Today we said goodbye to Barak and Shoshana and their kids.  Thanks for hosting us again!

We drove northeast to Payson, Arizona, where we picked up the generic USFS Junior Ranger books:

As we approached Show Low, Arizona, we were stopped by this accident:

That’s never good:

We continued on to overnight at a dispersed camping location just outside of Show Low, Arizona.  Trish did some watercolor painting tonight, and used salt to add an interesting finish to the work:

See the trip map for today’s drive and our current location.

The low pressure front that made last night’s flying unpleasant moved in today in earnest, blowing too hard to fly.  After homeschool, M built a Lego rubber band gun:

Despite bumpy conditions, a tandem PPG launched.  Watching the wing jerk around up there, I was glad I decided not to fly:

We were treated to a nice sunset:

For the first time in days, the winds let up enough to fly, so I launched flight #93:

After breakfast, I took the kids for a bike ride.  B had to repair her third flat since arriving here:

We rode our bikes out to the Obregon pit mine:

We passed this mining structure on the way back:

We hitched up, drove over to the border, and walked into Mexico to pick up Tricia’s glasses:

While waiting in line to return to the US, we saw two people climb the fence and enter the US illegally.

Continuing east, we crossed into Arizona:

As we were driving through Yuma, we saw an RV dealer with a selection of truck campers.  We’ve talked about downsizing to a truck camper once the kids move out, but after looking at even the largest truck camper with two slides we decided they are still too small:

We also stopped for diesel and propane.  During our grocery stop at Walmart, we saw this PPC fly by:

We continued on to overnight on abandoned land next to the Ak-Chin airport near Maricopa, Arizona, where I hope to fly for a couple days.

See the trip map for today’s drive and our current location.