What a night! I still struggle with the complete silence that envelopes you here at night. I suffer from tinnitus and as such when it’s as quiet as it is in the desert, the only sound I hear is literally in my head.
As for darkness, well. As you can tell from the picture in the last post taken at about 4:00am this morning (& reposted below), it gets REALLY dark out here and with there being no tall trees, the sky is REALLY big.
This was the westernmost point in our trip and today we head eastward back to Picacho, AZ. Nope, not to look for Pokémon, but to camp for the next three nights.
Returning to the I-8E we pass the Solana Generating Plant, a very large parabolic trough solar power plant capable of generating enough electricity to power 70,000 homes!
Picacho Peak State Park is known for its wildflowers and hiking trails so we are really looking forward to the next few days. Due to a water shortage in the area, they are asking all campers to arrive with a full water tank as there is no potable water available in the park.
The drive back towards Casa Grande and down to Picacho is uneventful and rather than write anything about todays drive I ask you to re-read yesterdays blog backwards (kidding). 😜
We arrived at the park shortly after 1:00pm and it’s busy with lots of day use folks out for a hike. The campground is flagged as being full, however the sites are nicely separated and so it seems quieter than we expected (Ontario Parks take note).
All for today. Cheers.