Memories of the Roadtrip
We went in late July-early August and apparently they have a “monsoon” type rain cycle in the desert. I remember the heat of Arizona threatening to melt my cheap flipflops as my sister gathered some things from the van before taking a siesta. That was the first day, that evening water clouds started moving in and the next day as we neared the Grand Canyon rain clouds darkened the skies. You never really think of Arizona having anything but deserts but it does have some green around the Grand Canyon (I’d have to dig up the map to tell you were we went exactly).
It was strange seeing the Grand Canyon with fog and mists on the horizon. As we drove away the next few days thunderstorms were our companions. The vast desert landscapes (now with lake sized puddles of water) gave way to the mesas on the horizon of New Mexico.
I remember my ears getting that feeling that you get when you go to Bakersfield and the elevation changes. Everything is endless on the road and apparently there are towns smaller than 10k that merit being put on the map (when I was a kid my town was never on the maps because it didn’t break 20k until I was in highschool).
There are usually only two lanes on the freeway (and I can’t remember what its called) which is both depressing and surreal. In California you can’t drive 50miles in any direction and not come to a turn off or a township with a population of 50k and up. When you look at a map of California it doesn’t compare to the emptiness of the Arizona desert, the vast sky of New Mexico and the endless pastures of Texas.
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It was strange seeing the Grand Canyon with fog and mists on the horizon. As we drove away the next few days thunderstorms were our companions. The vast desert landscapes (now with lake sized puddles of water) gave way to the mesas on the horizon of New Mexico.
I remember my ears getting that feeling that you get when you go to Bakersfield and the elevation changes. Everything is endless on the road and apparently there are towns smaller than 10k that merit being put on the map (when I was a kid my town was never on the maps because it didn’t break 20k until I was in highschool).
There are usually only two lanes on the freeway (and I can’t remember what its called) which is both depressing and surreal. In California you can’t drive 50miles in any direction and not come to a turn off or a township with a population of 50k and up. When you look at a map of California it doesn’t compare to the emptiness of the Arizona desert, the vast sky of New Mexico and the endless pastures of Texas.
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That sounds surreal, I have always wanted to visit Arizona, you know I have always had a fantasy of living in a motorhome in the middle of the desert what a little catina made out of a adobe nearby. X.X most people would think that is disgusting but it seems like a very peaceful way to go about my days.
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