Petrified Wood in Holbrook, Arizona

Wow it is nice to have good internet.  It was hit or miss at the campground this summer and even my phone hotspot didn't work well.  This made it hard to do the blog so I am very behind.   We left Clay Springs and spent our first night in Holbrook just ninety miles or so from our summer campground.  We like to make a short trip the first day.  We never know if we are going to have trouble getting the rig ready to tow after sitting all summer.  The campground has a lot of clay and our rig sunk a bit when the monsoons came.  So we weren't sure how much work it was going to be to get the truck hooked up to it.  Luckily we didn't have any trouble so we ended up getting to Holbrook before 10 in the morning.  They didn't mind the early check in and it was nice to relax the rest of the day after the challenge of getting on the road again.  

Holbrook is the closest town to the Petrified Forest National Park.  They have several petrified trees at the campground that are very beautiful.  It amazes me how much it looks like someone sawed them into pieces but they broke naturally that way.    We left the next day and went to Williams which is the closest town to the Grand Canyon.  The battery light came on denoting a problem with the charging system in the truck.  There was a mobile repair guy that came and put in a new alternator and at least the batteries are charging but there is still a problem because the battery light won't go out.  We called our diesel guy in Yuma and he said the truck was driveable and to bring it to him when we get back to Yuma.  We are looking forward to being able to sell the truck for something newer when there are more trucks on the market.  We are now in Kingman and will be in Quartzsite by the end of the month.