tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60854020678363564402024-03-05T01:43:30.180-08:00"Living the Dream"BSTRAVELERShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115717357979767578noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085402067836356440.post-36317543010300865432019-03-19T19:41:00.000-07:002019-03-19T19:41:10.946-07:00Catching up 2018 - Jan - December <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We sold our American Eagle coach and moved into a different way of living when we purchased a 5th wheel and a semi truck to pull it. </div>
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Far less intense than building a truck bed but just as exciting was the new camper. It was an adjustment in many ways and we are thankful to our good friends the Kirbys for helping us with the delivery, initial set up and moving of all our belonging! We have more inside storage but less storage outside than we had in the motorhome. This required us to reconfigure and decide what we really need and what can go into storage.<br />
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Having a kitchen with counter space has been one of the best changes - Susan loves using the island to cook from and having a gas cooktop again. We have changed a few things to "make this our own" such as - we removed the far recliner and added a kitty tower so Kona and Boomer can climb and relax as well as we do. </div>
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Our April home was at Deer Run RV Resort just outside of Crossville, TN. The sites were HUGE! We had enough room to park the camper, jeep and the truck and still have space for the picnic table and Susan's hammock. The owners were friendly, the park clean and the rates affordable. It did snow a couple of times but it was spring near the mountains. </div>
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During our time in TN we met up with the Kirbys and other "friends" - many were people we have talked with through various forums, pages and Zello but we had not actually met until we all attended the East Coast Rally for heavy duty trucks. Virtual friendships morphed into actual real life friendships and many campfires were enjoyed by the group. </div>
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Of course there was Jeeping! Susan worked and Brett went out to play.... LOL. In all fairness, he offered to wait for Susan to have a day off but she pushed him out the door. So a convoy of jeeps gathered and they headed off to the Catoosa Wildlife Management Area <a href="http://www.morgancountytn.gov/tourism/catoosa_wildlife_management_area.php">http://www.morgancountytn.gov/tourism/catoosa_wildlife_management_area.php</a> for the day - or rather a couple of days as there was too much fun to be had for them to just go once. </div>
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Another jeep exploration was to Windrock Park <a href="http://www.windrockpark.com/">http://www.windrockpark.com/</a>. Susan did tag along for this trip and the entire day was spent on the trails. </div>
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As April wound down, we watched our friends depart one by one as we settled in for a few days rest before heading east. May arrived with itchy feet and off we went. We hit North Carolina on May 2nd for a month stay in the Hickory area. Our first night in town we were visited by our friend Steve and our daughter came in for dinner. We had many plans for May - some that we completed and others we saved for another time. </div>
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May and June were dedicated to relaxation and time with our daughter and friends. We stayed in Hickory for a month - and of course Brett went Jeeping. Then June found us in Ohio for a time before we turned and made a quick trip back to Oklahoma - quick being slow travel over a week as we like to take our time. </div>
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July had us ordering a new camper before we left Oklahoma - (still a story for another blog). We spent three weeks in Missouri visiting our son and Susan's family and then another eastward turn. We stopped over in Paducah, Kentucky for some sightseeing, and yes, another day of Jeeping and exploration. </div>
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August found us back in North Carolina with plans to help our daughter move. That move didn't happen as planned but we were able to enjoy another good visit and spend more time with friends in the area. </div>
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We made it to Hershey, Pennsylvania in September for the Hershey RV Show - something we had been wanting to do and can now say - been there, done that and may or may not go again. It was a huge show and the number of rigs was overwhelming but looking leads to.... well another blog LOL </div>
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We moved back to Oklahoma at the end of September and stayed there until shortly after Christmas. It was great to spend so much time with Mom (Bridget). We spent days hiking at Brushy Lake Park, took care of annual medical appointments and got our camper ready to sell - yes, the new DRV that we bought at the beginning of 2018 was going up for sale...</div>
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As you know, this is not our normal blog - only a few pictures and links to what we have seen and done. We have had many request to restart our blog and so will be making a few more catch up blogs in the coming weeks. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">On June 2nd we said goodbye to Las Vegas, the city that
never sleeps, and started our journey to Utah. We had to change our
route just a little but still had much planned for this fun state. </span></div>
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<a href="https://www.rvparky.com/trip/6156598681010176">https://www.rvparky.com/trip/6156598681010176</a></div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">Unlike a lot of our other posts, this month will be few words and lots of pictures. We have decided to just let the pictures speak for themselves. Bryce Canyon was an absolute eye opener and left Susan and I in awe. While pictures don’t capture the entire scene, we hope that you get the idea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Our first stop took us to Salina, UT and the Butch
Cassidy Campground <a href="http://butchcassidycampground.com/">http://butchcassidycampground.com/</a>. This was an RPI campground so rates were $10 per day. They had the option to charge us a $3 daily fee for 50amp service but we lucked out and they either waived the fee or forgot to add it to our bill. Salina is a pretty small place with only a couple thousand residents but it seemed to have about all we needed, well within a 30 mile
circle…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">We really only had a couple missions to
embark on from this base camp, to visit Bryce Canyon National Park <a href="https://www.nps.gov/brca/index.htm"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.nps.gov/brca/index.htm</span></a>
and to ride our motorcycle on the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Tour (Hwy 12). Unfortunately, due to weather we were not able to make the
motorcycle trip this time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">After our stint at Salina, we headed
southeast to the Jeep mecca of the world, MOAB, </span></div>
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UT! In Moab we had a nice stay
at OKRV <a href="http://okrvpark.com/"><span style="color: blue;">http://okrvpark.com/</span></a>. The park was a
bit of a diamond in the rough - few amenities but super nice people. OK RV honors
Passport America discount and during the month of June there was no limit on
the number of days we could stay. We did have to pay an extra $5.00 per day AC
charge (this is added during June, July and August) but with the temperatures
in the 100s daily and the ACs running almost nonstop, we did not complain.
Total cost with the AC charge was only $24.50 per day - that is a bit above our
$20 per day budget but we have scrimped enough other months to allow us to
splurge a bit and remain within our cumulative daily budget.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">Susan and I decided that June was probably
going to be our “vacation” month so to speak. We have stayed on a pretty tight
budget throughout the year, but Moab just had too much to do…lol - and using
the excuse of it being our anniversary month Susan didn't argue. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">We took a couple of early morning motorcycle
trips through Canyonlands National Park <a href="https://www.nps.gov/cany/index.htm"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.nps.gov/cany/index.htm</span></a>
and Arches National Park <a href="https://www.nps.gov/arch/index.htm"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.nps.gov/arch/index.htm</span></a>.
Then we rented a Jeep for a day from Cliffhanger Jeep Rental <a href="http://cliffhangerjeeprental.com/wp/"><span style="color: blue;">http://cliffhangerjeeprental.com/wp/</span></a>
and really toured Canyonlands backroads. We got soaked on our 2 hour Adventure
Jet Boat Tour with Moab Jett <a href="http://www.moabjett.com/adventuretours"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.moabjett.com/adventuretours</span></a>
on the Colorado river. We did have other plans as well, like skydiving and
ziplining, but for some reason they don’t like big boned people and my
heftiness saved us a ton of money…lol </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">Along with everything we did, we still found
plenty of time to off-road in the truck and we went places we probably should
not have been in a pickup, but we had a blast. We crossed over an 11000’ pass <a href="https://stateparks.utah.gov/stateparks/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2015/02/LaSal_Pass_OHV.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">https://stateparks.utah.gov/stateparks/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2015/02/LaSal_Pass_OHV.pdf</span></a>
where just days before they had opened the trail for the summer season - and
apparently NO ONE knew it was open yet as we did not run into anyone along the
pass and locals were surprised to hear we had been on the pass. There was still
snow in higher elevations and we drove through it as we climbed, weaved and
zigzagged back and forth along the mountain pass and saw beautiful country. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">We actually had so much fun on that adventure
that we did it again on a different day, except this time we ran into a bit of
bad luck when we blew a tire. Our off road adventures in the truck kinda came
to an end after that but the tire shop in Moab was great. Luck was with us and
we were able to get me a new tire installed and purchase a new spare the
next morning. Thankfully someone else had had tire trouble the week
before who had the same exact tires we have on the truck and they had purchased
a full set of four - leaving 3 perfectly good tires with less mileage and wear
on them than the ones we had. We purchased two at a great discount Thank You
Moab Tire <a href="http://www.pointstire.com/moab"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.pointstire.com/moab!</span></a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">The last thing we saw while there was the
Hole in the Rock just south of Moab. It was a short tour and yes a bit of a
tourist trap, but very interesting. The house was literally carved in the side
of the rock - no need for AC or heat as it maintains steady temps year round.
It did have running water and electric - even had a large hand chiseled bath
tub! I would post the link but then you would hate me as last time I went to
the home page it popped a "zeus virus" which is a tracking scam that
is set up to make it look like your computer has been compromised and directs
you to call "tech support" so, as an alternative if you run an image
search you can see pictures, we weren't allowed to take inside pictures. </span></div>
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amazement of the country we live in during our visit to Moab and hope some of
the pictures will show the beauty of this place as well. I KNOW we will be
back. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">Did I mention that Moab also caused other
changes in the Wickett travel plans? Ok, maybe it was Moab and a few too many
conversations with Eric Highland. We ordered a Jeep Rubicon Recon Unlimited…lol
Susan and I have always talked about a Jeep and we have always wanted one but
just never could figure out how to fit it in. Well this time instead of finding
reasons it would not work, we decided to simply say we will make it work. So
just as we arrived at Hill AFB I made a call to a dealer in Austin, TX (Covert
Jeep) and placed an order. (more about that next month).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">With Moab in the rearview mirror we were
starting our slow migration north and made our last stop of June at Hill AFB
FamCamp in Layton, UT <a href="http://75fss.com/famcamp"><span style="color: blue;">http://75fss.com/famcamp.
</span></a>What we found when arriving to Hill AFB was a nice facility and a few
things to do in the area. But you have to wait until next month to see what we
did. We hope you enjoy all the pictures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">remainder of our stay there was pretty kicked back. Daily
temps frequently exceeded 100 degrees so we spent time by the pool, going for
walks and we did take an afternoon to explore Oatman, AZ<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.legendsofamerica.com/az-oatman.html"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.legendsofamerica.com/az-oatman.html</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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up and headed back in time. Oatman is a “A living ghost town” from the early
1920’s or so. If you have never been to Oatman you probably should put it on
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">were many little shops that
Susan enjoyed, a gunfight in the street and the burros run loose and do
whatever they want …lol! These burros were actually brought to Oatman by miners
back in the day. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Once the mining was
complete and most everyone left the town, they left the burros behind. Needless
to say future generations of burros have decided to stay and now they are the
hit of the town. </span><br />
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destination we met another traveling couple. Orvin and Barbie have been
traveling together for “a long time” and have this life pretty well figured
out. One of the they learned was that Orvin needs a hobby, something he can do
to keep busy if he feels like being busy but doesn’t have to do if he doesn’t
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that aids in reduction of the amount of heat entering the motorhome. We asked
if he would be interested in giving us an estimate and yes, we did get the
vinyl covering installed. Susan was hesitant at first because she was used to
seeing dark window on the coach but once the application was complete – the new
look grew on her. </span><br />
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Like many of the places we have visited, Bullhead City also has a Veteran's Memorial - so you know we had to go. Again, nice to see people showing respect for our troops and honoring those who have served. I Love This Country! <br />
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was here and again we were on </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">our way… Kona appears to be having a super time adjusting to his new life of travel and adventure. Not sure what we can do to help him be more comfortable... </span><br />
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for things we wanted to do and believe it or not gambling was not on our list. You
may recall that in April we had made a pre-visit to check out our campground
options. It was a difficult decision. Being members of Thousand Trails our stay
there would be virtually free - $63 or $3 per day for 50amp service and that’s
it. Or we could stay at the Desert Eagle FamCamp on Nellis AFB </span><a href="https://www.nellisforcesupport.com/desert-eagle-rv-park.html"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.nellisforcesupport.com/desert-eagle-rv-park.html</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>for $22 per day. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We decided that sometimes you just have to spend a
little more money to get what you want and set up at the FamCamp – very glad we
did. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The FamCamp on Nellis really should
set the standard for not only DOD RV camps, but camp grounds in general. This
place is great, huge spaces, quiet, well kept, friendly and just a good place
to be. The sounds of jets flying low every morning just made this the perfect
choice. Believe it or not some of the reviews we read complained about the jet
noise! Seriously?? It is on a US Air Force base! Susan and I look up and simply
say Freedom Birds flying low and fast, we love it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">The first few days in Vegas were somewhat
uneventful. But right off the bat I had an appointment at the Honda dealership
for an oil change, a recall repair and a new front tire install on the
Goldwing. I would like to thank Ridenow on Rancho </span><a href="https://www.ridenowrancho.com/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.ridenowrancho.com/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">
for doing a great job on the bike and being a superb service shop. Our service
writer, Dominic, took good care of us – and with a name like that, I’d expect
nothing less. Our oldest son is a Dominick. </span><br />
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of wind but as we traveled northwest the winds increased and the temperatures
dropped. Between the 40MPG crosswinds and the cold temps this was probably not
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you have no clue. If you have and it was not on a Goldwing, you still have no
clue. Wings are awesome touring bikes and ride like a big sport bike but wind
cannot pass through them like it does on the v-twins. This makes it a handful
at times to say the least as the bike acts like a sail catching the wind as you
ride along. So we reduced speed to about 45-50 and continued - even though
there was a time I was about ready to turn around. I kept thinking if we could
make it into the mountains one of two things would happen 1) the mountains
would either block some of the wind, or 2) the wind would be unbearable, but I
had to find out…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">At the turn from highway 95 onto NV 156 you climb
from roughly 2000’ to almost 11000’ atop Mount Charleston </span><a href="http://www.summitpost.org/charleston-peak/150959"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.summitpost.org/charleston-peak/150959</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">
in only a few miles, most all of which were straight. At about 6000 feet we
decided to stop and put on another layer of jackets. Snow was just ahead and it
was getting considerably colder…lol I remember asking Susan if she was doing ok
and instead of the normal “great” I was greeted with “Nope, not really!” I knew
then that something had to change…</span></div>
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of the winds were blocked and riding conditions improved. It was still cold but
we continued and it turned out to be a beautiful drive. Did I mention Susan
does not like to ride in the cold? Regardless, the views were worth the trip
and of course we made a few stops for pictures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Once off the mountain we turned toward the desert
setting. Yes, temperatures improved and Susan began to thaw. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Our second destination of the day was our
first trip to Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area</span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><a href="https://www.blm.gov/site-page/RRCNCA"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.blm.gov/site-page/RRCNCA</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">.
The scenic loop is 13 miles long and only takes about 30 minutes, but the views
as you completely circle the canyon along the mountain walls were remarkable,
and Susan wasn’t cold! <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It is not a large
place but it quickly became one of our favorite locations in the area and we
made multiple visits there during our stay in in Vegas. </span><br />
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had logged another 175 miles of memories. <a href="http://www.rvparky.com/trip/5893599373295616">http://www.rvparky.com/trip/5893599373295616</a></span><br />
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finally made a trip into town for a walk down the strip. For the next three
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</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Susan and I - mom enjoyed being tour guide.
