Returning to Ajo

The entire past week was spent in Ajo, Arizona, where we were meeting up with a small group of like-minded-nomads. Ajo holds a special place in Kerri and my life; we came here together soon after we met back in 2015, and we discovered Left Hand Nitro Stout here as well. It has always been a quite boondocking spot right outside a quaint old mining town with few choices of entertainment or food. The latter is still true, but the popularity of this RV lifestyle and the readily found boondocking spots ensures there are crowds and crowds in all the places published online in years past. Ajo was no exception.

We had to travel many more miles down the dirt road before finding a suitable spot to camp then ever before. Still, we had good company with us during the week. We got to hang out with Leigh and Brian of Campendium again, Taylor and Beth Banks of the Learning Banks, and even met up with a few new-to-us folks John and Becky. The week consisted of the fun and laughter of daily happy hours after work (no pics, that’s just how I am), fulfilling my quota for socializing for some time to come.

Us guys spent one day driving into the Cabeza Prieta Wildlife Refuge to check out some potential campgrounds. It was hours and hours of driving a rough gravel/dirt road in each direction, but the adventure was a welcome break to the monotony of the work week. Mostly, all there was to see was Border Patrol agents and huge cacti sprinkled about. While there is a couple campgrounds way the heck out there, they really only consisted of a few tables dropped in the desert… sounds great!