Saturday, April 19th

One month one the road, or should I say on the walk. We started on March 19th at Capistrano Beach, California and today we walked a little passed Morristown, Arizona, northwest of Phoenix. Ruth didn't need to drive us to our starting point as we are staying at our starting point today. John and I started walking from Desert Cypress RV Park at 6:15 am and in less than 5 minutes, we were on Highway 60 headed east. Soon after we started walking, we were passed by at least 100 sports cars. Jaugars, Mercedes, MGs, Corvettes, Karman Ghias and even some Rolls Royces. Many were vintage and one of the Rolls had right hand drive. They were going to Prescott, AZ for a rally. We found that piece of information from Rick, who was the maintenance man at a rest stop up ahead. A really interesting fellow, 77 years old, recently widowed, he said he loved this job because he had met so many interesting people he had met. Like the man from Australia that spent 6 month in the states traveling and 6 months in Australia traveling. Or the group of Norwegians that stood in awe at a bird they had never seen. Rick also told of many bicyclers that travel Highway 60. Like the group of college kids traveling to Maine by bike. He said that he didn't know what a computer was until he was 71 and now he uses one all the time. A truly remarkable man. On we walked and saw our first deer road kill. Deer and other wild animals are here because there is a river here that flows above ground. That may sound strange, but many rivers in Arizona flow underground. Here the Hassayampa River flows above ground and is a haven for plants and animals. Today I found a toy shovel, a child's alphabet block, an off-set screwdriver, a socket and three pennies. We walked 12 miles today. Stay tuned ....