The Last Supper ...

We left Durango ... but not before a final tribute from the Durango and Silverton coal-fired, steam-powered train ... this tourist train is a major draw to the Durango area, including fostering a spin-off Iron Horse Bicycle Classic, where cyclists "race" the train from Durango to Silverton.  The train runs through the middle of our campground ... two trains in the morning and the return trip in the late afternoon, early evening.

We drove to Bonito Campground in the Sunset Crater Volcano National Park, just north of Flagstaff,  Arizona ... And, completed a large loop in our travels.  Side note:  When Sander was very young, we would hike with him ... roughly doing as many miles as his age (2 miles when 2, 3 miles when 3, etc., up to the age of 7) ... his first question was always, "Loop trail, Daddy? ... Loop trail?".  He very early in life decided that a "loop trail" was okay, an "in and out trail" was not ... he didn't want to go forward on a hike, if he knew that he would have to re-trace each step forward ... so, we were sensitive to finding (or sometimes creating) "loop" trails to keep him willing to hike with us.  We found a "loop" trail for Bambi's travels ...

And, we had our last supper on the road ... we eat well in Bambi ...

Arizona greeted us with an significant thunder and lightning monsoon rainstorm ... the thunder rolled through the mountains, lightning crashed all around ... rain poured ... we were quite grateful to be inside Bambi (and sympathetic to the tent campers surrounding us who were getting drenched) ... Bambi keeps us high and dry ... Arizona welcomed the rain (as did we).