Welcome to Arizona!

My wife and I travel as much as we can, and whenever possible sleep in our renovated minivan. Well, "renovated" may be a bit of an exaggeration. I took out all but the front seats, put down a sheet of thick plywood, and we have a bedroll in the back now.

Anyhow, this trip we decided to visit the Southwest. It's winter, so what better time to go to the desert, right?

Yeah.

We stopped overnight at a rest area just inside the Arizona border. It was dark and windy and a little chilly but nothing bad. We got arranged and climbed under the blankets, only to wake up to this:

Snow and -2°. In Arizona. Now, I understand it's not unheard of. It was just a bit of a shock considering we had come out here to get away from all the snowy weather at home. We had a good laugh, cleaned off the van, and hit the road. It was quite a welcome to Arizona for us!