Gila Hot Spring Campground is on a private ranch owned by the Campbell family since the 1940’s. There are three different hot spring pools varying in temperature between 101 and 104. This place is incredible. The campsites are nicely spaced out and we have 24 hr access to the hot springs. As luck would have we are camped right next to this pool. If you look closely you can see Wolfgang in the background. Hard to believe you get this amazing experience for $8 pp/per night. We are going to be here for 2 days so more about that later.
We are about 4 miles from the Gila Cliff Dwelling and used the opportunity to visit. Hard to believe these dwellings were last inhabited 700 years ago.
It’s amazing that the park service lets you explore the dwellings on your own. It’s about a mile loop and up 18 flights of stairs. We had so much fun going up and down the ladders, walking through the rooms and imaging life here in the 1300’s. Again, we about had the place to ourselves.
For those of you that are wondering, we did manage to find a campsite at a USFS campground the night before. We were at Iron Creek campground, which had about 8 sites. We grilled up some chicken and veggies, opened a bottle of wine and settled down to our home for the evening.
This is our campsite tonight. Ned put up the hammocks and the only thing we have on the agenda is relaxing in the hot springs, reading in the hammock and enjoying this super sweet campground.
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