Monday, May 6, 2024 This morning, we enjoyed a hearty breakfast featuring seafood boil leftovers, then departed to visit Hoover Dam, about 30 miles south, mostly traveling along I-11. Shortly before arriving, we pulled into an overlook with a nice veiw of Lake Mead. Lake Mead from I-11 Overlook We […]
Sunday, May 5, 2024 While preparing to depart this morning, Jane spotted a snake in the adjacent campsite that attracted the attention of fellow campers. We later identified it as a nonvenemous Pacific gopher snake. Pacific Gopher Snake We departed mid-morning and joined our westward companion, I-40. The scenery along
Saturday, May 4, 2024 We awoke this morning at 5:00 am to the alarm on Jane’s iPhone. We tumbled out of bed in the dark and quickly put on the clothes we had laid out last night. Too soon, we were walking in the first morning light through ponderosa pines,
Friday, May 3, 2024 This morning before heading back to the Canyon, we visited a local attraction we have been hearing a lot about. Bearizona is a wildlife park featuring rescued animals and has two viewing areas, one drive-thru, and one walk-thru. After purchasing tickets and entering the park, we
Thursday, May 2, 2024 Today, Jane drove the toad back to Grand Canyon National Park. After an hour-long drive, mostly on State Route 64, we arrived at the southern park entrance around 9:30 am. There was a line of vehicles waiting to enter. Three of the five gates were operating
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 Today was our big day. We finally made it to the Grand Canyon! Around 8:30 this morning, we departed the campground for Williams. After parking, we walked to the train depot and wandered around until we found the spot where a western reenactment was taking place
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 Due to a short drive today, we spent another relaxing morning. While breaking camp, we spoke with a couple from Michigan at a nearby site who have a 2021 version of our motorhome (Winnebago View 24D). We enjoyed walking around and inside each other’s RVs and
Monday, April 29, 2024 This morning we lazed around the RV for awhile. I blogged and dealt with our insurance claim while Jane (hopefully) permanently fixed the sliding bathroom door by gluing the overhead track screws into place. They had been repeatedly falling out while driving making the door difficult
Sunday April 28, 2024 We enjoyed a leisurely Sunday morning in our rmotorhome because we didn’t need to depart until 11 am (official check-out time) so that we did not arrive early at out next campground. We had a huge brunch of scrambled eggs with cheese and fajita leftovers, grits,
Saturday, April 27, 2024 Today, we returned to Petrified Forest National Park. On the way out of Holbrook, we stopped at an interesting shop, Jim Gray’s Petrified Wood Co. The store’s surrounding grounds were covered with large logs and chunks of petrified wood. We were amazed at the wares for
April 26, 2024 Today, we left our ABQ campsite around 10 am for the 260-mile drive to our next campground in Holbrook, AZ. At the start, we had beautiful blue skies with large cottony clouds casting shadows on the beautiful New Mexico landscape with its colorful stratified mesas. We saw
Thursday, April 25, 2024 Yay! No traveling today. After breakfast, we headed to Petroglyph National Monument. This national monument is spread among several separate land parcels on the edge of Albuquerque. We started at the Visitor Center where we watched a video in an outdoor pavillon. We also picked up
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 By the time I make Albuquerque … I’ll be exhausted. Today has been another long travel day. We were on the road for about seven hours and covered 430 miles. We exited Oklahoma, crossed Texas’ top hat, and traveled through New Mexico to Albuquerque. The good
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 Oooooklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plains. Yes, it’s true; we were buffeted by high wind gusts throughout most of today’s 260-mile journey. The winds set off our RV’s wheel speed sensor warning and disengaged the cruise control (and ABS). Fortunately, after we stopped
Monday, April 22, 2024 Today, we hit the road before 9:00 am and travelled for about seven hours completing the longest leg of our westward journey yet, about 450 miles. We continued along I-40 traversing the western third of Tennessee, the width of Arkansas, and our first 25 miles into