The Mama and the Daddy took Cabela and me down to the dog park at the RV place. It was late in the evening but we got to have fun running around and being off the leash for a while.
The Daddy took this picture of me and the Mama walking down the street before we got to the dog park. The Mama liked the colors in the sky. Click on the image to enlarge.
I pulled the trailer across the road today because we’re going to hook it up with all the sway bars and such for a trip to the dealer. The reason we’re going to the dealer instead of going on a nice road trip is that the trailer air conditioner is malfunctioning and that item has to be 100% or no go.
We will plan on taking a road trip in August and September to possibly visit our California children, grandchildren and a great grandchild. A new grandson is expected to debut in August and we don’t want to miss that. Our great grandson will be turning one year old in September and we don’t want to miss that either.
So, it’s off to the dealer this week to drop off the trailer which, hopefully, will be ready to pick up next week. Then we can get it back to the RV drive where we can prep it for the road trips.
The Mama and Daddy took us for the long ride when we go to the other place we used to stay. Cabela and I ride in the back seat and wait for the times we get to go out and sniff and stuff. We do that three or four times before we get to the other place.
I don’t really like the ride, but I settle down after a while and lay down, but I don’t sleep. Cabela sleeps some, but when we slow down for a stop, we’re both very anxious to get out of the truck and sniff and stuff. Click on the image to make us big.
We have been on the road quite a bit lately. We have had tragedies in California that necessitated travel to there, but we managed to mix a little vacationing road trip in as well.
After each foray away from our beloved Arizona home, we are greeted by this prominent geological feature as we approach Wickenburg: Vulture Peak. The peak can be seen from US 60 either coming from the southeast or from the west as we approach town. It can also be seen from State Route 89 coming from the north and from US 93 coming from the northwest.
From Wikipedia:
The Vulture Mountains are about 29-mi long, and east of center, about 13 mi wide; the range is somewhat crescent shaped, mainly trending east-west, and narrowing westwards. The northeast is followed by the course of a southeast stretch of the Hassayampa River; the river turns due-south west of Morristown, on US 60, making the east terminus of the range about 7 mi wide, at the rivers floodplain. The Hassayampa enters the north of the Hassayampa Plain, so a small river canyon region lies at the Vulture Mountain’s northeast, with the Wickenburg Mountains northeast, and the Hieroglyphic Mountains east.
The highpoint of the range is Vulture Peak, 3,658 feet, at the center east of the range. Another major peak anchors the west region of the range, Black Butte, at 3,612 feet.
Sometime last week, we entered Arizona from Needles CA, on our way to Kingman. The weather was threatening to rain, but we managed to avoid any this time. This picture shows the Colorado River from Interstate 40 on the Arizona side with some sharp, craggy mountains in the background. Beautiful! Click on the image to enlarge.
We stopped in Wickieup, AZ on Thursday to walk the dogs and stretch a bit. Along the roadside there is this barrel cactus in bloom. I like the pinkish flowers on this one. Second Spring has arrived in Arizona. Click on the image to enlarge.
