Last night we arrived at Tolleson, AZ just to the west of Phoenix. This is our yearly visit to Freightliner to do all of the routine maintenance on the motorhome.......oil changes, radiator cleaning, etc. This year we discovered we will also have to get new tires for the motorhome. That is a huge expense of about $3000. We will put it off until next March when we leave AZ. We will then have new tires to travel on the road instead of putting on new tires now and letting them sit for 5 months.
The past week we were in Cottonwood, just outside of Sedona. The Thousand Trails park there is very nice and peaceful and we spent most of the week at the campground just vegging. We did go to Sedona one day to spend a few hours at the vortex at Cathedral Rock. It is a very spiritual place for us.
One funny (but not so funny at the time) story ..... one morning as I was reading the paper I heard water running and thought Barb was just washing her hands. A few minutes, I still heard water running but Barb was walking around in the bedroom. So I got up to inspect, thinking that she had left the faucet on..................NO! The water in the toilet was running...........that was the fresh water only that filled the toilet..........IT WAS NOT A BLACK WATER OVERFLOW!
The water overflowed the toilet into the bath area and the living area. Apparently the pedal stuck open. So that morning we spent cleaning and dryiing and mopping.............. The carpet was soaked, too.
And now for the worst........................the same thing happened again the next morning...........you would think we would be intelligent enough to be careful..................NO! This time the water ran for a long period of time so not only came into the living room , it flowed under the sofas and ran outside from one corner. Guess we were not too level. Or too smart! More cleaning, mopping, and drying the carpet.
Now we know to watch the pedal. Funny thing, now that we are watching the pedal, it does not stick anymore.
Tomorrow we leave Freightliner and drive to the east side of Phoenix to Apache Junction and our home for 5 months. We are anxious to be back to see all of our friends.
Love and hugs,
Linda and Barb
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Palo Duro Canyon and Santa Rosa State Park
The past couple of weeks have been great days of traveling and site seeing. We are currently at Meteor Crater, AZ about 35 miles outside of Flagstaff. We leave this morning for the Sedona and will be there for 6 days. I wanted to just update you with our travels since the last time I wrote.
Palo Duro Canyon in TX was everything we expected it to be. The campsites were in the canyon
itself so we had to drive down the winding narrow canyon road with a 10% downhill grade and several switchbacks. All of that is fine with a car but trying to do switchbacks with the motorhome and tow car felt a bit precarious. Barb is an excellent driver and was very confident, but careful, as we drove down. The campsite was at the base of one of the walls of the canyon. We had beautiful views, including sunsets and sunrises. I will sending pictures when I am somewhere with faster internet service.
From Palo Duro we went to Santa Rosa Lake State Park in NM. Santa Rosa is a small town on Route 66 and the lake is just north of town. We spent 3 days there. The campsite was high on a hill and did have somewhat of a view of the lake. There were some great walks in the park that were on a bluff overlooking the lake. Barb walked them everyday and I did once....hmmmm.
After leaving Santa Rosa, we spent one night in Gallup and one night here at Meteor Crater. Interestingly enough, this is really the site of a meteor that fell and left a large hole. The site is about 10 miles from this campground and they do tours of the crater. NASA and the Discovery channel have studied this area. We did not go to the crater to see it but someday plan to do so when we go through this area.
I will post pictures of the the canyon and the lake and update you on some of the funny and not so funny adventures we have had on this trip.
Chat later. Thanks to those of you who write and encourage me to keep this blog up to date.
Love and hugs to all of you,
Linda and Barb
Palo Duro Canyon in TX was everything we expected it to be. The campsites were in the canyon
itself so we had to drive down the winding narrow canyon road with a 10% downhill grade and several switchbacks. All of that is fine with a car but trying to do switchbacks with the motorhome and tow car felt a bit precarious. Barb is an excellent driver and was very confident, but careful, as we drove down. The campsite was at the base of one of the walls of the canyon. We had beautiful views, including sunsets and sunrises. I will sending pictures when I am somewhere with faster internet service.From Palo Duro we went to Santa Rosa Lake State Park in NM. Santa Rosa is a small town on Route 66 and the lake is just north of town. We spent 3 days there. The campsite was high on a hill and did have somewhat of a view of the lake. There were some great walks in the park that were on a bluff overlooking the lake. Barb walked them everyday and I did once....hmmmm.
After leaving Santa Rosa, we spent one night in Gallup and one night here at Meteor Crater. Interestingly enough, this is really the site of a meteor that fell and left a large hole. The site is about 10 miles from this campground and they do tours of the crater. NASA and the Discovery channel have studied this area. We did not go to the crater to see it but someday plan to do so when we go through this area.
