Butterfield Trail Dry-Camp Near Gila Bend

Casa Grande, AZ

    Sunset from the end of a dead-end road off of the Butterfield Trail exit from I-8 near Gila Bend, AZ; while I was headed for a commercial RV park on Butterfield Trail I joined the 5th Wheeler & Class A RVs which were already parked. [Even though Gila Bend is quite a ways from the Mexican border, there was a sign cautioning that smuggling or illegal trafficking might be encountered further down the gravel road.]

 

 

    A short while after taking the about photo of the sunset I noticed that the sky to the west was rather orange-red.

 

 

 

 

    Some Sun-Dried Beef Jerkey!! :-)>
    Note that the ribs are missing. Perhaps the coyotes had a BBQ.
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Links:

• Wikipedia article on the Butterfield Overland Mail
• Apache Pass, a station with water along the Butterfield Route
• Wikipedia article on Gila Bend, AZ
• Wikipedia article on Casa Grande, AZ

Th 16 Feb Actual Route: Yuma, AZ, Walmart - Wellton

F 17 Feb Actual Route: Wellton - Dateland - Gila Bend - Butterfield Trail Dry Camp

Sa 18 Feb Actual Route: Butterfield Trail Dry Camp - Gila Bend - Casa Grande

Su 19 Feb Actual Route: Casa Grande - Eloy - Picacho Hwy/Shay Rd Dry-Camp

M 20 Feb Actual Route: Picacho Hwy Dry-Camp - Eloy - Picacho Peak State Park

T 21 Feb Route: Picacho Peak State Park - Tucson - So AZ VA Hospital

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Finding Campgrounds:

• RV Campgrounds from TrailerLifeDirectory.com
• Family Camping Directories from Woodalls.com
• Free campsites website

N.B. I receive nothing from Trailer Life, Woodalls, or FreeCampsites.net for including links to their free campground lookups.