On to California

Tuesday May 1st:
On the road again leaving the Verde Valley near Sedona, AZ and on down I-17 toward Phoenix. It was down hill most of the way and as we came down we began seeing the Arizona State plant, the Saguarro Cactus. You know the one that we always see in the old cowboy movies. It is tall with two or more arms reaching up to the sky and at this time of the year they were crowned with a beautiful big flower on to of the main trunk. Bypassed Phoenix and caught I-10 west across the desert. This section of I-10 isn't the broken up type that you experience across Florida and Louisiana so the driving was easy. More desert, this time laced with large water canals to feed the towns and cities. Crossing into California we encountered a hugh dry lake bed that has true whiteish sand and very little vegitation. This lasted until we came to the mountains that include the Joshua Tree National Park. Went past Palm Springs, CA and north up US-62 to Twentynine Palms. Stopped at the Twentynine Palms RV&Golf Resort to set up for the next week.