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Saturday 16 July 1994: Began the day by walking across the
Mexican border to Sonoita. There wasn't much there, apart from an
interesting curio shop. We returned to USA (without even a passport check)
and left the RV site promptly, returning north along AZ 85 to Why?, across
part of the massive Luke Air Force Gunnery Range without being hit by any
missiles, and eventually back to Phoenix at lunchtime as it began to
rain.
Spent over an hour in a (successful) quest for Crystal Comfort and some hot
chillies and headed out of town north on I-17 to
Lake Pleasant, which wasn't very. Entry was $6, there
were lots of noisy people and no nice beaches, only mud and stones.
Still, it was somewhere to stay the night. In the evening we were
entertained by an obnoxious man shouting at his wife and son. Luckily
they left at nightfall, but an especially noisy carload of American
teenagers arrived instead and camped just 15 yards away. Campfires were
not allowed, so we had to have ours out of sight of the rangers, behind
a large wall of stones that looked like some kind of dam. Apparently it
was full of rattlesnake nests, according to a friendly policeman who
stopped by. The noisy teens set up camp right next to it, but unfortunately
weren't bitten. A combination of very hot and humid weather and our disruptive
neighbours, who stayed up until after 3 am, meant we didn't sleep well.
It was some comfort that by the morning their vehicle had a flat battery
due to too much music, but alas someone else gave them a jump start.
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