Our trip out of town was full of fun, food, and friends. Thanks Walt & Jan for all the hospitality!
As predicted, our drive was good and, even though it seemed that the scenery of desert and mountains might be tedious, let us tell you about what we saw!
It started in Yuma with this "Christmas" Scene
down the street from us in the RV Park
The owner came out to speak to Rose Lynn while she took the photos; she asked if the scene was offensive? No, especially after she explained that the scene was a depiction of southerners (javelina) trying to get through America to Canada (the scarf tied to the burlap bag has maple leafs) with their "agricultural" goods! Creative use of props they had around, we guess!
Desert dust creates a white distortion on the mountain scenery
Some areas had lava rubble visible at the roadside
We also passed areas of agriculture such a huge dairy operations (one seemed to have over 200 acres(!) of cows with limited shade), large fields of flood irrigated alfalfa, and cotton fields with harvested bales and a cotton gin near the highway.
There was also a large solar-thermal operation
Solana Generating Station (you can read about it at this link) and a huge landfill just west of Phoenix.
A very busy rail line (car carriers and containers) parallelled our highways about 2/3 of the route and passed through Yuma close to where we were staying - close enough to hear it rolling through!
Phoenix area freeways had a range of messages such as this seasonal offering. Two others were "Drive Hammered. Get Nailed" and "No Signal Lights? You're Sitting on a Throne of Lies".
