We visited Austin, Texas about three weeks into our two-month driving trip to Florida. As Austin was, until this visit, the only major city in Texas which I had never been in, I was especially interested in spending some time there. We thoroughly enjoyed Austin.
During the second week of our two-month road trip from Oregon to Florida and back, we visited the Arizona desert. As it was early in the month of April, the desert was then in bloom. We visited the Phoenix Botanical Gardens and the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum near Tucson. Also near Tucson, we camped near and hiked in the Saguaro National Forest. Here are some photos…
Early into our two-month driving trip from Oregon to Florida, we visited the old Goldking Mine Museum in Jerome, Arizona. Difficult to describe, the largely-outdoor museum houses a collection of “stuff” owned by Don Robertson. Over the years, he’s collected mining equipment, old cars and trucks, farm animals, and a still-operating sawmill.
During our current driving trip across the country, I had gone about three weeks without Internet connection. So while the trip has, thus far, been loads of fun, I’ve longed to get back on line. Clearly, I’ve neglected my blog. And I’m concerned about the possibility that some note in my in-box might remind me to pay one bill or another. Also, I feel out of touch with both world and national news. And out of touch with my friends.
Our road trip from Central Oregon to South Florida will be the longest we’ve ventured with our small travel trailer. And, as we’re discovering, that trip is, like the one we did back in 2006, so very multi-dimensional.
About to begin an adventurous trip, one would likely feel a sense of adventure. You’d think so, wouldn’t you? As for me, some weeks before beginning any adventure, I generally feel such sense of adventure. But this time I don’t yet feel it. Oh sure, intellectually I know that next Saturday morning, road conditions permitting, we’ll begin our long road trip from Central Oregon to South Florida. But while I know it intellectually, I don’t yet feel it emotionally. And I’m not sure why.
The birth of their grandchild will often cause a retiree, or a retired couple, to visit frequently. That’s because grandparents generally want to remain an important part of their grandchild’s life.