A couple more Addy pictures

Addy, Mattie, Kaiser, and Daddy just playing.

Addy likes the Christmas tree.

New Picture of Addy

Addy has learned to sit up all by herself and she is proud of it.

I-8 Southwestern Arizona

The Lord has definitely created some interesting land. You don't find this in Minnesota!

Besides a lot more sand and sagebrush, there were a lot of dry riverbeds. I imagine the land will look different in few months.

There were also a lot of cattle feed lots. What a good place to pack thousands of cows into a little space and not worry about the smell. We were surprised that many of the lots also were growing there own hay fields.

More of the highway

Then there was a section of land covered with all these black rocks spread out all over and in patches. Where did they come from?

Another part of the landscape was covered with saguaro and cholla cacti--and always mountains in the background. Absolutely amazing.

Considering there is hardly a curve in the highway, there was always plenty to see.

On the move

It's December 2 and time to get on the move. We left Thousand Trails Pio Pico and traveled about 40 miles through once scenic mountainous land. Only now it was all black. The California fires were truly devastating.

Then we traveled another maybe 60 miles of scenic Interstate 8. The above pictures show the rocky mountains. Very unique. When this stretch of highway was completed, the landscape became sand and sagebrush. We were amazed at the number of RVs just camped anyplace to be able to play on the sand dunes.

TT Pio Pico, San Diego, California

Thousand Trails Pio Pico is situated in a little valley between the hills and mountains mostly covered with sage brush. Unfortunately most of the ranges were black from the fires that burned in April 2007 that covered miles all directions from the park. It is a sad sight.

But the backyard...

San Diego, California

We spent a day in San Diego seeing the sights. The Old Town Trolley is a good way of getting a narrated tour of just about all the important parts of the city. The ship was used in the movie "Masters and Commanders", there were fascinating sculptures all over the streets, and the harbor view was from the top of a two mile bridge going out to Coronado Island.