Day 57: Nov 26 on to Tucson

We headed out of Yuma Friday morning at approximately 8:36 am.  We had a 4 ½ hour ride to our final destination of Tucson, my tour guide and hostess’s winter home.

There road was again straight and flat. Isn't that a surprise.

Most of the country is a real easy place to learn to drive I guess. Flat and straight, doesn’t help you learn how to turn corners.  I guess it’s like NASCAR drivers they only had to learn to turn left.

After a few miles out of Yuma we came upon a Check point Charlie, which I didn’t take a picture of because I was too busy watching the K-9 dog sniffing all the cars and our unit also.   And I promised myself I wasn’t going to take any more road pictures or mountain pictures.

Not far from there we saw a field workers bus with the essential porta potties along for the ride. 

Have to treat the hoers right I guess.. I was going say illegals but I am sure they all had the correct papers with them on the bus.

After a couple hours of travel I noticed we were in the Sonoran Desert, known as the greenest desert in the world.  And the only place the Saguaro grows natural. 

 Feeling like my right hand was cut off without my camera in it, and kicking myself for not getting a picture of Check Point Charlie, I had to take it out and turn it on just in case something else exciting came into site.

I took about 45 pictures of the saguaro cacti trying to get a good shot but traveling at 60mph or so I could only do so much.

Digital cameras are amazing but you have to sort of focus 10 seconds before the shot goes off.  I am amazed that any of my pictures even came out… this shot I whipped my camera almost backwards. Not bad though shows the backseat of the truck and the RV behind.

The Saguaro grow like the oak trees back home. Here is a forest of them.  These went on for miles. They are one of my favorite parts of the southwest.

Okay that’s enough cacti for one day even if I could look at the all day long.  I know in my heart as much as I love New England with all its trees, I love the southwest and the cactus look.  Maybe in my past life I really was a mail order bride and headed west.

We arrived here at our final destination about 1ish got all set up and a big sigh of like relief came over Mike and Shirley.  They are home.

It feels good to me also. And I am glad to be here, and glad that we don’t have to pack up and head out again in a few days.  I have a week to get myself ready for my plane trip home.  I will have to go buy a new suitcase because when I first got here I threw my old one away.  The zipper only went half way around, not good for flying I didn’t think.

I don’t know if I will have much to blog about for the next few days because this is really like home and I’m not hearing whispers about touring anywhere new as I was here a few years ago and did it all then.

So I hope you all have enjoyed my trip with me and I hope my pictures were adequate to give you a glimpse of my time and fun on this venture.

 I promise to blog again if anything does happen of importance. And I will let you all know when I fly home.  I leave here on Southwest Saturday morning at 6:20 am.  Right now we are approximately 1 mile from the airport so I am sure I won’t be late even if I have to walk.  But we all know that won’t happen, Mike I am sure is so ready to get me on the plane I will be 3 hours early.

Thank you all for reading my blog,

Until the next time,

Marie.  
P.S.  Yes I intend to blog later today... I am working on it in my head.  This is not the last you have heard from me.