I 8 runs pretty near the border for a while. There have been quite a few white and green border patrol vehicles mixed in traffic and along the sides of the road up in the hills. The California produce inspection folks were more thorough though. They actually came into the motorhome and checked out the labels of the fruit (gala apples for us) in the frig. The border police so far have just asked where we are heading and sent us on our way. We must look harmless enough.

I heard them again all night. Got the last two of them, we think. They are cute but I just can’t deal with them in the house. I dreamed about the snakes following them in…..really a cool thought! Anyway, problem solved at least for now.

We are skipping Organ Pipe national Park and the LTVAs on BLM property along the border. Both the BLM guys and the Park Service say that the enforcement in the urban areas is pushing illegal activity out into the open land like parks, wilderness areas, and reservations. They are even closing the campgrounds periodically. So, we are staying a little north this pass and heading straight to San Diego.
Kinda of irritating to have others mess with what we want to de but not worth the risk. Hope we can all get this figued out one day.
In the mean time, San Diego should be fun.

Mouse 0 Lynn 2
make that
Mouse 0 Lynn 3

Quiet again, awwwww.

We moved on to Pleasant Lake County Park just north of town. 10,000 acre lake in the desert. It does however have a little green since they have had rain the last 2 weekends. There are wild burros roaming the park. Took a day trip to the Agua Fria River National Wilderness area. About a mile hike into a beautiful canyon where the Agua Fria River runs through and over the boulders. Nice quiet relaxing place for lunch with the babbling water and abundant sunshine. Overnight we picked up some un-documented guests in the motorhome. Seems Henry, of Rocky Mountain National Park fame, has Phoenix relatives. We are talking field mouse Henry. Henry’s Phoenix relatives wandered into the Tootsie Pops. Bad move!

Overnight we had rain(in Phoenix!) and winds(38 mph) but the day was cool and clear. It was in the low 50’s at racetime but thankfully our seats were in the sun so we were warm enough. The race had a 10 minute red flag while they cleaned up a from a multicar accident but then ended with a Jeff Gordon victory. He broke his car during his victory celebration and had to be pushed to victory lane by a tow truck. How embarrassing! Talk about showmanship. The track is being rebuilt/resurfaced prior to the November race, so they brought out a really big backhoe and started tearing up the track while we were still in the stands. FYI, if you want, you can buy a piece of the old track.

Free live entertainment every evening for the campers. Friday night was Hollywood Yates, a country band that turned down a request for “Freebird” from the crowd by saying they were not drunk enough “yet”. We didn’t stay long enough to hear “Freebird”.