Is 105 degrees hot enough for ya?

We arrived in Arizona on January 6th it was warmer than Texas but not by much.  We went to the town of Safford first because I know of a couple spots to boondock or otherwise known as free camping on BLM (Bureau of Land Management) land which for those that do not know belongs to the citizens of the USA.  Anyways, this spot just outside of Safford is supposed to be a spot where lots of snowbirds go to in the winter but last year in March there were only 4-5 other RV's and this year I only saw one.  Not sure how hot a spot this is but I had planned on only one night here and then go check out the Hot Well Dunes and soak in a hot tub.

Monday morning we pack up and head down Haskell Road another 25 miles to Hot Well Dunes.  The Hot Wells is located on BLM land but there is a charge to camp here but it is only $3.00 per vehicle per day.  The hot tubs, two of them use to be artesian wells which kept the pools at a steady 104-105 degrees 24 hours a day but several years ago they quit flowing so now the water is pumped out of the ground powered by an solar array.   When the sun shines you have hot water.   This means every night the pumps quit but the tubs are designed to completely drain.  Basically there is a trickle drain at the bottom of the tub and an overflow drain at the top.  The overflow drain goes into a secondary pond which is designed for campers to do the sponge bath.  Somebody put some thought into this design.

We stayed here until Friday morning this week because the down side to this spot is that it is HEAVLY used on the weekends by ATV's, 4x4 trucks, Dune buggies, Motorcycles so it is not the place to be unless you like noise, dust and parties.  So we headed to Klondike which is a small village North of Safford then we returned Sunday evening and spent another week in sometimes cool but always hot tubs.

We also became friends with the hosts there at the Hot Wells as well as a couple other sun seekers from the north so I'm sure we will be heading back that way again.

Next blog I will have to write a little about our weekend in Klondike, AZ.

 This picture shows the first hot tub and the solar collector that keeps the water flowing.

This picture shows the second hot tub that use to be shaded with several trees but died so they had to be cut down.