June 21, 2012
June 21, 2012
Summer came early this year and the heat has been relentless. Triple digits seem to be the norm. I am very torn on where to go this year. Normally I have a list of things I want to see. I guess my list at least in the West is getting pretty small, and the ones left are problematic. Still it is hot and we need to get out of here.
After loading the RV we get out of Tucson by midmorning. We make our first pit stop just south of the Gila River. That used to be the southern border of the US. With the Gadsen Purchase of 1853 we forced Mexico to sell us a strip of land (that includes Tucson) so the slave South could also build a rail line to California.
Past Phoenix we climbed up to the Colorado Plateau and stopped for the evening at a campground just south of Flagstaff. We are at 6600-foot elevation, in the pine trees. That is just high enough to get the temperature back to enjoyable. We aren’t alone. Apparently the Flagstaff area is popular with weekenders escaping the heat in Phoenix. We can only stay one night and we have to leave. Amazing, all 370 sites are booked this weekend.
Summer came early this year and the heat has been relentless. Triple digits seem to be the norm. I am very torn on where to go this year. Normally I have a list of things I want to see. I guess my list at least in the West is getting pretty small, and the ones left are problematic. Still it is hot and we need to get out of here.
After loading the RV we get out of Tucson by midmorning. We make our first pit stop just south of the Gila River. That used to be the southern border of the US. With the Gadsen Purchase of 1853 we forced Mexico to sell us a strip of land (that includes Tucson) so the slave South could also build a rail line to California.
Past Phoenix we climbed up to the Colorado Plateau and stopped for the evening at a campground just south of Flagstaff. We are at 6600-foot elevation, in the pine trees. That is just high enough to get the temperature back to enjoyable. We aren’t alone. Apparently the Flagstaff area is popular with weekenders escaping the heat in Phoenix. We can only stay one night and we have to leave. Amazing, all 370 sites are booked this weekend.
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