We hiked two interesting trails in Arizona, after we left the Grand Canyon. While we were in Flagstaff, we visited the Sunset Volcano National Monument. During the last few years, we have learned that National Parks, National Monuments and National Historic Sites are always worth our time, even if, at first, we don't think we are interested. We had been to the Capulin Volcano National Monument in northern New Mexico, but this was even more interesting and informative. The hiking trail led us through the Bonita Lava Flow of a volcano that erupted only about 900 years ago. We learned about squeeze-ups, spatter cones, caves and why lava can be either black or red. It was fascinating.
While in Tucson, we hiked the Esperanza Trail in the west section of Saguaro National Park. Most of our experience is with conifer forests, but here we saw the cactus forest. The countryside has a more diverse group of cactus and other plants than we had seen as we drove south through Phoenix. It must be beautiful in the Sonoran Desert (which include Saguaro NP), in the spring when everything blooms.
Now we are on our way back to the stick house in Centennial. We will have been away for almost eight months this trip. We are so content in our 200+ square feet of space in the RV, we wonder why we need 1800 square feet plus a basement and garage. We do need to be with family and see friends, as well as get our annual physical exams and other such things. And it is getting colder in much of the country. We don't like RVing when the temperature dips into the 20 and 30s outside.
Funny you had a broken shackle. I discovered I had one also broken. It was called a spring equalizer and I was wearing out a tire because of it. The heads of both springs were resting on the frame of the trailer and the front tire was out of alignment. Found a new equalizer and fixed it. Now all is well.
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