Last night
just before we left for a walk, an old camper van pulled into the area and parked
just up the road from our spot. This morning the van was sitting in the middle
of the dirt road and the driver was standing out beside the van with gas can in
hand, looking like he was trying to decide what to do. We saw him head toward us and Jim went out
and spoke with him. His old van
apparently does not have a working gas gauge and he had miscalculated his
mileage and found himself out of gas.
Jim and I went out and helped him push his van to the side of the road.
After getting him situated off the road, Jim took him into Ash Fork to get some
gas. When they got back Jim and I
watched him head back out to the highway and make a left turn. Jim was surprised to see him turn to the left
toward Prescott because he had only bought $2.00 worth of gas and Prescott is
about fifty miles from here. I imagine
someone else will have to come to his rescue down the road a ways.
After doing
our neighborly duty we took a ride into Williams, Arizona to check out some
more Forest Service areas that have free camping. Talk about a tourist trap,
Williams should be at the top of the list, they are situated at the start of
one of the few roads that take you up into the Grand Canyon. Their diesel prices are sky high at $4.49 a
gallon. So far we have been paying around $3.85 per gallon. I am thinking we will not be filling our tank
until we reach Flagstaff.
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