We are boondocking at a winery. This isn’t a country road in Arizona, but a vineyard. Behind our camp for the night are the grapes. Behind that, pistachio trees. I didn’t expect to find wine in Arizona, but here we are, camping in a vineyard. We are southwest of Willcox, at least ten miles from the highway. Our host for the night was Golden Rule Vineyards.
The night sky was nearly as dark as Death Valley. Sunrise was beautiful. Of course, I love the privacy and quiet, until we heard (and felt) the trains.
This would be a good time to introduce our boondocking club (usually at a winery), all pre-arranged by a company named Harvest Hosts. This is a membership company that sets up a camping scheme for RVers that we can stop at their property and spend the night.
We are members of Harvest Hosts and, when we’re only planning to spend one night in an area, we consult our list of hosts who offer overnight camping on their property in exchange for visiting their store. In this case, we attended a wine tasting.
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Wow!!! Did you like Havest Hosts
to Stephnie
The people were very nice. If you subtract the bottle of wine and pistachios, the price was to the same as DM with full hookups. Trains were not a problem. Live the seclusion.
😁 That’s awesome!!
It looks like Wilcox is a bigger town than Cochise. Is that a dry lake bed south of Wilcox and east of Cochise?
to Don and Mindy
Yes, will stop at both the south end first and the to the north end after a couple of weeks.
Pistachio trees, never thought about where they came from. Learning something new every day!!
to Dennis and Karen
The red ones, in our youth, came from Iran. There, two almost worthless factiods in one day.
Inquiring minds want to know!
to Dennis and Karen
The red die came from the mats they were dried on after soaking in water. Wonder it didn’t kill us.
Yep, red dye number 5
We have 37″ of snow so enjoy your dryness. Lol
Did you two enjoy wine tasting at the vineyards?
to JB
Didn’t look like wine country, but they do a great job with the wine.
Ya the correlation between vineyards and desert makes you wonder.
All aboard!
It snowed again last night 2-3 inches.
You may never leave with the new solar. How is the solar working?
to Joel
Confusing but capable. Full charge by 1 pm. Does weird things when we were driving, or start the generator. Yesterday it charged the battery when driving. Today it would not. ????? Still, we were full-on arrival and could use ample in the afternoon and have full batteries at sunset. I still use the generator to run the jacks and slides.
Thanks for your update… we really enjoyed sharing the vineyard with you … safe travels!
Not quite the Sonoma county
to Chaz
Very good wine.
I suppose that’s what matters most at a winery
Figures there would be some disturbing event. Looks very peaceful. Still cold here. February broke a low temp record.
to Aron
Lots of evening trains.
Only one in the middle of the night. One to wake us up at sunrise.
Drove to Colo Springs last weekend. Hit a slugfest just south of Ft Collins.just after rush hour Friday. Very very glad I rented a 4 wheel drive vehicle; did not see any accidents though. I stayed behind tracker trailers.