Much had changed since the last time mom was here – more buildings, better
walkways and more people but much remained the same. </span><br />
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(resort) to see the blown glass ceiling flowers and the Conservatory &
Botanical Garden – there were over 65,000 flowers in the Japanese Spring
display and needless to say we were all awed. We did not get to see the famed
fountain show as they had cancelled it due to high winds and over the next few
days it was closed down in preparation for the Billboard Music Awards. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">The next day we again met mom at the Bellagio where
she spent the morning gambling and Susan found the Hyde nightclub. She insisted
on having her picture taken outside of it. Why? Her maiden name is Hyde. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Once we were back outside, we made it down to The
Venetian for a tour of the Grand Canal Shoppes </span><a href="https://www.grandcanalshoppes.com/en.html"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.grandcanalshoppes.com/en.html</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">
and spent some time there watching the gondolas. I won’t say that we got lost
but we did wander around for a very long time looking at stores and seeking an
exit. </span><br />
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further explored sights in the area such as – Treasure Island, the Mirage and some
plain and simple people gawking – this old country boy was dumbfounded by some
of the people. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">I’d like to say that mom came to Vegas just to see
us – and that is part of the reason for her visit. However, us being here was
also an excuse for her to make a trip she had been wanting to make for some
time. Apparently she watched a program awhile back about a restaurant, Old
Homestead Steakhouse </span><a href="https://www.caesars.com/caesars-palace/restaurants/old-homestead#.WTsqm4WcFMs"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.caesars.com/caesars-palace/restaurants/old-homestead#.WTsqm4WcFMs</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">
, which is located in Caesar’s Palace. She was impressed enough by what she saw
on the show to decide she would someday eat there. So a couple of months ago
when she found out we were going to be in Vegas – she started planning. As soon
as she arrived at her hotel she made reservations for us to eat at said
restaurant. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Susan plied me with plenty of alcohol to help prevent me from having sticker
shock at the prices. LOL – seriously! We looked at the menu a couple hours
before dinner and when I saw the prices I about fainted. Mom laughed and said,
“We’ll just have to get you a few drinks so you don’t care because WE ARE
EATING THERE.” </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">OMG! I’m not a steak person but the food was
fabulous, steaks melted in your mouth! AND they make the best creamiest macaroni
and cheese I have ever tasted! </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"> beautiful colors of the canyon. Mom loves the
geographical wonders of the southwest and enjoys the simple pleasures of life
such as finding or looking at interesting rocks and rock formations as much as
we do so it was a fun morning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We did not hike Red Rock while mom was with us but we did hike the Ice Box Canyon trail while we were in the area - like I said before, we made several trips to Red Rock Canyon! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Did I mention Cher was in town? <a href="https://www.cher.com/#/"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.cher.com/#/</span></a> Ok, never been to
Vegas,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"> never seen a Vegas show, not big on crowded theaters but again mom
insisted. Scratch another item off my bucket list.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Friday night we rocked with Cher in concert, the
night before her 71<sup>st</sup> birthday. Cher’s music is timeless and the
5200 seat arena was practically sold out with ALL AGES. She still puts on a
super show and other than her politics, we are all big Cher fans and truly
enjoyed the evening. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I was happy to be
able to share the event with my wife and mom. Another memory of a lifetime.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">…… Thanks mom for flying out to spend time with us
and making me do things I would not have otherwise done! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">After the show we hugged mom and said our goodbyes
as she was heading back to Oklahoma the following morning. I’m not a fan of
hotels but you do have to love the convenience of shuttle service to get to and
from the airport and being a practical person – so does mom. She declined our
offer to take her to the airport Saturday morning and while it was more
convenient, I think she may have also utilized the extra time for a few more
shots at the slots! <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Once mom headed home, we spent a few more days of
relaxing (we are getting really good at that) then took a trip to visit Hoover
Dam </span><a href="https://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/service/DamTour.html"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/service/DamTour.html</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">
. It was incredible to see what previous generations were able to achieve with
the tools and technology they had available. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Hoover Dam is not a national park, rather it is a
part of the Bureau of Reclamation and operates as a self-sufficient entity –
aka they do not accept national parks passes so we did have to pay for
admission. We took the full Dam Tour which was $30 apiece but for a one time
trip it was worth the cost. Did I mention we got free parking? There are some
benefits to being handicapped. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We were surprised to see that they do allow you to
drive across the dam. The dam road is no longer a through road to the highway
so now you are only allowed to go across the dam, follow the road to the top
and turn around to exit the way you entered. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We were able to see the dam from a different
viewpoint and take a few more pictures. Also – if you want to do any souvenir
shopping at Hoover Dam- there is a little gift shop up the hill that is WAY
less crowded than the one at the visitors center and prices are about the same.
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">After our dam exploration was complete we drove
along the shores of Lake Mead </span><a href="https://www.nps.gov/lake/index.htm"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.nps.gov/lake/index.htm</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">.
Here we were able to utilize our parks pass so the $20 entrance fee was waived.
This was a more scenic and more relaxed ride than taking the highway and as
there are multiple entrances/exits we were able to take this route to within
about 15 miles of Nellis. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">The day was nice and the ride enjoyable but it would
have been more so had Susan not vetoed the motorcycle for the day. She was
concerned about 100 degree temperatures and having to wear jeans and boots
during the dam tour or some such silliness. She was probably right but I’m
certainly not going to tell her </span><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">J</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Of course we had to visit the Thunderbirds Museum while we were at Nellis. It is not very big but we enjoyed it. Wish they had an observation window or observation walk to view the planes from the front but it was still a nice museum. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">AND we were lucky enough to have completed our visit - just as TWO school buses full of little ones pulled up. WHEW! </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ2ZFMf4LGNs9kwnFBqgtb2fAdpUPmnFh3mFH7LBzNPrn0GebQLW2o52rKldVGdNCUTu6ZgCqFGPDryxSz3bgmRJHeuCzl251N2HFzW-C9_HPa5hgZNK87xfdtL3wkysRJiDjAtkomdHdU/s1600/IMG_3750.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ2ZFMf4LGNs9kwnFBqgtb2fAdpUPmnFh3mFH7LBzNPrn0GebQLW2o52rKldVGdNCUTu6ZgCqFGPDryxSz3bgmRJHeuCzl251N2HFzW-C9_HPa5hgZNK87xfdtL3wkysRJiDjAtkomdHdU/s320/IMG_3750.JPG" width="240" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We picked up our newly re-cushioned chairs from Upholstery
Works on May 30th <a href="http://www.upholsteryworkslv.com/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.upholsteryworkslv.com/</span></a>
<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We had considered getting the chairs
completely recovered and had we called the shop the first day we were in town
they would have had time. But we didn’t call until the following week so
settled for new cushioning as our leather is still in good condition and it
saved us $$$. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">The chairs are rather heavy and it was just Susan
and I so it was a bit of a challenge. We have moved things together in the past
and usually do fairly well. This time for some reason we were not in sync with
our movements but we were able to get the chairs back into the RV without
tearing anything up and only a few grumpy words to each other. What a way to
end out the month. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We did not visit Fremont Street nor did we gamble –
not even at the penny slots! But we did have an enjoyable time and will consider
another visit to Vegas and another stay at Desert Eagle FamCamp. </span></div>
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />BSTRAVELERShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115717357979767578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085402067836356440.post-7831598740725932492017-05-30T23:11:00.000-07:002017-05-30T23:11:03.257-07:00April 2017 - Kona Kitty Arrives <br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">If you remember from our Facebook posts in March we
sat through a horrible dust storm before finally being able to leave Deming, NM.
But we did make it out on time, April 1st we started on our way and here is the link for April's journey <a href="http://www.rvparky.com/trip/5803817986162688">http://www.rvparky.com/trip/5803817986162688</a>. Our main goal this month is to finally adopt our new traveling
companion, Kona the kitty aka Mr Kit-T-Kat. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">The trip from Deming to Alamogordo, NM was
uneventful, </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">but then we turned onto </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Hwy 70 and started across the mountains and
Apache Flats. While we were met with some beautiful country near Ruidoso, NM at
8000 feet, we also were snowed on…lol Yep, April 1<sup>st</sup> and snow. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">It was a short lived flurry and soon we were passing
by the place where John Tunstall was killed. <a href="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/murder-ignites-lincoln-county-war">http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/murder-ignites-lincoln-county-war</a> His murder led to the Lincoln County Wars and this is where
the Regulators and Billy the Kid truly came to life. It seems no matter where we go
we are constantly surrounded by history. Unfortunately this part of history
seems to be rapidly falling to the way side with our younger generation, such a
shame. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">As we rolled over the pass and off the mountain
range we were headed toward one of the greatest government cover ups in history.
Uh, I mean a simple confusion by a few townspeople. Yep - Roswell, NM. Even
though it was April 1<sup>st</sup> there wasn’t any fooling in this part of the
country - we were surrounded by Alien stories, alien artifacts, <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>local believers and travelers who either
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We had reservations to stay at a great little state
park that was just a few miles out of Roswell - the Bottomless Lakes State Park.
<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We had read mixed reviews but are
pleased to say it has our seal of approval – especially at $18 per night. Saying
this place was interesting would be selling is short, but it was interesting
and totally out of place in this flatland, who woulda thought. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">It didn’t take long to get settled in and we were
back living quietly. The lakes had a couple of nice trails to hike and Susan
and I took full advantage. Aww but the lure of aliens continued to tug at Susan
so we found ourselves standing in front of the International UFO Museum and
Research Center<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.roswellufomuseum.com/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.roswellufomuseum.com/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>where we found aliens. Of course Susan had to
get pictures standing in front of the little Silver men…..yep, SILVER not
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GREEN. Hey, we were looking right at them and they were silver. Anyway we spent
a while examining all the newspaper documents and well, some ridiculousness,
before finally succumbing to the fact that aliens had POSSIBLY, MAYBE crashed
in Roswell….lol <br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We had planned a second destination in Roswell, the
Roswell Museum and Art Center </span><a href="http://roswell-nm.gov/308/Roswell-Museum-Art-Center"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://roswell-nm.gov/308/Roswell-Museum-Art-Center</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">
. However, upon arrival to this massive building we were disappointed to find
it was closed on Monday’s….ugggh. So we left Roswell without seeing the art museum,
but still scratching our heads about those aliens and headed back to the
Bottomless Lake. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">For fact clarity, the lakes really are not
bottomless, but are very deep…lol We were due to leave this water hole in the
flat land on April 4<sup>th</sup>. We awoke early to make the final leg to see
Kona, ahhh but it is never that easy. We were once again met with howling winds
in excess of 40 MPH and after a few short minutes checking the weather to find
it was only going to get worse, which it did with gusts to over 60 MPH, we
decided to stay another day. Our sight was booked for the evening but the park
found us a different spot where we relocated to and hunkered down to ride out
yet another wind storm.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">It always seems though that when plans delay good
things come and this was no different. The evening before, Susan and I met a
very nice young lady and her daughter, Shannon and Tallulah. The layover
allowed them to come over and visit. We really enjoyed spending the evening
with both of them and look forward to crossing paths again.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">The next day we were rolling toward Texas and the
Palo Duro Canyon </span><a href="http://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/palo-duro-canyon"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/palo-duro-canyon</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">
which is about half an hour south of Amarillo. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>While there were still residual winds, the
trip across the plains were not bad and we arrived without incident. Once we
had checked in with the park ranger we unhooked the truck and began our journey
into the canyon. We had read differing stories about the road in and found them
to be correct. It was a 10% grade of over a mile and hairpin blind turns made it a bit
interesting as the coach easily took every inch of the highway navigating the
way down! </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking into Palo Duro Canyon from the road at the top</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Wow, what a view does not describe this place! <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It is dubbed the “second Grand Canyon” and
while nowhere near as big as the real Grand Canyon, it is still very impressive.
What we found was a State park that was laid out for people to enjoy. We have
rarely seen a park of any kind laid out so well. From roads to trails, ample
pull outs, four RV campgrounds, several tent camp areas, an Amphitheater…etc
was something to behold. I could go on and on about this place, but we were
there with a single mission, to meet Kona the “Travel Kitty” for the first
time. He was being delivered from Oklahoma and we were ready. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ZtL69rmBqdDGCF-XNpuscO7AF3cSjKypArYXhwrXHXTPBycPv12FwVzu7ecgTG4Sl3ryl6guUjnltzltjv_VeILSRY30GT3h-0EY7Pey8vfziF0qfu9nuWCYebnllJz6lZwJOPhGCmve/s1600/Kona+-+on+operation+kit-nap+day+4.2.17.htm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="638" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ZtL69rmBqdDGCF-XNpuscO7AF3cSjKypArYXhwrXHXTPBycPv12FwVzu7ecgTG4Sl3ryl6guUjnltzltjv_VeILSRY30GT3h-0EY7Pey8vfziF0qfu9nuWCYebnllJz6lZwJOPhGCmve/s320/Kona+-+on+operation+kit-nap+day+4.2.17.htm.jpg" width="264" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Shortly after we arrived my mom and aunt showed up
in mom’s RV with that special delivery. I suspect it was a good trip as my mom
has a kitty (Calvin) from last year’s litter (half brother to Kona) AND a kitty
(Diesel Hobbs) from this years litter (full brother and litter mate to Kona).
If that isn’t enough they also had Patches (Poodle) and Pickles (a
Poodle/something mix)…lol all of this was in a 26’ RV. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>My aunt also has a litter mate to Calvin but
they decided 3 kittens and two dogs in one small camper with two humans was
enough so Lex did not make the trip to the canyon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We were thrilled to see everyone once again and to
meet Kona for the first time. All we can say about him, he is a handful, afraid
of nothing, loves everyone, requires to be near you and supplies endless laughs
and periodic frustations….lol He will be a great addition to the road show. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Kona is a Ragdoll kitten, so he should grow to
be a pretty big boy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We had a great visit with mom and Roberta and all
the animals, AND took a trip to Amarillo for lunch at the Big Texan Steakhouse </span><a href="http://bigtexan.com/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://bigtexan.com/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">
…. but after only a short four days they were on the road again headed to other
destinations. We will see them again in September if our paths do not cross
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We all shared Big Texan onion rings </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Once the family was gone Susan and I decided we must
adventure a little. I didn’t know whether I would be able to walk enough to
enjoy some of the trails or not but I was bound and determined to give it a
try. We started out on a couple short trails, ½ mile or so, then stepped that
up to about 1.5 miles. I wasn’t doing too badly so we decided to kick it up a
notch. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">The next day we set out on a 6.5 mile round trip journey
to the Lighthouse Rock. Man oh man was that a neat hike. The trail was pretty
good for the most part. It was wide, relatively flat and not too hard of a
terrain until we reached the final ½ mile of the first leg of the hike. At that
point it was nearly straight up, rugged, rocky, loose silt, you name it. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It was a tough climb! During a brief stop to
regain footing I looked back to Susan who was maybe 100’ behind me and asked if
she was ok. She said she was but didn’t know if she was going to continue. I
completely understood and encouraged her to remain within her comfort zone. I
climbed a bit further, looked back and not surprisingly she was climbing again.
That is one thing I love about this woman, she has determination and grit. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kiPOWSt13ALpqShLTNLqMkb6blzu3gxQy99h-cWsShA-zlRSEA-HYF3w0D_ql6Yvxyk9UDkyY39cJfHXeh5VHCbvJUPzXz7YysbHLSnEGN47bWI4w95TSM-mkoFFwZxaxMQW8qPuCvEu/s1600/IMG_3068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kiPOWSt13ALpqShLTNLqMkb6blzu3gxQy99h-cWsShA-zlRSEA-HYF3w0D_ql6Yvxyk9UDkyY39cJfHXeh5VHCbvJUPzXz7YysbHLSnEGN47bWI4w95TSM-mkoFFwZxaxMQW8qPuCvEu/s320/IMG_3068.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Susan was still considering this ledge...</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">When we finally reached the top, we stopped again to
just look in awe. The last few feet was climbing up on a ledge that was only
about a foot wide, hugging the side of the mountain and inching to the much
bigger rock formation to walk on. Oh and there was nothing but straight down
from the 1’ ledge. I told Susan I was going to try and I climbed up. Now 30
years ago I would have done a back flip up on the ledge, not now. Not being as
nimble as I once was I was fighting an inner fear but I made it. Susan wasn’t
too sure! But again after just a couple minutes she took a deep breath and that
inner drive took over. In just a few minutes she was on top of the world with
me. I honestly couldn’t do anything but give her a hug and a big kiss and tell
her we did it. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">I was so proud of her, actually of both of us, but
for two different reason. For me because I have had so many days over the
recent months that I couldn’t walk across the room let alone hike 3.5 miles,
climb a mountain and hug a ledge to reach the top. For Susan because I knew her
fear of heights had not won out over her determination to succeed. I guess you
would have just had to be there. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We made it to the Lighthouse Rock</td></tr>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">After about 15 minutes or so of being on top of the
world, it was time to go down and start the trek back to the truck. Down sucked
worse than up but we managed, laughed and carried on. The remainder of the hike
was pretty uneventful except that we were worn out. We went on to conquer a few
more hikes, explore some more of God’s awesome creations and just have a great
time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">One of the great things about this life is – we meet
people all over and often unexpectedly. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>One
day while we were at the top of the canyon checking emails we saw what looked
like a familiar rig pulling in through the park gates. We had met David and
Sondra Kahanamoku in Willis, TX back in the winter for the first time and had
had no other contact with them until now. Then poof they pull into the same
State Park we are in…lol It was good to visit with them and get to know them
better. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Other friends we had only met on the computer but as
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lunch with Ed and Patricia</td></tr>
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RV’ers they became Facebook friends. Ed and
Patricia Lipson arrived in Amarillo shortly after we arrived at Palo Duro and when
schedules collide, it must be time to meet.…lol We met them in person for the
first time for lunch at the Stripped Zebra Soda Shoppe (no joking) in Canyon,
TX. We all seemed to hit it off and they followed us back to the park after
lunch. After they toured the park they stopped by our rig and we had another
good visit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">A couple days prior to departure from the canyon
Susan and I took a trip to Amarillo for a bit of “site seeing”. We went to the
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame and Museum </span><a href="https://www.aqha.com/museum"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://www.aqha.com/museum</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">,
the Amarillo Zoo </span><a href="https://zoo.amarillo.gov/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://zoo.amarillo.gov/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">,
and an RV Museum </span><a href="http://rvmuseum.net/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://rvmuseum.net/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">.
