Travel – A place for all my stuff https://aaronsegura.com Aaron Segura Sat, 18 Jan 2025 14:25:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://i0.wp.com/aaronsegura.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cropped-96x96-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Travel – A place for all my stuff https://aaronsegura.com 32 32 187097003 Dispersed Camping in Tonto National Forest https://aaronsegura.com/travel/dispersed-camping-in-tonto-national-forest/ https://aaronsegura.com/travel/dispersed-camping-in-tonto-national-forest/#respond Mon, 19 Apr 2021 18:12:29 +0000 https://aaronsegura.com/?p=429 This site is on FR405 off of HWY 260 in Arizona – just down the road from Payson.  The access road is well-maintained.  There are probably 30 campsites here, with maybe half of them accessible to large RVs.  There are quite a few sites that are accessible only by 4×4.  On Saturday afternoon some people set up a speaker and started blasting music we could hear from a quarter mile away.  It seemed to fill the whole forest.  They partied for the day and were gone by nightfall.  We stayed here for a week before heading into town for supplies and dumping tanks, then back out to a different site in Tonto National Forest.  Annie T. Dog is enjoying the shit out of the camping lifestyle.  She sleeps out in the sun all day and goes for occasional walks to sniff out the squirrels.  It’s nice being able to light a campfire here.

]]> https://aaronsegura.com/travel/dispersed-camping-in-tonto-national-forest/feed/ 0 429 Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch https://aaronsegura.com/travel/rooster-cogburn-ostrich-ranch/ https://aaronsegura.com/travel/rooster-cogburn-ostrich-ranch/#respond Fri, 09 Apr 2021 23:00:47 +0000 https://aaronsegura.com/?p=388 I love petting zoos.  I love them all.  However, there is one petting zoo which has set a new standard for petting zoos.  It’s called the Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch.  They have a great variety of animals, ALL of which you can feed and touch.

For $15, you get a giant cup of feed for the donkeys, fallow deer, ostrich, sheep, and goats.  You also get three tokens that work in three different spots to feed the chickens, rabbits, and ducks.  They give you a cup of nectar to feed the rainbow lorakeets.  The lorakeets are a lot of fun.  They will sit right on your hand (or arm, or shoulder, or head), and drink the nectar right from the cup while you hold it.  Finally, you also get a token redeemable for some sliced squid so you can feed the STINGRAYS.  All of the animals are amazing, but the stingrays are worth the price of admission alone.  You place a slice of squid between your fingers and put your hand underwater.  An obliging stingray will float up to your hand and vacuum it up for you.  It’s a really strange sensation, but these guys are sooooo soft and gentle.

All of the staff are extremely friendly, and it’s obvious that they care deeply for all of the animals in their care.

This is literally one of my favorite places on the entire planet.  I highly recommend you stop by if you’re anywhere near Phoenix or Tucson.

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