Maricopa and USA road trip
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Our drive from the south rim of the Grand Canyon was under blue skies but accompanied by a lot of wind! The landscape continued to be filled with craggy rock faced cliffs rising up from a now green desert scape (cactus amongst green bushes and grasses as the monsoon season had dropped a fair bit of water on the area). All went well driving until the rush hour traffic to get around Phoenix to reach the more southerly Maricopa. When the GPS went up to a 30 minute delay it kicked back in and rerouted us so that we were only 5 minutes behind schedule to arrive at Celine's home. A few days of rest, swimming, shopping with Celine and time once again to hit the road. We headed out on a Sunday so no more Phoenix rush hour traffic. The day was on the windy side but otherwise clear and hot. We drove through the surprisingly hilly landscape of Arizona. The deserts were greener than usual and had an abundance of shrubs and grasses to accompany the cactus. We continued to marvel at the fract