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLuckI8s37lH0xbGSw_0EV7ycBwHb47JtFjoDRzB2IRYVMoLZMc4B7AfyOtWZMt6ADCRkUxmuhDvcB3ibeIS4vm9qjSIKbn3G8iTy-0l-oaXuqQjAKpLMnHOReztDOOIEmlkCx1IsqdvCR/s1600/IMG_3121.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLuckI8s37lH0xbGSw_0EV7ycBwHb47JtFjoDRzB2IRYVMoLZMc4B7AfyOtWZMt6ADCRkUxmuhDvcB3ibeIS4vm9qjSIKbn3G8iTy-0l-oaXuqQjAKpLMnHOReztDOOIEmlkCx1IsqdvCR/s200/IMG_3121.JPG" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">AQHA Museum</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">The AQHA Museum was pretty neat. However, it is a
place I would have found more impressive and interesting in my younger years. I
haven’t owned a horse in over 30+ years and have only ridden once in the past
10 years. If you are into horses, horse racing and horse history and are in the
area – it is worth seeing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">The zoo was small but we were pretty much the ONLY
people there. We ran into one other person when we first arrived<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>- that was it! I have never been to a zoo and
been the only people in the whole park.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>But we had the place to ourselves so we took our time, talked to all the
animals and just enjoyed. They did not have a large collection but they did have
Lions and Tigers and Bears – OH MY! We timed that excursion just right though -
as we were leaving two tour buses full of students showed up, that was
close…lol </span><br />
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Patricia’s rig for another visit and to see there rig (something I was dying to
look at because it was the first 53' Powerhouse coach I had ever seen). We had another great visit. Ed told me and showed me everything about
his rig while Susan and Patricia chatted. It was Ed and Patricia who convinced
us we needed to visit the RV museum. Susan had read information on it and we
had thought about visiting it but were not sure. The Lipsons assured us it was
a must see and they were right. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">So for our next stop of the day Susan and I headed
to the Jack Sisemore Traveland RV dealership and their RV museum </span><a href="http://www.sisemoretraveland.com/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.sisemoretraveland.com/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">.
This was basically a man’s toys he had collected over time and decided to turn
them into a museum…..it was very cool to say the least. He had the Flexible RV,
the red and white one that was used in the Robin Williams Movie “ RV”. He had
the very first Airstream trailer, serial number 1. There was the very first Itasca
motorhome, serial number 1. He had MANY Harley Davidson motorcycles and some of
them were also serial number 1. There was a Bultaco dirt bike, serial number 1.
He had a 1918 Harley left hand side car (1 of only two ever made). He had a HD
motorcycle Army edition <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>and a travel
trailer that were used in WWII. Inside the trailer was a battleship photo that
has been signed by the past 17 Presidents (not including Obama and Trump).
There were also many more motorcycles and RV’s that I can’t even remember.
Again Susan and I had perfect timing<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>and
were the only ones in there. And just like at the zoo, as we walked out they
were escorting in a tour bus full of Texas travel coordinators for a tour…lol.
If you enjoy RVs or just good history and are ever in Amarillo, put this place on
your list to see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Then *Poof* just like that it was time to leave the
Canyon. Susan and I had even extended our stay there by two days - we tried for
four, but being Easter weekend they were booked. So on Good Friday morning we
set off west and headed to Tijeras, NM and the Hidden Valley RV Park <a href="http://hiddenvalley-rvpark.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://hiddenvalley-rvpark.com/</span></a> . </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">This place was once a KOA and actually it wasn’t bad
considering we had read some bad reviews. But like most bad reviews, what you
typically find and what people really complain about are two different
things…lol. Because we had extended our stay in Palo Duro Canyon we only had
three nights in Tijeras, so we had to sight see fast. We booked this park
through our RPI membership so rates were only $13 per day ($7.50 site fee,
$2.50 electric fee and $3.00 for 50 amp service). </span><br />
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Turquoise Trail (Hwy 14) and the Sandia Crest Byway (part of the Cibola
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Forest)</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: small;"> </span><a href="https://www.go-newmexico.com/Sandia-Crest-Byway/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://www.go-newmexico.com/Sandia-Crest-Byway/#</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The
road to Sandia Crest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandia_Mountains"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandia_Mountains</span></a>
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to an elevation of <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>over 10,400 feet and some of the most hairpin
turn roads you have ever seen. Once on top it was breathtaking. From the top
looking east you could see over Albuquerque and the view to the northwest
was the hills leading to Santa Fe.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Oh
yea, and if you looked down at your feet, there was snow. We didn’t stay at the
top long, but the ride up and back was pretty impressive. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Once back down the mountain we again started up the
Turquoise Trail </span><a href="http://www.turquoisetrail.org/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.turquoisetrail.org/</span></span></a><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><u><span style="color: #0563c1;"> </span></u></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">and headed on to Santa
Fe. Along the way we passed through a couple of old mining towns and among them
was Madrid, NM. Now if you have never heard of Madrid shame on you! If you ever
saw the movie “Wild Hogs” you saw Madrid. Much of the movie was filmed right
there at “Maggie’s Diner”, which really wasn’t a diner at all and was a
Hollywood prop that was built specifically for the movie..lol. The whole town
though was pretty cool with lots of people, many food choices, and a vast array
of shopping opportunities. We finished our day by continuing to Santa Fe for
lunch at my favoreite place Taco Bell. The ride home was again very windy –
Susan is pretty sure the wind never stops anywhere west of Texas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">After leaving Tijeras we were headed to the little
town in the middle of nowhere, Pie Town, NM </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_Town,_New_Mexico"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_Town,_New_Mexico</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">
and an event that had been promised for quite a while. Now Pie Town is a tiny
place (population as of 2010 was 186) on the Continental Divide noted for what
else but homemade pies…lol </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We pulled into the Pie Town RV Park </span><a href="http://www.pietownrvpark.com/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.pietownrvpark.com/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">,
yep they had one. Rates are $25 per day or $135 per week. They do have a
monthly rate that is even more reasonable but we didn’t have a reason to stay
there for a month. We quickly settled in as our goal destination was planned
for the next day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Pies are good but they were not why we were there. Susan
and I had a destination 8708 feet above sea level, just south of Datil, NM. We
had a date with East Surgarloaf Mountain and Susan’s dad, Donald Hyde. Donald
used to have a place in the Homestead subdivision at the base of the
mountain.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>He passed away in January of
2005 and a couple of her family members had made the trek up the mountain
several years ago to scatter his ashes to the winds atop the majestic setting.
Susan was unable to go with them on that journey but I had promised her we
would go together one day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">April 18, 2017 became the promised day. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We knew what lay ahead - a climb that was
filled with expectation, adrenalin, heartfelt thoughts and even a bit of dread.
This climb was essentially straight up and without any type of trail at all,
just Susan, me and the mountain. When we arrived at the base of the mountain we
took a four wheel drive fire road for a few miles around the mountain scouting
out the best possible place to climb. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Finally we decided there was no good spot so we
parked, got our backpack, trekking sticks, sunscreen and away we went. I must
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low oxygen levels due to the elevation
as the base of the mountain was a little over 7000 feet and I was dreading this
climb. But I knew I could not let my wife down, not today and not on this
event. We struggled but we decided after a short time the best plan was to move
up maybe 50 feet or so and sit a moment to catch our breath. We took our time
and yes, being persistent pays off.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It
took about 1.5 hours or so of climbing and we made it, or so we thought. We had
actually made it to within maybe 100 feet of the top. The remainder of the way
was straitgh up with no solid ground and more dangerous than the benefit, so we
decided we were there. The only thing up there besides some stray cactus,
rocks, a few flowers and a few scrub trees were tons of Rocky Mountain Sheep
tracks, they were everywhere. We laughed and claimed we were as good as the
sheep, just much slower..lol </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Anyway, after a short time on top of East Sugarloaf
Mountain enjoying the beauty of <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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our viewpoint, a few photos, some memories and
a moment of thanks, we headed down. The down trek probably scared us way more
than the up. The footing was horrible, loose gravel, large rocks that rolled
under foot and yes, it was still steep. Thank goodness for our trekking sticks
as mine saved me at least a couple times from a certain fall and more than
likely a roll for a couple hundred feet at least. </span></div>
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we had just completed our mission. I hoped Susan felt fulfilled, I know I felt
so proud to be able give her this moment but more importantly to share this
moment with her. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Remember how I mentioned earlier that we “thought”
we were at the top? Well when we were finally at the bottom and driving away we
realized the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“actual”</i> peak was behind
the one we were at…oops! From our vantage point on the mountain we could see a
short rise but it was not the absolute top. Where we had thought we were within
100 feet or so, we were more like 200 yards from being there. I asked Susan if
we needed to re-climb to get to the actual top and I was happy to hear the
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Pie Town Café </span><a href="http://www.pietown.com/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.pietown.com/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>and had
a burger!!! <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We did not have pie at the
Café but a couple of days later we did have pie at the Pie-O-Neer </span><a href="http://www.pieoneer.com/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.pieoneer.com/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">.
Both restaurants have been featured on CBS Sunday Morning on the Food Network.
The Pio-O-Neer has a host of other accolades and awards and you can read about
those on the website. We can honestly say both places had GREAT food and if you
want more information than that you just have to go to Pie Town and try it for
yourself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Where ever we go I always look to see if there are
any good motorcycle roads and this time was no different. Pie Town is just a
short ride from one of the top 10 motorcycle roads in the United States, AZ
Highway 191, aka The Coronado Trail, aka the Devils Highway <a href="http://www.rvparky.com/trip/5300335755657216">http://www.rvparky.com/trip/5300335755657216</a>. Susan and I were
fortunate enough to have time and be in the right location so away we went. This
was an awesome trip, the turns, the curves, the thrill of riding along the edge
of mountains with lines of sight going straight down. Even though I know Susan
had a moment here and there of uncertainty, it was two lanes of magnificence
and we rode it!!</span></div>
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friends Randy and Debra LaBrash. If you have followed our blogs you will
know that we met Deb and Randy last year in a swimming pool at Thousand Trails
Lake Texoma and we have run into them a few more times since then. While we didn’t
get a camp ground right in Show Low we were able to get set up only 15 miles
away in Clay Springs, AZ at the Arizona High Country Campground <a href="http://www.arizonahighcountrycampground.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.arizonahighcountrycampground.com/</span></a>.
It is a nice quiet little park that took a bit of wiggling to get our big house
into and set up, but we made it. Park owners have had the campground for a few
years now and have been slowly making improvements. The daily rate was $35 and more
than what we normally allow ourselves; however, the park accepts Passport
American discount for two days so our four day stay was only $105 plus tax.
They do have a great monthly rate of $375 plus electric but we rarely sit still
that long. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Shortly after set up Randy and Deb stopped by for a
visit and it was almost like Christmas as they came bearing gift! <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Ok, it was stuff that I had ordered and had
sent ahead to meet us but it felt like gifts. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Deb had many things planned for us to do and
this included a superb “tour” of the surrounding countryside – complete with
history and fun facts along the way. And boy did we get a tour! I don’t even
know where all we went, but I am sure we didn’t miss much…lol We saw lakes,
Rocky Mountain Sheep, more lakes, SNOW, deer, campgrounds, a mountain community
named Greer, AZ, another lake, the little Colorado River and lunch. Yep they
even feed us at a neat little restaurant, The Rendezvous Diner, in Greer that was unlike most things
seen in life, but man the food was good. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">After all of that they still had one more trick up
their sleeve and away we went to Eagar, AZ where we stopped at the 26 Bar
Ranch. Now if you have no idea the significance in the 26 Bar Ranch, it was
once called the Milky Way Ranch and was owned by the Mars Candy family. Ohhh
but that aint enough because in 1965 it was bought by none other than “The
Duke”….Yep we were sitting in front of John Wayne’s Ranch and while we could
not go in, Randy had a great story about a previous visit when they were able
to go into the home. I could just imagine John Wayne riding his horse across
over the hill…. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>it was pretty cool just
to look at the place from the road. After a full day of touring and a great
lunch they finally brought us back so that we could go home and relax. </span><br />
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there was more to the campground than meets the eye. Low and behold it backs
right up to National Forrest land and hundreds of miles of back roads. While
Susan and I don’t have an ATV or a UTV it did give us some really nice places
to hike and walk. Did I mention a UTV may be on our list of purchases? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Our time there was short but we did have time for
one more meeting with our friends for breakfast and they joined us at the coach
for Susan’s Taco Tuesday before we hit the road. Thanks so much for your
hospitality Randy and Deb, ya’ll made this four day stop a ton-o-fun and we
look forward to seeing you again!!!</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We booked this campground under our RPI
membership so daily rate was only $16 per day ($10 daily campsite fee, $3 daily
resort fee and $3 daily surcharge for 50amp service). We had planned to be in
Bullhead City for two weeks but to stay at two different campgrounds – both were
RPI parks but the second park was booked during our first week. So, we had originally
booked to be at this campground for only one of the two weeks but when they
informed us they would be able to accommodate us for our entire stay – we decided
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Nevada. Little did we know when we booked this campground that we were
going to be there for the Laughlin River Run motorcycle event. Even though I
LOVE motorcycles and Susan loves to ride, neither of us really care for big
crowds or roads full of two wheel cowboys. So instead of partaking in the
“events” we laid low, stayed out of the mess, soaked up some sun and enjoyed
the hottub. It may have been over 100 degrees some days but the nights were
still cool and unfortunately the pool was not warm enough to swim. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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escape and took a short motorcycle ride to Las Vegas. We had decided to look at
the Thousand Trails Las Vegas campground and the FamCamp at Nellis AFB to see which
one we wanted to move to when we left Bullhead City. We had heard the Vegas TT
was rather cramped and after a very brief ride through it was a pretty easy to
see that what we had heard was correct. So we drove on to the FamCamp and
found one of the cleanest most spacious parks we’ve seen to date. Bet you can
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">Beyond that we took life easy as daily
temps exceeded 100 deg and seemed to spend a few extra hours by the p<span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><span style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: small;"></span>ool and relaxin<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span>g in the shade or inside. Awww,
April in the Mojave Desert! We arrive when most people are leaving but that way
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">March is already a memory, man the year has been
flying by so far. We started out March where we ended February, in Benson, AZ
at the Valley Vista RV Park. However, by </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">March 2<sup>nd</sup> we were ready to roll and on the road again. <a href="http://www.rvparky.com/trip/5627213163003904">http://www.rvparky.com/trip/5627213163003904</a></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Stop #1 in March took us to Quartzite, AZ and the
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Our mission for this stop was to attend the American Coach Chapter (ACC) </span><a href="http://www.acc-fmca.com/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.acc-fmca.com/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">
rally.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>ACC is a subchapter of Family
Motor Coach Association (FMCA) </span><a href="https://www.fmca.com/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://www.fmca.com/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">
and this rally was actually a “pre-rally” to the FMCA rally we attended later in
the month. This was our very first major rally of any kind. I guess it’s kind
of odd for this to have been a first after all the years we have been RVing.
Anyway, there was around 30 American Coaches that showed up and it was cool to see
so many in one place. We really haven’t seen many American Coaches during our
travels. We had a good rally and met some nice people. REV, the company that
owns American Coach, helped sponsor the rally and had some techs there from the
factory in Indiana (remember our maintenance trip a few months back). The techs
were swamped as they were offering FREE labor on work for coach owners. That
was nice to see as REV labor at the factory runs $120 per hour. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Susan and I did a little exploring while we were in Quartzsite.
