Thursday, January 19 - on to Flagstaff!

Got up early today in preparation for a long day on the road. Loaded up after a hot breakfast and pulled out onto the highway at 7:20 - still dark! No frost this morning, +6C.
We enjoyed watching the gorgeous orange sunrise behind us as we passed a huge wind farm!
At 8:18, we entered New Mexico, which involved another time change - now on Mountain time (7:18).
By 9:30, at 6800ft elevation, we started seeing

 patches of snow beside the highway.

On reaching Albuquerque, the temp had increased to 10C under sunny skies.

Entered Arizona at 1:00, where it was sunny and 15C. Within 2 hours we hit 20C! WOW!

Arrived in Flagstaff at 3:30 & checked in to a Super 8 Motel. Went for a walk after driving 1001 KM today, and out for dinner.
Interestingly, there was a lot of snow here, with the famous Arizona Snowbowl ski area doing well. A week ago, the weather turned warm, the snow has all gone and the Snowbowl has closed. Normally, it is opem from December until mid-April.