It's getting warm in Arizona...
Just returned from a 4 day trip to Dead Horse Ranch State Park in Cottonwood {about 25 miles southwest of Sedona}. This State Park is one of just about everyone's favorites which makes it difficult to nearly impossible to get a site. I found ours 4+ months ago, probably a cancelation and lots of folks book it up to a year out. Every site in the three loops was booked. It is only 76 miles from our home in Payson but with all of the mountain roads and traffic in Cottonwood it was an hour and 45 minute trip.
We hauled my Can Am Spyder in our cargo trailer behind the 24' Class C. We rode up to Jerome and enjoyed an amazing lunch at Haunted hamburger, don't miss it when you visit Jerome. The food is great and the view is to die for. It's an interesting place with a lot of ghostly history. The Gold King mine is another don't miss when in Jerome. Leave your RV's in camp and take the toad as the road up and the streets of Jerome are very tight, no vehicles over 50' are permitted just like 89A north out of Sedona through Oak Creek Canyon. Sedona was calmer than I remembered but we were there early in the day which is recommended.
The weather was nice with temps in the mid to upper 80's but by the middle of May triple digits will be the rule vs the exception for the rest of the summer. Fortunately all of the CG's up on the Rim and in the White mountains to the east opened on May first. Once you get up to 7 to 9,000' heat is no longer an issue but again most of the CG's are booking out quickly.
Most {perhaps all} of the state is now under a Stage 1 fire restriction, no open fires, charcoal etc but propane stove and fire pits are permitted. We will be heading up to Pinegrove, about 20 miles south of Flagstaff in a couple of weeks for another 4 day run. Pinegrove is at 7,400' so the weather should be awesome and it is a little over an hour away. hoping to get a site at Big Lake {9,200'} in June for some Rzr SXS riding fun.
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We hauled my Can Am Spyder in our cargo trailer behind the 24' Class C. We rode up to Jerome and enjoyed an amazing lunch at Haunted hamburger, don't miss it when you visit Jerome. The food is great and the view is to die for. It's an interesting place with a lot of ghostly history. The Gold King mine is another don't miss when in Jerome. Leave your RV's in camp and take the toad as the road up and the streets of Jerome are very tight, no vehicles over 50' are permitted just like 89A north out of Sedona through Oak Creek Canyon. Sedona was calmer than I remembered but we were there early in the day which is recommended.
The weather was nice with temps in the mid to upper 80's but by the middle of May triple digits will be the rule vs the exception for the rest of the summer. Fortunately all of the CG's up on the Rim and in the White mountains to the east opened on May first. Once you get up to 7 to 9,000' heat is no longer an issue but again most of the CG's are booking out quickly.
Most {perhaps all} of the state is now under a Stage 1 fire restriction, no open fires, charcoal etc but propane stove and fire pits are permitted. We will be heading up to Pinegrove, about 20 miles south of Flagstaff in a couple of weeks for another 4 day run. Pinegrove is at 7,400' so the weather should be awesome and it is a little over an hour away. hoping to get a site at Big Lake {9,200'} in June for some Rzr SXS riding fun.
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