Dust devil on Route 66 detour. On a road trip of over 3,000 miles (over 5,800km), a lot of the sight seeing is done from inside the car. A big part of this trip was the experience of being in very different landscapes from the lush west coast we live in. The Arizona desert was probably the most foreign to us, and thus the most fascinating. Mr. Kate loved the dust devils that whirled up on the side of the road – this one even crossed the road in front of us. A trip like this is done for the value of seeing new and different places. Experiencing, however briefly, how these foreign landscapes shape the people and towns we find along the way.
Rocks, Waves, Beach 
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