Each year we are always loathe to leave the warmth and the sunshine. But this year we are really ready to go home. It has been an exceptionally long time away, getting close to seven months by the time we do get home.
Once the decision has been made to turn north we are only putting in time. We are no longer interested in the places we now travel through. We are tired of the dust and the wind and now the Casino camping in Laughlin. Tomorrow we shower, do laundry, dump our tanks and be ready to head out Wednesday morning.
We will hopefully enjoy decent weather until at least Northern California. After that we will go as the weather allows day by day.
My needle felting desert scene is almost finished and I can always continue it at home. I don't need the desert in front of me to remember all the beautiful colours. But it is still missing an Ocotillo and it's bright orange flowers.
As the decision has been made to leave I am remembering all the different segments of our trip.....the Canadian prairies, the Mississippi River, the Delta Blues music, The Ozarks, Louisiana and it's gulf coast, the Coastal Bend of Texas and then the last six weeks back in the desert .....it is hard to believe this has been one continuous journey. We will remember this trip forever, all the good, the bad and the in between.
We will have the time to ponder it all as we wait for spring to arrive on the west coast. Maybe we will bring it with us...time will tell. We are prepared for the worst but hoping for the best for these last fifteen hundred miles.
The last night scene of Casino Row in Laughlin. The two pictures represent both ends of the desert spectrum.
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