A hard day's drive today. We went 133 miles and it took 7 hours. When we see these figures you just can't get it, but up mountain ranges on very narrow roads to 4200" will do it every time. Now we're in desert with saguaro and beavertail cactus. We're passing through Mescal country. This a liqour similar to tequila. There are many fields of these cactus which look like the blue agave plant, planted up and down the mountains. I just can't imagine doing the work on these moutains. We see little productions plants along the way. These are actually a horse or three walking around in circles to grind the plants into liquid. We finally reached the 6000' summit after many switchbacks and a hard climb. The engine heated up but not enough to concern us.
Pulled into Tule, the neighbouring town in which we'll stay and delightful it is. More dry camping although it has a 5 x 12 cement block structure that features 2 toilets with no seats and 2 showers.
Loyola's truck broke down on the mountains so Dave unhooked his 5th wheel and went back an brought him in. We are having such a wonderful time with our caravan, a fabulous group of people. It's a privilege to be with them and a ton of fun.
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