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| no partners | | I have not camped at this park since pre-covid days and there are some changes from the way it was before. Now virtually all the sites are on the state park reservation system, whereas before it was first come first served. Sites 40 to 45 and I think some of the electric sites are the only ones left first come first served. I didn't think this would matter, as there was virtually nobody there camping. However, the reservation system allows a person to reserve a site the day of arrival, which I think is ill-advised. Most such systems do not allow you to reserve a spot the day of arrival, which is good and avoids conflicts. Anyway, I learned all this while visiting with the campground hosts at the visitor center. So, the site I picked was a reserved spot, but as long as nobody showed up later in the evening there would be no problem. Otherwise, I would have to move to another site. With all the stormy weather of late I figured it would be fine and few people would be there that night. True that.  Lesson learned, next time I will lock in my stay ahead of time.
I left Tucson about 0700, so got to Silver City around 1100 (lost an hour due to DST). I knew I had time to kill before getting to the state park, so I drove up to the Little Walnut Picnic Area, with the idea to maybe do a quick hike up to Gomez Peak, but it started thundering with light rain when I got there, so nixed that idea. Strong storms were expected in the area, so I wasn't about to mess around.  Turns out the heavy weather was over on the Arizona side for the most part.
Back to Silver City to get ice and a few things, plus got a Subway sandwich for later at the CG. I stopped for a Lotaburger meal at Bayard as well.  The weather was nice, no storms and some overcast skies to take the heat edge away. I spent most of the time wandering around the rock formations, always fun. I have always enjoyed visiting this low key state park! |
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It was pretty breezy, which is typical this time of year, but nothing to the level of annoying. Beautiful night and slept well, just what I needed. Enjoyed my morning leisurely, then headed to Silver City around noontime for a stop at Little Toad Creek Brewery. I enjoyed a couple of cold brews and a BS session with a random stranger at the bar (perfect). I purchased some of their Mixed Up Mule cocktails in a can to go, and then it was time to head home to Tucson. Fun. 
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I knew this would make for an interesting night! Sure enough, when it was getting dark they started to fly out for night patrol. Actually it was kind of cool having them flying about overhead and through the rocks. 
