It was finally that time in the spring to plan an escape from Arizona. Remember that success as an RVer is mostly about minimizing your stay in Arizona. (No insult is intended.)
One way to get started right is to fantasize about heading to Tierra del Fuego. Somewhere near the Magellan Strait. Looking at this windmill, with its label about "Made in Argentina" got me on track, mentally.
It is so counter-intuitive to get north early in the year, but it is so important. And how nice it would be to get some real optical zoom from a real camera, instead of settling for the offerings of a smartphone:
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| Still in Arizona but it doesn't feel like it. |
When I head south in October I am thrilled to find arroyos and red cliffs. You have some pent-up demand at that time of year. But in spring, after several months of rubble and stickers, it is easy to look at spectacular red cliffs and say, "Yea well, some more rocks. Just what I needed."
The cholla are in the rear view mirror. Soon the sagebrush will be too tall and the vegetation will hide my little dog. So at the moment she needs to run free:
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