On the move
Even though I like Constellation City Park and enjoy being there, it's set up much like a State Park, and the RVs are too close together to suit me. I can take the crowds for a little while, but I much prefer my kind of boondocking, where neighbors are far enough away that I don't have to listen to them talking, playing music, or dogs barking—typically, what normal people do when they're just living their lives.
If you're used to staying in RV parks, you would think Constellation City Park has more than enough room between RVs, and you would be right. But to me, living right next door to people is like living in an apartment. And I didn't live in apartments when I was working for a living, other than when looking for a house to buy.
I went into town early this morning to buy some groceries at Basha's grocery store, which is right in the middle of downtown Wickenburg. But being right in the middle of town, I don't often visit Basha's grocery store since it's pretty far away from the Arizona trust lands I normally stay on, and its parking lot is really small. I usually shop at Safeway since it's far closer to where I stay, and the parking lot is a little bigger.
After doing all that, I toddled down the road to the Arizona trust lands where I had been a couple of weeks ago, found an empty piece of desert, and made myself at home.
Theboondork
Right next to my boondocking site at the Constellation was this 50-foot-deep dry wash. Some of the campsites were constructed so that backing off into the dry wash was not impossible.
Constellation City Park has several of these horse corrals next to the campsites. So, for $15 a night, you can camp right next to your horse.
Hundreds of years ago, when the Spanish owned most of what is now the American West, they were running around in the desert searching for gold and silver. Since there were no roads, the Spanish used Saguaro cacti as signs so they would know where they were going.
They would do this by modifying the Cactus to stand out from the normal Cactus, just like this one stands out because the top was cut off. And since Saguaros lived for hundreds of years, the Cactus signs would last almost forever.
Vans are so popular nowadays, and this one stays just up the road from me at Constellation.
This is my last sunrise at Constellation City Park. It's probably not my last stay at the park, but it’s the last one for this travel season.