On the Road: AZ and NM


Now we were truly on the road, all five of us in one vehicle. This is I-40, heading east from Kingman, AZ.




I took two live plants with me from Moorpark, the orchid Sarah and Chris gave me for Mother's Day, and the blue-eyed grass I'd transplanted from Rocking Horse Rd. They travelled in my footspace and made the move successfully.









A typical ABF truck with 2 trailers hitched together. No, it's not ours; the numbers weren't right.




Coming through Flagstaff on I-40, you pass through a chunk of the Kaibab Forest.




I-40 cuts through the Petrified Forest, too, so you can see mineralized logs from the freeway.




Now we enter the Navajo Nation and Daylight Savings Time. The rest of Arizona refuses to use DST.




Recent rain left water in the washes by the side of the road, an unusual sight.














Welcome to New Mexico!




More water. In this desert country, free-flowing water is not a given.




We could see the storms in the distance, but we traveled in the sun.









I-40 cuts through ancient lava beds.









Albuquerque is within view.




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