A YEAR ON THE ROAD IN OUR MOTORHOME
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This is the second week of December and we are in Arizona. We stopped in Phoenix to visit Rose and Clarance Manning, some friends of Jeanne. Clarance was kind enough to drive us north a bit to visit some site, such as the unique sand sculpture by the roadside of the Last Breakfast. Then we continue on and find some Indian pueblos.
June, 1991 to June, 1992
Sedona has many beautiful cliffs near by and from there it is a short drive to Montazuma's Castle. The Castle is over 600 years old and visitors are no longer allowed to climb up to see it. The day trip covered over 300 miles.
Another Indian Pueblo, this one with a special cover over it to protect it from the elements. That night we stayed at the Picacho Peak RV campground right on I-10. Unfortunately, the traffic noise was bad even with a sound wall between us and the freeway. We did turn the motor home around so the bedroom was a far away from the highway as possible but it still was difficult to sleep. The next day we drove a few miles away to a State Park and, after a long climb, we could see the RV campground far below.
Arizona is full of many species of cacti, one of which is this unusual version. One of the many animals we found in the desert was the prairie dog. Sam really enjoyed it whenever we camped near one of their villages as he could spend hours watching them.
It is close to Christmas now and on our way to the Twin Lakes RV campground, a Coast-To-Coast, where we will spend Christmas, we stop at a desert museum and find an aviary full of hummingbirds. Christmas morning is cool but comfortable for walking. Sam doesn't really want to take a walk as the previous day he was near some odd looking ducks and one pecked him on the head, HARD!
After Christmas we drove to Tombstone, which is interesting but not great. We did walk cross the border and visit Nogalas, which is a huge tourist trap in my opinion but interesting. Then it was on to the Chiliracahua National Monument which is south of Wilcox. We stayed at the Monument campground for $6 a night but we were able to get some electricity by running our long, landline to an outlet near by. The Monument has some wonderful hiking trails and we tried to take them all. The trails start out with a gentle, narrow, uphill trail that has some muddy spots due to the snow that has fallen in the past few days. The higher we go the more snow there is but not enough to cover the trails, just by the sides and in the shade.
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