Tall Blooms

We were April Fooled by mother nature. We had hoped to leave Yuma on Sunday but the wind was howling. It was blowing over 20mph with gusts up to 50mph. When you are driving a very tall, very long train you don't drive in that kind of wind.

I got some last pictures of a Palo Verde tree in bloom. Very pretty yellow blooms on a green tree. The bark of the trunk and branches are green. The ocotillo has pretty orange blossoms on top. Usually when it blooms all of the green leaves on the branches are gone but this one kept its leaves while it was blooming.

We are now in Benson, Az at over 3500 ft above sea level and its going to get down to 35 degrees tonight. It's hard to believe we've been enjoying temps in the 90's and lows in the high 50's to low 60's at night. Although it sounds like its been very warm in Minnesota --- good -- we like it warmmmmm.