A 1931 REO, One of two registered REOs in the nation, per its proud owner/restorer/driver
12 days into my road trip, and yesterday I broke down and ate fast food. The appeal is all in the consistency - when I am tired, I don't want a culinary challenge, just "same food." The price of consistency is missing out on the great, but I didn't feel like risking the truly bad.
I also bought a portable alarm clock yesterday. My motel room was cheap, but lacking in essential amenities. It will be useful for other voyages - I can sleep right trough the alarm on my wristwatch. I'm not sure what to think of the eight "soothing" white noises it also makes - the alarm seems only to beep.
But I was actually up before the 5 am alarm, because my phone rang. The car club president, letting me know that his troop had been scared off by the weather, and most were trailering their cars instead of participating in the convoy. It was clear and beautiful when I hit the road at 5 am (I went in the opposite direction since I had time to reshoot something else) but now it is snowing, so maybe those guys knew something about weather.
The car club didn't have as much participation at the show last night either. The gale force winds blowing tumbleweeds across the highway might have deterred some of them from putting their paint jobs at risk. So I was glad to get the chance to see the REO, a Hutmobile, and a gorgeous red '64 Corvette.
chance of rain showers before 5am, then a slight chance of snow showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. North northwest wind 17 to 20 mph decreasing to between 7 and 10 mph. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Doesn't that sound fun? Just pulled it off the NWS site for tonight at the Grand Canyon. Have a campsite reservation for there tonight. Guess I'll be catching up on some reading and napping. A freak late spring storm. Could be fabuolous as it clears, I am telling myself. Repeatedly. About time to take a compass reading and head north. Heading toward home. But put it on the record that I didn't come to Arizona in April for the snow.
In a nice warm Starbucks--Prescott, Arizona.
