Wednesday, March 25, 2020 -
J38
A pleasant morning brightened up by the songs of birds (probably nesting in the cactus) and the sun shining generously.
Morning laundry. Gauthier has to go to the Dump Station to change the oil and water.
BBQ lunch and departure by car to SAGUARO NP WEST part.
The cactus are immense. They stand proudly on the plain and the surrounding mountains. These cactus candlesticks are very different from each other the mystery of their "arms" remains. We met 2 Road Runners (beep beep) but only managed to film a squirrel and some rabbits.
We were surprised to hear the incessant chirping of the birds suddenly replaced by the stunning silence of nature.
Back to the camp by "Old TUCSON" always closed to our great regret.
Pizza meal inside the RV.
Evening to validate our various blogs.
Thursday, March 26th 2020 -
J39
We had our second lie-in in the morning but the weather is not good at all. We lost several tens of degrees and it's raining.
After a long hesitation, we decide to take tickets for April 4th from LOS ANGELES. We check that they are cancelable and call Air France to confirm the flight...
Nevertheless, we decide to visit the EAST part of NO SAGUARO.
Free entrance
This part has much larger cactus than the previous part in the west.
Our visit is somewhat disturbed by the rapid passage of several jeeps of Rangers, trucks, firemen and ambulances.
We will never have the explanation of this mobilization.
Quick and frugal picnic.
The sanitary measures develop: the WC are closed in the Parks. That complicates a little our stay.
End of the afternoon: provisioning in Walmart. we observe more and more masked and gloved persons. Each one avoids the other.
Rationing to 1 Gallon of water or 1 package of small bottles, 1 gallon of milk, 1 package of beef, 1 of pork... We comply with the rule but we decide to store some rations of survival sold for the treks.
We decide then to make our call to the embassy. Communication much less conciliatory than last week. The embassy has for order to ask us to return as soon as possible, before Sunday. It is not a repatriation but our interlocutor takes our three identities and puts us a very strong pressure.
To return, easy to say! We have to cancel the order of the bikes, find a storage for WilliRoad and the dinghy, find return tickets...
After long hesitations, we decide to take tickets for April 4 from LOS ANGELES. We check that they are cancelable and call Air France to confirm the flight...
Atmosphere a little leaden.
I just filled up my tank to avoid going to the shops more often...
Movie night
Good night.
Our video at SAGUARO NP - Arizona
In progress ...to be continued ...
Visualize here our route in SAGUARO NP - Arizona
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