This is the end......

We are home safe and as sound as we can be. It was a great trip and wish we were still on it. But all good things need to come to a end. There are many things to do in the Southwest and many more to be done. But that will be for another day. Sure wish we could have gone back east to see our family and friends. Perhaps next year or when ever. Who knows. Shelia has her eyes set on Germany next year so we can visit Alex and she can see Europe (or at least parts of it.) I need to get going today and get out there and start cleaning the Motor Home and truck before the bugs dry... YUCK...... This is Good Bye for now and if anyone needs all they have to do is "holler"

Hearst Castle and ?

Well this is going to be our next to last post. I will try and do a summary post after we get home to Ceres. Yesterday we traveled to Hearst Castle, what a magnificent place, The pictures do not do it justice and now amount of my typing could describe it. Despite it being over cast and chilly we had a great time. Today we will venture down to Solvang and do the touristy thing and walk and SHOP....... Gezzzzzzzz I am getting tired of shopping. Make It A Great Day......

USS Midway

We toured the Midway and Air Craft Carrier that was built in the 40's and is now retired in San Diego. My camera really screwed up and I missed a lot of the pictures. The tour was more then worth the cost of admission. We will come back one of these days and see it again. Tomorrow (Sunday) is a travel day, we are going to make it to Santa Maria and spend 1 night at the Elks there. We will move to Atascadero Elks and it is there we will finish our adventure. We hope to visit Hearst Castle and go to Pismo and EAT CLAM CHOWDER at "Splash"... Providing the camera still works I will post pictures..

Off Road and A Day at San Diego Safari

Before we left Pahrump we did Laundry washed the truck and took a ride up in the Mountains EAST of Pahrump. Had a great time and the views were awesome from up there..

We left Pahrump and drove 190 miles to Hesperia Elks and spent the night. we are now at Chula Vista Elks and will be here until Sunday...

Today we got together with our old Pastor John Smith and his wife Donna. They have memberships to San Diego Safari and they can bring in one guest each so we went and had a great day. I have pictures but I can not get to them right now. I will post them later...

Oops

OK so it has been 2 days. Nothing much happened although we took a wonderful ride with Bill and Jill directly east from their house and went up into the mountains. it was a beautiful ride and the overviews of Pahrump were really cool.

We want to give out a GREAT BIG shout out of THANKS to them both for opening up their house and letting us stay for the 4 days..... J & B you make wonderful Host and Hostess....... Thanks again..

Yesterday and today are travel days for us we spent the night in Herspira at a Elks Lodge and today we will travel to Chula Vista Elks just south of San Diego and stay there until Sunday when we will be on the move north up the coast and goof off there. While in San Diego we might go to a Padres game not sure of that yet. I do know we are going to the San Diego Zoo.

That's it from here be safe and enjoy your day.......

Death Valley

First few pictures are at Jill and Bill's. It rained and snowed on Saturday kinda strange being in the desert and seeing it rain. But it sure cleared up the air.

Shelia and I went to Death Valley for the day (J&B went to LA) Shelia and I had a fun time we mostly drove around and wondered at the sites. We actually stopped at the Visitor Center and watched a movie and bought a couple T-shirts. We took a couple of side roads (dirt) one was 40 miles long, the roads were washboards and very bumpy until you got up to about 30 and then they were not to bad. LoL.... Needless to say we raised some dust. We only ran into two other vehicles. It was really cool getting off the main road.

Today is going to be laundry and wash the truck day. Tomorrow we are going to head to San Diego and stay there for a few days. We are going to try to stay at the Elks Lodge in Chula Vista......

Trip to Pahrump

Short travel only 79 miles. I picked up the fans for the Fridge at Pahrump Post Office general delivery and installed them so far no difference....

We will be here until at least Tuesday and then from here we have no idea. Maybe head towards the coast.



Pictures from stomyness Friday and this morning woke up and it was snowing not enough to stick but still it snowed. Now the sun is trying to shine and we both are enjoying a day of relaxing IN A HOUSE... LoL

Hoover Dam and Vegas

Ok Ok Ok So I have not posted for a few days. To be honest I just flat didn't feel like it...
We went to Hoover Dam and did all the touristy things walked on the new bridge and parked in the 5 level parking garage and did the Visitor Center. Walked across the Dam in the rain.. All and all it was a great day...

Today we went to Vegas which is always a trip in it's self because people are so interesting to watch. We walked from one end to the other and did NO GAMBLING at all. Twas a great day....

Tomorrow we move to friends in Pahrump for a few days......

Bryce Canyon and a Dummy Sheriff

F.Y.I. Tomorrow is a travel day they are calling for windy Wednesday so we are leaving a day early. We hope to stay at Boulder Nv. Elks Lodge if they are full we will find some place else. We hope to go to P-Town and visit for a few days. After that venture somewhere else.

Today we drove the 60 miles to Bryce Canyon National Park and all I can say is WOW and add it to your Bucket List. The pictures pretty much explain it as in 1 picture is worth a 1000 words. Also VERIZON ROCKS we were 9115 elevation at Bryce and our phones worked. Brianna called us to tell us that Mike Wallace had died. Bless her heart. Now for the picture of Barny he is a REAL Dummy who is sitting along the side of the road to freak out speeders... OK I admit it he got me twice.

