Monday, October 01, 2018

Not As Nice

Our move this morning from Congress, AZ Escapees RV Park to our winter home in Tonopah, AZ, was only 60 miles, but dropped us 1500’ in elevation.  Before we moved, I had to convince this stick insect to vacate our tire well.  It was determined to “stick” around, but finally took the hint.

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For a while we followed this bike.  It’s tire was very thin,  which made it look as if it were gliding on a pedesta.

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We’ve been this way many times.  This is the first time there were warning arrows at the curves.  The cow denotes open range where livestock is not blocked from the road by fences.

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The further we went, the more the landscape changed.  The grass disappeared, the plants grew thinner and browner, saguaros appeared in abundance, thinned, disappeared.

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The area around Tonopah look almost barren.

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Our home for the next few months is here at Saddle Mountain RV Park. 

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After we set up we drove 20 miles to the town of Buckeye for lunch at one of our favorites—Firehouse Subs—and a short trip to the grocery.  The rain that didn’t show up yesterday afternoon began last night and continued to sprinkle on us all day.  The culprit is Hurricane Rosa which is predicted to be reduced to a storm as it reaches landfall over Baja Ca.  Its path takes it right over this area, and we are expecting our showers to change to downpours as the evening progresses.  No sun, no moon today, just weeping clouds.

More of the same predicted for tomorrow.

Louise and Duane

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