ARIZONA !

We caught a glimpse of Joshua trees as we left Sierra Trails RV Park this morning. While we are quite a way away from Joshua Tree National Monument, there are quite a few of these relatives of the yucca plant in this area --

 

I drove part of the way today. And wouldn't you know, I got the stretch that is still two lane highway on Highway 58 going into Barstow! (It was four lane when I started...) This stretch of highway goes through the Mojave Desert by Edwards Air Force Base and the Twenty Nine Palms Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center. Lots of area for airplane test flying and training.

As you approach the eastern border of California on Interstate 40, the ground again begins to rise as you  drive between the Piute Mountains.

Until you descend again and get your first glimpse of the mighty Colorado River --

Which divides the State of California from that of Arizona!

We then took Highway 95 east and south to Lake Havasu City and the Lake Havasu RV Park --

People were sitting outside at the RV Park enjoying the high seventy degree weather. These oleanders along the fence were starting to bloom --

The fence at the edge of the park looks out over the sandy desert. I spotted this flock of California Quail watching the sunset --

Aren't they pretty creatures with their little top-knots?

I had to stop and watch the sunset as well. It was gorgeous tonight!

Auntie Violet reflects the sunset glow as well. This is the first back-in site we have had in several days. It was a bit of a pain to have to unhook Toad II, but Forry thought it was probably good to run the engine after towing it for several days...

And Now, Arkansas

When we were discussing what we wanted to do in Tennessee besides go to the Grand Ole Opry, I immediately said that I wanted to see Graceland. Well, we were in Nashville and Graceland is in Memphis -- almost across the state.  Tennessee is not a real big state, it's wide and skinny, but it was a good two hundred and thirty miles.  We followed Tom and Juni out of the Nashville Country RV Park this morning headed for Interstate 40 West --

It was long trip, but we finally came to the western edge of the state and approached the Mississippi River --

And right in the middle of the bridge, we crossed into Arkansas --

We had originally planned to stay at the RV Park at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, but Tom was on-line making the reservations and he found this really neat RV Park across the river in West Memphis, Arkansas.  It's called Tom Sawyer's Mississippi River RV Park and it really is right on the river!

I'm standing beside Auntie Violet where we are parked beside Tom and Juni in the above picture looking to the right across the gravel --

 And then looking to the left --

The weather forecast is predicting a thunderstorm tonight and the wind is really blowing already, but once it clears off, it should be a gorgeous night with this full moon --

The line of thunderstorms in Oklahoma, Texas and southern Arkansas is predicted to spawn tornadoes tonight, so everyone is a bit jumpy.  We have the NOAA weather radio turned on, even though it's not supposed to be bad this far north...