Marty's Travels

My house has wheels

Touring around Willcox

I went north from town to see the ag area and because the incoming weather permitted, through the mountains. There are orchards of fruit trees similar to the Yakima Valley: apples, pears, peaches, cherries, but on a tiny scale comparatively. Some walnuts and pecans. No trees are budded out or showing blooms yet; workers were still pruning. Most impressive were the miles and miles of greenhouses, which I gather are used for growing row-crops...

Willcox, AZ: At a New RV Park

Depending on the weather I'll be in Willcox for a few days getting some birding in, or waiting out a storm. The forecasts aren't that great in this part of the country. I'm at Cattlerest Bar and RV Park, whose RV portion just opened up a couple of months ago. Nice people bought it (he's a commercial airline pilot, partially retired) and have got it fixed up pretty nice. A cattlerest was a place to unload the livestock off your truck after they...