Kit and Carol on the Road

Here is an Arizona small town a LONG way from Wal*Mart. I am putting it on my short list for nice small retirement towns in warm places. There is an IGA across the street, for which we are thankful. And there is a Napa Auto parts for which we are also very thankful as we discovered that our trailer (Alice) had a very flat tire. (We had to buy a new one) The town center has a beautiful old mission style church and a Spanish-style square with some shops (including an old fashioned department store. and the local library. This really nice library is part of a county system. We enjoyed our visit to the historical museum. Ajo was a Phelps Dodge Company town -- built around the open pit mine, which once employed upwards of 2000 people. There is a neighborhood of aluminum houses, which fascinated us. This weekend is the Old Time Fiddler’s contest in Ajo. We are off to the “show” tonight at the Ajo Country Club.
Note for RVers. We recommend Shadow Ridge RV park—where we are NOT staying.