Popular Post MoseySusan Posted January 14, 2022 Popular Post Share #1 Posted January 14, 2022 It’s moving day weekend! All the prayers for safety and joy on the road. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 14, 2022 Share #2 Posted January 14, 2022 3 minutes ago, MoseySusan said: It’s moving day! All the prayers for safety and joy on the road. The spent last night in Kansas. They are supposed to get to Aridzona today I think. I wonder if the kitty has settled down yet? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted January 14, 2022 Share #3 Posted January 14, 2022 Exciting! Hopefully things go fairly smoothly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share #4 Posted January 14, 2022 Just now, smudge said: Exciting! Hopefully things go fairly smoothly. IKR?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted January 14, 2022 Share #5 Posted January 14, 2022 Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted January 14, 2022 Share #6 Posted January 14, 2022 Safe travels @groupw. Hopefully we get that meet up ride now that you are closer! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share #7 Posted January 14, 2022 25 minutes ago, ChrisL said: Safe travels @groupw. Hopefully we get that meet up ride now that you are closer! Órale Phoenix area bike meetup! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted January 14, 2022 Share #8 Posted January 14, 2022 Just now, MoseySusan said: Órale Phoenix area bike meetup! Except @az_cyclist will have to dial it waaaay down for us (well me) 😁 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share #9 Posted January 14, 2022 6 minutes ago, ChrisL said: Except @az_cyclist will have to dial it waaaay down for us (well me) 😁 He knows all the routes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted January 14, 2022 Share #10 Posted January 14, 2022 1 hour ago, ChrisL said: Except @az_cyclist will have to dial it waaaay down for us (well me) 😁 Well just make him ride down to Maricopa so he can get his miles in! 😁 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post groupw Posted January 14, 2022 Popular Post Share #11 Posted January 14, 2022 We just ate lunch in Eads, CO. We have dealing with 30-40 mph crosswinds most of the morning. Truck seems to be stable, but WoW was following and watched the wind tear a mud flap off the truck! Next stop, Trinidad! 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share #12 Posted January 14, 2022 Last chance legal weed. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
az_cyclist Posted January 14, 2022 Share #13 Posted January 14, 2022 19 minutes ago, MoseySusan said: Last chance legal weed. Until they get to AZ, that is 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share #14 Posted January 14, 2022 4 minutes ago, az_cyclist said: Until they get to AZ, that is NM passed the law, but with a year to write the regulations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted January 14, 2022 Share #15 Posted January 14, 2022 A great adventure 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted January 15, 2022 Share #16 Posted January 15, 2022 travel safe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted January 15, 2022 Share #17 Posted January 15, 2022 6 hours ago, MoseySusan said: He knows all the short cuts. FIFY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post groupw Posted January 15, 2022 Popular Post Share #18 Posted January 15, 2022 The wind eventually let up as we drove Southwest. It started snowing hard when we got to Trinidad. Truck needed fuel so we filled up vehicles quickly and got over the mountains before we replied to some house closing messages. Good call as the snow let up as soon as we got to Raton. WoW is not used to driving long distance so we called it a night at Santa Fe. She didn’t want to negotiate Albuquerque freeway in the dark. I don’t blame her. We should make AZ tomorrow. Hoping to have coffee with @MoseySusan Also hope to catch up with an old record store coworker in Las Cruces. Overall going well except our cat is not a fan of the truck! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share #19 Posted January 15, 2022 8 minutes ago, groupw said: The wind eventually let up as we drove Southwest. It started snowing hard when we got to Trinidad. Truck needed fuel so we filled up vehicles quickly and got over the mountains before we replied to some house closing messages. Good call as the snow let up as soon as we got to Raton. WoW is not used to driving long distance so we called it a night at Santa Fe. She didn’t want to negotiate Albuquerque freeway in the dark. I don’t blame her. We should make AZ tomorrow. Hoping to have coffee with @MoseySusan Also hope to catch up with an old record store coworker in Las Cruces. Overall going well except our cat is not a fan of the truck! Coffee! Call me when you’re near. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted January 15, 2022 Share #20 Posted January 15, 2022 Snowing when you got to Trinidad? That sounds unpossible on a couple of fronts! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted January 15, 2022 Share #21 Posted January 15, 2022 22 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said: Snowing when you got to Trinidad? That sounds unpossible on a couple of fronts! You might be thinking too far south and much lower elevation. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share #22 Posted January 15, 2022 We met up for coffee earlier today, and they’re traveling south through beautiful high desert, mountains to the east and west. The next valley over to the east is where the worst of jornada del muerto is located, including a lava segment that borders the Trinity Atomic Test Site. Keep those traveling mercy prayers coming. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted January 15, 2022 Share #23 Posted January 15, 2022 44 minutes ago, MoseySusan said: We met up for coffee earlier today, and they’re traveling south through beautiful high desert, mountains to the east and west. The next valley over to the east is where the worst of jornada del muerto is located, including a lava segment that borders the Trinity Atomic Test Site. Keep those traveling mercy prayers coming. I wondered about his route when he mentioned Las Cruces. I have a friend that lives in Membries (sp). