Today our focus was getting ready for tomorrow’s travel day and staying Kartchner’s Caverns State Park near Benson, AZ. We had a few items to pick up at Walmart, then to TSC for Justice’s dog food, getting a propane tank filled, and then back to the camper.
At Walmart we decided to buy a treble light to hang with a 75-watt bulb to hang in the outside compartment access to our refrigerator. During the last freezing temperatures our refrigerator had quit running and in researching it, we read that extreme cold temperatures can impact these types of refrigerators. We read that by placing these lamps inside the compartment, it generates enough heat to prevent the coolant from freezing up. We never got a clear answer on why our refrigerator quit working but decided we’d be better safe than sorry with the temperatures dipping down near 19 degrees tonight.
After running our errands, we visited a local park that has a dog park along with playground for kids. Ron brought his metal detector to check it out. When we first arrived, we met a dog owner who was there with his rescue dog. Very nice gentleman who provided some background on how he became a dog owner. His dog’s parents were feral dogs that lived under a trailer, they were wild and uncatchable, but kept having puppies. His dog was one of their offspring who as a puppy, got tangled up in some barbed wire and was not found until it had gotten embedded down to its bone. The puppy was rescued but needed its front leg amputated to live. He later adopted her, and she gets around very well with 3 legs. He went on to tell us that he arrived in Deming pulling a camper and was running on fumes upon arrival but stayed and decided to make the town his home. Deming is not a destination town, but it has some nice features, and the people there are friendly and appear to take pride in their community.
There is a Happy Camper restaurant located at the back of these campgrounds and we heard they have good food. We decided to give it a try today and we weren’t disappointed. Ron had a Cuban Pulled Pork Sandwich with Fries, with a Cerevesa draft beer (locally brewed) and I had the Pulled Pork, minus the bun, with fries and Blood Orange Cider. It was all very delicious and we got to watch some football.
Tomorrow is travel day and our first night in AZ!
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