With continued help from the nearby trains horning in on our sleep, it was easy to wake up early and LEAVE! A glorious morning with incoming inclement weather from the west added to our desire to get on the road before very strong winds, rain and maybe snow showers took the joy out of watching the scenery roll by as we ride our magic carpet.
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| A lone cottonwood tree, the last sign of colorful foliage for this trip. |
Northern Arizona gives us high desert range land, mountains, and pine forests as we approach Flagstaff. Then, the highway begins a descent to lower countryside and our destination: Williams, AZ. Touting itself as "The Gateway to the Grand Canyon", this city born in 1881, has a first class, fully paved RV parking plan, perfect for us as rain was on its way and we're tired of tracking mud to our home on wheels. Too, Williams inspired the writers of the Pixar movie "Cars" with its old time gas station and '54 blue Ford parked in front. A nice town to walk, with sufficient restaurants to serve us if our in-home chef is having a day off ...which is seldom.
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| Williams, Arizona, from our 2006 cross country trip. Kids like us like the movie "Cars", especially because so much of what we've seen on our traveling much of Route 66/I-40/I-44 is depicted in the movie. |
Taking advantage of an early arrival, I chose a site that faced the increasing winds and oncoming storm. Better to watch it than to be broadsided by it. This was also a good time to clean house, do laundry, reply to emails, make phone calls, and blog. Without outside temperatures dropping, it was also more fun to watch movies again and dine by candlelight.
First the wind, then the rain, and sure enough: Snow!! Not enough to make snow angels or snowmen, but our first of the trip, and the last as we're getting close to southern California, a state we vaguely remember.
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