Saturday March 1

Drove to Willcox, AZ this morning. Had coffee at a
run-down antique store that had espresso, 30 coffee
flavorings and at least as many liquers. The barrista
told me that the ranchers and cowboys have develped a
liking for lattes but refuse to use the name as it
might make them appear less masculine.

Did my laundry and the owner/laundress said she'd been
travelling for a number of years after she retired.
On her way back to her home in California she stopped
in Willcox, saw the for sale sign on the laundromat,
made an offer and now she's been here about a year.
But she's getting the itch to be on the road again. I
could probably now be the new owner.

Washed the car and trailer, did a little food shopping
and went to the local museum which was dedicated to
Cochise and Geronimo. Very well done for a little
town. There was also a large travelling (southern
AZ) exhibit about the history of baseball in the area.
This is another place where baseball was a primary
source of entertainment. There were pictures of ball
teams from the 1890's. and a huge, life size photo of
Pete Rose as a very young man though there was no
caption and the museum woman didn't know why it was
there. Four members of the 1919 Black Sox played in
an outlaw league around Willcox in the 1920's after
they'd been banned from baseball.

Saw acorn woodpecker, mexican jay, spotted towhee,
gabel's quail.

Drove up the Skyline Parkway outside Tucson up into
the Coronado National Forest. Great forests of
Saguaro cacti. I'm in a pretty primitive campground.
No water, pit toilets. The camp host gets electicity
from solar arrays. And for the first time, no RV's.
Real live people. You can hear their conversations
and watch them do the camping thing. At first I was
annoyed that they were so obtrusive and then had to
remind myself that I'd gotten spoiled by all the 5:30
PM fogey disappearance rituals. A young rock
climbing couple across the way next to a single mom
with two young boys. On one side of me are 4 college
age kids and on the other 3 older hispanic folk. The
campground is all gravel, not brought in, but the
natural desert surface, surrounded by mounds larger
than hills but not quite mountains.

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