Blog #397 Look What Just Blew in to Tier Drop.

We were awake early this morning, Friday the 20th of October. We left the RV Park and headed east to see the sunlight and to get back to the connection to I 40 west.  We debated about ways to drive to the southwestern corner of Arizona, but decided to stay on major highways since it was going to be windy and we had 600 miles to go and we might need a place to stop before that.

We started out with good weather and clear skies and then we got into some pretty strong cross winds around Gallup, NM.

We crossed into Arizona.

That's about when the wind hit.  We watched to see what truckers were doing because they usually get off the road if they know the gusts are too strong.  We saw a couple pulled over, but most kept going, so we did, too.  Now the dust was starting to stir up.  We looked forward to turning south on I 17 at Flagstaff so it would be a head wind and not be bucking us around so much.

We pulled into a rest stop 15 miles south of Flagstaff.  We decided to rest a bit and see if we felt up to going the 267 miles that remained.  We could have stopped for the night, but both of us were ready to be off the road for awhile.

We jogged around Phoenix on Loop 303, to I 10, to 85 and finally to I 8.  The wind was letting up, but the dust was so thick it totally blocked the sun.  We kept going.

It had been 12 hours since we left Albuquerque.
Exit 30 to Wellton, Arizona

The Park doesn't look like much, especially in the dust, but it was so good to see it after a week since we left Indiana.

Several of the early arrivals greeted us and it was great to see them.  The Snow Birds will be coming in one by one now until the place is full.  Our normal spot had some work done and it still has a soft spot, so we moved to #17 until we decide what we will do.

We are now on Pacific Time Zone, but Arizona does not do Daylight Savings Time.  Whoo Whoo.

So, we are partially set up, (since we don't know if this is where we we'll stay), and settled in.  We had turkey and dressing that I had frozen from cooking it in Indiana.  We are truly thankful for the trip to be behind us and now we are ready to settle in for the duration.

I'm not sure how often I will be Blogging, but I will still be posting to Facebook.

Thanks again for all the prayers of support!!

Blessings,

Kathy