Monday, March 14
Glenn Canyon in the morning sun – what a sight! Everywhere we looked there was color, color, and more color. We found ourselves camped on a promontory surrounded by ravines on two sides and the Colorado River flowing past the end. Tiny wildflowers of two varieties in purples; it's still early for wildflowers in the desert. Not many birds flying, but we did see House Finches and White-Crowned Sparrows, that were more brightly colored than sparrows of the same species we've seen elsewhere.
Somewhere I lost my sunglasses. I'm hoping they are in the van or trailer somewhere. After taking pictures and spying birds for a short while, we backtracked to the gas station and restaurant where we stopped the night before in hopes of finding my glasses. No luck. If I don't find them soon, I'll have to replace them. The sun and desert sand here in Arizona give off quite a glare. As I write, we're approaching Cameron, AZ where we hope to find a cafe for breakfast.
Yep, we found a great place for breakfast, but they were no longer serving by the time we arrived. And, since our stomachs were set for breakfast, we headed instead for Flagstaff. Found just what we wanted at Coco's, and by the time we finished it was nearly 1:30 in the afternoon. I offered to drive for a while, and really was needing some sunglasses. First stop was at a K-Mart, or at least what our GPS said was where a K-Mart should be. Nope. Only Kohls. I know they both start with a K, but they are not the same store. Next, our Nuvi GPS found Target, the store that has everything, right? Nope. The young man stocking the sunglasses told me Walgreens has them. When I asked where Walgreens was located, he pointed out the front door and said, “It's over there.” So much for directions. I evidently passed Walgreens in my search for it, so irritated that something like finding a pair of wear-over-the-glasses-sunglasses could be so hard, I decided to drive south and forgot all about getting gas in the van - we were mighty low. Lucky for me I found a gas station out of town on the way south.
Tonight we're staying in a KOA in Black Canyon City, Arizona just north of Phoenix. I'm glad we bought the Virgin Mobile USB WiFi connection for our laptop, because the free WiFi here at the park does not work – we must be beyond it's range at the far corner of the campground as we are. Saved by Virgin Mobile and Walmart (did I say that?).
Until next time,
Pam
This sounds so much like our traveling trips, I just had to laugh. If you are anywhere near Amarillo, Texas, Palo Duro Canyon State Park is just south of Amarillo and we would love to see you. It is a wonderful place with lots of trails to hike and bike on, and the canyon walls are beautiful. We will be here until the end of April and then we are slowly heading back to Oregon and hope to be back in Canby sometime mid to late May.
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