Today 1-26

Today we hit the road about 8:40, Larry had to dump the tanks and to save time I had him drive on down to the dump station while I dried my hair and got my war paint on for the day…we finished at the same time….nice. It is weird being in the trailer while it’s moving down the road.

I love this part of the desert because this is Saguaro country…the old men of the desert…they are 50 years old before they grow any arms…and they are riddled with holes that birds have made in them for nesting.

The Phoenix bypass as it is called now is almost finished being widened into 4 lanes…sure is nice and connects I-8 and I-10. There was so much standing water for miles and miles along 10 that the desert looked like a swamp…very odd to see.

We stopped for a break and so I could get some close ups of the cactus. There is lots of Jumping Cholla cactus everywhere and with the high winds last week their little arms were all over the place. Larry stepped on one and had to work at getting their little fish-hooked spines out of his shoe.

After we crossed the border into California we saw signs of the big winds that came through on Thursday. Trees twisted and uprooted and highway signs with 6x10 posts were twisted and broken, it had to be bad to have been in. Friends of ours were on the road through there on Thursday and got rerouted…there were semi’s and train cars turned on their sides from the 80+ mile per hour winds….yuck.

California puts us to sleep…the speed limit is 55 where in the other states we could go up to 75…not that Larry does, but it is tedious. We are at a Passport America park here in Desert Center, CA and we traveled 256 miles today.

It is really quiet here this afternoon, except for the jets that were romping around up there in the skies…they are just a mild roar until one decides to go straight up…then the noise gets pointed right down at us…looked like they were having fun. I’ve been at the computer practically since Larry got us hooked up to the satellite this afternoon…lots to take care of. We gained an hour, but I’m hitting the feathers early. No train…ahhh.