Have you ever thought you might have a black cloud hanging over you. That’s the way Sue and I felt after leaving AZ in March. As documented before, we arrived home to find snow and cold. There were some bright spots as we had a nice visit with Ally, Mike, and Roxy. I also had a great time getting back together with the Habitat crews.
While working in the yard, we decided that three trees in the yard needed to come down. Two were looking like they would hit the house in a strong windstorm. The other was leaning towards the power lines to our house. We did not want to see this happen while we were gone.
It was finally time to return to Prescott and our trailer. We were up bright and early as John was picking up for the airport at 7:00 am so John would miss rush hour traffic on 270. Our flight was scheduled to leave at 10:20 so we had plenty of time to have breakfast and get to the gate. Little did we know how much time we would have! At the gate we discovered that the flight was delayed because of weather in Chicago.We finally boarded the plane at 11:30 and the plane left the gate and we sat on the runway. At 1:00 pm we returned to the gate and unloaded. At this time I knew we would not make our original connection. The gate agent rebooked us on a 4:10pm Central time from Chicago. We boarded the plane again a little after 2:00 and this time actually made it to Chicago. Finally we were able to grab a bite to eat only to discover that our connection was also delayed until 4:50. A little after 5:00 we were finally headed to Phoenix, AZ. After a bumpy ride we finally made it to Phoenix and were able to catch the 7:15 shuttle to Prescott.We got to Tom and Debbie’s place around 9:30 pm Pacific Time. If you have been keeping track we are now at 12:30 by our body clocks and still haven’t had dinner. Tom was kind enough to have turned the furnace up and so the trailer was nice and warm.
The next day was spent resupplying the trailer and getting in ready to head out. Again, Prescott had great weather before we arrived, but that changed when we returned. We even had a snow flurry while running our errands. Really it was pretty good after what we had been through.
The next morning with a wonderful day to hit the road. The first 15 miles was this beautiful twisting drive through the mountains. I found the drive very easy even though we had been warned about the twists and turns plus up and downs. I think we finally were out from under that dark cloud. We were headed to San Bernardino National Forest – Barton Flats Campground to meet up with Matt for a few days.
Pictures of the Road:
The weather here has been spectacular and we had two great hikes with Matt. One was on the South Fork Trail and the other was on the Santa Ana River Trail. We cooked outside in Dutch ovens and the grill and had lovely camp fires. Thanks Matt for such wonderful time.
Our camp Site:
Big Bear Lake a Ski Resort:
South Fork Trail and Lunch Stop:
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