Sailing Through the Southwest

Two days ago we left Las Vegas. Now we're in a little farming town in East Colorado. It's been an interesting drive. First of all, did you know the bridge to bypass Hoover Dam is finally underway? Check out this photo. The first of the pillars are going up.

Next, monsoons were the order of the day. Not far into Arizona - at White Hills to be exact - there was a monsoon to the left of the freeway. The contrast between a nice day and a big storm was quite obvious.

My friends in Las Vegas are accustomed to this, but my CA buddies will find this unusual.

A couple hours later, between Seligman and Williams, we found ourselves in the middle of a monsoon. It was raining so hard at one point that 95% of the cars were pulling off the road. When I finally decided to join them on the shoulder, I could only see about 5 feet ahead of me - not enough to see the edge of the shoulder. I've been in thick fog before but I don't ever remember it raining that hard before.

The rest of the trip included mostly partly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms - thankfully, off to the sides of us.