Prescott, Arizona: Bittersweet, leaving our perfect campsite in sunny warm weather and heading out on the open road to explore. I exercised again this morning with our neighbor, Lois. I am going to miss her so very much.





Goodbye, fellow campers!
Our route today took us east on I-10 - in terrible gusty winds and (of course) a sand storm. A few times the winds were so strong the flaps covering our awnings flipped-out with a loud roar. Oh, I just hate when that happens. At Quartzite, we pulled into the Love's Truck Stop for 92 gallons of $3.98 diesel and continued to exit 31 where we began a beautiful, yet not exactly straight, northerly route to Prescott, Arizona. The red rocky hills were filled with saguaro, prickly pear, yucca, cholla, palo verde, mesquite and miles of sage. Beautiful!
We pulled over to a wide-spot in the road in Salome, had a (Oregon tuna!) sandwich and checked-out the 9-11 Memorial.

If you are in a Big Rig, the road to Prescott on 89 requires a detour. Highway 89, south of Prescott, is famed for curvy roads, steep climbs and now has a 40-foot length restriction. Luckily, there is a safer route (County Road 15) through Skull Valley. What you lose in distance, you gain in speed. Our Big Rig Day was capped-off by fitting into the only Big Rig Site at the Point of Rocks Campground. They were very accommodating and friendly, but we are far too large for this hillside (yes, hillside!) campground and our roof-top dishes could not find their satellites due to all the gorgeous tall trees in the campground. (This post is brought to you courtesy of my tethered iPhone hotspot.)
We quickly set-up camp and headed into town to see the famous Yavapai County Courthouse Square in pretty Prescott.


Interesting, the things you find driving around in the desert.
We had a very good meal at Papa's Italian Restaurant, just off the square. I wish we could spend more time in interesting Prescott, but tomorrow morning we hit the road again.
Until my next update, I remain, your Prescott correspondent.
RV Park: Point of Rocks Campground - Up on a hillside north of town on 89. Old-fashioned campground. Only a few sites for Big Rigs. Gravel, lots of trees. Bathhouse. No cable. Free wifi in office area only. We paid $29 for the only pull-through site. Full-service, 50 amp. Very friendly and accommodating to our (massive) situation.
