May 25, 2020 - New Rig Nuances – Part 1

“Ladies and Gentlemen, the Captain has turned on the Fasten Seat Belt sign. Please be seated….” We are on Day 2 in our new rig and are parked at the Elks Lodge in Prescott Valley, Arizona. We are finding that adapting to a smaller living space will be interesting. I use the familiar airline public announcement guide above to give you an idea of the size of our new bathroom. It was Art who made the comment when attempting to wash up that the size of the sink and toilet reminded him of one that you would find on an airline. You’ll see how...

May 24, 2020 - Tucson AZ

Tucson-time drags on. More of the same-old-same-old, with a couple minor deviations thrown in. On Tuesday the 12th we saddled up the trusty Jeep-a-roo and headed north on I-10 for about 90 minutes, back to Casa Grande to visit with some RV friends at their house. We had met Bruce and Jennifer 5 years ago while we were next door neighbors in Red Bay at the Service Center. Our paths crossed this time when I posted a question on an RV forum and Bruce happened to be one of the respondents. We knew they had a house in Casa Grande but since they...

May 22, 2020 - Staying Sane (sort of) while staying in place

We are still at our site in Benson. We’ve been here for nearly seven months now and are getting bored with just sitting in one place. Plus, we’ve had unseasonably high temperatures for the last few weeks with many days with temperatures reaching above 100 degrees. I just can’t bear those temperatures. We spend most afternoons in the air-conditioned clubhouse reading or surfing the web, playing pool or table tennis. The good news is that some states are starting to lift their stay-at-home orders. After nearly 6 weeks of a stay-at-home order...

May 9, 2020 - Tucson AZ

And the hot weather hibernation continues...at times. We have sort-a-kind-a been following our routine in the 2 weeks since the last update, with the occasional gray area violation of the law thrown in to break free from the boredom and to maintain our sanity. Sunday evening we took a drive up the road toward Mount Lemmon and stopped at one of the scenic overlooks to get a view of the lights of Tucson in the clear, low humidity desert air. We learned that it’s a pretty popular thing to do as we joined about 30 other people enjoying the...

May 3, 2020 - Fool Hollow Lake

Today was our jumping off day, leaving Casa Grande to begin our journey north to Colorado. Our route took us to Show Low, Arizona where we had reservations to camp at Fool Hollow Lake State Park. Our site #20 was in the Cinnamon Teal section of the campground. On the road today, we stopped at a small rest stop in the town of Superior, Arizona. The mines in the area had recently closed in 1994 so the town is becoming pretty much a ghost town. Across the street from the rest area there is a mining display now part of the Visitor's Center. We...

May 3, 2020 - Week-11

The final week of my adventure “RetirCation”. As I post my last travel log, I’m on day 4 of my quarantine in the Okanagan...all is well. The trip north from Pocatello, ID was unadventurous, but I tried to find some sights of interest. Even filling up with gas - my only real contact with the world outside my RV was pay-at-the-pump too easy and very safe. A trip through Idaho wouldn’t be complete without a stop at the Blackfoot, ID Potato Museum...lol. Further along the way, one of the I-15 rest areas has a lava field attraction nearby; and...

May 1, 2020 - Surprise

We found out yesterday that our Yellowstone work is a go, but we have to be there early to quarantine for 14 days before we can start to work. Our plan is to leave on the second, so of course we have a problem with the water today. We noticed a leak while we were having coffee on the patio (the only time when it is cool enough to sit outside.) When Don checked, he determined that the hot water heater by-pass valve was the problem. He found a crack in the valve so off he went to pick up a new one. Naturally there wasn’t one in town, so he...

Apr 30, 2020 - It's a Go

We heard from Sheila last night. Rainbow Point campground is set to open on May 21st. We had planned to leave fairly soon just to get out of this heat, but now we have to go to get up there in time to do a 14-day quarantine before we can work. So we are finishing up bits and pieces, and plan to leave here on Saturday. Slow-cooked fajitas tonight for dinner, a la Scott Jones.

Apr 29, 2020 - Hitting the Road

Just a quick posting, we have decided to head out with masks & hand sanitizer in tow. Our first stop is in California to see the kids & grand-kids. We'll be in Lancaster for three nights & then work our way up to Eugene, Oregon for a repair on the 5th-wheel (it needs a new water pump). From there we'll pick up where we left off last year (in Crescent, Oregon). So Big Pines RV Park...here we come ! Arizona is getting pretty warm, temp today will be 104 degrees, we can hunker down in Crescent where it is cooler than here. So Friday morning...

Apr 28, 2020 - Another Drive

We went grocery shopping yesterday. Actually went to Walmart, and it wasn’t too bad. We managed to spend quite a bit getting stocked up again on TP, paper towels, paper plates, some food and of course supplies for 5 o’clock somewhere. And we actually found bottled water at 2 cases for $5.00 yippee! I was looking for some planked salmon, but no luck there. Today we did a video call on Zoom. This was a new thing for me, but I got it up and running in time for our appointment with Don’s insurance agent. I don’t think I am really getting better...

Apr 28, 2020 - Welcome

Thank you for your interest in continuing with us on our big adventure. Last years journal was getting pretty long so we decided to start a separate one for this year. Last year we hit the road in late April, so this is about one year later. Please send us a message using the button for that on the title page. We like feedback and messages of any sort. We will be mostly in Colorado and New Mexico this year, so the map should not have to be changed as it had to be last year. If you did not change the map you can still go back to that...

Apr 27, 2020 - Day 42 & 102...degrees that is

It has been 20 more days of self isolation since I last updated the blog. It has been a slow 20 days. They closed down everything...Pool, pool room, card room, putting green, etc... It is hard to write that you sat outside until it got too warm and then we moved inside. But prior to the really high heat the last few days it has been beautiful. I have pictures of the full moon. It looked immense in the HUGE western sky. I have a picture of Ziva just laying down in the Dog Park. No other dogs in the park most of the time, so there are no...