Day 28

Left our little mountain, meadow campsite today. It really was perfect, except for the no swimming thing. And it would have still been ok, except we were the only people in 25 square miles who didn't have fishing poles. So we took our chances and headed back to Oak Creek Canyon hoping to find campers leaving. And we did. Lots of them. The first camp ground we came to had lots of fantastic spots open, but the creek was just a trickle for splashing in. That would be fine, if there was nothing else. So we headed up the road to the only other campground, which was tiny with only 16 spots and no RV's allowed. All of the spots were reserve only, except a couple. And now we know why.
The swimming was fantastic. We got some great photos and everyone had such a good time in the creek. There was a large rock for jumping, shallow water for wading and deep water for snorkeling to watch fish.
Now the campsite was not so fantastic. It was small, but we could have lived with that. It was very close to the main road, so the traffic was noisy and all night long. We could have lived with that too. We were close to the bathrooms, which normally is great. But our campsite was down wind from the ventilation pipes to the sewer pits below the bathrooms. That we could not live with. It was 24 hours of porta potty smells. Even the inside of the bathrooms didn't smell that bad. Nothing we could do. Had to tough it out. But, I would never camp there again. I would camp at the better campground and drive to swimming!