Desert

 1/22- Sonoran Desert RV Park, Gila Bend AZ

  We met up with a bunch of the campers that were staying last night and chatted for a while. We then hopped on Rt10 which again was truck central. We were looking for something along the way to stop and take a walk and we saw this Colossal Cave. It was only a little ways off the road so we thought it might be interesting. We had talked about going to Karchners caverns which is supposed to be impressive but the tours were all filled. 

    The drive to this place was impressive by itself as it wound up the side of the Ricon Mountains. There were suddenly saguaro cacti every where. Big cacti towering over you with outstretched arms forming macabre shapes. We finally reached the parking lot which was perched on the side of this mountain and were rewarded with this incredible 270 degree view of the surrounding area which included Tucson. The cave entrance is in a building that is almost carved out of the mountain. The tour guide led us through these passageways that went up down and all over. The cave itself is not as impressive as say Carlsbad but then it was a good stop that had us pleasantly surprised. 

   We continued on across Arizona on 10 and it took almost 30 miles to get through Tucson. Who knew there could be so many big trucks on the road at one time. It was a long 120 miles before we pulled into the Sonoran Desert park. We had stopped here last year and liked it. 

    The big storm that is starting to sweep across the country was predicted to miss here and we finally got some warm weather. In fact it so nice when we pulled in here that I went swimming in the pool. Of course they told me it was heated to 90 degrees. I’m hoping that tonight will be the first night that the heater doesn’t come on as it is 75 in here at 10pm. We did get a 20 minute rain storm that hardly made a difference. 

   It was a long day today but it felt good to get out of the van and do something. 

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