very excited pooch
if it weren't for this sign i would have slid right off the edge. 15 miles of downgrade and most brakes would burn out. but, i'm such a good driver that i plowed into that sign on just the right spot of my front fender...the little rubber nub. after having a little freak out session i decided it very necessary to lighten my load. so right there at the bend in the road i unloaded everything in my truck. after hauling out my prized 50-pound-german-mennonite-from-the-chihuahuan-desert-steel-hub-wood-burning-stove i sat there in distress. i truly love that stove, but it's got to go. so i sat on rock and had some lunch before leaving her there for someone who might really need her. good bye dear stove. may you burn long and hard.
at our destination
this place rocks! $4 for a day soak, and $5 for camping which includes soaking...AND pretty much unlimited nights of camping. supposedly no more than 7 days without permission. but still, at a flat rate of $5 you can't go wrong.
adorned with all kinds of earth sculptures and trinkettes
camp site beside the river
for filling your jugs...hot water straight from the tap
from dusk til way after dawn it's nude time !!
foggy last morning
besides hanging out in the nude with nature and loving every bit of it, i did meet some wonderful people. i really should take more time in documenting the paths i cross with people, but this trip is becoming more about myself than who i run in to. i didn't make any friendships here passed being camping neighbors at the hot springs, but i must make note of the woman named september and her two kids willow and gavin who live on an intentional community farm in the gila forest...and the man next to me with his two daughters from bisbee who recommended blm land when i get to arizona...the skinny nervous guy with dark skin and bright blue eyes who lingers between durango and upstate new york looking for work...kevin, the caretaker, who is subbing for his brother and his chow dog osa...and lastly, and most wonderfully, the woman who shared her juice and coffee and "toke" with me, and sang to herself as if i weren't there, who clearly is trailing from her hayday in the 60s - you are a happy soul, josephina.
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