Camp Verde, AZ

This morning we left Salome, AZ about 9:30 traveling east on US 60 through the valley between the Harcuvar Mtns on the left and the Harquahala Mtns on the right. The cantaloupe fields in the valley had either been harvested or were being harvested. Nearing Wickenburg we left the valley and entered into the rolling hills covered with bushy desert vegetation and Saguaro cactus. On the edge of Wickenburg there are a couple of dude ranches, however the only thing I see for cattle to eat are the leaves off from the desert bushes. A few miles after leaving Wickenburg we turned east on AZ 74 and the cactus growth became more dense. Turning north on I-17 the terrain became much steeper as we traveled up a long pass to an elevation of 4000 ft. The mountains began to have grass growing on them and we saw some herds of cattle. A few miles from Verde Valley we began the long 6% slope down into the Verde Valley where we are staying at the Distant Drums RV Park while attending the Newmar Kountry Klub AZ State Rally.