Okay, I got up late, "I confess, Officer." Steve partook of the free brunch and I slept in, took my time showering, etc., and dragged Steve to Denny's for a parting root beer and breakfast after check out. This was the first (possibly the last) nice motel that we've stayed at. You can see our different priorities. I have been up at 7am almost every day of this trip, so don't judge.
We had an arduous 2.5 hour drive to Sun City West, AZ today, during which there was literally nothing to photograph and very few places to pull off to photograph that nothing. We saw our first saguaro cactus immediately after crossing the virtual line into Arizona. There must be a law, or maybe there is a custom of Arizonans riding across the border and capturing stray saguaros. It was rather odd.
The high point of this Arizona leg of the trip was pulling into Tonapah, AZ. Does anyone remember the old song with this lyric "And I been from Tucson to Tucumcari, Tahachapi to Tonapah"? [Willin' by Steve Earle.] Well, Steve and I just solved another musical mystery: where the heck is Tonapah? The place is just a truckers' wide place in the road for gas and vehicle services, but they were civilized enough to have a Subway Restaurant and Barq's Root Beer; a very enlightened truck stop, I must say.
We are now safely tucked up at my parents' house in Sun City West and are contemplating our next move. Stay tuned.
I'm so glad to hear you had a trip full of memories and are now with the folks.
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