Phoenix, AZ

Before we left Willcox, we grabbed another pie so we could bring it to my cousin Linda's house.  After making the easy drive to Phoenix, we pulled in to Usery Mountain Regional Park.  They have about 70 Rv spots but they were full, so we stayed that night in the overflow lot.  It really wasn't too bad- it was gravel and there were picnic tables directly behind us.  We didn't care much, since we were going to Linda and Michaels for dinner and would be back late.  There was no electric hookup in the overflow.  My only complaint is that $17 is a lot of money to pay for a parking lot.
I felt a little like a vulture.  We knew they would probably have room for us in the regular campground the next  night, so we drove through the campground scouting to see which spots would be opening up, and which ones were the best.
We had a great time at Linda's house.  I was sorry that some other cousins couldn't make it, but we had a great dinner and a fun time with Linda and Michael.

The next morning we played vulture again, to make sure that people were actually leaving their sites( they always have the option to re-up)- if you want a site you have to be at the ranger station at 9 am because thats when they assign them. We did get a nice one, with plenty of room.

We set out to hike around the mountain- a 7+ mile hike (Pass Mountain trail).  It was a meandering type of trail, not very difficult, and we were done by 1:30.  We're getting so we can move pretty fast if we want.  The scenery on the first half of the hike was great, but the second half was pretty boring, and pretty rocky, so we didn't stop too much along the way.  At least we got some exercise.
The weather was really nice so we sat outside for a bit, then ate dinner outside at the picnic table.
Yesterday we took our time in the morning- we fueled up the truck and did some errands, then headed off towards Nevada.  We split the trip into two days, since its about 425 miles, which is just a little too much to do in one day.  Instead, we had another new adventure.
For the first time, we spent the night on BLM land. (Bureau of Land Management).

Basically it is federally owned land that you can park your RV on for free, and spend up to 2 weeks, if you want to.  A lot of people use it for ATVing.  I did a little research and found a spot that wasn't too far out of our way, that I knew was accessible because people had posted on forums that they stayed there.

We got there early  in the day, which was great, because it meant we didn't  get antsy or anything.

After an early night we left this morning and arrived in Vegas around lunchtime.