waiting for a train

  Nov. 1st, 11:30 am. We stopped for gas in Tacna, Arizona. No longhorn skulls, but these wagon wheels decorate the service station. This Southern Pacific train only took a minute to pass by. It's very windy here.  My daughter was looking for an ATM, so we also stopped in Yuma, where I forgot to take a picture--sorry, you can see it in the westerns ( there's a huge discount store now, along with other modern conveniences ).

are we there yet?

Nov. 1st, 10 am. We stopped for gas and something to eat at Gila Bend, Arizona. The palm tree was in the parking lot of the truck stop/service center/travel plaza.  My daughter wants to see the desert, particularly a saguaro cactus, but this postcard may be as close as we get. Maybe we went through the desert in the night--who knows?

still in Arizona

Nov. 1st, 7 am. We stopped for gas in Sun Valley, Arizona. I think the other shot is the corner of the truck. Tired.

Arizona

 Nov. 1st, 4:00 am. We stopped at the Hopi Travel Plaza in Holbrook, Arizona. Arizona doesn't use Daylight Savings Time, so we are already on Pacific Time, as you can see in the clock display, set up by the Hopi Travel Plaza for confused visitors.

 This isn't the only horsie I saw, but it was the only one I got a picture of.  "Look, a horse!" just went by too fast.

 These coffee signs looked absolutely dazzling to me at 4 am.

 They could have been advertising a new religion, they were that beautiful.

 Speaking of religion, this Trucker's Chapel was in the parking lot of the service station.