We were and still are trying to learn the ropes of the Snowbird Migration to
Quartzsite. Every year this little town of about 2000 grows to about 1.5
million (ALL RVers)… I’ve seen pictures and watched videos but have not yet
been a part of the Quartzsite craze – maybe someday we will have to give it a
try. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">During our expedition we realized there was BLM land
everywhere and we could easily get our coach there…..hmmmm……Do we hear boon docking
coming on? We have talked about staying on BLM land in the past and know many
people who do but only a few have rigs the size of ours. It was nice to see
some of the areas for ourselves, now we just have to find time in our schedule
to slow down. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Also while at the ACC rally we had the “privilege”
to meet/see/hear Paul Winer aka </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He does wear clothes sometimes</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">“the Naked Book Seller”….LOL. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>He has owned a book store in Quartzite for
about 25 years and he is a nudist. So put the two together and you get the
title. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We didn’t go to his bookstore,
but from what we were told all he wears is a sock and a hat. Anyway he is also
a singer, song writer and he came to the rally and entertained us – fully
clothed. Look him up on Youtube if you have a moment. He was a very interesting
person to say the least and here is a short article about him that was featured
in the LA Times a few years ago </span><a href="http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-the-strange-true-tale-of-the-naked-bookseller-20150331-story.html"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-the-strange-true-tale-of-the-naked-bookseller-20150331-story.html</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She was a Hyde - she wrote this joke!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A little Hyde humor</td></tr>
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</span>And just like
that, the ACC rally was over and we were headed east to Chandler, AZ and the
International FMCA Rally our <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>#2 stop of
the month. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The event was held on the
grounds of Rawhide Western Town, Chandler, AZ </span><a href="http://rawhide.com/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://rawhide.com/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">
and became the second major rally in our life. I must say we had no idea what
to expect and we left still kinda scratching our heads. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">RVs in staging for arrival</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">When we arrived it didn’t take long to realize this
thing was gonna be big, we just didn’t realize how big. It took us a couple
hours to get checked in and escorted to our parking site for the week. We were
fortunate enough to get a handicapped site on asphalt with electric. Thank you
Uncle Sam for disabling me and allowing me to get this spot. Most people were
parked on dirt with no electric. They did have water trucks spraying the area
regularly but it was still a dusty mess. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We arrived on Sunday the 5<sup>th</sup> though the
rally didn’t start until noon on Tuesday. By Tuesday there were motorhomes
everywhere. I’m not even sure how many different places they were parked but we
were informed that the final number was 2726 motor coaches - not counting show
coaches and vendors. There were tons of show coaches and we tried to look into
as many as we could but I know there were many we missed. So add attendee RVs
to the show numbers and there was easily over 3000 coaches total. If you have
never seen 3000 motor coaches in the same place at the same time, well to say
impressive is an understatement. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">As for the actual rally, well it was interesting.
There were some decent vendors with options for everything from awning repair,
satellite installation, campground/resort information, window repair and
replacement, a plethora of cleaning options for inside and outside of the RV,
new furniture, some unique cooking utensils, jewelry and more. Susan attended a
couple of the education seminars on RV cooking and full time RV living but was
not impressed by them. She described them as very elementary, crowded and while
they might be good for the beginner she had hoped to learn something. All in
all we can say we have now been there, done that and may or may not do it again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We did take advantage of the time we were in the
area and visited a Prevost dealership in Mesa, looked at some new Harley motorcycles
(nope, not trading in the Goldwing yet) and purchased a new motorcycle lift </span><a href="http://mountainmaster.net/motorcycleloadingsystem.html"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://mountainmaster.net/motorcycleloadingsystem.html</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">
for the back of the truck. So aside from spending way too much money we had a
good time.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look at the amount of room!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Our next stop (Stop #3) for the month was Canyon
Vistas RV Resort </span><a href="http://www.cal-am.com/resorts/canyon-vistas/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.cal-am.com/resorts/canyon-vistas/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">
<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>in Gold Canyon, AZ. This stop was only
about 40 miles from the rally and we only went there as a stop over as we had a
few days to burn before our repair appointment in Apache Junction. We arrived at
Canyon Vistas about noon on Saturday and stayed until Monday morning. The
resort was huge and the lots were very large – more than enough space for us to
park, set out the chairs and relax. Each site was well graveled and had a
concrete patio area. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">The views of the Superstition Mountains <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstition_Mountains">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstition_Mountains</a></span> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">were spectacular and the resort had all </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">the necessary amenities. We stumbled onto
this park by accident as we were trying to book another park in the Cal-Am
system but they had no availability and so referred us to Canyon Vistas. The
people were friendly and the rates were great as we were able to reserve
through our RPI membership. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Like many resorts in the area there were a large
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from roof top of model home</td></tr>
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purchase and they also had a very nice resort home community - actual stick and brick homes with great usable floor plans. We toured several of the available park models and explored the display homes. If we were looking to settle down and own a home, this is a place we would likely consider. </span><a href="http://www.cal-am.com/resort-homes-for-sale/?Resort=1530&Price=All&Sort=Newest"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.cal-am.com/resort-homes-for-sale/?Resort=1530&Price=All&Sort=Newest</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">While at this stop Susan and I unloaded the bike and
took a ride down the infamous HWY 88 (Apache Trail). </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wondering if any Wicketts were the models </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We had planned to ride HWY
88 from start to finish but that didn’t work out..lol! After running about 50
miles the blacktop turned to washboard sand and the sign said 24 more miles. Uh
no, we rode about ½ mile and I made a command decision to turn around. A sand
and dirt road was NOT a good combination for 2 up on a Goldwing. So we turned
around and went back to Tortilla Flat</span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><a href="http://www.tortillaflataz.com/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.tortillaflataz.com/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">
. We had to stop here because ANYTHING having to do with a tortilla is good and
this was no let down. Anyway, the ride was ALL in the Superstition Mountains
and they are absolutely something to see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Stop #4 found us at East Valley RV Services </span><a href="https://eastvalleyrv.com/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://eastvalleyrv.com/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">
on Monday afternoon as we had a 0730 appointment on Tuesday morning. These guys
were great and even set us up with 50amp electric for the duration of our stay.
We were there for an AC repair, engine service and generator service but as
always there is always something more and this time was no different. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Tuesday morning they began the service and about
noon checked the AC. It didn’t take long for them to determine that it was
indeed Out Of Commission and needed to be replaced. Unfortunately there was not
one in stock anywhere close so it was ordered out of Texas and wasn’t scheduled
to arrive until Friday, (it was noon Tuesday when we found this out). We knew
we had developed an oil leak on the big Cummins so I had them look at it. Also,
I knew we were having cooling issues, actually the engine had been running way
too cool and only made it to operating temp in high summer when it’s HOT
outside. So of course we had them look into that too. AND when I reviewed my
service records I realized I was only a month away from our annual HydroHot
service, yep - told them to do that as well. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Service writers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our mechanic</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Here is how that week worked out if you really want
to know……..new #1 AC installed, they found a crank seal had broken into three
pieces resulting in oil leak (replaced crank seal), the thermostat was found to
be stuck partially open and all seals gone (replaced thermostat and seals),
serviced engine, generator, and HydroHot system. You don’t want to know what
this week cost. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russ - Miracle Worker and Genius </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Well it didn’t end there, we thought by </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">replacing
the #1 AC that we would have the issue resolved, nope. The non-supported,
no-longer-made circuit board had fried. SO after </span></div>
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talking with the service tech
he was positive he could devise a complete new system to completely replace all
old non-supported parts and install all current and modern circuitry. Long
story short, a week later and he had us a brand new AC/heat comfort control
system installed and it worked flawlessly. We were finally able to leave and
our one day service eventually had us camping in their lot for 11 days…lol, </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Lost Dutchman State Park -They wanted $14 just to drive through - we passed - maybe next time</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">As the coach was being worked on, we had lots of
spare time on our hands so Susa<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">n and I went on a 200 mile bike ride and saw some more of the Superstition Mountains. We went past </span>the largest Copper Mine I have ever seen (Miami, AZ and Globe, AZ), <a href="http://www.mininghistoryassociation.org/Globe.htm">http://www.mininghistoryassociation.org/Globe.htm</a>. <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Globe mine</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tonto National Monument</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roosevelt Dam </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tonto National Monument - up close </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We also stopped by the Roosevelt Dam and lake, it was not quite what I expected but was still an impressive example of stonework that was completed in the early 1900s. <a href="https://www.usbr.gov/lc/phoenix/projects/rooseveltdam/rdhistory.html">https://www.usbr.gov/lc/phoenix/projects/rooseveltdam/rdhistory.html</a> and as we were driving found the Tonto National
Monument <a href="https://www.nps.gov/tont/index.htm">https://www.nps.gov/tont/index.htm</a>. I could easily see why people like it here. This area is beautiful. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Everything tends to work out though. The time we
were in the shop allowed us additional time in the area. Of course this meant
another motorcycle ride, this one to Congress, AZ to spend the day with Randy
and Deb LaBrash (friends we met last year at Lake Texoma). We had actually
planned to spend the week with them at their North Ranch home</span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><a href="https://escapees.com/support/parking/rainbow-parks/congress-arizona"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://escapees.com/support/parking/rainbow-parks/congress-arizona</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>as
they have full hook-ups and had graciously offered to show us the area. Deb
chauffeured us around the Ranch so we could look at RV lots. Susan and I have
talked about setting up a home base at some point so we often find ourselves
looking at lots with purchase or lease options as we travel. The area
surrounding North Ranch has had a bit of a revival with gold mining so lots
there have been selling fairly fast and the prices are currently a bit higher
than what we want to commit to at the moment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Ride routes for all motorcycle trips taken while at Gold Canyon and while we were staying in the shop can be found at the following link: <a href="http://www.rvparky.com/trip/5845749005287424">http://www.rvparky.com/trip/5845749005287424</a>. The dates on the link are a bit misleading but sometimes filling in the dates for day trips is a PITA as we are not overnighting and RV Parky is really set up more for planning overnight stuff. So just be aware that the link covers 3 separate trips on three separate dates. Break down of trips - 1) Tortilla Flat - there and back, 2) Globe, Roosevelt, Payson and back to Apache Junction and 3) Congress trip to see Deb and Randy - there and back.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We were also still in Apache Junction when Karl and
Marilyn Stroman arrived in <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hooper and Wylde @ the Handlebar Pub & Grill</td></tr>
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town. Karl is a retired Coastie I have known
online for quite a while but never met. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>He and his wife (another couple who are full
time RVers) were a lot of fun and we really enjoyed the visits and dinner at
the Handlebar Pub and Grill – relaxed atmosphere, incredible food and live
music on the night we were there </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/The-Handlebar-Pub-and-Grill-413937897673/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://www.facebook.com/The-Handlebar-Pub-and-Grill-413937897673/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">.
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">As with all things RV, the best laid plans are
always subject to change…lol Because of our long stay at East Valley RV
Specialist (they are now like family), Susan and I completely changed our route
plans the night before we left the service center. After a couple hours of back
and forth we had it all worked out…whew glad we didn’t care or have a schedule,
and we went to bed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We got up early the following morning ready to hit
the road but decided just one quick check of the weather was in order before we
left. Are you kidding me?? <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Snow from
Flagstaff to Gallup, high winds, lows in the low 20’s…etc all forecast for the
next 7 days, uhh no!!! So guess what, we completely revised our schedule for
the second time in 12 hours…lol, <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>This
time we decided to take the south route along I-10. That would make us
backtrack, but that was ok as there were things we wanted to see anyway. So
with a NEW plan laid - we were rolling. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Good BYE East Valley RV Services, you guys were
awesome and almost became family. We shall see you in the winter for annual
service and hopefully no major surprise repairs. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">For our 5<sup>th</sup> stop of the month we rolled
on back to the RPI park of Valley Vista in Benson, AZ. This time through we allowed
enough time to see some things we had wanted to see when we were here before
but ran out of time for. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mexico - do we go?</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Day one we unloaded the bike and went to Nogales, AZ
and saw the border into Mexico, the border wall and tons of Customs and Border Patrol
officers. It was a cool place to see, interesting topography, but there was
nothing that gave me any desire to live there. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We had a beautiful ride down Hwy 83, across 82
and back up 80. We also had a nice stop at a really cool restaurant, Wild Horse
Restaurant which is located in the Stage Stop Inn <a href="http://www.stagestophotelpatagonia.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.stagestophotelpatagonia.com/</span></a>,
in Patagonia, AZ. Read the About section of the Inn’s web page for some
interesting history. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Day two we again took the bike and this time went to </span><br />
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where we spent the biggest part of the day. It was very humbling to be able to stand where so much history had taken place. Even though it is now mostly a
tourist destination it was still neat to say we have been there. We visited the
Boot Hill Cemetery, </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">walked the same streets as Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday,
stood beside the OK Corral and toured the historic Tombstone Courthouse <a href="http://tombstonecourthouse.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://tombstonecourthouse.com/</span></a>.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Once we wore out our walking shoes we continued
south on the bike to the strangest (ok, not strange, but hard to describe) town
I think I have been to, Bisbee, AZ <a href="http://www.discoverbisbee.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.discoverbisbee.com/</span></a>.
It was built on the sides of mountains and can attribute its founding to the
mining industry – copper, gold and silver. You really would just have to go there
to experience the streets. There are twists and turns everywhere as one street
ends another angles off down a hill or up again. Even on a motorcycle they were
a challenge with all the stopping on inclines and odd angles. If you look into
the sides of the hills </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">as you drive along there are stairs, stairs, stairs. In
fact there are over 1000 stairs built into the hills of Bisbee <a href="http://www.bisbee1000.org/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.bisbee1000.org/</span></a> (about 1/3 of
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We finished the day by circling through the town of
Fort Huachuca <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Huachuca"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Huachuca</span></a>
where we stopped for a brief lunch before heading back up to Benson for some
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">The link for bike routes while staying in Benson is as follows: <a href="http://www.rvparky.com/trip/6686150826131456">http://www.rvparky.com/trip/6686150826131456</a>. Note that we did separate this one into the dates we made the actual trips. Some days you the reader get better information than others - but darn, we are trying. </span></span></span></span></div>
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in southwest NM? Well, for a short time in March, we were at the Dream Catcher
RV Park <a href="https://www.escapees.com/support/parking/rainbow-parks/deming-new-mexico"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://www.escapees.com/support/parking/rainbow-parks/deming-new-mexico</span></a>
in Deming. There really isn’t much in Deming but we are generally able to find
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We did take a short motorcycle ride <a href="http://www.rvparky.com/trip/5888933760598016">http://www.rvparky.com/trip/5888933760598016</a> to a couple of
the state parks. Both were in the middle of nowhere <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynjT00V-ViqviKRZwSllRGmD7ss_vuHyDaDl01umo5aumHBuxLPGTKN7e-Yo6603cJICOB_105_AxmqqOTsJI07Hf8tkA261obbhpLjWCMUwgtCFgm_J0LB9CPI3feX-bZNpiU_S8K2EW/s1600/IMG_3395.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynjT00V-ViqviKRZwSllRGmD7ss_vuHyDaDl01umo5aumHBuxLPGTKN7e-Yo6603cJICOB_105_AxmqqOTsJI07Hf8tkA261obbhpLjWCMUwgtCFgm_J0LB9CPI3feX-bZNpiU_S8K2EW/s200/IMG_3395.JPG" width="150" /></a>and we really like the
middle of nowhere. Spring Canyon State Park is actually a sub-unit of Rock Hound State Park <a href="http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/SPD/rockhoundstatepark.html">http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/SPD/rockhoundstatepark.html</a>
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other. Spring Canyon is day use only with a couple of trails. On the other hand, Rock Hound <a href="http://www.americansouthwest.net/new_mexico/rock_hound/state_park.html">http://www.americansouthwest.net/new_mexico/rock_hound/state_park.html</a>
had a few RV sites and could be a stopping point on a future trip. Both parks were
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">At one point during the ride to Canyon Springs I was
almost positive I heard Susan gasp and say a very descriptive word @#!$ as we
went over a hill! That “little hill” was 17% up and IMMEDIATELY 17% down. It
literally took our breath away as we crested….lol </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">On the way back we decided to go into Deming and
search out the Luna Mimbres Museum</span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.lunacountyhistoricalsociety.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.lunacountyhistoricalsociety.com/</span></a>.
