Monday morning we were up early and drove on another 100
miles to Lake Lyman, right on the Easter border of Arizona. This reservoir is
right in the middle of desert, so looks pretty bleak, so another quiet night. On
our way we took in the town of Springerville, where we sought out the ‘Madonna of the Trails’, One of twelve statues that can be found on the National Old
Trails Road, which is one of the pioneer trails of the 1850’s. The Statues were
commissioned by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution and
place in 1928 and placed in locations from Pennsylvania to California. The
statues tried to show the characteristics of the pioneer woman, with cradling a
baby, pushing a child and carrying a gun. Originally the statues showed the
woman looking West, but it seems that the statue in Springerville has been
moved and the woman now resolutely faces North! Still it was very interesting.
This is trip 15, in 2015! We arrived in Phoenix (AZ) on March 25th and traveled North and East, taking in Jerome, Mogollon Rim, Zuni (NM), El Morro, Farmington, Durango (CO), Ridgway, Black Canyon NP, Breckenridge and Golden. Moving North from there we have been to Fort Collins, Laramie (WY), Cheyenne, Fort Laramie, Chadron (NE), and on to Custer (SD) to explore The Black Hills, as far North as Devil's Tower (WY). From there we have driven East to Dreadwood,then on to pickup our mail in Box Elder before exploring The Badlands NP. We have been to the capital Pierre (SD Capital), before driving North up the Missouri to Bismarck, the capital of North Dakota. We have finished towing by driving via Fargo and Sauk Centre to Minneapolis, where we will clean and store the rig, ready for us when we return for Trip 16 in the Fall (DV). On this trip we have towed the trailer just over 2800 miles.
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