2011 Trip across the US
2012 Trip across the US
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2015 Trip to Alaska
2015-16 Southwest Trip
2016 New England Trip
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2018 - 19 Trip to Winnipeg & the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta
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2022 - 2023 Trip to the Hungry Mother Rally
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2024-25 Trip to the Southeast
Day 39, Wednesday, November 26, 2025 - Whitewater Draw, McNeal, AZ - 91.7 Miles, 2,975.9 Miles for the Trip
Another cool night, 34°F at 6:30AM. No morning walk since I hope to get to Whitewater Draw early enough to get a site on the circle.
After breakfast I hooked up & headed out a little after 9:00. Rt 80 switches back & forth between NM & AZ, ending up in Douglas, AZ where I got gas at $3.17 per gallon. Headed north on US 191, and arrived at Whitewater Draw around 11:00. I shouldn't have worried about getting a "site" (sites are just park along the outside of a loop around the vault toilet). If you line up with an opening, you get a picnic table. No hookups. The site needed 1 1/2" lift side to side, but level with the trailer hooked up. Since there isn't anywhere to go, I left the trailer connected. There is one other RV in the loop, a Class B van. It warmed up along the drive, 66°F at 12:30.
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I was down to 51% or 148 amp hours at the time I left, the lowest the batteries have been since I installed them in 2019. The drive (9 amps from the truck) and the sun (11 amps from the solar panels) brought the batteries up to 66% by 12:30. With a light haze in the sky I doubt I'll get to 100% by the end of the day. I ran a speed test on AT&T - 142.61Mbps down & 12.40Mbps up. My Verizon phone shows a couple of bars, but I didn't do a speed test since AT&T looks good.
There are some cranes here; I can hear their distinctive cry, but at this time of day most of them are out in the fields eating. I took a walk anyway since I had skipped my morning walk and found quite a few cranes. I also found some bat houses, and some dried muddy footprints suggesting that a walk around the pond area when it is wet is not a great idea.
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While I was on my walk around the pond it warmed up nicely. 72°F outside, and almost too warm at 80°F in the trailer. I have the MAXX fan running and windows open. Still 79°F outside at 4:30. The predicted overnight temperature is 37°F so I suspect it will cool down quickly. I sat outside in the shade of my hooded chair and read until the mosquitoes got so bad sitting wasn't fun. When I headed in I rediscovered another problem with the picnic table area - grass burrs. They limbed themselves in your shoes, then get loose inside, waiting until you are walking around barefoot or in your socks.
Dinner was a Bubba Chicken Burger & salad.
Until Next Time -
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