Camping Recap week 12 / by Dave Hileman

Leaving Chiricahua National Monument campground we drove to Tucson and stayed the night at Catalina State Park in loop A, site 31, a nice pull through with great views of the mountains. The park had some nice trails. Each site had water and electric and they had a well built dump station. Good stay.

We spent the next night at a Harvest Host called Box 8 Ranch at Superior, AZ. Not the best experience. Not too level and just a bare minimum of instruction on where to park. We never saw our host.

On to Homolovi State Park near Winslow (“standing on the corner) Arizona. We had site 4, paved back-in site with electric and water. The sites were very well spaced. Good stop for two nights.

Moving north we stayed one night at Canyon de Chelly, AZ on Navajo tribal land. FCFS but no issues and lots of spaces. We only spent one night at site #39 for $20 with no services but you could add water from several faucets. Much of the canyon was not accessible so we moved across the Navajo land to the Navajo National Monument.

Great camping here on National Park property. No services but it was free, paved, beautiful and gorgeous sky. We spent two days here and used one of them to drive to Monument Valley and took a super jeep tour from 4 to 7:30. Stunning land.

We were then off to Utah. Kanab, a Harvest Host, Zion and then Bryce.

Free spaces at Navajo National Monument.

Catalina State Park near Tucson and lots of nearby everything.

“I’m So Lonesome Tonight…” Canyon de Chelly