I was rummaging through some of the archived photos today and ran across this one from Christmas Eve (Verna’s Birthday) in 2008. We were in a rented motorhome just coming into Wickenburg. Verna snapped this photo of the now familiar Wickenburg Way. Make a left at the signal ahead, go a quarter of a mile and turn left into Casandro Wash. We’re about 700 feet up the road.

We spent the night in an RV park just at the south end of town on US 60. It was our first night in Wickenburg. We left town the next morning headed for Flagstaff, our next stop on the winter vacation. The day after that, we were in Grand Canyon NP.

After attending the National Rifle Association convention in Phoenix in May of ‘09, we went back and stayed at that same RV park five months after our first visit, still not knowing that we would be making Wickenburg our home.

I got tired of the suction-cup GPS mount that came stock with my Garmin 205W. The GPS was exposed to the sun on the windshield and the temperatures where we’ve been this summer worried me that the unit might be getting too much heat. I went on-line and found a nifty little dash mount which I ordered from Amazon last week.

The mount attaches itself to the dash with an adhesive and its footprint is very small which allows us to put it almost anywhere there is a small vacant spot. I chose to attach it to the spot just above the On-Star panel (which we never use) in the SUV. This location is also convenient because it puts the GPS in closer proximity to the passenger if Verna (or myself) need to assist with navigation.

Another plus to the dash mount is that the power cord can be coiled up and isn’t flopping around in the drivers visual field of regard. I kept the suction cup mount in case we need to use the GPS in Verna’s Convertible or if we’re renting a truck or RV.

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Just as we got off of I-10 this afternoon in Ehrenberg, AZ, Verna snapped this image of the Colorado River with a beautiful mountain range in the distance. I cropped her image to render this nice panoramic image. Click on the thumbnail above to see the full-sized panorama.

This is the scene we saw this afternoon as we crested a hill on US 60 as we entered the Hassayampa River Valley. Click on the image to enlarge.

Along US Highway 60 east of Salome, AZ, there is this lone palm growing amongst the cholla, saguaro, creosote, yucca and palo verde. Pretty, if out of place. Click on the image to enlarge.

I took this photo of some date palms growing in an orchard near Blythe, California, as we passed along I-10 on our way to Arizona. We passed this orchard last month before the date clusters were wrapped in burlap. I thought the integrated ladders on the palms trunks were an interesting feature.

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About a year ago, we rented a trailer from Cruise America and took a trip up the California coastline as far as Monterey and came back down US 101 through Paso Robles and San Luis Obispo. We visited several missions and stayed at RV parks along the way.

When were camping at Paso Robles, I took a pair of images for a possible 3D picture of the rented trailer. I found those pictures in an archive and decided to combine them into a 3D image this evening. Click on the image to enlarge - you will need your pair of 3D glasses to see the stereo effect.

Of course, if you don’t have your 3D glasses, you can view the 2D image here.