Oct 19: Mexican Train Night

While in Cottonwood, we met up with a number of friends and planned a Mexican Train night. 


There was this major competition between everyone. 
The top three players of each table received prizes.

THE WINNERS:  Showing off their prizes and their legs
Marie, Barb, Co, Ann, Susan, Linda

Anne, Ann and Marie comparing their scores. 

Is that Jackie Rabbit making sure they are honest?

Linda, Susan, Marie, Anne, Ann, Linda, Nancy, Flo, Barb, and Co

 

I think there was more laughter and silliness than serious play.
We had a great time with wonderful friends.

Love and hugs,

Linda, Barb, and Bailey

Oct 19: Cathedral Rock

One of our most favorite places in the Sedona area is Cathedral Rock.  Not only is it an absolutely beautiful sight, it is on a vortex.  A vortex causes magnetic energy to be produced and it is believed that it helps ground and energize people.  Whenever we come here, we feel the energy, although it is not always from the same spot.

We brought Linda and Nancy here and spent the afternoon walking around. 

Nancy and Barb stood on the edge of Oak Creek River and absorbed the energy, or at least, viewed the beauty.

The two spires in the center of Cathedral Rock look like two women with their backs to each other.  What do you think?

Barb and I sat in this spot, felt the energy from the flowing water and overhanging trees.  Aaaaahh!

Another wonderful day absorbing the greatness and beauty of this country !

Love and hugs,
Linda, Barb, Bailey

Oct 17: Jerome, AZ

Jerome, Arizona is a small former mining town in the hills above Cottonwood and Sedona.  At one time it was the 3rd largest town in Arizona.  After going through a time period of few residents and business, the town was revived by an artists community followed by restaurants, galleries, and shops.  It is now a thriving tourist area and a fun place to visit.

View of Jerome in the forefront and Sedona Valley in the background

Linda, Barb, Nancy and Linda on the hillside above Jerome

It is believed that many of the buildings are haunted by ghosts.

We ate lunch at the Haunted Hamburger Restaurant and found ourselves  visited by a ghost.

Photo of placard on table telling story of ghost while restoring the Jerome Palace.
Click on placard to get zoom in to read.
I photographed the placard again and found we had an unknown visitor at our table.

We do not know who she is but glad she visited us.

After lunch we toured an old theatre that is being restored and found a new friend.  He was a bit threatening but Barb and Nancy charmed him.



Love and hugs,

Linda, Barb, and Bailey

Oct 14: Grand Canyon

We arrived in Williams, AZ today and met up with our friends, Linda and Nancy, who traveled from St. Louis to visit us.

Williams is about 50 miles from the Grand Canyon so off we went for the beautiful sights.  It was the first time for Linda and Nancy.  Though we had been there before, the Grand Canyon is soooo awesome that it was like seeing it for the first time.

Linda , Nancy, and Lulu were amazed at the grandeur

Every view and every angle was more magnificent.

Linda Glover Gooch, an artist in the Arizona area, found herself a wonderful spot set up her easel.

Bailey found a rock to rest on after all of our walking.  We wore him out.

Tomorrow we leave here and head to the Thousand Trails Verde Valley Campground in Cottonwood, Az, which is just a few miles from Sedona.   Linda and Nancy  will be following us there and will spend a week with us touring the area.

Hope you are all having a wonderful summer.  Fall is close and the fall colors will soon be upon us.

Love and hugs,

Linda, Barb and Bailey

Oct 9: Egrets in the Mohave Desert

We thought at first that we were seeing a mirage in the Mohave Desert.  We were on our way to Needles, CA for a few casino days.

We had stopped at a gas station in the middle of the desert, absolutely nothing there except sand, brush, rundown houses and cars, no water, no lake, no reservoir. 











To our amazement, a flock of white egrets flew overhead and landed in a tree.  We watched them resting there.
 One or two of them would leave the tree and circle the area as though on guard.

It was a beautiful sight.

Oct 6: A Celebration----Minus 31

Today we arrived in Coalinga , CA and will be staying for 2 nights.  I checked Trip Advisor and found a restuarant, small and cozy, in town for us to have a grand meal celebration.  After 8 months of monitoring my food intake and learning to eat healthy, we decided to go all out for a grand meal.

The Mountain Oyster Steak House and Saloon

received great reviews for their mountain oysters, their ribeye steaks and their twice baked potatoes. 










We did not order the oysters but did get stuffed mushrooms as an appetizer, ribeye steak, twice baked potatoes, garlic bread, zucchini cooked in bacon and fried bread pudding for dessert.


And , of course, we had to have wine.

 It was a wonderful evening and a great celebration.

We now have NutriBears for each 10 pounds lost to join us on our travels.

Love and hugs,

Linda, Barb and Bailey

Sept 29-Oct 5: Morgan Hill, CA

We arrived at the Morgan Hill Thousand Trails preserve and found a lovely spot to park.  It was a wide spot with many trees.  We will be staying here for over a week so that Barb can fly to St. Louis to see her mom.

We have many visitors come visit us each day and we have certainly enjoyed watching them.

 

Love and hugs,
Barb, Linda and Bailey

Sept 22: Klamath River RV Resort and the Redwood National Park

View from the motorhome

And so we leave Oregon and enter California.
 Our drive took us through the northern sections of the Redwoods National Park.








Our first stop is at the Klamath River Campground.  It is right on the Klamath River and a favorite park for many people to spend weekends or weeks fishing on river right from the campground.

  We were very impressed with this campground and know we will come back again.












From this location we were able to take a drive to the Redwoods National Park.  Needless to say, the trees and the forest was awesome.

How tiny we look....and skinny too !!!