Thursday, November 24, 2011

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Thanksgiving Day, November 24

Keith was concerned that he'd be eating a turkey sandwich today, so when we stopped at WalMart earlier this week I bought a turkey breast, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie to serve along with stuffing, and green bean casserole (of course), so he'd feel like he didn't miss the holiday.  Then, when we arrived here at the campground, they invited us to join in their Thanksgiving dinner.  The campground provided the turkey and stuffing, and everyone brought a covered dish.  There were about 40 other couples.  Yum!

Tuesday, November 22

We arrived at the Desert Palm RV Resort, our home for the next four months.  We were so amazed to find this beautiful oasis in the desert. 






The weather is perfect -- mid 70's and breezy.  The campground is pretty empty now, with most residents coming after Christmas. 



This little oasis is so different than the desert landscape that we drove through during the last two days of our journey. 

Typical landscape for western Arizona



What really intrigued us was the 25 mile long Salome Road going from Rt 10 to Salome.  It was desert, and about every mile there was a sign like this (or painted on the highway itself) warning about the free-range cattle.  But, we didn't see one cow.  We're told that it's not uncommon to find dead cows along this road, hence the nickname "Dead Cow Road"

Monday, November 21

We're taking our time today and tomorrow, driving only about 200 miles each day.  The scenery has changed since Texas, more desert and mountains surrounding us.  All of the rivers that we've crossed were dry, including the Rio Grande which really surprised us.  Today, driving through Arizona, we began seeing a lot of cactus.
The ground looks so dry


Scenery we had only seen in pictures till now

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