All I can say is wow, if you are ever in this area you have to see it!!! There
is no cost for admissions but they do accept free will donations and it has a
ton of stuff! The building was actually the National Guard Armory and out-processing
point for all NM National Guard going to the battle of Bataan in WWII. Equally
important is that the building was </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">built in 1916 and NM troops actually
mustered there to defend the boarders during the raid of Poncho Villa. If all
of this were not enough the building also served as the USO building for the
area. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNvZZNuK3OHXOaUNQW4CjWvoflbKQwJkM9AkbUahhoiJsrhS3FHodpd9IGMuVxgosveGdk-F9MjKD8Bx7TAVSb1qfdH6kraS6q8ydZ076y9OTSvhn7oaT2WK65w8IScQXpz7sDhpc4Mcpi/s1600/IMG_2971.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNvZZNuK3OHXOaUNQW4CjWvoflbKQwJkM9AkbUahhoiJsrhS3FHodpd9IGMuVxgosveGdk-F9MjKD8Bx7TAVSb1qfdH6kraS6q8ydZ076y9OTSvhn7oaT2WK65w8IScQXpz7sDhpc4Mcpi/s200/IMG_2971.JPG" width="150" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Oh but it got even better, as Susan and I walked outside
there was a Veterans Park with several nice memorials. While we were looking I
couldn’t help but notice an older gentleman sitting in a wheelchair under a
flagpole looking at a specific monument. As I walked over to his location I
noticed he had a Navy cap on, so yes that was my opening to conversation. </span></div>
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Navy during Viet Nam. During or conversation he mentioned that upon his return
from Viet Nam he became an alcoholic for the next 25 years. He went on to say
that finally one morning he woke up, went outside and for the first time
realized there must be more to life. He </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">built the monument we were looking at.
He said he was never an artist or a builder, but that he knew he had to do it.
That he had a vision of what it was to look like and how it was to be done.
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">He described the meaning of the monument and how
each side was angled and leaned in odd direction because in his words, “nothing
about Viet Nam was true”. I understood what he was saying. We carried on our
conversation for probably ½ hour or more, I thanked him for his service, for
building the monument and told him thank you from my dad who had also been
there, but passed away recently. HE got a tear, shook my hand and we parted ways.
I knew right then it was moments like this, unlikely chance meetings that
really described why we drive around the country and live in our RV.</span><br />
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with a horrible dust storm, winds that would blow a horse over and memories of
the old man in the wheel chair. The true irony was that I met this man who told
me his story only one day after the remembrance of Viet Nam Day – I think him
and I both got something out of that visit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">February started off as January ended, barely…. as we
had just arrived back at Thousand Trails Lake Conroe in Texas on the 31<sup>st</sup>
of January. <a href="http://www.rvparky.com/trip/5901558540140544">http://www.rvparky.com/trip/5901558540140544</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Did I mention that when we arrived back from our cruise Susan and I
were very sick and remained this way for a couple weeks? We later found out
that MANY people on the ship had gotten the same illness which we are pretty
sure was a strain of the flu. We did eventually recover but not before we both
ended up at the doctor due to this “flu” turning into sinus/respiratory
infections so antibiotics were in order. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We enjoyed some pretty nice weather except for the
occasional late winter/early spring thunderstorm. But this camp was soon for
the end as we were gearing up for our spring migration. We weren’t 100% sure
where we were headed, but we had been planning to head to the Pacific North
West for the summer; however, Susan and I both had medical appointments to finish up
before we left the area AND as is always the case with one of these big rigs we
had a couple issues to repair, like the toilet and the #2 A/C unit, so our time
was pretty busy. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We couldn’t have left though without our good
friends, Leon and Anita Kirby bringing their rig over to Lake Conroe and
enjoying some good cornhole (beanbag toss) games. Leon also held one of his famous
fish fries before we left – delicious! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Finally the month was half over and it was time
Susan and I headed out. Away we went with a few planned stops for fun and
exploration along the way to our now finalized destination for this part of our
trip to end in Chandler, Az and the FMCA International Rally in March. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">For the first leg of our journey we <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>headed to Davis Mountain State Park and Fort
Davis, TX. Susan typically doesn’t let me drive more than a couple hundred
miles per day, but on this day she allowed me to open it up a bit and we went a
whole 350 miles….lol! We always try to adhere to the 2+2+2 rule at a minimum (no more than 200 miles, arrive no later than 2 PM and stay no less than 2 days). We missed the miles a bit, but everything else was met.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We finished up our first day by arriving in Junction, TX at the North Llano
River RV Park <a href="http://www.junctionnorthllanoriverrvpark.com/">ttp://www.junctionnorthllanoriverrvpark.com/</a>. I must say, this little park was pretty nice. The sites were
plenty big, right on the river and most all sites had patios and a gazebo. You typically
don’t find that much in our price range, so it was a very pleasant change. We really enjoyed this park, and the people
were very friendly and very military supportive. Did I mention I was able to
impress my wife with my rock skipping abilities while here? It’s the little
things in life that make it all worthwhile. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">It was only a few miles from our campground to the South Llano River State Park <a href="http://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/south-llano-river">http://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/south-llano-river</a>. The park </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">provided a brochure on the history of the park about how the land was donated by Walter Buck. We tried to find a good link that shared this history as the TPWD link does not say much and we feel it is important to remember the contributions of those who have gone before us. The following link does not give the whole of the story but does add a bit to the history provided by the TPWD link <a href="http://www.work5hop.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?flag=article&article_pk=10000008">http://www.work5hop.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?flag=article&article_pk=10000008</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Stop two again found us exceeding the 200 mile rule,
but only by 88 so it wasn’t bad. We pulled into Davis Mountain State Park <a href="http://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/davis-mountains">http://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/davis-mountains</a>
and found our site. They put us in a nice large site with a covered picnic
table and plenty of room. This place was awesome and the scenery, landscape and
temps easily exceeded our imagination. Unfortunately we only had three nights
here but we filled the days completely full with adventure. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">If you haven’t kept up, or don’t remember, Susan
works part time from the motorhome and requires internet. Davis Mountain State
Park had none…lol 😊 Well let me rephrase, they had internet and phone signal at
the top of a mountain behind the campsite. So daily we would take truck trips
up the mountain to the parking area on top where we would park beside all the
other people seeking the signals from the skies..lol Susan would turn the truck
into her mobile office. I would isolate myself on said mountain to give her
privacy and surf the internet, stir the Facebook pot and search for coach
parts, it was fun. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">During our stay we visited the old Fort Davis
National Historic Site <a href="https://www.nationalparks.org/explore-parks/fort-davis-national-historic-site">https://www.nationalparks.org/explore-parks/fort-davis-national-historic-site</a> which was very cool (we both love that kind of
stuff). It was a quiet day at Fort Davis and there was only a handful of people around which allowed us to take our time and not worry about anyone trying to hurry us along as we read from the information kiosks. One can only imagine what life in the military was like back then but I'm sure it was not an easy assignment for enlisted men. Susan is pretty sure the officers "had it made" and likely completed little of the manual labor but rather provided supervision over enlisted personnel without breaking much of a sweat. Regardless, they all lived a hard life that not many of us today would choose to try. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We also took a trip to Alpine, TX where we found probably the most interesting
Ace Hardware Store you will ever see. Thank you Rusty and Leon for the tip on its existence and location. It is hard to find a parts store in the middle of nowhere but as is always the case, I had a small project that needed to be attended to and needed parts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">If you know me at all, you know that I will look for about any excuse for a motorcycle ride and a day of nice weather is really all the excuse that is ever needed. Susan and I took a beautiful motorcycle ride
through mountains and desert surrounding the area of Fort Davis. There was very little traffic along the way and we were the only vehicle on the road most of the day. Much of the land was set up as open range which did require me to be on the look out for cattle guards in the middle of the </span></div>
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highway - it really is a good idea to slow down for them, especially when riding on two wheels. Roadside parks were all over so we did avail ourselves to the use of one for a hydration break and a granola. Susan knows me well and generally packs a small cooler even if I tell her it will be a short ride. Short has been known to take five or six hours. Along the way we passed a gentleman who had his easel set up in the grass just off of the side of the road. We didn't get a look at his painting but there was a magnificent set of mountains that likely were the main subject matter for his artistic inspiration. We finished off our ride by heading to the top of a another mountain where we found, not by accident, the
McDonald Observatory <a href="http://mcdonaldobservatory.org/">http://mcdonaldobservatory.org/</a>. Our timing did not allow us to attend one of their
evening presentations and while Susan has an interest in astronomy she is not much into
viewing solar displays. So we rode around a bit and explored the visitor’s
center but did not actually go into the observatory. This was a cool place to see
and I know if we are in the area again Susan is going to insist we attend an
evening of stargazing there! <br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Stop number three took us to the “Original Escapees Ranch”
<a href="http://skpranch.com/index.htm">http://skpranch.com/index.htm</a> in Lakewood, NM. It is actually located about 25 miles north of
Carlsbad, NM. Finally, we were able to adhere to our 2+2+2, which was good
because our drive day found us in heavy 40+ MPH sustained and 60+ MPH gusting
side winds the whole day of travel and high wind warnings when we arrived in
our camp site. We made it, but it was an interesting drive with the periodic
brown outs from blowing sand. We found the park clean, inviting, and the people were
some of the friendliest people I think we have ever met and we will certainly
go there again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We didn’t have much planned for this stop over
except to see Carlsbad C</span>averns <a href="https://www.nps.gov/cave/planyourvisit/index.htm">https://www.nps.gov/cave/planyourvisit/index.htm</a> and I must say, it was breathtaking. Susan and I
chose to do the walk in as I was able to walk that day, and we were sooo glad
we did!!! If you are not into caving, it may not be for you but to Susan and I there is just something awe inspiring about exploring caves and seeing all the various formations that nature has made over thousands of years. Words really cannot explain or express the magnitude of what saw during the hours we spent spelunking. The caverns are huge and even if you are not able to make the trek from the top, there is still so much to see - they have an elevator that can be taken down 79 stories and once you are down the terrain is fairly level and easy going. If
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Stop four was just a short 145 mile hop with a one
night stop over to help break the long drive the next day. “This will be easy,”
I remember telling Susan those always famous last words …lol! We have a new RV
GPS that warns us of roads that do not meet our height, weight or length
requirements and it will not route us on those roads. But hey, it’s a device
that doesn’t always know and I saw a road I wanted to go on. It got interesting
when only a couple miles into it we continued to see signs that said ridiculous
things such as “weight limit 11Tons”, and then another that said “length limit
60 feet”. Oh, and one that said “7% grade next 15 miles”….lol Susan looked at
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something to the effect of “Uhhhh, should we be on this road?”, <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>followed by, “How heavy and long are we?”…..lol,
I believe she was a bit uncomfortable but I had to be truthful and tell her we
are 26 tons and about 70’ long… I’m not sure she found much comfort in my words
as she made a post on Facebook “just in case” <br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">It ended up being fine just as I figured it would. We
got to drive to an elevation of 10,000 feet, saw snow, elk crossing signs and
15 miles of 7% grade with a ton of curves. Then just like that, the ride was
over, the brakes were hot but nowhere near danger hot as I had been using the engine brake mostly (Susan pointed out that she could smell them and she
could) and next thing you know we were at our stop in Alamogordo, NM at
Edgington Garden RV Park <a href="http://www.edgingtonrvpark.com/">http://www.edgingtonrvpark.com/</a>. This was just a little park, basically a big
parking lot, but clean, cheap and friendly. They accepted Passport America so
the nightly rate was hard to beat and we just needed an overnight for this
stop. As we left Alamogordo we drove by the White Sands Missile Base and the
White Sands National Monument <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Sands_National_Monument">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Sands_National_Monument</a>. Both of which were pretty neat. </span></div>
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White Sands at 4,200 feet 40 miles away from the snow. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Stop number five, our final stop for February, took
us another 300 miles to Benson, AZ and Valley Vista RV Park (can book at RPI or as Encore park)
<a href="http://www3.resortparks.com/xap/nwb/MR010?resort=773">http://www3.resortparks.com/xap/nwb/MR010?resort=773</a>. Again we found a nice park with sites that were plenty big and people
that were very friendly. We did have to fudge the length of our coach as they
had a 43’ length limit but hey, if you can fit 43’, you can fit 45’, right?
