Black Cows Matter At Ashurst Lake

Above, a couple of Ashurst Lake residents. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

A good time was had by those Clampers and their families who attended the Lost Dutchman Chapter's family campout at Ashurst Lake in Arizona near Flagstaff.

Thus far, this is the second RV overnighter I've had this year.

About 25-30 attended the unofficial Lost Dutchman campout. We were in the dispersed campground at Ashurst Lake. The main road in was bumpy (it badly needed some grading) and the campground road was even worse with rocks. It caused three gallons of water I was carrying to rupture. It as a good thing that it was warm out so the water in The Beast dried fast.

It was a relaxing weekend of conversation, drinking, cigar-smoking, games, munching and fishing (a tournament was held at the lake).

Early Saturday morning, one of the Clampers was awakened unexpectedly. He was sleeping under the stars and was woken up around 2:00-4:00 in the morning by a calf that was licking his face. To say he was startled would be a great understatement. He's now going to be called "Salt Lick".

There were plenty of cows roaming around grazing and wandering through the campground at times.
The majority of them were black, which made the standing joke of the weekend to be Black Cows Matter.

We had a very brief, but welcome, thunderstorm just before dinner Saturday afternoon. It helped to keep the dust under control. We had a little lightning show a few miles to the east Friday night.

The family campout is held annually, so I am looking forward to next year's. This was the closest thing to a clampout this year.

Here's some photos:

Above, The Beast at the campground. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Above, the road to the lake. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Above, Tito "Salt Lick" Manning and XNGH Tom Garland. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Above, Lorelei Garland and some of the other attendees. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Above, XNGH Bobby Moore with a full beard. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Above, more black cows near our camp. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Above, yours truly and Ken Dorsal. Photo by Tom Garland.

Above, we had a welcome thunderstorm pass through for a few minutes Saturday afternoon. Photo by Armand Vaquer.