Well I have one word to say and that is HOT!!!!!! We left LA about 8:30 and headed to Tucson for the night. Well the temperature quickly hit 113 degrees. Prissy the RV did not like the hot weather. We did our best to give her little breaks but she was just toooo hot. When she would get real hot the generator world turn off and we would have no air. We opened the windows but the breeze and I use that term loosely was not very refreshing. After about 6 hours into our 9 hour drive we started to wet towels and wrap them around our heads. We looked hysterical. David was driving with a green towel wrapped around his head. Bett had a cold water bottle as a neck brace. Ann Wells and Lauren Elizabeth had towels dipped in ice water on their stomachs and I had ice on my legs and a ice pack on my head.
We finally made it to Tucson and spent the night. We unpacked and the girls and I went for a walk on a path in the desert. While walking we got some beautiful pictures of the sun setting. Ann Wells came up and said she had a cactus sticker in her shoe. I went to pull it out and it got stuck on one of my fingers. The more I tried to get it off the worse it got. It was like the tar baby. Finally I gave up and came back to the rv to get help. I got all of them out but one and David had to pull it out with the needle nose pliers. It was in there good. So needless to say Ann Wells and I don’t want to see another cactus ever.
After the HOT ride yesterday we decided to get up very early and leave at 5 AM. That was the best decision we could have made. Prissy was so happy she drove us to Carlsbad with no trouble at all. She was so happy, she just hummed us right along. Today on our way to Carlsbad we saw a beautiful sunrise. It is true what they say there is noting like the sun set or sun rise in the desert. While on the road we also saw some beautiful new mountains. The dirt was a different consistency that we had seen. Closer to New Mexico we saw the Salt Flats. This is a flat area made of sand and a high amount of salt. It was white as snow. We also saw the after math of some forest fires and even caught a glimpse of one on the side of the mountain. It is truly sad how much devastation the fires have done. Right now there is a concern about rain because if it rains it could cause land slides because there is nothing holding the dirt in place. They are unsure how the ecosystems will be effected at this time but are planning on letting Mother Nature take her course and rebuild.
I am trying to learn how to add some pictures on here but no luck so far. Hope you are all doing well. Be home in 8 days.
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