Saturday, March 26, 2011 - Clear Creek Campground, Camp Verde AZ
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Early Light, Clear Creek Campground, Camp Verde AZ, March 15, 2008
Headed to Laughlin NV
If you're wondering why I'm out here in the middle of Arizona, I'm on my way to Laughlin NV to spend a few days with relatives before heading up to southern Utah for a while.
Night camp
Site 7 - Clear Creek Campground east of Camp Verde AZ
- There is ood Verizon cell phone and Broadband service here.
- Locate Clear Creek Campground on my Night Camps Map
- Check the weather here
It's No Use Arguing Tastes with a Cow
By what appears, furthermore, to be the compensating justice of Nature, the treasures of the earth are always hidden in the most unattractive, dismal, and dreary spots. At least all the mining places I ever visited are so located, and Bisbee is no exception. To get away from the cramped little village and its unsavoury restaurant, I established my first camp four miles south of it on a commodious and pleasant opening, where we could do our own cooking. But here a new annoyance, and rather a curious one, was met with. The cattle of the region evinced a peculiar predilection for our wearing apparel. Especially at night, the cows would come wandering in among our tents, like the party who goes about seeking what he may devour, and on getting hold of some such choice morsel as a sock, shirt, or blanket, Mrs. Bossie would chew and chew, “gradually,” to quote Mark Twain, “taking it in, all the while opening and closing her eyes in a kind of religious ecstasy, as if she had never tasted anything quite as good as an overcoat before in her life.” It is no use arguing about tastes, not even with a cow.