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Day 38, Tuesday, November 25, 2025 - Sunny Flats, Portal, AZ, Day 2 - 0 Miles, 2,884.2 Miles for the Trip
A cool night, going down to 35°F by 6:00AM, and 36°F for my morning walk.
Two of the campers on the sunny side are leaving today. One is too short for my trailer, but I'd fit in the other. Still, I'll probably stay here since I'm only down 20% on the batteries. While the outside set up is minimal because there are no hookups, putting away everything to be move proof inside takes a bit of doing.
After my walk I made breakfast, then fired up the Starlink Mini (I shut it off last night since I wasn't using it and it draws around 19 watts all the time it is on). I did shut down the snow melt feature, otherwise it would be drawing twice that. Still too bad a connection through the trees & surrounding mountains to work well with internet radio. I used the WiFi calling option on my iPhone 17 for a call this morning and it worked until it didn't. I guess the fact that I could make any connection without the usual 10 mile drive is a plus.
Around noon I walked around the campground. Both of the sites that opened this morning are filled so even if I wanted to move, I can't. I took a few photos during the walk. A camera does not do justice to the views from this campground. The mountains surrounding it are beautiful & majestic. There is even a bit of snow on one of the Chiricahua mountains. The road into the campground continues paved for a mile or so, then becomes a dirt road that eventually ends up in the Chiricahua National Monument. I've taken it a couple times on past visits to Sunny Flats & each time it became a snow covered muddy road. I never made it completely over the pass into the monument. It would be a beautiful drive (not towing the trailer) during a dry summer day.
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On another walk around the campground loop I met a fellow photographer from California. He has a larger connection of Nikons & lenses than I do and is doing some nighttime photography. Another cool day only reaching 53°F. The altitude is probably a factor since we are over 5,000'. Rodeo, a small town less than 30 miles from here had a high of 65°F today.
Dinner was a Tyson Foods Chicken Asparagus & Cheese and a baked potato.
Until Next Time -
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