NOMADS – Mingus Mountain, AZ 2026 – Week 2

May 25, 2026

Week 2 of our NOMADS project at Mingus Mountain Camp and Retreat started on May 18th and was much like Week 1. We continued all our projects with our Nomads friends, finished some and started some new ones.

On Monday we discovered a railing on one of the camp buildings was very loose, so the team stabilized it.

The team continued in one of the men’s bathrooms by installing the new vinyl plank flooring.

LuAnn and Steve working on the gaga ball pit

Another big project we started this week was tearing down the old wood shed to build a new camp store.

Taking down the old wood shed piece by piece

The rest of the team helped with raising the first wall.

The weather has been the same as last week. Lows in the low 50’s overnight (didn’t bring enough warm clothes) and climbing into the low to mid 70’s during the day with a few days in the low 80’s. There has still been NO rain! No threats of rain. The only clouds are the white puffy ones, otherwise it’s just beautiful blue sky. There is no dew on the ground in the mornings. No change in the forecast for this week. Very different from what we are accustomed to in Alabama. Also, we have friends in Alabama that have had tornadoes this week and are now experiencing flash flooding. Please say a prayer for them! Don’t think we told you about the elevation. We are at 7,600 feet so that explains the cool evenings. Friday when we were in Prescott Valley doing laundry the temperature was 84 and it was 74 when we arrived back at our campsite on Mingus Mountain.

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