Right! ……..oh and they had a BIG hot tub and pool, gotta make momma happy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Benson is a neat little town and only about 25 miles
from Tombstone, AZ. Nope we didn’t make it there as much as we wanted to. The
day we had planned to go was forecast for heavy thunderstorms all day, of which
we got NONE. However, the clouds in the surrounding areas indicated that some
places did get hit pretty hard and our friends even messaged us to make sure
the rains would not delay our plans or hold us up. We really didn’t do much
except visit the hot tub and spend time getting to know fellow campers. We even
ran into a couple who were actually camped next to us at Lake Texoma, TX last
August. You never know who you are going to run into out here on the road…lol. All
in all it ended up being a nice stop and we enjoyed it, but it was again time
to move on as we had Quartzite, AZ in our sites. But you can’t hear about that
until next month….</span></div>
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January started and ended in the same place - Thousand Trails Lake Conroe Texas. We had lots of travel over the month but only minimal RV time. If you click on the link <a href="http://www.rvparky.com/trip/5873178604208128">http://www.rvparky.com/trip/5873178604208128</a>, know it is not broken - we flew and road the boat so the APP was unable to provide a route. It does however show destination points. <br />
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We started the New Year quietly in the park but we did see a few fireworks going off here and there. The first couple of weeks of January we spend relaxing, finishing up doctor appointments and enjoying evenings in the hot tub. A few days before we left for our cruise Brett's mom (Bridget) came and camped at the campground with us. She is enjoying her little Siesta and stopped to see us on her way to "the valley" to visit her mother. She never comes with empty hands and this trip was no different - several dozen chocolate chip cookies as well as oatmeal cookies and pickled eggs for Brett. <br />
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Mid month we left Lake Conroe and drove the coach over to my good friend Stan's to park for the two weeks we were gone on our cruise to Hawaii on Carnival Miracle, January 14-29, 2017 round <br />
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trip from Long Beach CA. <br />
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Would love to say the cruise was great but this one was just not all we had hoped. It was January after all and January in the Pacific can be touchy as well as chilly. Hawaii itself was great - Susan had never been so it was nice to be able to share the island adventures with her. Weather prevented us from making two of our ports so we did not see Nawiliwili, Kauai or Hilo on the big island. <br />
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In Maui we took a sunset tour <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVA3uyeY0irXMzlIIUDkWt1zETlo_j-xQXzzU8MaHNS0sIuebBJRdkOt_JPSN4zfeHa1wMVmohclS5Odl20IpTz7zfp1G_Z1Y_T-r5mYZuxQjBZM_WybuOLwWJbJ1UCaXBmRoAQ03fMGZJ/s1600/IMG_2479.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVA3uyeY0irXMzlIIUDkWt1zETlo_j-xQXzzU8MaHNS0sIuebBJRdkOt_JPSN4zfeHa1wMVmohclS5Odl20IpTz7zfp1G_Z1Y_T-r5mYZuxQjBZM_WybuOLwWJbJ1UCaXBmRoAQ03fMGZJ/s200/IMG_2479.JPG" width="150" /></a><br />
up to Haleakala Crater <a href="https://www.nps.gov/hale/planyourvisit/summit-area.htm">ttps://www.nps.gov/hale/planyourvisit/summit-area.htm</a> to see the sunset at 10,000 feet. The view was indescribable and pictures do not do the experience justice. If we ever make it back to Maui we will plan to schedule a sunrise visit to the crater and we will most assuredly take jackets as IT GETS COLD AT 10,000 feet!! LOL! While at the crater we did see several Spiny Silversword plants - the only place in the world they are known to grow is at Haleakala Crater. This amazing plant lives anywhere from 3-90 years or more but they only bloom once in their lifetime and once they bloom, they die. <br />
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We were blessed to have wonderful tour guides while on Oahu - Norm and Michelle Gann were great! We started the day off by watching the inauguration on Fox News before we walked to the Ala Moana Regional Park Beach <a href="https://roadtrippers.com/us/honolulu-hi/places/ala-moana-regional-park">https://roadtrippers.com/us/honolulu-hi/places/ala-moana-regional-park</a> where Susan put her feet into the Pacific Ocean for the very first time and where we met up with Norm and Michelle. They then spent the rest of the day driving us from <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Norm, Michelle and Brett</td></tr>
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one end of the island to the other. Our day included stops at <br />
Pearl Harbor and tours of the USS Bowfin h<a href="http://bowfin.org/">ttp://bowfin.org/</a> submarine and museum, the USS Missouri <a href="https://ussmissouri.org/#">https://ussmissouri.org/#</a>, and a view of the Arizona (tickets were sold out so we were only able to see it from shore but the sight was still humbling to say the least)! We also had a great late afternoon lunch and of course a few beers. Thank you again Norm and Michelle for helping to make our time in Hawaii enjoyable - it truly was the best day of our trip! Unfortunately by the end of the day my back started to protest so we had to end the day rather abruptly. Feeling rather bad about this we informed our guides they could just "let us off here" and we would walk the last few blocks to prevent them from having to deal with pier traffic. Thankfully they declined as we arrived at our pier only to find our ship was GONE, and to be informed that it had relocated to another pier and due to weather we would be staying an additional day in Honolulu! So thanks again Gann Family for sticking with us and "going the distance" to get us to our relocation destination! <br />
Day 2 in Honolulu was a bit less exciting but we know how to find fun. We made a few early morning calls to find out the bus schedule and made our way down to Waikiki. It may have been a wet drizzly day but the bar on the beach at the Halekoa <a href="http://www.halekoa.com/">http://www.halekoa.com/</a> was open for business! Guess where we spent the day? <br />
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Our next stop was Kona and Susan signed us up for a historical tour excursion that took us by 3 places we would not have otherwise visited. OHHH did we mention the storm we hit on the way from <br />
Honolulu to Kona? Let's say it was a pretty good one and I have been in some pretty good ones...lol We had winds overnight in the mid 90MPH range and seas 25-30 feet. Cruise ships are not designed for those conditions as they are very top heavy. Needless to say it was a bouncy night, awww but I slept like a baby. <br />
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Stop 1 brought us to the Royal Kona Coffee Center with lots of samples of 100% Kona Coffee? If you ever have the chance, you must have some! This coffee was not cheap but the samples were free so we indulged in a few or more. 100% Kona Coffee was about $18 per pound in the store. Not going to make it to Hawaii anytime soon? No worries, you can order it online - for a price. <a href="http://royalkonacoffee.com/visit/">http://royalkonacoffee.com/visit/</a>. <br />
Stop 2 was at The Painted Church, <a href="http://www.thepaintedchurch.org/default.asp">http://www.thepaintedchurch.org/default.asp</a> which is a historical Roman Catholic church built in 1899 and painted by a priest with no professional training and a very limited budget. His labor of love and devotion took years to complete. The church has ongoing efforts to continue to preserve this quaint beauty and donations from tourist go toward aiding in the preservation/restoration efforts. I know our catholic friends will find this interesting but anyone who enjoys history is likely to enjoy it as well. <br />
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Our 3rd and final stop of the historical tour was at Pu’uhonua o Honaunau <a href="https://www.nps.gov/puho/index.htm">https://www.nps.gov/puho/index.htm</a>. We could have easily spent hours enjoying this stop. The good and the bad of booking an excursion - Good: you see lots of stuff quickly, Bad: you see lots of stuff quickly. <br />
We ended up spending two days in Kona due again to bad weather but we opted to stay on the ship the second day as we were only scheduled to be in port half of the day and had no interest in shopping at the time. While we were in Kona we did receive the new that we were expecting a kitten! Well, actually we were informed that the expectant mother had delivered six kittens so we would get one around the first of April.<br />
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We were a bit bummed that we did not get to go to Hilo as we had scheduled an all day trip to see the Hilo Chain of Craters (volcanos) and the famed Lava Tube! I don't know if we will make the journey back to Hawaii anytime in the near future but if we ever do, we have seen a peek of what there is to see and have a LONG LONG list of things we would still like to do there. Maybe Susan can get her professional license in Hawaii and then get a contract job there for a few months. <br />
There was a short stop over in Ensenada Mexico and while it was another adventure, it was the mandatory foreign port for this cruise and just another tourist trap in our opinion. Don't get me wrong, it was an interesting stop just not a place we will put on our "have to see again" list. <br />
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We finally arrived back in Long Beach on January 29th and spent the night in LA for an early flight back to Texas on the 30th. Did someone say something about protestors? Grrrr.... not even going to go there other than to say the airport and traffic into and out of the airport and the surrounding areas was a MESS! <br />
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The 30th found us overnighting at <a href="http://www.aggielandrvpark.com/">http://www.aggielandrvpark.com/</a> in College Station. We were just too tired (and not feeling well) to go any further - even the extra 75 minutes it would have taken us to get to Thousand Trails Lake Conroe was just too far. <br />
But on the 31st we were up bright and early, or at least we were moving by mid-morning and on the road by 11 for the short trip back to Thousand Trails Lake Conroe for a much needed bit of relaxation and recuperation. <br />
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Hickory, NC enjoying the area and spending time with our daughter. <a href="http://www.rvparky.com/trip/4703505275682816">http://www.rvparky.com/trip/4703505275682816</a> Susan and I
pretty much concentrated our time with our daughter and didn’t really do much
site seeing as our MAIN reason for coming to NC this time of year was to
celebrate our daughter’s graduation from Appalachian State University in Boone,
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Science Business Administration. Her major was in Management and she had a major
concentration in Human Resource Management. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We were pleased to share this happy event with my
dear mom who made the flight from Oklahoma to Charlotte, NC. We picked Mom up
from the airport on Dec 9<sup>th</sup> and made the trip up to Boone where we
camped in a hotel for a couple of nights.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Our Saturday morning started bright and early as we had to be on campus
by 9:00am for the graduation at 10:00am. Did I mention it was also 20 degrees
and the wind was blowing about 20 MPH? <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I
am pretty sure that was the coldest temperature Boone had had this year (2016).
Anyway, we made it to the graduation and enjoyed it immensely! It is such a
great feeling to sit and watch your daughter be rewarded for all the hard work
she has put in over the past four years. Of course the ceremony was followed by
pictures. LOTS of picture and celebrated that evening with Mom’s homemade tacos
– per the graduate’s request. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We left
Boone on Sunday and head back to Casa Wickett in Hickory to spend the night as
mom had to be back at the airport Monday morning.</span><br />
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say bye to our daughter, but when the 14<sup>th</sup> arrived it was time for
Susan and I to start our slow trek to Texas. So G’bye Taskina and G’bye North
Carolina. We had a great time once again and look forward to the next time we
will be together.</span></div>
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Sevierville, TN for the night at the Riverside RV park once again. </span><a href="http://www.riversidecamp.com/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.riversidecamp.com/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">
This is where we had stopped on the way to NC and saw no reason not to visit
again. As we were in no hurry we decided to stay a couple days and take in the
sights. We rode over to see Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg as we wanted to see
what damage they suffered during the fires in November. Yes, many people and
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and tourists were walking the streets. We were actually very surprised to see
both towns suffered little apparent damage from our vantage point as tourists.
The news made it sound as if both towns were virtually gone and while there was
damage it was not at the level of devastation expected from what we saw on the
news. This was our first venture to either place, but we have vowed to return
at some point, some year in early spring or late fall. Wow, they are cool is
the least we can say….But man I bet they are busy in the summer! LOL<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Next stop Henagar, AL and the home of my best friend
in the world, aside from my wife, Karen Blansit. We set up camp in their yard for a couple of days
and caught up once again. Karen and I have been friends since the mid 90’s
where we lived across the street from each other in Oregon. Karen was concerned
the first night as the weather was calling for possible tornados….nah, we were
fine. I tried to tell her to trust me…lol Much time was spent catching up and
just enjoying good conversation. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Karen also
took Susan and I to a local nursery where they decorate for Christmas. I never
thought I would say that, but I was truly impressed. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Always good to see when a small town business
had the knowledge and skill that could easily compete in any metropolitan area
and set the standard. Just in case you were wondering, this is a florist type
nursey, not a baby nursery…lol AND besides more themed Christmas trees than I
can recall - <b>I also found a real life elf</b> while we were there! Unfortunately we
were only able to stay at Karen’s for a couple days and we were off again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">As we continued our trek heading toward Texas, we
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This was a nice little park that offered Passport America discounts, so it was
also nicely priced. This was where I realized we had no zone one (living room)
heat in the coach. Oh and it was cold and raining…lol So for two days I learned
a ton about my heating system and how it actually worked. Through trouble
shooting I learned that my heating system was fine - good deal as that is very
expensive but my thermostat was the issue. I also learned my thermostat is an
entire computer system consisting of circuit boards, zone control modules and
tons of wiring AND it is not made or supported any longer. LOL it was starting
to sound like a Gov’t project. Lastly I found out there is ONE place in the
country that can completely rebuild the entire system, IF you remove it all and
send it to them in Ohio where they will gladly rebuild it and have it back to
you in 4 ½ weeks…. Uh wow, how to not have heat or AC in your home for 4.5
weeks. I will figure it out. But were headed back to Texas and at least
slightly warmer temps. </span><br />
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more non-eventful overnight stops in Vicksburg, MS </span><a href="http://www.ameristar.com/vicksburg/rv-park"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.ameristar.com/vicksburg/rv-park</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">
and Marshall, TX at Laguna Vista RV park </span><a href="http://lagunavistarvpark.com/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://lagunavistarvpark.com/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">.
We had stayed at Ameristar a few times before so knew what to expect. We had
never stopped at Laguna Vista and it was little more than a parking lot but
hey, they are also a Passport America park so for the price one night was just
fine. It was clean and all gravel. Mostly oil field workers that lived there,
but no issues at all, owners were very nice. We did learn that their name,
Laguna Vista really means “look at the neighbor’s pond” in English…lol</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Then just like that we had completed our 9 day trek
across 1148 miles and arrived in Willis, TX at Thousand Trails Lake Conroe for
our winter stop.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It was almost as if we
had returned home as this is our home park within the Thousand Trails network
and where we started our full time RV adventure on 10 Aug.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>This stop really is a place to get caught up
on medical appointments for Susan and I more than anything and trust me, we
were full of medical appointments…lol </span></div>
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this was not to be the case. My Uncle Raymond and Aunt LouAnn who have tracked
and visited me all over the country for years<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>graced us with their presence once again…lol! They had been in Houston
visiting their boys and grandson and were passing by on their way home. We had
a great visit and were able to catch back up before they had to hit the road
again. Glad they were able to stop by! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoBXjZqNqr3ZAP61GoO21e5YvwXb5H2TXWQl_qoFU1FTfx0-AXXY3ZKK0if2V4REWB6pA6EpRUOsvjceV-Ovx9AprY5l9bk9vohz7vQx0YKyAZ_YDc_nwtypq9N73Bvf6D5F2UTnyYkgYu/s1600/blog+cmas+tacos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoBXjZqNqr3ZAP61GoO21e5YvwXb5H2TXWQl_qoFU1FTfx0-AXXY3ZKK0if2V4REWB6pA6EpRUOsvjceV-Ovx9AprY5l9bk9vohz7vQx0YKyAZ_YDc_nwtypq9N73Bvf6D5F2UTnyYkgYu/s320/blog+cmas+tacos.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div>
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the kids, but it was enjoyable none the less. Susan fixed one of my many
favorite meals for Christmas dinner, TACOS…lol and baked a great cheesecake for
desert. That was all topped off by opening gifts from our daughter, thanks for
the Moonshine….it is great! </span></div>
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weather and this year was no different. Temps in the mid 80’s and mostly sunny
made for some great walks with my darling wife. The past few months have been
very hard on me health wise and Susan has been doing her very best to help me
out by encouraging frequent short walks and staying with me to provide her
support. Now if all of that were not great enough, the entire day was topped
off by a nice night time sit in the hot tub. Nothing like being in a hot tub at
9 PM on a clear night with temps in the low 70’s on Christmas. Gotta love it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">November found us on a continuation of our "maintenance trip" in Indiana and Ohio but by the end of the month we did finally make a turn south. </span><a href="http://www.rvparky.com/trip/5847367115341824"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">http://www.rvparky.com/trip/5847367115341824</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">When we left off last month we were back in Decatur, IN to finish
up with REV (American Coach’s service facility). On our last trip to Decatur we
ordered two manual awnings…..To explain the two, our coach came from the
factory with a Girard electric awning package, that actually is top of the line
and pretty expensive. However, when something breaks repairs are also pretty
expensive. In this case our bedroom window awning motor had quit and after
pricing just the motor at $1200, plus $240 labor for install. To heck with that!
Remove the entire electric awning and replace with a manual. The other?</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">For a long time I wanted to get a manual
window awning over the living room window next to my chair. This window always
relied on the main patio awning to shade the window, but because of the height
above the window and its configuration it just didn’t do a very good job of
shading. I must say the factory did a very nice job in the retrofit from
electric to manual as the two different awnings were from entirely different
manufacturers and were completely different. </span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now we only have one electric window awning
left and will likely replace it with</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">a
manual in the future. This whole event only took a couple days but we were in
no hurry to leave so as our next appointment would not be until the coming
Monday so we camped in REV’s parking lot campground</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> through the weekend.</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Finally, on Monday the 7</span><sup><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">, we hooked up and
prepared to head to our next appointment </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmG1RS7Crtcdkrb_oEOcxcUs7xm_PnGVaFRpw4NHovb8STB8GMj3ZjrzOqCVnrJFMwR_oQPKQp1A1hI5x_N-FoyVjiiwmSGarJ6D5jZF7CXGENezbe7dT1FcsoX9WcUz9KvUqyQk6c03i5/s1600/IMG_2807.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmG1RS7Crtcdkrb_oEOcxcUs7xm_PnGVaFRpw4NHovb8STB8GMj3ZjrzOqCVnrJFMwR_oQPKQp1A1hI5x_N-FoyVjiiwmSGarJ6D5jZF7CXGENezbe7dT1FcsoX9WcUz9KvUqyQk6c03i5/s200/IMG_2807.JPG" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">destination. This was a short 40 mile
drive to Cruising American in Celina, OH. Here we met with owner Kevin Mallory
for yet a bit more work….lol. Kevin doesn’t have a website but he has an
outstanding shop. He and his sidekick were both techs at the </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">American Coach
Factory for many years and they really know their stuff. Our main reason for
this stop was to have our tank gauges changed out. We decided to go with
SeaLevel Tank Gauges from </span><a href="https://www.garnetinstruments.com/rv-shop/"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">https://www.garnetinstruments.com/rv-shop/</span></a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This install removes all gauges from the inside of your tanks and places the
new electronic sensors to the outside of the tanks…..They work great!</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Remember I said that was our main reason to visit Kevin but
when you have an RV, there are ALWAYS additional repairs that need to be
completed….lol! Unfortunately when we left Auburn, IN another fix-it project added to
our list - while we were pulling in the living room slide we blew out an upper
slide seal..ugh So guess what else were having looked at. We were a bit
concerned because that is a major seal on the slide. However, upon inspection
by Kevin he determined it was actually the sweep seal as opposed to the slide
seal. Easier to fix and less money! Unfortunately, that is apparently a
proprietary seal from the factory and Kevin was not able to order one. This
could have been a big problem but remember we were only 40 miles from Decatur. Susan
and I jumped in the truck and made a quick trip back to the factory to buy the
seal allowing Kevin to continue to work.</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Day One work with Cruising America started on the 8th - tank gauges
prepped for install, seal purchased and planning for completion by the end of
Day Two.</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">But the fun didn’t stop there. We pulled out of the bay to
park for the night and relax…..Oh, no - this was Election day and the night was
young. I vowed to stay up to see the winner announced and </span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I was not alone! Many of my Face Book friends
were awake with me. AS the results came in we were rapidly typing back and
forth posting our thoughts and opinions. Most of us made it to the final
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">results but </span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">my dear wife Susan gave up
about 0130. I sure missed her because she had spent the evening working the
internet getting updates while I was keeping track of the news on FOX and CNN
and posting our combined intel. We make a heck of a team.</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Once the election was called, I finally got
to bed about 0320. The night was long but it was worth it, at least until the
alarm went off at 0700. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Day Two pretty much took the entire day to complete guage
install and replace the sweep seal. It may have completed a bit earlier BUT
before they said we were done I came up with another little project. I decided to
have them install another electrical outlet so that I could plug in the new
electric recliner that we would be picking up in a few days. You know it’s the
important things in life. Kevin was gracious enough to allow us use of his
parking lot one more night. Thank you Kevin for outstanding quality work!
