Bonito Campground - Sunset Crater National Monument - Flagstaff, AZ - August 4-5, 2019
All good trips start and end at Bonito Campground, just north of Flagstaff … dry camping (no hook-ups), but quiet, spacious, tucked in between the ponderosa pines, in the shadow of the mountainous cinder cone of an ancient (about 900 years ago … although certainly not ancient in geological terms) volcano. The land is still covered in cinder pellets and edged by ancient lava flows.
The talk among our camp hosts, Gary and Dana, was about the human-caused Museum Fire that had been extinguished the previous week by rain. Apparently the entire campground was on pre-evacuation notice up until last week. Our camp hosts watched warily as some fire Hot Shot teams rode up the loop road and assured us that we would be notified promptly if a new threat of fire emerged. The threat of fire is ever present in the West ...
We ate out under the cool shade of the trees … Paul’s spaghetti sauce with a salad of Paul’s tomatoes … a nice Ripasso Italian wine … and the company of our friends, Jim and Kathy … made for a lovely evening as we began Bambi’s latest adventure.
We ate out under the cool shade of the trees … Paul’s spaghetti sauce with a salad of Paul’s tomatoes … a nice Ripasso Italian wine … and the company of our friends, Jim and Kathy … made for a lovely evening as we began Bambi’s latest adventure.
Yes, Bambi has company on this trip … our friends from Tucson, Jim and Kathy, and their Jayco White Hawk … not sure of his/her name … perhaps they don’t name their trailers … but, Bambi enjoyed having company on this outing.
We're off … headed for Durango ….
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