Our overly sensitive dog Molly knows we are leaving for a long while and has been depressed ever since we arrived at our friend’s house yesterday. Either that or she is trying to make me feel worse than I already do about leaving her. I’ve never had a dog like her in that she is so serious and moody. It’s got to be genetics and not upbringing because our last Cairn Terrier was a silly show-off.
Part of the problem is there are two other dogs in the house and she is fearful of all dogs at first and gives them a wide berth.
Tag is Top Dog in the house and does not want any human to pay attention to anyone but him so he gets growly if Molly goes near his owner or even us. Molly needs to get mouthy right back but she won’t. She only talks back to me.
This is sweet Amy. Her owners have been in Ecuador for about a year and she is semi-permanently living here. I’d like to see her and Molly make friends but Molly is probably going to pine for us until we return.
Molly does have an invisible friend living in the back door that makes squeaks (alarm) every time the door is opened. She has been stalking it like a cat and I’ll be curious to know how long it takes her to figure out it’s a mechanical noise and not a little mouse friend or something.
Have I told you how hellishly hot it is in Yuma? How does anyone manage to stay a summer here? We had to go out today to pickup the rental car and also walk across the border to Mexico for meds. Unbearably hot!! Everyone that lives here stays indoors until October 31st when the temperatures subside.
On the subject of the rental car: The prices on Expedia ran about $100 for an economy car for 24 hours. Then I remembered it was possible to rent through Costco. Bingo! $32 for a Nissan Altima.
Our friend left today for a funeral 4 hours away and will be gone overnight. Good thing because our luggage and stuff is spread out all over the place. The funny thing is that since she left Tag doesn’t act like the boss and is leaving Molly alone. Steve left to wash our car. I hope he finds his way back to the house because the GPS can’t even get us here – there are so many turns.
The purple one is mine and is not even full, can you believe it? (More room for shopping down under:)
I will take a picture of the ship with my phone tomorrow and try to make a post. If not, our first port call is Puerto Vallarta September 2nd. After that it is Tahiti on September 10th, Moorea the 11th, Bora Bora the 12th, Fiji the 17th, New Caledonia the 19th, and Sydney the 22nd.
Southwestern Colorado
As we go further south the mountains become smaller and take on unusual shapes
There were some strange clouds in the distance as we got nearer to Winslow, Arizona. Take a look. This thin band of clouds just above the ground stretched for 15-20 miles:
It’s too bad I couldn’t take a picture of the whole length at once to show you how unusual this cloud was.
Once we passed under those clouds the wind and rain became very strong and we decided to call it a night and pulled into this Flying J truck stop where they had some pull through parking spots just for motor homes.
Ugh, no doubt we are in a truck stop restaurant and our tummies paid us back. After we were done eating and went out front, a Flying J employee came up to us and said that a semi truck had side swiped our Tracker tow vehicle. The thoughts that went through my head…………but the employee was wrong, the truck had hit the tow vehicle of the motor home next to us. Poor guy who owned it. The car was damaged from front to back and the semi had disappeared. Which we promptly did too……after dumping and forgetting to get water. No showers for us plus a sink full of dirty dishes that had to wait another day.
We found a casino well off the highway with plenty of parking and a quiet night of sleep until the storms began again about 4 am which made for a beautiful morning. I’ve never seen Arizona looking so green.
Our destination today was Prescott and we took the scenic route through Sedona, known for it’s red soil and rocks.
Our plan had been to arrive in Yuma today but we decided to stay the night in a real campground in Prescott with hookups so that we could cook and bake everything possible in our refrigerator, do laundry, organize our packing, clean the RV inside, and write blog posts. Another reason is that Prescott is still high enough in elevation that the weather is very comfortable and is the last town south before we descend into the inferno. It will be 112 degrees (144.4 Celsius) in Yuma Friday.
This overlook was next to our campsite which was nice because I could walk over and get a good internet signal.
The road to the campground
Glorious scenery in every direction
Ouray itself looks like many small Colorado mountain towns…..
with many lovely Victorian styled homes. What is surprising are the large number of houses for sale in town. I would say every 5th house is for sale.
This was our second time to visit Box Canyon Falls. The falls themselves are difficult to see as they are in a chute type position between rocks but the roar is unbelievable. They are the most forceful, loud, falls you will ever visit.
The falls drop down on the left into this emerald green pool 
The Box Canyon Motel has a nice location next to the exit of the falls and like every place in town it also has views that don’t stop.
Wanderlets 