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Day 40, Thursday, November 27, 2025 - Whitewater Draw, McNeal, AZ, Day 2 - 0 Miles, 2,975.9 Miles for the Trip
Happy Thanksgiving!
A little after 5:00 yesterday evening an Escape 5.0TA pulled in and parked on my side of the loop. I introduced myself & then they headed off to see the cranes. He headed out around 10:30 AM this morning.
The cranes got quiet around 11:00, then got very loud around 4:00AM. Still dark so I don't know if any left. Quiet again until around 6:00 when they left to feed. You can hear one or two croaking now at 11:30 but the pond is mostly empty.
Down to 34°F overnight, 57°F by noon. Partly cloudy; the solar panels are struggling putting out 55 watts or so. After making my morning coffee the batteries are at 55%.
Whether you call them grass burrs, grass spurs, goat heads, sand burrs, etc they are a pain in the foot. I have heard that they are strong enough to puncture bicycle tires; I know they are strong enough to survive tracking in on my shoes then stabbing my bare feet. Along with the mosquitoes that thankfully only come around in the evening & morning, the flies are also numerous. It might be because the dumpster & vault toilet are near by. Even being careful when opening the door I have managed to swat 4 of them this morning.
Around 2:00 I went for my morning walk. Not as many cranes in as yesterday, but since I heard lots of them arrive around 5:00 yesterday, I'll make another round then.
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I ate my turkey dinner around 3:00 since that is the traditional time when I was home in Oswego. I do miss a full bore turkey dinner built around a Plainville turkey, but on the road you do what you have to do. It is clouding over; the solar panels are down to 9 watts.
Dinner was snacking since my turkey was what I call linner.
Around 5:00 I headed to the pond to catch the evening rush. The mosquitoes chased me away before I managed to see very many flights, but I got a few. Nice light until the sun went down.
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Back at the trailer I processed the photos. There are two vans here in the circle that look like they are planning to spend the night.
As i mentioned, just a couple of snacks before bed. By the way, the Stouffer's Turkey dinner was pretty good, many steps above the typical TV dinner, but, of course, nothing like the real thing.
Until Next Time -
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