Back "home"..........

The weather has been pretty extreme lately, don't you think? Much of the country had snow and record lows last week when we were traveling from Virginia to our new backyard in Arizona. Amazingly, we did not encounter any hazardous driving conditions,but we could see that most of the states we drove through had a recent snow event.Okay, maybe not like Buffalo, but still...its only November. Residual snow on the sides of the road from Arkansas to New Mexico made us realize just how lucky we were with the weather! In Oklahoma, we saw 4 (FOUR!) overturned tractor trailers on the grassy median from the previous day or so prior to us driving through. Whew!

sometimes the road seems endless

residual snow...after 2 days

just pretty

are we there yet?

Once past Oklahoma City, the country started to look totally different to me. Suddenly the expanse of the country was so noticeable.....seemed like you could see for miles. Trees and structures (homes and businesses) weren't visible from the highway (I-40) as they are in the eastern half of the country. Once we were in Arizona, out came my camera again. We drove through the hills of Flagstaff into Phoenix. Quite a lot of mountainous driving before hitting the desert valley of Phoenix! Very scenic.

entering red rock country

just really scenic

another couple of hours to Phoenix

love the rock formation

going through the mountains

up and over the mountains

looks fake, doesn't it?

As we approached Phoenix, we wondered what condition our motorhome would be in. Okay, I'll admit it....I was nervous. It was in storage for several weeks, and it was really hot and sunny for much of that time. We expected the inside to be stifling  hot and stuffy. Guess what? Our fears were for nothing.....the RV was in great shape. No flat tires. Nothing melted. No water leaks. Nothing vandalized. Yippee!! It wasn't even hot inside....it was a perfectly comfortable temperature. 

We did, however, have an issue with the windshield of our car! There was a crack in the windshield we did not even notice until Tom washed the windshield at the gas station. As we drove, it grew! Yikes! (We noticed a bunch of glass next to our car when we were leaving our last hotel, as if something exploded. Maybe someone through a bottle at our windshield?)

that white line on the mountains on the right is not a ski trail-its our cracked windshield

a totally different landscape from NJ!

 Our campground is 5 minutes outside the Phoenix city limits, and we are very happy here. We are not used to having such great weather in NOVEMBER! The living sure is easy when you don't have to rake leaves, shovel snow, wear a winter coat and gloves.....hahaha. Yeah, I think we can handle this. Though I did just learn about dust storms and flash floods from a fellow camper-its amazing what I learn in the laundry room at campgrounds. No kidding.

the view out our front window of the RV...mountains surround us

orange tree right next to our camper

note the football viewing setup? hahahah

orange, anyone?

Tomorrow we are pulling up the roots, and bringing the RV in for service. After that, we are having our car windshield replaced. Lots to do this holiday week, even for us. This Thanksgiving holiday will be a non-traditional one for us, but we are still looking forward to it. Especially Skype and Facetime!!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!