We are in Wickenburg, AZ which is a smaller town west of Phoenix. It has a history of mining activity and then when the mine played out they started farming and ranching. The town celebrates its "cowboy" history with lots of interesting celebrations. We happened to be downtown when we heard the DC riders were coming through on parade. We had to ask what who they were thinking probably some kind of biker convention. We were pleased to find out it was the Desert Caballeros a group of male cowboys. They spend three days out in the desert at a camp and then ride into town. Of course we fought the traffic back to the campground after the parade only to discover that the cowboys had ridden right past our campsite to get downtown. We could have had ringside seats without having to deal with the roundabout and all the backed up traffic.
In response to this all male cowboy group the ladies have come up with their own cowboy celebration. They sponsor the "Cowgirl Up" program at the Desert Museum in town. They provide all kinds of homemade knickknacks with a cowboy theme for sale at the museum as part of a fundraiser.
We really enjoy visiting this cute little town and the weather in April is perfect -- low 80's because its at a slightly higher elevation. The only drawback is coming into town from the north you hit a series of roundabouts. We ended up going all the way around one of them thinking it was our exit to the campground. There we were with our whole train -- boat behind the fifth wheel -- going around the whole circle like Chevy Chase in his European Vacation movie.
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