After
An hour into the drive we discovered that our toilet wasn’t working. Bummer. We checked the fuse and it was burnt. We inserted a new one and as soon as we tried to flush, the fuse blew again. It was too cold to deal with it so we just continued and hoped we will be able to fix the toilet once we get somewhere warmer. It was very cold in New Mexico, so we will probably won’t be able to look at it for a couple of days. I guess we will have to go to RV parks where we can use their washrooms.
The first day we made it to the outskirts of Albuquerque and stayed at the Coronado RV Park. We stayed here on our previous trip to Arizona on an even colder night, but no one read our posts then. You can read it here.
Back to our first night on the road. We slept well and woke up while it was still dark outside. The clock said it was 6:30am, but soon after we had our second cup of coffee, we realized to our horror, that it was 3:30 am. The clock that was not adjusted for the 2 hours time zone difference and the one hour daylight saving time change. Really? All we could do is leave really early and beat the Albuquerque rush hour.
We left as the moon was setting over the city.
And we witnessed the sun rise on the road.
We stopped at Rockhounding State Park
and went for a hike and to hound some rocks. This Park is a bit different as it encourages you to go off the trails and remove rocks from the premisses, but we did not complain.
We took the mile and a bit Thunderegg Trail,
The fairly easy trail circles the park
with a bit of a climb half way up the mountain.
There isn’t. lot of flora in the winter, but the cacti were fruiting.
We enjoyed the views, found a few nice pieces of jasper and continued on.
Our next stop was another RV Park and we had a good long night sleep that was much needed.
But before that we had a spectacular sunset.
The next morning we were well into Arizona and found warmer weather and beautiful landscapes.
We decided to explore the area of Saddle Mountain, an area known for fire agates. We took the back roads past Palo Verde, the largest nuclear power generator in the US. Unfortunately, I failed to take a good picture.
The Gila River is channelised in some areas and utilized for irrigation for agriculture in the area. We stopped at this cool bridge
and dam
The pelicans were cool too.
After a few attempts on sketchy dirt roads that led into unpassable dry rivers, we found a good road and a fantastic BLM (Bureau of Land Management) campsite by Saddle Mountain.
It was much warmer, so we decided to stay and tackle the toilet.
Tony was able to fix it rather quickly, while I looked for cool rocks.
You can probably tell by now which one of us is more useful. Oh, look! Mountains!
We managed to spill a bottle of water on the bed so we had to spread sheets and blankets all over the desert. Luckily everything dried up before we went to bed.
We will leave you with another spectacular sunset in a spectacular area of the Sonoran Desert.
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