The cold has finally forced us to cry uncle! We looked back at our log and it has been almost 8 weeks with the nights in the teens and twenties. We are far enough south in Arizona that the days are getting nice enough, but the nights are still cold and long, and the snow keeps chasing us! I think the Universe is trying to tell us something?
So after consulting with the Wee Rover, we have decided to cross from Yuma, Arizona into Baja for a few months of beaches and snorkeling!
We have sent in our paperwork for our visas (FMMs), and bought Mexican car insurance and World Nomads travel health insurance. We are starting to go over our maps, guides and iOverlander.
Exciting, scary, and we are really looking forward to it.
After a great night in our sweet little camping site, the weather forecast was still predicting snow in this area so we decided to continue heading east over the next pass to warmer weather. At the diesel station at the bottom of the pass, a fellow gas purchaser, and local, said we better get going because as soon as the snow started, they would close the pass. So, off we went…up and up and up, and up and up some more, to over 10,000ft and snow on the road. The views were amazing, the road pretty well maintained and filled with friendly hunters on ATVs who stared at us before waving (we get that a lot), but the ominous clouds following us kept us moving up, up, up and over to the other side.
Looking back towards the ridge we started on across the valley, and the storm clouds chasing us.Up we went toward blue skies racing to stay ahead of the snow…well, almost ahead.We made it to the top!!! 10,290 ft!
We quickly descended part way down the other side on a steep bumpy road. We are now sitting in a little USFS Campground around 7,600ft in the rain shadow, with the storm brewing above us in the mountains. Dinner is on, down jackets are on, and the new propane heater is prepped and ready!
All tucked in to a nice little spot for the night.
And then it snowed…we woke up to 23 degrees and ½ an inch of snow/ice on the top of the tent.
Looking back to our campground blanketed under a layer of snow we didn’t quite get ahead of.
What an amazing, nerve wracking, and adventuresome 48 hours. We are hoping for a slightly calmer next 48 hours with slightly warmer temperatures (I know, be careful what you wish for)!
The high 90 degree heat of summer broke a couple of weeks ago and now it’s snowing! We are exploring northern Nevada and it is snowing as we travel over the passes. Fortunately we are heading for a camping spot at a wild hot springs! The snow was beautiful, but we had hoped for a bit of a longer transition from summer to winter!
Driving up and overGorgeous!We camped right next to this hot spring. It warmed our bones before the low 20 degree night’s sleep. Good thing we bought extra blankets in town!Another hot spring down the road. This one would boil the skin right off your bones! As a matter of fact, there were some animal bones in the bottom.Sun through the snow storm.What a gorgeous, if chilly, view to wake up to.
