January 11, 2007 ~ THE TRIP FROM FL TO AZ
After leaving St. Joe on Monday the 1st, we traveled along coastal Rt. 98 along the panhandle and picked up I-10 near Pensacola. We arrived at our next destination late afternoon on Tuesday, a park just south of Austin, TX. We had dinner with our friends Al & Barbara on Wednesday at their beautiful home, and then took Bella to a service dealer on Thursday to have some minor warranty work done. While she was in the shop, we went to Cabela’s sporting goods store. This has to be the biggest Cabela’s in the world! It’s more like a museum than a store. The animal displays were incredible, in fact a whole album is dedicated to them…go to the "Cabela's" photo album. We picked up Bella late afternoon and continued (…and continued…and continued) west along I-10 through Texas; didn’t know if it was ever going to end . It’s long and boring. We stopped for the evening at the first visitor center rest stop over the New Mexico border. We awoke to snow that just kept getting worse. We had intended to spend a couple of days in Las Cruces, but when we passed through, we were in a full-on blizzard. We kept moving and drove out of the storm. So much for our trip to Las Cruces!! (There are a couple of pictures in the "Las Cruces Snow" album.) We finally landed in Quartzsite, AZ to check out this massive swap meet we’ve been hearing so much about. Yes, RVs for as far as the eye can see and vendors galore. Joe found lots of goodies that he just couldn’t live without, and so, the re-arranging goes on. Next stop…Buckskin Mountain State Park.
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