The last time we visited Cottonwood, we stayed at the Prescott National Forest dispersed camping area off Thousand Trails Rd. We decided to go back and how the area looked now and how it might work for us with the Majestic.
One thing we noticed right away is a lot more RVs and tents than we here our last visit. A motorhome was parked in our favorite space on the edge of the canyon. Nonetheless, there were still plenty of nice sites that we could use.
We decided to hike down to the Verde River access point called Bignotti we went to on our last visit. It's down a very steep but well maintained unpaved road, with signs warning of steep grades and no RVs or oversize vehicles allowed. It turned out to be a much longer hike than we remembered, until Ken recalled that we had actually driven our truck down to the river.
It's a muddy river and not too much to see. Two vehicles were parked in the small parking lot, presumably belonging to anglers. The hike back up was not as difficult as we thought it might be. Ken remembered being totally out of breath on our last visit and having to stop to rest, neither of which happened this time. Yay!
On the way home we stopped for groceries and then headed back to the state park.
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