
Some of the campers in this area stay for quite awhile, up to two weeks, and mark their areas if they have to leave by leaving a chair or other piece of equipment and creating stone boundry markers. Other people just like playing with rocks! At any rate, this solution worked well for us this time, and the scenery was great!
We met our friends for lunch at a nearby casino and had a great time catching up.
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