Hopefully we are done with repairs for awhile. </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Too many cars to pick just one!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">On departing Kevin’s we headed BACK NORTH as we have
furniture to pick up and a roof to get repaired. However, we do have a couple
days to burn so we decided it was time for a little fun. We stopped back at
Fireside Resort </span><a href="http://www.firesideresort.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">http://www.firesideresort.com/</span></a><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u> </u></span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><u><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">in Auburn Indiana</span></u></span></span><span style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">There were still a few things
we wanted to see in Auburn, most especially the Auburn Cord Duesenberg
Museum. </span><a href="http://www.automobilemuseum.org/#home.html"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">http://www.automobilemuseum.org/#home.html</span></a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">All I can say about this place is WOW! If you in any way
like cars and history, this is a car museum you have to see. Right behind this
museum is the National Automotive and Truck Museum </span><a href="http://natmus.org/"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">http://natmus.org/</span></a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">.
Another outstanding museum dedicated to automotive history and a must see if
you are in the area. Unfortunately, I was once again dealing with some pretty
bad health issues and we were very much hampered in our walk around of all
these fabulous cars. Thankfully we had all the time we needed, were not rushed
and were able to take a few minutes to relax as we ambled through all the tires
and steel. This was a fairly quick couple of days and we are once again
rolling.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Almost mid-November and here we are back in Elkhart, IN and
back at Mastertech RV. This time we are here so they can re-do our roof from
the last visit. We don’t know what to expect, except they have assured us it
would be taken care of. Because we arrived on Saturday and our apt was on
Monday we had a little time to explore. What do you do in Elkhart, IN on a
Sunday? You go visit Notre Dame University! </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">That was one of the most beautiful
campuses I think I have seen. It took us a bit of time to find the entrance and
a parking spot, but there was virtually no one around and we took advantage of
it. We didn’t walk around a whole lot, but the main grounds in front of the gold
dome and the immediate surrounding buildings are really inspiring and almost
breathtaking. The history and the architecture – if only the walls could talk.
There is no doubt tons of Catholic Dollars have been dedicated to this
facility. We pretty much spent the whole day on this site seeing adventure. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Back to the coach and Monday (November 14</span><sup><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">)
morning finds us up at 6 AM and in the shop once again. It didn’t take long and
it was decided that we would once again be back in a hotel room – this time on
Mastertech’s dime. Susan and I grabbed our travel bags, a few food items and we
are on our way to our new home for a couple days. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Susan and I have decided to make the best out of every
situation, and this is no different. We wake up Tuesday morning ready for
another adventure as we were not far from Nappanee, IN, the home of Newmar
Motorhomes - off to the Newmar factory for a tour. </span><a href="http://www.newmarcorp.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">http://www.newmarcorp.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> This was
interesting for Susan and I for a couple reasons. 1. We owned a Newmar Mountain
Aire motorhome before our current American Eagle and 2. We had seen the
American factory so we could make some comparisons.</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I was very impressed with the cleanliness and
the way in which their line moved. There was very little chatter, or talking
between employees which was odd, as the American factory was filled with music
from radios all over the place and their employees talking, laughing and
carrying on. I will say that while both are outstanding coaches, I was more
impressed with the Newmar factory. It is hard to describe, but it was very
professional, clean and well organized, the workers had such a routine that
they almost seemed to be reading each other’s minds – it was that smooth. </span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">After a couple days in the hotel and another long day in a
waiting room our coach is ready to go – again. I had made several inspections
during the process this time and I can say it is finally right. </span><span style="font-family: "times";"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Lambright’s to pick up the furniture we ordered
last</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The recliner really is full size - I assure you!</span></td></tr>
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</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> month.</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Susan needed to get her
couch as she had been sitting in a lawn chair for the past week </span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">and really did not appear to be impressed…lol.
</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Lambright’s went off without a hitch. They
helped install, made sure everything worked, made sure we were happy, took our
money and poof, we were on the road again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It had been a LONG day so we didn’t drive far but it is
still after dark when we arrive at </span><a href="http://timberlinevalleyrvresort.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">http://timberlinevalleyrvresort.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">.
We didn’t get to see much as this was just a one night stop over but from what
we were able to see we need to revisit this park. It was late when we pulled in
but yet the staff was friendly and even escorted us to our site - always a nice
bonus when arriving in the dark at a place you have never been before..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>November 17, 2016 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOMINICK! </b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">We celebrated
Dominick’s birthday with a phone call full of well wishes for him and setting
up for a few days of much needed rest for us at Thousand Trails Diamond Caverns
in Park City, KY. </span><a href="https://www.thousandtrails.com/kentucky/diamond-caverns-rv-golf-club/"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">https://www.thousandtrails.com/kentucky/diamond-caverns-rv-golf-club/</span></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Our original plan when we started this whole new life back in August had been
to spend three weeks here but maintenance stops and reworks had us pushing the
days back and back again. All told we were only able to spend a week here but
this is another place we will someday revisit. </span><br />
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while here and I was able to get a couple of things accomplished that I had
been wanting to do for a long time. We went to the Corvette Factory and Museum
in Bowling Green, KY </span><a href="http://www.corvettemuseum.org/"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">http://www.corvettemuseum.org/</span></a><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">.
The Corvette Museum and Factory is something I have always wanted to do. Susan
and I have owned a couple different Corvettes over the years and will likely
own another one someday. Seeing how they are made and the history of them was a
lot of fun. “Man o man do I gotta get me one of them new C7 Z06’s! Yeah, I see
one in my future…” </span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">2007 Atomic Orange C6 ZO6 - Ok, this one was not in the museum but DAMN it's a nice 'vette and I'd love to have it back!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Did someone say there is a Cabela’s in Bowling Green? </span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Well yes there is and you know we had to visit
there as well. Neither of us had ever seen a Cabela’s as small as this one and
we were informed it is the smallest Cabela’s in the US - surprisingly it is only
a couple of years old. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I was also able to treat Susan to a rare meeting of yet
another cousin. You would be surprised at how few cousins she has actually met
but the nomadic life of the Coast Guard did not often place us near family over
the years. My cousin Shawn Ellis and his girlfriend, Becky Hoover, live only a
couple hours from our campground and came to spend a day with us before we left
Kentucky. I had not seen Shawn in probably 20 years or more so it was fun to
catch back up. Shawn and I used to do some, uh fun stuff growing up…lol Probably
safer to leave that right there. It was a great visit and “We really appreciate
you coming by Shawn, let’s not wait so long next time.”</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Susan’s highlight for November was the Mammoth Cave Domes
and Dripstones tour </span><a href="https://www.nps.gov/maca/planyourvisit/winter-schedule.htm"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">https://www.nps.gov/maca/planyourvisit/winter-schedule.htm</span></a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">.
</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">All of the cave tours were not open
because of time of year but the park rangers told us this was the best one and
they were not kidding. Be advised though that if you are </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">well grown (</span></i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">BIG) or have an issue with tight places you </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">probably
want to skip this… </span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Some areas of the
cave were pretty tight for us man size people and we had a couple in the group
that were less than comfortable with the tightness of some of the places we had
to go through. </span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">At one point on this cave
trip we were 500+ feet BELOW ground level. There are no elevators in this cave,
so if you have an issue with stairs you probably don’t want this trip either. </span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Just remember if you go down 500 feet below
ground level, you have to go back up! </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Diamond Caverns has now come and gone as we put it in our
rearview mirror and started our journey to see our daughter. After all, seeing
our daughter and being a part of her graduation from Appalachian State
University has been our goal for hanging out in this area anyway. Susan doesn’t
like for me to drive very far in a day anymore and actually I am quite happy
about this -so we break this 400 mile trip in half and stop for an overnight in
Sevierville, TN at </span><a href="http://www.riversidecamp.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">http://www.riversidecamp.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">.
What a nice facility with tons of room. We really liked his place and we will
be back for certain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Before our journey even began back in August, I had made
reservations for us to stay at Thousand Trails Forrest Lake in Advance, NC from
November 23 – December 14, 2016. Unfortunately, this park is about two hours
from where our daughter lives, but hey it is “free” for us and we like free… in
case you are unfamiliar with Thousand Trails and I have not explained before –
Thousand Trails </span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">
</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">is a campground membership that we
bought into a couple of years ago. We pay annual fees but are able to stay at
parks all across the country virtually free. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Anyway, I had Susan call ahead to make sure we were still
set for our arrival only to be met with the dreaded words “we are not sure we
will have a site large enough for you”, SERIOUSLY? Rather than stress, we
decided we were not interested in going that far only to not have a spot so we
frantically started looking for an alternate campground. AHHH did we find a
diamond in the rough when we found Indian Springs Campground </span><a href="http://www.indianspringscampgroundnc.com/"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">http://www.indianspringscampgroundnc.com/.</span></a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> in Hickory, NC. </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
While this campground was not free like the one we were headed to - the price was
very reasonable, they offer a 10% military discount and had we been interested
we could have had the monthly rate for what our three week stay cost. The
owners are outstanding – very friendly and they worked with us on short or
rather no notice! The campground is small, quiet and secluded but close to the
interstate making it easy to get anywhere we needed to go. It has large sites
and is only an hour south of our daughter…..win, win, win. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">As we get to Indian Springs Susan and I are very excited as
we have not seen our daughter (Taskina)<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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since June, her graduation is right
around the corner, and we get to spend Thanksgiving with her. So on
Thanksgiving morning Susan and I get up, pack the food and head north up the
mountain to Boone, NC and our daughter’s apartment for our Turkey Day Feast. That
evening I needed to get back to the motorhome as there just isn’t enough room
for ole dad in our daughter’s efficiency apartment but I did leave Susan as she
had already planned to stay with Taskina for a couple weeks. OK, actually it
was only 9 days, but man from my lonely motorhome it felt like a month!
But she did stop by for visitations and on one of her visit days we had the pleasure of meeting up with Susan's Uncle Larry who had been in the mountains visiting friends. It is always good to see family! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have to mention that within only a couple days of us
leaving Sevierville, TN we were saddened to see the news of the fires and
devastation in Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg area. Many campers, homeowners and
businesses were evacuated. So very sad and our hearts and prayers go out to the
homeowners and business owners that lost everything. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: times;">We survived November and before we knew it December was here. Hope to have December posted soon. However, i</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">t is New Year’s Eve and Susan has had this post in her possession
for editing for over a month – she already has <b>December </b>in her documents as
well, wonder how long before she has it ready for your reading pleasure? LOL –
I, Susan, really wrote this last paragraph or he would be in deep trouble but as the
editor I can put whatever I want and pretend he wrote it! Try not to blame
Brett for the late entries – he is all ahead of the game, it is his editor who
procrastinates!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and wishing you a Happy New Year!</b></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></div>
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />BSTRAVELERShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115717357979767578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085402067836356440.post-587133522506018102016-11-29T19:05:00.000-08:002016-11-29T19:05:38.003-08:00October 2016 - MO and Away We Go <br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Oct 2<sup>nd</sup> finds us leaving the homeland of
Oklahoma and headed north to Susan's homeland and beyond on what we have decided to fondly refer to as
our “maintenance trip” <a href="http://www.rvparky.com/trip/5860707770302464">http://www.rvparky.com/trip/5860707770302464</a>. Susan and I sat down prior to beginning this adventure
and came up with a list of nice to haves and must haves for our new home. And
this leg of the trip addresses mostly must haves. But first we must stop in
Missouri and visit family. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">After a short 9 hours we arrived at our Missouri
destination, Long Branch State Park. This park means something to Susan as she
grew up at this park and on this lake. It is also a park we have called home
for a week every year since we have been married..BUT more
importantly it is important to both Susan and I as this is the park we were
married in back in 2005. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We honeymooned in her dad's camper - knew she was a keeper</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We were lucky enough this time to be able to get the
“old camp host” site at Long Branch which comes with full hookups and a bigger patio area.
This helps as we almost always have many family members over to visit and
eat. We stayed in Missouri for 14 days for relaxation and
family time. The park was unusually full for this time of year and we
found little time of just being alone…lol but it is always fun watching the
campers come in and out. Our camp host this year was a blast. I think she had a
crush on me but don’t tell Susan…lol </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Missouri was less hectic and a bit more relaxing than some of our previous trips. It is the first time we have had more than 5-7 days since probably 2006 - and we still did not have enough time to see everyone we wanted to see. However, we decided before arriving that we would not try to run all over to see everyone but rather we would remain more stationary, let family know where we were and let them come to see us. There were a few exceptions of course as Susan's uncle Squeek and her brother Richard were unable to travel much due to health - so of course we went to see them. Squeek did surprise us with a visit to the campsite, he had to make sure we didn't trade in and get a new rig again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">The weather was great for having company, walks around the lake, evening campfires and spending quality time with Susan's son Dominick. </span>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Jeff Kjellsen, (retired Coast Guard and friend), even took off early on a Friday to make the trip three hour drive from St. Louis to Macon just so we could catch up! It was a great weekend with lots of stories, laughter, good food and maybe a few sips of alcohol. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We did experience one slight disaster on this leg of our journey…..I had gotten tired of continually buying new sewer hoses after
only a couple months use so while we were in Oklahoma I ordered a new
“expensive” Waste
Master Sewer Mgt System….. <a href="http://www.lci1.com/waste-master"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.lci1.com/waste-master</span></a>
yep, bit name for a sewer hose but it should last for a few years. LOL Anyway I was finally able to use it in Macon for the
first time and was excited. I think it is a DC thing. At some point during one
of our nights it got pretty cold and very windy. I got up the next morning
to check everything and found that my new expensive sewer hose had blown over
next to the coach directly under the hot water boiler exhaust and the boiler had melted the
top right out of the new hose…..lol Just can’t win sometime. Oh well (used a bit of DC ingenuity and it’s now
spliced back together).</span><br />
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farewells to our Missouri family and headed to Decatur, IN for our first service appointment. Our motorhome was manufactured by American Coach and we thought, where better to have it serviced than by the people who made it? So early morning on the 16th we
left Missouri in our rearview mirror and head further north to arrive in Decatur later
that day. Our arrival to Decatur marked the start of our two week maintenance
turnaround, or so we thought…lol </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Monday Oct 17th at 0600 we hand our coach
to our maintenance tech Jim and our events began. We only had a couple of items on our list for repairs when started. Every morning at 0500 Susan and I would awaken
and ready our home for Jim…lol and every afternoon sometime between 3-5 Jim
would bring it back. We were able to go to take a factory tour
which was really cool, except I was having a very bad health day and could
barely move. But it was fun and even here we are meeting new friends, Andrew and Polly Maletta. This wake and break camp routine only lasted three days because we had
to be in Charlotte, MI on the 19th for chassis service. Little did
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Wednesday October 19<sup>th</sup> we left Decatur and headed to the Spartan Factory in Charlotte, MI where our chassis
was built. This was scheduled to be a two day event, but nooooo... there is rarely
a two day event that actually takes us just two days…lol. Spartan found a few more issues than we
realized, hear those dollar signs rolling?? The most serious repair needed was a broken steering gear box. Luckily it
was under a recall, can we say big $$$ savings? In addition to the repairs, I
had them install new Koni shocks on the front. The guys at Spartan were awesome
and we once again met new friends in RVing, Leslie and Pat shared stories of their years as full timers and helped pass the days. Finally on the 24th Spartan says they are done and we are on our way after dark once again. No option to wait until morning as we had to be in Elkhart, IN that night for our appointment at MasterTech RV the following morning (October 25th). Goodbye
Charlotte, heading south - at least a few miles south.</span><br />
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IN about 2200 MasterTech RV for a new lifetime spray
on roof. Tuesday, October 25th finds us up and ready to go by 0700. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">I </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">am pretty excited about this!. This was supposed to be a
4 day event, but on the first day they say nope they can be done in two days.
