Percha Dam State Park

I arrived at Percha Dam on Friday afternoon where Dale is set up in the overflow camping area (non hookup sites). He has his rig positioned where his solar panels can soak up the sun throughout the day, but I decided to park in the shade of a tree about 100 yards away from him. It’s a nice little campground with the exception of stickers and goat heads everywhere except the roads. I’ve had to carry Hanna from my rig to the road every time we go walk anywhere.

Yesterday (Saturday) we drove down to Leasburg Dam State Park. It’s a very pretty, well maintained campground, but more scrub desert than here at Percha. We drove around all the loops and it was completely full.

Before heading back to our camp, we stopped at Fort Selden to look around the ruins and learn a bit of history about the area. It was $5, well worth it for the film, nice museum and trail around the grounds. The fort was active in the 1880s, and General Douglas MacArthur was a toddler living there with his officer father.

We are going to stay here a few more days and then head to a little higher elevation. The 80’s are quickly turning into 90’s here at 4100 feet.

Dog day afternoons