The Adventures of Fric and Frac: Adventure 319: Catalina State Park/Post A

Thursday, January 12, 2017

Adventure 319: Catalina State Park/Post A

Home for now

Mind you I'm not complaining, and in this post factual world, I can't even be accused of telling the truth. So, at the risk of sacrilege, I nearly melted today! We went from the Spokane weather slogging around in a couple feet of snow in near zero tempeatures to Arizona weather flip flopping around on drive pavement in a shimmery and balmy 72. The sudden change gave me tremors which shook me much like a young southern Beauregard fluttering in the face of his fetching young Bell. Not to worry; I plan to adjust. We left Lake Havasu under cloudy skies after another fine breakfast courtesy of Mr. Ellsworth. We can't thank the Ellsworth's enough for their hospitality, the graciousness, (their parking lot), and their friendship. I can't claim to know much truth these days (As if I ever could), but I do know that good friends make this life worth living. Good friends give this life promise. Good friends propel us forward with a sense of hope. It's great to be friends with people like Mike and Kathy, and of course, their good friend and neighbor, Bob Bolan. It would have been easy just to hang out in Havasu, but as vagabonds, we just had to hit the road. Our drive was uneventful, and though the traffic massed around us like a vicious blood clot through Phoenix, we managed to stay in our lane and avoid mishap. Thank you, Lord. We stopped in Tempe to meet Kel Friesen and Bill Beck, who are boy tripping this weekend to a steel guitar festival. Their schedule just happened to match our rush through Phoenix. We hope to spend more time on our way back West to see our other favorite Phoenix people (Our O'brien relatives and our Isaac cousins), but this trip has us buzzing though Phoenix on our way to Big Bend National Park. This would be a good time to take stock of the parks we've visited sot far: Yellowstone, check; Yosemite, check; Death Valley, check; Redwoods, check; Bryce Canyon, check; Zion, check minus (we just drove through); Kodachrome Basin, check; Olympic National Park, check; Grand Canyon, check; Mesa Verde, check; Canyonlands National Park, check; Mt Rushmore, check; Badlands, check; Acadia, check for me-not Judy; Everglades, check for me, not Judy; Blue Ridge Parkway, check; Smoky Mountains, check for me-not Judy. We've also stopped at too many national landmarks to mention. We ain't bragging because we're not yet the greatest RVers God ever created, but we do enjoy the journey, and we're ever grateful for our Graces. We'll spend two weeks here in Tucson. We're hoping to regain some of our fitness on the bike, some of our fitness hiking, some gentle bathing in UV rays, and of course, we'll search for the best local cuisine we can find. If we can rein in the last, we may even catch a bit of the skinnies. In the meantime, we'll rest in the knowledge that life is good, especially today.