Back at Whitewater draw

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My last night at the Pima County Fairgrounds boondocking area.... At least I assume its going to be my last night, but I never really know for sure. But it does feel nice to have something besides a horse to take a picture of, I guess in a few days I'll be saying that about Sandhill Cranes.

I made it to Whitewater Draw about 10:30 this morning and boondocked myself pretty much where I was the last time I was here because that was the only boondocking spot left. Unfortunately, this place seems to be always kind of crowded, and I reckon it will stay that way until the Sandhill Cranes pack up and head North.

I was kinda shocked when I first drove up and only saw a handful of Sandhill cranes on the lake, and I thought I had wasted my time coming here. But a photographer I ran into said that the lake was full of birds yesterday, and they must be off feeding right now. That made sense because that's what they're supposed to do, but that's not what I saw when I was here a month ago.

Previously when I was here, some of the Cranes would fly away to feed but not all that many. The lake was covered with birds all day, all the time; I never saw just a few birds on the lake. So I thought that maybe they don't eat that much in the winter or feed that often, so the lake always looked full of birds. But now, maybe with summer coming up, they're all feeding heavily, so most of the flock leaves the lake and eats for most of the day to prepare themselves for that long flight North.

That's just a guess on my part because all I know for sure about birds is a lot of them end up on a rotisserie at Walmart for seven dollars a bird.

It's pretty cloudy today, so hopefully, I'll be able to get a decent picture of the sunset this afternoon. And hopefully, it will be 70 or 80° every day which is a lot warmer than the last time I was here. But it's a bit over 4000 feet in elevation here, so that can sometimes mess with the weather forecast.

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My boondocking spot at Whitewater Draw Arizona.

Vans dominating the boondocking scene.... As usual. But with the new camping van designations of B+ and Super B's, I'm not sure where you draw the line between vans and class C's anymore.

A married pair of Sandhill Cranes..... I can tell there married because she's saying "take out the garbage!" And he's saying, "leave me alone I'm watching the game!"

Snow geese coming in for a landing on the rapidly diminishing Lake at Whitewater Draw.