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Hello, and welcome to the January Newsletter. Nice to see the days are getting longer and warmer now.
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What's New With Us
January saw us slow our travel right down, staying in only a few locations. In the first part of the month, we checked out a partially developed BLM (Bureau of Land Management) campground called Painted Rock Petroglyph Site. It's located off Interstate 8 a little west of Gila Bend, Arizona.
Its claim to fame is a rock pile near camp loaded with petroglyph markings from several historical periods. The campsites go for $8 a night or $4 with a federal lands pass like the Senior Pass or America the Beautiful Pass. Amenities are primitive with just a picnic table, fire ring, and garbage bins. Campsites are relatively large, level, easy to access, and spread apart.
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The rest of the month, we free camped west of Yuma AZ on some BLM land called Ogilby Road. A very peaceful location that we have always liked the vibe of. Not a whole lot there, mostly barren ground with a few plants here and there, mostly Ocotillo. But, always seem to get good sunsets, lovely mountain views and lots of hummingbirds visiting the feeder.
Unlike last year the BLM ranger wasn't around enforcing where you could camp. Rigs were once again camped all over the place.
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The Ogilby Road BLM camping area is also not too far of a trip to the little Mexican town of Los Algodones. It's a location to get cheap dental work, eyeglasses, and pharmaceuticals. Thousands of snowbirds cross over every day. I needed to get some dental work done, root canal, and crown.
This time I checked out a place called Castle Dental. The service was excellent and visited the new office stocked with the latest equipment. Most of the staff was young and spoke decent English.
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A few days ago, we broke camp at Ogilby Road BLM and hauled the rig about a hundred miles to the north to meet up with some RVing friends in the famous Quartzsite, AZ. Its big annual RV show is over, so the major crowds have dispersed. Things are quieter now, leaving more elbow room in the free BLM camping areas that surround the little town.
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