When we pulled in to the Palo Verde County Park there was nothin' there but a faded old sign, bathroom, and a Camp Host. The Camp Host was, unsurprisingly, nice, friendly and had, by personal decree I assume, decided it was free for bike tourers. The surprising thing was that it was a flush toilet, not a vault toilet. There was even a bar of soap by the sink on a freshly folded paper towel. A nice touch, especially since the season is now over, what with the heat and all.
We had a nice short stay, and enjoyed staring out at the mountains of AZ across the oxbow lake.
When I went over to say goodbye to our nice host he apologized for leaving our conversation yesterday; he had heatstroke and had to go. I guess it wasn't just us then, after our 70 mile ride across the sand dunes and desert. Anyway, I thanked him for sharing the little simple county park with us and said "There are a lot of people in this country with so much more than this, but so much less willing to share it. Thanks."
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