Ah, yes, it is still raining when we tried to get into Catalina State Park north of Tucson.
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We wondered how the wash just past the park entrance was faring so we called ahead.
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At 10, it was closed. We were told to try again at 2.
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At 2, we drove down in the little car. Still closed.
Nobody could get out – nobody could get in. 300 campers trapped for now.
The wash wasn't necessarily deep but an abundant amount of sand comes down from the mountains behind the campground.
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We wondered how the wash just past the park entrance was faring so we called ahead.
.
At 10, it was closed. We were told to try again at 2.
.
At 2, we drove down in the little car. Still closed.
Nobody could get out – nobody could get in. 300 campers trapped for now.
The wash wasn't necessarily deep but an abundant amount of sand comes down from the mountains behind the campground.
We were told to try again at 4.
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At 4, our "high clearance" RV made it through the wash in the path just made by the dozer and we had explicit instructions to stay in the path he just made.
Enough sand comes down that in this last picture the dozer's new path was moving a foot of sand out of the way.
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Good news – the wash was done running 12 hours after the rain stopped. A day later the puddle was gone too and the ranger was sweeping off the road.
