Loaded up the Prius and departed the furnace known as Scottsdale. No Bobcats or Rattlers stand by to say good-by as we left. It's too hot for them as well! Twelve delightful hours later we arrive north of SLC an its 75 degrees with a nice breeze. Pura Vida, its all good!
So you ask "how can anyone stand 12 hours in a car?" Easy, drive through Northern Arizona and Southern Utah and you will understand. When the Spaniards came to this part of the world it is said that Cortez' general exclaimed over and over "something must have happened here!" It did, but it took millions of years for mother nature to do her job.
We have lost count of the times we have taken this drive, but every time it amazes us with the beauty that surrounds us. So here we are at the luxurious Best Western with complimentary wireless Internet and Bath and Body Works Lotions and Potions.
Besides the Mother Nature Show, nothing more eventful to report. Oh yeah, I almost bought a rock the size of a basketball at a shop with a real T-Rex in front (see above). So maybe it was not real, but the rocks were..lots of them in all shapes, colors and sizes. Really needed a mineralogist interpreter with me. Don't know the difference between the "ites", or "zites" or "tites" and had no way of knowing if the 50% off sale was 50% off of something that was not worth nothing!
Anyway, the rock I liked weighed more than a truck tire!
So its zz time and off to Yakima Washington tomorrow, through the rest of UT and Idaho and Oregon ...lots of good wine and tons of apples to sample there.
Stay well all
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