Day 34 Thursday February 14

Portion of Ajo town square

Ajo church

Different Ajo church

Valentine's Day!

     Gray water overflow. Also have been losing things: headlamp (me), dog bowl (B), cosmetic bag (S), broom (X). Got cosmetic bag back after long backtrack and nice Organ Pipe volunteer ranger woman found dog bowl in first night camp site (tenting only) and I went to her tent/trailer rig just around the corner and retrieved it except there was a bike chain in it that was not ours. But its V Day! Maybe go into Ajo, or Why or Lukeville for dinner.
     Day overcast, breeze coming up. S had a long walk to Victoria Mine. I took a short bike ride and a short walk up an unnamed wash.
     As rain and wind pickup in the early afternoon, we drove to Ajo passing of course through Why and the security checkpoint. Ajo used to be a copper mine town now it is mostly retirees and homeland security; don't know how that is working out but it sounds like a tractable mix except maybe for the guns and alcohol. 
     Met a guy at the thrift store on the square in Ajo who had just bought a kayak at the thrift and planned to take it to Anacortes. Don't recall ever seeing a kayak in a thrift store before. The woman who seemed to own the thrift said it would be quicker to take it to the Sea of Cortez. She also said the owner of the defunct copper mine owned the electric company in town and that was why there was no electricity in the town at the moment, but it did come back on and I bought what I think is a pretty nice shirt for 4$.

Note: All the vehicles in this park have their hoods open wide because of the pack rats. It doesn't seem like a good idea in this rain and wind.
Added a quart to the engine; stick showed a 1/4 drop since Yuma.