Our host, Caroline’s instructor, Jane Hoffman, has cultivated this wonderful garden where she’s able to harvest more than a few of the plants she uses not only in a classroom setting but for the yarn that finds its way into her tapestry weavings. Today, I’m asking myself why I didn’t photograph any examples of those works.

A palette of color to which our desert eyes are unaccustomed.

Participants are leaving with a wide selection of yarns they’ve dyed, and while not a fiber artist myself, I can appreciate how interesting the process is.

Fruits for a loom or maybe the needles.

Checking out of our deluxe travel trailer.

Our momentary home away from home.

Back on the road, we have a few miles of dirt before once again hitting the asphalt. Every summer day should include this view and temperature, which is just perfect.

No…do we really have to leave all this and go back to Phoenix? We can’t return soon enough.