We left home Tuesday morning with temperatures in the 50's. Thursday evening we arrived in Wickenberg Arizona with temperatures in the mid 90's, and projected to be around 104 today. This is how it will be for the next 10 days or so.
We headed east from Seattle, then dropped down through Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, then into Arizona. We crossed the new bridge at Hoover dam, but couldn't appreciate the enormity of that project. The bridge barriers are tall, so unless you stop and walk out onto the bridge, you don't have a view.
This morning we will be headed East through Phoenix and Tucson, and on into New Mexico. We should finish the day somewhere near the Texas border. From there it will be about 600 - 700 miles to Austin, and unless we get crazy, that will get us there on Sunday afternoon.
Fuel prices continue to drop as we head south with the price of diesel more than 50 cents a gallon less than at home. With this round trip projected to use about 300 gallons of fuel, it starts to make a significant difference. We'll update again from Austin Texas. Ernie
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Glad to read your update! We're supposed to get up to 78 this weekend - whoo hoo! But back to the 60's and rain on Monday - that's the way it's been going around here for months! I can see by the news you guys are going to be in the hot, hot temps for quite awhile. Hope your AC keeps on working - ha!
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