A comment from Larry
Now that I'm back in Quartzsite, my temporary travel hub, I need to develop some ideas for the next steps. My long-range plan is to head toward New Mexico, maybe in late April or sometime in May, depending on the weather being warm enough, and work my way north, staying at New Mexico State Parks along the way, trying to get as much use as possible out of my last annual camping pass. My New Mexico Park pass is still good so that I can boondock for free until November 2025.
I'm unsure what to do until then, but I'll probably slowly work my way down to southern Arizona. When the time comes, I can be on Interstate 10, heading east into Deming, New Mexico, and hit Rock Hound State Park again.
Larry commented and left me a link to an article about Arizona raising its State Park prices. And this is my response to Larry’s comment:
Prices of everything goes up, but it seems like State Parks are the places that hurt folks on a limited income the most.
I'm old enough to remember when parks of all kinds used to be an inexpensive place to go camping. While living in Miami, Florida, I didn't have much money, so I camped in a tent and later a Ford Econoline van. Commercial RV parks were way out of my reach financially, so a two-week vacation was more than I could afford without staying at state parks, which were much cheaper because they were built on public land and didn't have to pay a mortgage, property taxes, or any other expenses that commercial RV parks had to pay.
But now, depending on where you're at, state parks are in line or even higher than some of the commercial RV parks in the area. Why is that? In my opinion, largely because of the perpetual growth of all layers of government, more government employees at all levels, and the unending demand for higher taxes and increased fees is how my generation has always lived.
How do we fix this? We probably don't. President Trump is trying to repair the damage now, and we can all see what's happening to him and anyone who tries to help. Trump has barely scratched the surface of our grossly mismanaged government, and already, the sorrowful shrieks of the pathetic have begun, led by the vile politicians who have been trading taxpayers' money for votes since the beginning of forever. And unfortunately, I don't see much change in my lifetime since people usually react badly to having a lifetime of free stuff taken away.
Theboondork
It was a cloudy day, boondocked on Plomosa Road.
Hotel next to the London Bridge.
No amount of water will keep a fisherman from spending $30,000 for a boat and motor to catch a tiny freshwater fish that he easily could’ve caught fishing from the bank.
Restaurant near the London Bridge.
Ms. Mallard, makes her winter home under the London Bridge.