We woke up happy and ready to go. We were both enjoying the area and would love to spend some time here in the future, maybe with the camper that we will own in the future! :) After a huge continental breakfast (bagels, cheese danishes, sausage breakfast sandwiches, waffles, apples and banana bread muffins) we headed strait for Arizona. I got super excited when we started seeing the saguaros, I have wanted to see them ever since I saw old slides of them from my parents adventures out west, they always seemed so magical to me. they're such strange plants, no matter how many we saw I was still entranced by them. We stopped when we saw a sign for Colossal Cave (we both like caves) and took a look around. They had a tour that went through the cave every hour or so and we decided we might as well take it. It was a little cheesy, though that might just be because we are spoiled from our caving adventures in New Zealand where we got to go in a cave with head lamps and climbing gear and in another on our own where we could crawl and explore and get all dirty and muddy! This was more of a leisurely stroll through the cave on built in stairs and walkways, the most adventurous part of it was the low ceilings that you had to make sure not to hit your head on. It was fun any way, we liked the feeling of being deep underground in the heart of the mountain and it was neat to hear all the legends and stories of the cave. It was hotter in the cave than it was outside, I guess it stays around 70 in there most of the time. Once we emerged we walked around a bit and enjoyed the plant life. It's a lot of fun to see all the different plants, I wish we could have had a sheet of some sort that had pictures and names of all the plants, I would have liked to know what they all were. Then we headed back to the nearest town and drove around for way too long looking for a gas station and getting cranky with each other in the heat, but once we found one and bought a couple of hot dogs, things got better very quickly. Once well fed and supplied with a new gallon of water we left for Saguaro National Park, It was located on a smaller twisting road that wound through the low mountains, it was a really beautiful drive. We stopped at the park to check it out, there were cacti all over the hills, right up to the road. It was a little sad to leave behind the saguaro's but they petered out as we left Tuscon and went over the mountains to Phoenix. We stayed at a motel in northern Arizona that had a pool and a hot tub which the guy working there very kindly kept open for us so we could use it once we were settled. Which is exactly what we did. It was soooo nice to relax all our muscles and de-stress ourselves before bed.
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