CloseQuarters

How do I follow up after the Baja? Sigh….. I am trying not to compare everything to that blissful 6 weeks, but it’s hard.   Moving forward…….. towards the Atlantic Ocean. La Jefa and us easily made it back over into the states at the San Luis border crossing. From there, we hoofed it to Phoenix, where we boarded a direct flight back to Kelowna, so we could deal with the renters the following day.  It was bitter sweet, our renters were moving out sooner than we had hoped, but now the 70’s house is officially ours again, and we no longer have to rent it out.  The universe was kind to us, as we found a house sitter, that we trust, to watch over it while we are away! 🙏🏻 It was a whirlwind quick trip with only 6 full days in Canada. We dealt with Adam’s dead truck ($$New Battery$$), cleaning and furnishing the house, and trying to see a few friends. The kids did not want to leave, as it was so great to see their Omie and friends and play with their lego sets once again...

  On our road trip so far, these are three places that I want to remember: Arizona Sonora Desert Museum in Arizona, White Sands National Park and Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico. At the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum we saw lots of animals. My favourite one was the Ocelot, he is about the size of a fully grown coyote and also spotted like a leopard with a really cool fur coat. When we walked in, he was no where to be seen, but once every single person left, he came out and we got to see him from five or six inches away. One of the other animals I enjoyed visiting was the Mountain Lion. He was the biggest cat I have ever seen. I appreciated seeing him because I probably won’t ever get to see one in the wild. The Mountain Lion was super chill, and didn’t care about us at all. He was siting on a rock about two meters away from us, and for a few minutes, he didn’t even look at us. After a while, he got up and walked right towards us and then stopped to look at us. At that ...