Feb 25, 2020 - Page AZ

Saturday was a planned stay-at-home day because of the weather. The forecast had been fluctuating from 30% chance of frozen mix, to 60% chance of rain, to 90% chance of rain and some snow, to this morning’s 97% chance of rain with no mention of snow. Only thing for sure is that it’s mostly cloudy, the only really cloudy day we’ve seen since we got here on February 2nd. The weather morons could well be wrong, so who knows what kind of nationally newsworthy calamity could befall us. Saturday did end up rainy for about half the day, but...

Feb 24, 2020 - Bisbee/Benson/Tucson/ Yuma /Day 8-CC Tour

The trip back to Yuma, covered 527 miles with a few delays, 2 hours and 45 minutes. The first was 45 minutes waiting for highway construction, and it was needed as that highway was rather bumpy. The next 2 hours was at the Douglas border crossing into the US. We had to unload the bus of all of our possessions and proceed to the lineup with everyone else on foot. We packed up ALL of our suitcases and personal items and proceeded to walk into the border station to go through the process of questioning [which wasn’t bad] and then had...

Feb 24, 2020 - Cottonwood/Sedona, AZ

Arrived Cottonwood, set up camp and settled in for the night. The next day was clean up day for the motor homes, cars and laundry. We are in Verde Valley 1000 trails RV park. A huge park sprawled out in three levels. It has two clubhouses, a lovely newly installed pool, hot tub spa and bathhouse. Lots of animals around the park as the Verde river runs alongside the park. Every morning are signs of Havelina prints on the ground. A couple nights before we arrived a mountain lion caught a full grown Havelina not far from our campsite. People...

Feb 24, 2020 - Spring Travel Plans

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome onboard Flight DL2789 with service from Tucson to Istanbul. Yep, we’ve finalized part of our plans for this spring. That type of airline announcement is one that we’ll hear in April as we board the plane for our trip to Europe. We’ll first fly into Istanbul where we’ll spend a week. We’ve spent a couple of days in Istanbul 25 years ago but I am sure so much has changed. Then, a four-hour flight will take us to Malaga, Spain. That is our kickoff point for our travels North through Spain. We have stops planned in...

Feb 23, 2020 - Organ Pipe Nat. Monument

Arrived in Organ Pipe after a 3hr drive to find we can only stay 5 instead of 6 nights. That means we will need to overnight one night at Walmart in Buckeye,AZ on our was to Cottonwood,AZ. As this is a Nat Mnmt, we can stay for $10 instead of $20 with our Sr. pass. All sites have no utilities but have large terracotta colored concrete pads to accommodate both motor home and tow. The site is gravel with a large metal picnic table. The sites are set at an angle so you are not parked side by side. Nicely landscaped with local cacti and desert...

Feb 22, 2020 - A Beautiful Week

Monday through Friday was totally perfect. Most days in the low 80’s, light wind and no clouds. Perfect weather, especially after seeing some of the weather reports back home in Arkansas. I will get to Saturday later in the post, but we could not have asked for better weather this week. Next week looks like it will be about the same. This will be good for Dan, since everyday he is here next week will be at least 30 degrees warmer than Little Rock. But for now here is what we did this week. Monday we were out and around picking up a few...

Feb 21, 2020 - Page AZ

Friday’s event was scheduled, a boat tour of this end of Lake Powell. We drove just down the hill from the campground to the lodge and marina, checked in and waited a bit, then the boat pulled out of the marina just about 1:00 for what turned out to be a very Gilligan-like, 3 hour tour. Other than what they claimed was a Golden Eagle, it was a critter-free journey but it was heavy on scenery. We had heard that the area around Page, and especially the lake, was awesome and as you know I am not a big fan of dirt and desert, but this place has...

Feb 20, 2020 - Page AZ

We were on the road just before 9:00 on Thursday morning for an over 2 hour drive to see one of the most famous and iconic places in the U.S., Monument Valley along the AZ/UT border, the backdrop for dozens of TV and movie scenes. Once we got there it was easy to see why it’s so popular with those industries. After a quick stop in Kayenta for a bathroom break – and some chicken nuggets – we turned off of U.S. 160 and north onto U.S. 163 and shortly after passing through town, the amazing geological features of the valley started to come...

Feb 19, 2020 - February

Hello everyone, I (Emily) am writing an update with no camping trips involved or great places seen. We have spent the winter working on the Tucson house and visiting places and people in the area. Mike is putting the finishing touches on the porch roof on the house. We have learned that what we would have completed in four days 20 years ago has taken four weeks now. We wouldn’t have been able to complete it without Jeff. He picks up a bundle of shingles like they are a pad of paper, I carry six at a time and we don’t let Mike carry any due...

Feb 19, 2020 - Page AZ

We’re back! The eastbound trip was pretty uneventful, but horribly tiring. Air travel these days is not for the weak. On Wednesday the 5th, we got up and did all of our packing and house preps, then drove almost 5 hours to Las Vegas, I got a haircut, we grabbed dinner then headed to the airport to sit and wait about 2 hours for our overnight 5 hour flight to Orlando. Brutal...that one word best describes the day. Not that anything went wrong, but the cumulative effects of driving, flying, time zone changes and no sleep kicked our aging...

Feb 18, 2020 - Hello from Sunny Arizona

Happy New Year ! This year our goal is to hit the road in March, Pete has the medical issues that plagued him last summer under control & is doing quite well. So that being said, we are starting to plan some of our trip & starting to get the 5th-wheel ready to roll. Our trip will take us to California first, want to see the kids & grand-kids & get a little time in with some friends. Then it'll be off Oregon, Idaho, Montana & maybe Wyoming (we think). As I said, its in the planning stages. We do want to wish everyone a Happy & safe New Year...

Feb 16, 2020 - Finally, the good weather...

It has been a quick five days. A lot has gone on now that the good weather is finally here. The last five days have been pure “Chamber of Commerce” days. We have tried to stay busy and be out some each day. Wednesday was a golf day. I went to Wellton with two Canadians and my neighbor from Michigan to play Coyote Wash. It started cool...like low to mid 50’s. Being the southern person in the group, I was the only one in long pants. By the 7th hole we were all shedding our jackets and sweaters. It was a purely beautiful day with winds no more...