That’s cool as we are staying in a hotel during the completion of this work. What did I say before? There is rarely a two day event that actually takes us just two days!... LoL and it wasn’t this time either. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Susan and I ended
up checking in and out of the hotel more than a couple times. This wasn't quite
as planned and then the technician ran into some problems. I won’t get into the details
except to say they had issues. </span><br />
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During the delays we took a drive to the Shipshewana area and I ended up ordering Susan a new double recliner couch and me a new electric recliner from Lambright Custom Chairs in Topeka, IN. <a href="http://www.lambrightcomfortchairllc.com/oc/profile?g=1715180"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.lambrightcomfortchairllc.com/oc/profile?g=1715180</span></a> . Lambright's is a small company that specializes in 100% Amish made furniture. <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">This was a fun experience working with Jeremiah Lambright. He actually worked with Susan and I with our measurements to insure the furniture would fit in our motorhome and would meet our needs. They did have furniture on the showroom floor but the sizes were not what we needed so we place an order for custom furniture to be picked up in mid-November. HE even worked with us on a timeline as it usually takes 8 weeks for a custom order, thank you sir.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">On the 27th MasterTech told us we were
ready to roll. Oh, if it was only that easy. You know me, of course I had to look at the work before we left and after inspection I determine the work
is well below sub-par. Hmm... well, I talked to the owner and he got on the roof and
agreed, it was not a quality product and he wants to schedule a return visit for him to personally supervise the work.
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(but scheduled a return) and finally got to relax and get out of parking lots and
waiting rooms. We headed to Auburn, IN to meet a good friend from the Coast
Guard. We will just call him Boz and his wife Tina….I have not seen Boz since I retired in 2014 and Boz is now retired as well. But even after all that
time it was like we had talked just yesterday. We all sat that evening and
visited and shared a spirit or two or three…..wow then it was 0200…lol </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Saturday met us with a new experience, right behind
the RV park, <a href="http://www.firesideresort.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.firesideresort.com/</span></a>
was a museum. Not only a museum, but a military museum and a classic car
museum. It was incredible. It housed some priceless cars like the
Original Dukes of Hazzard car, the original Batmobile, the original KITT and the
original A-Team van, among many, many others. Oh but there<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>was more, wagons and buggies…..some of the most
beautiful horse drawn wagons and buggies you have ever seen. We ended up
spending several hours in this place. Who would have thought out here in the
middle of no where. <a href="http://www.nationalmilitaryhistorycenter.org/home.html">http://www.nationalmilitaryhistorycenter.org/home.html</a></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"> If you are ever in the area this is one cool place to
see and Veterans are only $4 admission. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.automobilemuseum.org/#home.html"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.automobilemuseum.org/#home.html</span></a>; </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.fordv8foundation.org/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.fordv8foundation.org/</span></a>; </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://natmus.org/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://natmus.org/</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">The day and the weekend ended way to soon and
Sunday it was time to say goodbye to Boz and Tina as they are headed to NC and
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Sunday October 30<sup>th</sup> we arrive back in
Decatur, IN at the coach factory. The parts they ordered the first time we were here had arrived and now for the install…As always this took longer than desired
and they didn’t get done until Thursday….What the heck, Susan and I decided we
would just stay right there in their parking lot until Monday….lol Our next destination was not until Monday and in Celina, OH and it was only a 40 mile drive.</span><br />
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able to visit family and friends and spend more than half a month camping in
parking lots and waiting rooms…..and a hotel with a hot tub and pool…lol
Fortunately even with all of our delays we were never late, the good thing
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>BSTRAVELERShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115717357979767578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085402067836356440.post-19812929334823391252016-11-15T17:08:00.000-08:002016-11-15T17:21:30.474-08:00September 2016 - Took us two months to leave Texas... but we finally made it to OK<br />
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Conroe on the 31<sup>st</sup> of August and headed to Thousand Trails Bay
Landing <a href="http://www.rvonthego.com/texas/bay-landing-rv-campground/">http://www.rvonthego.com/texas/bay-landing-rv-campground/</a>
in Bridgeport, TX. We found that park to be nice; it was very large with huge
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Unfortunately, there were only a few full hookup sites and we ended up
in one with 30 Amp electric and water only. Now take a rig of our size that’s
total electric AND combine that with Texas summer temperatures - <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>it takes some juggling of ACs and appliances to
make 30 Amps work, but we did. With electrical limitations, this park would be
best to visit in late fall, winter and early spring. No major sightseeing as
Susan was still recovering but we did enjoy a nice quiet day sitting in lawn
chairs at the lake and a nice seafood meal at the clubhouse. Everyone at the
clubhouse was very friendly. The pool was closed for repairs which did greatly disappoint
Susan. However, we would easily recommend this park, just be wary of the
electrical issue and no sewer hook ups. We did make it work for the time we
were there and only triped the breakers a couple of times. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">On the 5<sup>th</sup> of
September we departed for our next stop at Thousand Trails Lake Texoma (<a href="http://www.rvonthego.com/texas/lake-texoma-rv-campground/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.rvonthego.com/texas/lake-texoma-rv-campground/</span></a>
)near Gordonville, TX. On arrival we found a good spot backed up to a big pond
with full hookups and plenty of shade. </span><br />
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UNTIL (there seems always to be an UNTIL) I walked outside only to be greeted
by the ranger who said “Mr. Wickett we are going to have to ask you to leave
the park” Now mind you we had been there less than 30 minutes. I looked at the
ranger with probably a very strange face, “Excuse me?” She proceeded to tell me
that I had been seen by a park employee throwing bags of trash out on the side
of the road when we were “stopped” right after coming through the gate to
unhook our truck. My first thought was WTH” followed by “Now wait just a
second.” I agreed that we had stopped to unhook the truck and agreed there were
two small bags of trash laying on the ground. I told her that I had even started
to pick them up to throw them away until I discovered they had dog poop in them
- and I wasn’t going to pick up someone else’s dog doo! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">She agreed that the
bags had dog poop in them but said the employee specifically saw me throw them
out….LOL I kinda laughed and said “Ma’am that would be impossible as we don’t
even own a dog and have no pets of any kind but you are free to explore our
coach if you would like to verify.” This rather upset me from the get go as I
am a responsible camper and always strive to leave a park in as good or better
condition as I found it. For me to have two bags full of dog poop would be more
odd than me throwing them out on the side of the road…lol She gave me a funny
look, apologized and indicated she would talk to the employee who “saw me
throwing out trash” immediately. You just can’t make this stuff up! Aw we start
off good…lol</span><br />
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Texoma for a week, but it was a very nice and relaxing week. Susan and I took
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Susan walked
around in the shallow area as the doctor recommended she not submerge for a
while longer. Now the swimming was good because it was a huge pool and except
for one other couple there was no one there and we had it to ourselves. The other couple, Randy and Debra LaBrash, were very nice, we stay in contact with them still
and will be camping with them in March in Arizona. We would again recommend
this park, there are several 50 Amp full hookup sites and all the 50 Amps we saw would
accommodate large rigs. There are MANY 30 Amp full hook up sites but most of
those are either too short or too hard to get into with a big rig, so beware if
going there. Side note, I was very proud to see this park flying the flags of
our military services EXCEPT the Coast Guard……ugggh</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">All of the short hops
and continual TX stays were because of the earlier issues I spoke of, but also
because we had an appointment at </span><a href="http://www.mcdinnovations.com/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.mcdinnovations.com/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">
to replace all of our old string day/night shades in the coach with new, modern,
string-less day/night shades. This was something we were really looking forward
too and if you have ever had a coach with the old string shades you can
certainly understand. We arrived at MCD on Sept 11th for our
appointment for the 12th. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">MCD was outstanding! They had us a
parking spot with 50 Amp power all ready for our arrival and right on schedule on
Monday morning they came out and began the process. The first day was nothing
but measuring all of our windows as the shades are custom built while you wait.
Day two and three was nothing but waiting on manufacture and day four was the
install. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">It was pretty uneventful just sitting there in the parking lot camping and
waiting. Well, not just waiting - we did have company too. Jeff and Karen (Susan's brother and his significant other) who live about 45 minutes away in Grapevine stopped by to visit and invited us out to dinner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We also had a visit from Randy and Debra - the couple we met at the swimming pool at Lake Texoma. They decided to stop in and check things out and they ended up ordering new shades for their coach before they left. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We have been wanting new shades for years and - oh, but the wait was worth it. We LOVE our new window shades……<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; margin: 0px;"> </span></b>The
install was actually completed by about noon on Thursday, but we didn’t have to
be at our next destination in Oklahoma until Friday afternoon so we decided to
spend one more free parking night before leaving to head to the big OK.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Mid morning on Sept 16<sup>th</sup>
we said our farewells to the MCD parking lot and began our trip to the
motherland…..yep, Oklahoma here we come. It was an uneventful, and relatively short
drive up to the Sallisaw KOA in Sallisaw, Ok <a href="http://koa.com/campgrounds/sallisaw/?utm_source=power-listings&utm_medium=yext-partner&utm_content=website-link&utm_campaign=Yext">http://koa.com/campgrounds/sallisaw/?utm_source=power-listings&utm_medium=yext-partner&utm_content=website-link&utm_campaign=Yext</a>- our home for the remainder of the month. This campground is right off of I-40 which makes it a great place for a quick stop when traveling. Rates are reasonable and they do offer a weekly as well as a monthly rate for anyone interested in sticking around like we do. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">HOWEVER,
we were in OK and OK has bad storms and yes we were greeted with one of
these….We had made plans to go to a HS football game the night we arrived to
town and arranged to meet cousins there. Well we got there, got into the stands
and all hell broke loose so we all ran to the truck and sat there for an hour
until the wind and rain subsided (the game was delayed), then we said to heck
with it and we went to a cousins house and visited. When we arrived back at the
KOA there were many limbs down and my big flagpole was hanging from the tree,
but no apparent damage to any rig….lol WELCOME HOME BRETT. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We had MUCH to do in
Oklahoma while we were there and believe it or not, we got it all done and
still had time to visit with some wonderful cousins </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; margin: 0px;"> </span></b>and even take time for a very
nice motorcycle ride with cousin Kelly and her husband Ross. Susan and I had
pretty much laid out our plans for our attack on OK prior to our arrival as one
event hinged on another. But during our visit we had to change the registration
on the truck, motorcycle and motorhome, get new OK vehicle tags, <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>get new drivers licenses, go to the VA to get
set up in OK, get a tax exempt card, get our passports, get my concealed
carried license and apply for a handicapped mirror tag….Believe it or not,
nearly every event had a story and a specific order, but we still got it all
done. OK has to be about the most backward state I have had to deal with, and
most of their stuff cannot be done online. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love seeing her happy!</td></tr>
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Oh yea, did I mention we also had
time to take my mom to Tulsa and she bought a new motorhome so she could meet
us from time to time……Yeaaaaa!<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; margin: 0px;"> </span></b>I won’t bore you with all the little
details, but it was a very busy couple of weeks. We were very glad to get to
spend time with my mom, my Aunt and Uncle Raymond and Louanne and cousins
Kelly, Deloris, Memorie and Jennifer (all sisters) and some of the finest
people I could ever have in my life, even though one of them caused me to NOT
have GRITS for breakfast….:-) I love ya’ll beyond belief, thanks for always
being there…..NO WAIT, two of them were NOT there when we hauled our furniture
to OK to put in storage...BUT.. oh, nevermind - lol! <br />
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And
then just like that, October 2<sup>nd</sup> had arrived and we had to get on
the road again continuing our northern trek. Missouri here we come.</span><br />
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Susan and I knew our days as sticks and bricks homeowners were coming to a
crossroad with many decisions to make. We had long talks, we began making plans
and in August 2016 after selling everything we could sell and boxing up the
rest for storage we were ready to hit the road. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We put everything into storage on July 31st. Thanks to my wonderful cousins <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Memorie</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Deloris</i> for helping us unpack the moving truck, my truck and the 16 foot flatbed which we had loaded for bear!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We knew the first few months were going to be
challenging but we were ready for yet another chapter to our life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We left our home in
Iola, Texas on the 10th of August and headed a short distance to Thousand
Trails Campground, on Lake Conroe, Texas. Susan had given her notice to her
employer but still had a few days committed to Huntsville. We also had to wait
for the closing on our house and attend to some medical issues. The house
closed on August 12<sup>th</sup> and Susan had her surgery the following week
on August 17<sup>th</sup>.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We remained
at Lake Conroe until the end of August to be close to doctors should they be
needed during her recovery. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">If you remember from
our last entry I gave a big thank you to Bill and Mary and said that story was
for later…… It is now later and here is the story: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Shortly after our
arrival to Lake Conroe we were walking and noticed a new motorhome with a Coast
Guard license plate pull into the campground. Coast Guard plates are not seen
very often in the Conroe area so we stopped and said hello. Bill and Mary were just
arriving so we didn’t talk long, but we learned that Bill had been in the Coast
Guard some years ago – it was an instant bond of shared service. We didn’t have
the chance to talk to them again until the day Susan and I were leaving. Literally
as we were getting ready to pull out, Bill and Mary stopped by to say hi. We
talked for a few minutes and I asked where they were headed next. Bill replied
they had a few stops before heading to Decatur, Indiana. What a coincidence –
us too! We of course have our American Eagle and they have a Fleetwood
Discovery – the factory that built both coaches is in Decatur, Indiana. <span style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Further conversation found that both our
appointment and theirs was for the same day, October 17th </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">and we
would all be arriving on the 16th.</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">We had a good laugh and just like that we had
met new friends we would see again in a month and a half. In the time since we
met, Bill and Mary have become really good friends.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">As you can see, we didn't make it very far in August. Not only did we not leave Texas, we didn't travel more than an hour away from Iola until we left Lake Conroe on August 31st. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I would like to thank some very good friends for encouraging us, assisting with the
creation of this blog which provides us an avenue to share our
stories. Many thanks to <i>Bill Garcia-Godoy and Mary Olson!</i> There is actually a story to share
about them that I will get to another time, but let us focus on the steps we have taken to prepare our RV and make it our home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For as
long as I can remember I have had the dream of driving an RV around the country
and seeing everything that surrounds us. Susan and I bought our first motorhome
together in 2007 and the beginnings of our new adventure had begun even if only
on weekends and vacations. Now leap ahead several years and a handful of
motorhomes…..lol yes a handful, we arrived at a 2007 American Coach Eagle 45H
and we had found home, for now….lol and the journey really began.</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Right off the bat we knew that if we were
going to live in this rig we needed some updates so my adventure began,
remodel, remodel, remodel. It wasn’t bad as I had retired and Susan seemed to
think I had tons of time on my hands…lol One of the first things we knew was
that we needed a larger refrigerator and wanted to switch to a full
residential, so out with the old 11 cubic foot and in with the new 21 cubic
foot Kitchen Aide.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Then we decided we didn’t want any carpet...</span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">... so out with the carpet and in with new hardwood flooring everywhere we didn’t have heated tile.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ernie Ekberg RV Flooring, Weatherford, TX</span></div>
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but then my dear wife says hey I don’t have any place for my baking pans could
you make something, why of course I can.</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">So I find some Cherry lumber and go to work....</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Then she says, "Hey, if we didn’t have to lay our dishes flat
we could save some room" ….. I </span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">can fix that too</span></span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">….</span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"> <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ah, but next it is my turn and I say "The
only thing we have that still runs off of propane is the cooktop, wouldn’t you
like to have a true-Induction cooktop?"</span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Waalaa - out comes the gas top and in with the new
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But Nooo - it can’t stop there, we had a front TV that we didn’t
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<span style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We have also removed the King mattress from our bedroom and I rebuilt the bed base so that we could
install a new Queen memory foam mattress. This simple change gave us much more
room to walk around in and now making the bed is much easier. I have gotten to the point I
don’t even remember all the things we have done to make this our new home, but
the list is much longer than seen here. </span><span style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyway you get the idea and the last couple of years have
been pretty busy getting ready for our new life. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Hi Again! Here is just a bit about Who We Are...<br />
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Brett RETIRED from the US Coast Guard in 2014 with over 24 years of service. At retirement he was the Command Master Chief of Base Elizabeth City and had logged 12 transfers in his career. Brett left the Coast Guard to work as a maritime firefighting instructor at Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX). However, in 2015 health issues brought about the need to reconsider lifestyle plans which eventually led to full medical retirement and our decision to begin "Living the Dream"<br />
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Susan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She continues to work remotely as an independent contractor for a company that utilizes evidenced based behavior change treatment to assist patients in creating measurable, lasting changes to their behavioral health, which in turn improves their medical health<br />
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As stated on our profile:<br />
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"This blog is intended as both a scrap book for ourselves to keep a record of all our travels, friendships made, and as a way for family and friends to be able to follow along and see what we have been up to. It may also serve to show plans of future travels and visits with friends and family across the United States.<br />
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Please bear with us while we get this blog going."BSTRAVELERShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115717357979767578noreply@blogger.com2