Arizona

Monday, April 4- We said thank you for ten fun-filled days with hugs good-bye to Kenny’s folks. Today we headed north to the Grand Canyon area of Arizona. We really had hoped to go to the North Rim, but the road is still under winter closure there. So the south rim wins for our visit this year. Both sides are surrounded by the Kaibab National Forest with lots of roads and trails for off-road discovery.
The route that we drove took us through the little town of Seligman (Sell-IG-men) which is on the old original Route 66.

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Three weeks earlier…. Flashing Back…. like some TV shows do. 😉

Friday 3/18’s drive was a couple hundred miles, and we left or dusty sandy camping spot with no wind in sight. WHAT?! After the dust storm we’ve been in for two days, it stops the day we leave? 🤨 There were lots of rigs coming in for the weekend, so it was a good time to get out of their way. We came out and turned left, because we figured the road to the south was better, remember? It was good for awhile, then got really crappy with potholes and rough. And then…. it turned into a dirt road! Oh well. Sometimes a dirt/gravel road is better than a worn out paved road. We actually had fewer potholes and it was better!

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Wed 3/16-We got up and moving early enough so that we could be to the DMV office by 8:00. We went in and right to the same gal that helped us yesterday, and she got us all fixed up. YAY! So now Kawi has a temporary Arizona plate! Mission accomplished, so back to the RV park to get hooked up, loaded up, and on our way.
This is Mt. Graham, rising nearly 8,000’ above the town of Safford. It is really interesting to see snow in the desert, and the gal referred to the snow, saying it’ll be gone in the next couple of weeks. It was kind of neat to hear her say that, which made me realized that the mountain is very much a part of this community.

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