Road Trip, Day 2 and 3

Day 2 and 3: Nevada and Arizona

We have driven the Extraterrestrial Highway, and of course Mr. S. was tickled to see the sign:

One thing I saw that seemed alien was this cow out there all alone, with no other cows in sight. I wondered how it got left behind.  I felt so sorry for it because it came up to us when we rolled the window down. It must be very lonely without a herd around it. In the miles and miles that we covered, we saw this one cow, all alone.

Mr/ S. insisted on going into this gift shop but I did not leave the car.

We stopped to take pictures of this  beautiful marbled pastel painted mountain range along the Terrestrial Highway. If I had sewn a gown to go with, it would have been in all those soft colors. This scene is a painter's dream location.

On the surface this seems like a long boring drive but it was very enjoyable and quite interesting. I liked the old highway and all the roads to the right and left of it that had no signs on them.

We were trying to stop every hour and get out of the car, so that we would not be sitting too long. It was a country highway with plenty of turn outs on the side of the road. We were walking around in this spot, when someone in a huge truck stopped and asked if we needed any help.  I thought that was very nice.

The other end of Area 51 had a sign, too, but it was weighted with so many stickers and magnets that it looked like it would fall down. One mystery in Area 51 that I encountered was that  sign was extremely high, and I wondered how people put those stickers on it.   Here is a (very poor) picture of me near the first sign, to show you how high it is. I am 5 feet 8 inches tall:

The other mystery was why not one picture of  my Area 51 dress turned out well enough to publish.

...but Mr. S. Looked good.

After this long stretch we had to get through Las Vegas. This was only the tip of the city as we approached it.

Mr. S. says I never called him "honey"  as much as I did while driving through Vegas, as in, "Honey, watch out for that truck on the left!"  We will not be doing this again! I cannot even remember how in the world we got to the other side of that city and on our way to Arizona.  We won't be doing that again.  

Finally we arrived in Sedona and Oak Creek Canyon. This is a place of pink mountains and pink sidewalks to go with.

You can look up Sedona and the canyon to see how spectacular it really is. I took a dozen pictures but they aren't showing up yet so I can't share them with you at this time.

We allowed the grandchildren in Oregon to connect a family tracking app on Mr. S.'s cellphone so they could watch the little car going along the map.  When we stopped in a Walmart in Kingman, AZ  they sent a text to tell me Papa was at the opposite end of the store in the automotive department.. I am not sure whether to be unnerved or reassured by this sort of thing.  I suppose one could never really run away, could they! 

We are so thankful there has not been any car trouble and that in spite of gas stations being over 100 miles apart in some areas, we have not run low on gas. In the remote places there is still a happy peacefulness and beauty, in the presence of our great Creator.

To those who were looking for the Time and Tru rayon dresses like the ones I took with me on this trip: today a Walmart associate told me they had been on sale the last week for $5.00 and were almost all gone, but there are plenty of very pretty and feminine Time and Tru rayon peasant blouses in lovely colors, which might go on sale too. Of the dresses that were available, about four of them were quite modest yet very stylish and pretty.