Monday, April 30, 2018

89 miles today to and from Chiricahua National Monument from Willcox, AZ. What an amazing place that neither of us had heard of before this trip. Fantastic park with miles of incredible volcanic rock pillars. The road from the visitors center to the top of the park rose 1400 ear popping feet; grassland at the start through tree filled valley to windy mountaintop!
Dad noticed in the visitors center wild animal log that someone saw a mountain lion cross the road just 2 days ago. Words don't do justice to the place, you have to see the photos. These last two days have been a real highlight of the trip.
On the way to the park we stopped on the road to let a big spinning dust devil go past in front of us. On the way back we saw large dust clouds of salt blowing off the playas south of town.
Two weeks into the road trip so far. Time flies.  Off to Tombstone and the OK corral tomorrow.

2 comments:

  1. A dust devil is a small tornado of spinning air that picks up sand and dust from the ground and carries it high in the air.

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  2. Can’t believe it’s been two weeks already!

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