After 10,718 kilometres on the clock the van is back in the driveway where it all started. All in all, it went pretty smoothly.
With that much travelling some of the best time was spent fairly stationary. Our longest stay in one place was Lost Dutchman State Park in Arizona, because we had people to visit in nearby Phoenix. Best of all, we really liked the park and the surroundings. The backyard view from our tent camping site, which we occupied for four nights, was easy to fall in love with:
The sunsets were rewarding too.
On this saguaro you can see our Great Horned Owl friend. He was definitely a regular. We also saw an elf owl who we think lived in a nearby saguaro. Woodpeckers and other birds were spotted but hard to catch a good look at. I'll post photos that I have, for what they are worth, another time. Roadrunners are quick, furtive, and well camouflaged for their desert surroundings, not like the brightly coloured cartoon version at all. Saw a pair twice near our camp - but no photo ops.
We called these amusing tree-things 'Dr Seuss trees'. They were everywhere.
This view of our sentinel rock at sunset was comforting and I miss it. The next photo is our last camp at Lost Dutchman - we packed up tent and so on the day before to make a quick start the next day. Miles to go and all that.
As we watched our last sunrise over 'our rock' develop we finished breakfast, packed up, and headed North.
As predicted I have some catching up to do and I'll try not to lose momentum.
stay tuned,
j
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