When we first started driving through the Mojave Desert I saw in the distance something white on the ground. At first I thought it may be snow but when we got closer I realized it wasn't snow but that it looked more like salt. I'm still not 100% sure it was salt but I definitely know it wasn't snow. If anyone else has any ideas as to what this might be I'd sure like to hear from you.
This sphere still puzzles me. Some people have said it looks like a weather station others say it is some type of research center. This sphere is located in the Arizona desert. I searched the Internet to see if I could find out what the sphere is but was unable to locate anything that even resembled this photo. I still think it may be a house because there was a car parked underneath with a spiral staircase leading up to a door and there was also windows.
This picture I took at the hotel in Williams, AZ. Cowboys aren't the only ones that inhabit Williams. They also have bikers. My cousin rides a Harley so when I saw these Harley's I thought of him. This pic is for you BD.
Now this is an interesting object of sorts that I spotted on the way to the Petrified Forest in Arizona. It was outside the Navajo County Government Complex. At first I had no idea what this object was or why it was where it was. Now I think it is the wing of an airplane. We saw trucks carrying wings of airplanes down I-40 but it took us seeing three or four of them before we realized that they were hauling airplane wings. Still not sure why this is in front of a government complex.
A few miles before we came to the town of Thoreau, NM we crossed the Continental Divide. The Continental Divide is a line that divides the flow of water between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Rain or snow that drains on the east side flows toward the Atlantic Ocean while precipitation on the west side flows towards the Pacific Ocean.
This cross was in a field in Groom, TX. You could actually see it in the distance before you got close to it. This is the first of several big crosses we would see in fields while driving the 177 miles of I-40 that runs through Texas. The wind was blowing so hard in Texas that when we stopped for a potty break at a Stuckeys in the middle of nowhere it just about took the car door off the hinges when I opened it. My jacket went flying off my lap and into the wind. Chris had to literally chase after my coat. We went in the store and I asked the elderly gentleman if the wind always blew this way all the time. He replied "no sometimes it blows the other way." Good grief a commedienne in Texas. We all had a good laugh. But that wind was no laughing matter as it just about blew us away.
This picture is for my good friend and co-worker Pat Holliday that loves Garth Brooks. While riding through Oklahoma City, OK I took this picture. As you can see I almost missed the sign. So this one is for you Pat.
My great american road trip from California to North Carolina has come to an end but I still have more road trips planned in the future that I want to photograph and write about and share with you. I hope that you have enjoyed seeing the photos I have posted and reading about the stories behind the photos. I tried to make my blog educational, informative, and funny for everyone to enjoy. My next trip is planned for November 13 through November 20 to Disney World in Florida with James, Julie and the grandkids. The last time we went to Disney World was the week that 9/11 happened in 2001. What an experience that was? We are looking forward to seeing Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy and Pluto. Julie is taking her laptop so hopefully I will be able to blog and tell you about our adventure at the "happiest place on earth." Until then thanks to my blog followers and others that read and/or commented on my blogs. Good night all and I'll let you know when I am blogging again.