Great Day in Zion

The pictures you see that have us both in were taken by US. I bought a little tri-pod and set it up and had fun with it. Also check out the last 2 pictures of the Motor Home going through the Tunnel. They have to stop traffic and the other end (1 mile away) and the MH had to drive down the middle in order to clear. Notice he had plenty of room.

Today we rode the shuttle in the park that went to places you can't in car and oh my are we happy we did.......

Road Trip to St. George and Moon Pictures

I took a couple pictures of the camp ground full. Yes the sites are small but that's what is so nice about it. And the Japs across from us are hilarious, one of them got on the roof and was kicking the vents..... Ha ha ha......

I took some pictures of the Moon rising over the cliffs that are directly across Highway 89 from us. First picture is during the day and then the Moon rising. After the moon came up the pictures did not work to well, but you get the idea.

Our Campground and Zion

First 4 photos are our campground and the Moon and cliffs are right across the street.

Today we started out to find a Laundry mat. We headed towards Zion Nat. Park. it is only 19 miles from where we are staying. We can go into any National Park FREE thanks to our Senior Cards...... Woooo Hooooooo

The pictures pretty much explain them selves. I want to explain one though, the one I took of the RV in my mirror. Well we got back to the camp ground and about a half hour later in pulls the RV I took the picture of. Well out jumps 4 Japanese and they are parking their RV. Well we have a cover on the front of our RV you can see out and not see in...... Shelia and I sat here and watched...... All I can say is.........

Monkeys and Football

Travel Day to Mount Carmel

Wow today we had a real change of scenery with every passing mile. Or so it seemed. One of the things I need to share is as we pulled in to Page Arizona around lunch time we decided to stop at McDonalds and have a Mighty Kids meal. So I saw a Super Wal-Mart to my left and McDonalds next door. So I parked in the WM parking lot and we got out and walked over to Micky Dee's. We go in and THEY are out of food??????? HuH? Was this really McDonalds? The only food they had was FISH. OK that was weird enough so we went across the street (Highway 89) to Sonic, because we were walkers we had to do the OUTSIDE menu. We pushed the button 4 times and waited as least 5 minutes. No answers Hmmmmmmmm there were other people there that had placed their order but had been waiting and waiting...... WE WALKED to Jack-in-the-Box and had lunch... It was a amazing and you would have had to be there.

Anyway our travel was UN-eventfull. The place we are staying is a 60's style Hotel/RV place with about 10 rooms and 10 RV spots. People here very nice and the internet is pretty good even though it is not secure...

If you interested where we are look up Mt. Carmel Utah. We are about 15 miles from the entrance of Zion National Park....... Very trippy........

Sedona Day 2 Traveling Around

Today we drove around to places the tour guide suggested on the trolly Tour yesterday. We went up to a High End Resort to have a cup of coffee but never found a place we could afford. CAN YOU SAY HIGH END... OK then we got the heck out of there. We went up to the Church of the Holy Cross that is built up on the side of a Mountain over looking some of the valley. We then went into town to have lunch and had a fantastic lunch and the views were to die for. We then took off UP 89a towards the north and wound u going all the way to Flagstaff. Took some pictures of the canyon that we drove through. All and all had a great day.........

Tomorrow is a travel day. We will be going around the Grand Canyon to Utah about 300 miles........ Not sure if I will be able to post......

F.Y.I we are having refrigerator problems. I hope to be able to Nurse it until we get home and then fix the darn thing..... Grrrrrrrr

Make It A Great Day

Great Day in Sedona

First let me say the very first picture is a JOKE. We found these guys at the back of the park we are staying at. It looks like at one time it was a display....... Psssssst we are staying at DEAD HORSE State Park...

Our day at Sedona was way cool we did some shopping and rode the Trolly. On the Trolly we befriended a boy named Will. He wanted to know about Ace so we told him and took a picture.

The Scenery here is amazing some of it is what post cards are made of. A couple times I got the same feeling I get when looking at Yosemite Valley. We are going to try and do some more exploring tomorrow and will take more pictures. Enjoy the pictures...

Jerome Az....... Way up the hill

Today we did a road trip to Jerome Az. Jerome is a small town that used to be a Copper Mine town that has been converted to a Artist Meca High end shopping little stores Bistros.... Yackie Yack type of town run be ex-hippies and what ever. The towns only resource is Tourist..... I didn't take to many pictures of the town its self battery died....... Grrrrrrrrr

Travel Day to Dead Horse

Yesterday (today being Sunday) we traveled to Dead Horse. Very much uneventful, travel through Tucson and Phoenix was OK except for Phoenix and our GPS got us through with no problem. We drove up I-17 and there were a few climbs. 1 was about 5 miles up and lots of little ones and then there was a 7 miles decline of 5% that was fun but no problem. I took a few pictures this morning so you could see our camp set up you can't see it in the pictures but we are on a bluff over looking the town of Cottonwood. Not sure what we are going to do today but I am sure we will do something. LoL.......