I forgot how hot Arizona can be. I lived in Phoenix/Maricopa about 36 years ago when Heather (my daughter) was little. We didn’t have air conditioning, we had a swamp cooler, the air is cooled by water. It works well, (mostly) in arid climates without humidity. But I can tell you having an air conditioner today is a blessing I won’t take for granted.
It was a long travel day, longer than I like. But thankfully we had no issues. Tom moved the Vespa to the front of the truck, which helped a lot. The people that put our hitch on the back of the trailer attached it to the bumper and not the frame. It’s not very sturdy and we’ve almost lost the Vespa three times.
It started turning hot just a few miles out of San Diego and by 50 miles we were well into the 90’s. We saw a lot of flat open areas except for these rocks. I told Tom it looked like a quarry. Here’s also a picture of a lone cactus. And we saw this very large baby right before getting into Phoenix. A friend said it was a family farm.
There were also a lot of named ditches right before we left California. I’m not sure why there is a need to name ditches. They had names like Hatch Ditch and Plate Ditch. They didn’t really look like ditches to me either. They also named gulches.
We’re thankful to be settled for the night with clean clothes, (I did laundry). We’re also thankful that the trailer is cooling down and we’ll be sleeping well tonight. I hope you’re day was a good one.
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