Today we are heading into Arizona. We want to be somewhere near Scottsdale as Amber and Jerad are flying in on Wednesday. Amber will be running the Phoenix Rock and Roll Marathon on Sunday, so we wanted to be able to spend a few days with them. Here's Ron as we start our drive from Joshua Tree into Arizona.
As you can see there wasn't much traffic today and we had very straight roads.
This plant was growing everywhere. As you look out across this valley you can see it just goes on forever.
Yup, that's our road out there. It just keeps going on and on and......
As we were nearing the California Arizona border we saw where the kids had written their names along the rail road tracks. They used the black and white rocks from under the tracks to make their creations. Here is one made by Vince and Sheri.
As we hit Highway 10 heading east we saw a great deal of truck traffic. I'm sorry the picture is small , but if you look carefully there are trucks as far as you can see. Traffic on our side of the road didn't seem to be to bad.
One thing Ron did NOT want to do was drive through Phoenix. He was afraid the roads would be bad and the traffic worse. Well, he got part of what he didn't want. Because we needed to be near Scottsdale we ended up heading to the Lost Dutchman Mine State Part in Apache Junction. Well, guess what? It's on the east side of Phoenix. That meant driving through the city and we hit it right during rush hour traffic. Fortunately, their freeways are amazing. Not only is the surface in good condition, but the shoulders and walls have beautiful artwork on them. They are using a brown cement that blends in with the desert. I hope I can get a good picture of them in the next few days so I can show you.
As you can see there wasn't much traffic today and we had very straight roads.
This plant was growing everywhere. As you look out across this valley you can see it just goes on forever.
Yup, that's our road out there. It just keeps going on and on and......
As we were nearing the California Arizona border we saw where the kids had written their names along the rail road tracks. They used the black and white rocks from under the tracks to make their creations. Here is one made by Vince and Sheri.
As we hit Highway 10 heading east we saw a great deal of truck traffic. I'm sorry the picture is small , but if you look carefully there are trucks as far as you can see. Traffic on our side of the road didn't seem to be to bad.
One thing Ron did NOT want to do was drive through Phoenix. He was afraid the roads would be bad and the traffic worse. Well, he got part of what he didn't want. Because we needed to be near Scottsdale we ended up heading to the Lost Dutchman Mine State Part in Apache Junction. Well, guess what? It's on the east side of Phoenix. That meant driving through the city and we hit it right during rush hour traffic. Fortunately, their freeways are amazing. Not only is the surface in good condition, but the shoulders and walls have beautiful artwork on them. They are using a brown cement that blends in with the desert. I hope I can get a good picture of them in the next few days so I can show you.