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post groupw Posted January 16, 2022 Popular Post Share #24 Posted January 16, 2022 Great to visit with @MoseySusan for brunch! A smooth, uneventful drive to Las Cruces where we called it a day. WoW isn’t used to long drives and she was pretty beat today. I have a former coworker from my record store days who lives here. He recommended Chala’s for dinner and it was awesome! He is a drummer in a few bands so my brother and I went to see him play for a set before we called it a night. Final stretch tomorrow! 4 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share #25 Posted January 16, 2022 Please note: there are no saguaro cactus in New Mexico. A lot of yucca in that span of desert, but the Sonoran does not extend into our borders. That’s how you know you’re really in Arizona, now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted January 16, 2022 Share #26 Posted January 16, 2022 Yep. Saguaro are pretty much in the valley. I did see a few Joshua trees on the drive south. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted January 16, 2022 Share #27 Posted January 16, 2022 Lots of creosote brush and sand dune mesquite along that southern route. I use to work near Bowie and San Simone in the early 70s. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted January 16, 2022 Share #28 Posted January 16, 2022 4 hours ago, groupw said: Yep. Saguaro are pretty much in the valley. I did see a few Joshua trees on the drive south. Did not realize you also drove through the Mojave Desert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post groupw Posted January 17, 2022 Popular Post Share #29 Posted January 17, 2022 18 hours ago, sheep_herder said: Did not realize you also drove through the Mojave Desert Apparently they migrated down to greet us! They sure looked like the photos of Joshua trees. We made it to the Air BnB in Casa Grande late yesterday afternoon. Cleaned up and drove by the new house then went to have dinner with our daughters. This morning I took my brother ,who helped load the truck and drove my pickup here, to the airport. I was putting my destination into Google maps when he said his flight was canceled. Waiting to hear next information. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted January 17, 2022 Share #30 Posted January 17, 2022 Glad you made it to your destination. Best wishes for a Great future. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
az_cyclist Posted January 17, 2022 Share #31 Posted January 17, 2022 On 1/16/2022 at 11:48 AM, sheep_herder said: Did not realize you also drove through the Mojave Desert There are a few Joshua Tree groves in the Sonoran Desert 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted January 17, 2022 Share #32 Posted January 17, 2022 6 minutes ago, az_cyclist said: There are a few Joshua Tree groves in the Sonoran Desert I recall seeing some as well. Really surprised me as I thought they only grew in the Mojave. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
az_cyclist Posted January 17, 2022 Share #33 Posted January 17, 2022 Saguaros, however, only grow on the Sonoran Desert, and in lower elevation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted January 17, 2022 Share #34 Posted January 17, 2022 35 minutes ago, az_cyclist said: There are a few Joshua Tree groves in the Sonoran Desert I wondered if he had actually ventured into the Mojave on his trip. Not surprising that some migrated further south. Plant communities are dynamic. I always enjoyed driving off the Mogollon Rim and seeing the cactus growing in the understory with the Ponderosa Pine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
az_cyclist Posted January 17, 2022 Share #35 Posted January 17, 2022 1 hour ago, sheep_herder said: I wondered if he had actually ventured into the Mojave on his trip. Not surprising that some migrated further south. Plant communities are dynamic. I always enjoyed driving off the Mogollon Rim and seeing the cactus growing in the understory with the Ponderosa Pine. A great view of the saguaro is on I-17 southbound, descending from Sunset Point to Black Canyon City. You had the Ponderosa pine up by Flagstaff, then the high desert vegetation , pinon pines, etc, between Camp Verde and Sunset Pt, then a few miles south of Sunset Pt you see all kinds of saguaro. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted January 17, 2022 Share #36 Posted January 17, 2022 1 hour ago, az_cyclist said: A great view of the saguaro is on I-17 southbound, descending from Sunset Point to Black Canyon City. You had the Ponderosa pine up by Flagstaff, then the high desert vegetation , pinon pines, etc, between Camp Verde and Sunset Pt, then a few miles south of Sunset Pt you see all kinds of saguaro. That transition from pine to saguaro is pronounced coming in from Payson as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted January 18, 2022 Share #37 Posted January 18, 2022 3 hours ago, az_cyclist said: A great view of the saguaro is on I-17 southbound, descending from Sunset Point to Black Canyon City. You had the Ponderosa pine up by Flagstaff, then the high desert vegetation , pinon pines, etc, between Camp Verde and Sunset Pt, then a few miles south of Sunset Pt you see all kinds of saguaro. Yes, we saw a lot of saguaro when living in Tucson and traveling about from 1970-75. We were in Ponderosa pine quite a ways south of Flagstaff on our way to Tucson coming off the rim. Not sure of the exact location. My wife worked in the Ponderosa pine areas while I worked mainly with creosote bush and sand dune mesquite and species used to revegetate those areas after the shrubs were removed by root plowing and discing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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