03/12: Driving East
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
We've decided that if the distance between our departure point and our destination point is more than six hours we'll take two days to do it. It's one thing to do the big drive when you're escaping the cold but another when you're just wandering. With that in mind we stopped in Benson, Arizona. Ed picked a park that met many of his interests ---- observatory, ham radio shack and wood shop. Thought we'd check it out in case we decide to spend more time in Arizona.
The southern portion of Arizona is scarcely populated --- we only passed a couple of small towns in the two hour drive from Yuma to south of Phoenix. The traffic and development increased as we neared Tucson. The scenery was predominantly bumps with cactus though we did see some irrigated land growing cotton.
View at the picnic area.
There's something majestic about these cacti.
Bales of cotton.
The southern portion of Arizona is scarcely populated --- we only passed a couple of small towns in the two hour drive from Yuma to south of Phoenix. The traffic and development increased as we neared Tucson. The scenery was predominantly bumps with cactus though we did see some irrigated land growing cotton.
View at the picnic area.
There's something majestic about these cacti.
Bales of cotton.