I will post pictures of the the canyon and the lake and update you on some of the funny and not so funny adventures we have had on this trip.
Chat later. Thanks to those of you who write and encourage me to keep this blog up to date.
Love and hugs to all of you,
Linda and Barb
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Our Last Day in El Reno
After 5 days we are finally ready to leave the Lucky Star Casino. Barb has done quite well here and has therefore loved the expeience. She played in four tournements.......lost one, 2nd place in two, and won one. She also played poker before and after the tournements.
Her new experience though was to play "No Limit" poker........just like on the World Series of Poker stars. And she loved it and did quite well.
This morning she played in one more tournement and we left El Reno by 1:00 pm. Tonight we are staying at the West 40 RV park in Shamrock, TX.
Our plans for the next week are to spend 4 days at Palo Duro Canyon State Park in TX and then 4 days at Santa Rosa Lake State Park in NM. Palo Duro is supposed to be the second largest canyon in the country; second only to the Grand Canyon and just a beautiful. WE are looking forward to being there and camping in the state park. I am not sure if I will have internet service so will catch you up with pictures in a week.
Love and hugs,
Linda and Barb
Her new experience though was to play "No Limit" poker........just like on the World Series of Poker stars. And she loved it and did quite well.
This morning she played in one more tournement and we left El Reno by 1:00 pm. Tonight we are staying at the West 40 RV park in Shamrock, TX.
Our plans for the next week are to spend 4 days at Palo Duro Canyon State Park in TX and then 4 days at Santa Rosa Lake State Park in NM. Palo Duro is supposed to be the second largest canyon in the country; second only to the Grand Canyon and just a beautiful. WE are looking forward to being there and camping in the state park. I am not sure if I will have internet service so will catch you up with pictures in a week.
Love and hugs,
Linda and Barb
Sunday, October 07, 2007
El Reno, OK
Yesterday we drove 220 miles. Arrived at the Lucky Star Casino about 2:30 pm ; pulled into rv site and set up camp. Full hookups; no charge. Good deal.
Casino has several tournements scheduled for the next few days. Barb plays in her first one at 1:00 pm today.
Love and hugs,
Linda and Barb
Casino has several tournements scheduled for the next few days. Barb plays in her first one at 1:00 pm today.
Love and hugs,
Linda and Barb
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Strafford, MO to Miami, OK
This drive was a first for us. We drove the entire 100 miles without a stop.........no rest stop, no gas stop, no "let's take a break" stop.
Stayed at Quapaw Casino parking lot. They have section for RV parking that includes water and electricity.
Spoke with manager of casino and he told us there are plans for a new casino to be right on the MO-OK border just as I44 enters OK. Will be completed by end of August 2008 and include large hotel, Rv sites and 15 poker tables. Guess that will be our new stopping place.
Barb played poker at Buffalo Run Casino and I played my penny machines at Quapaw.
love and hugs,
linda and barb
Stayed at Quapaw Casino parking lot. They have section for RV parking that includes water and electricity.
Spoke with manager of casino and he told us there are plans for a new casino to be right on the MO-OK border just as I44 enters OK. Will be completed by end of August 2008 and include large hotel, Rv sites and 15 poker tables. Guess that will be our new stopping place.
Barb played poker at Buffalo Run Casino and I played my penny machines at Quapaw.
love and hugs,
linda and barb
From Cuba, MO to Strafford, MO
Yesterday we traveled 120 miles.
Read the paper until 9:00 am or so. Barb did her regular 20 minute walk and I worked on computer for those 20 minutes.
By 10:00 am we were ready to leave the campsite (Meramac Valley RV Camp Resort). Drove to the front of the park and stopped to get propane.
Half hour later we were on the road. Drove 2 miles to next exit to get gas. Left gas station at 11:00 am.
Drove 1/2 hour and stopped at rest stop. Spent about 20 minutes there taking a walk.
On the road again, and we actually drove the remaining 90 miles with no stops. Arrived at campground in Staffard by 2:30 pm.
Wew! What a long day!
Rested awhile at the campsite. Drove 10 miles into Springfield to get best BarBQ in town. Returned back to motorhome. Had dinner and watched TV.
So that is what our driving days are like. Often we will do some siteseeing but there was nothing in this area that we wanted to go see.
Today we will leave for Miami, OK and spend 2 days there at the casino and then on to El Reno and 3-4 days there at that casino.
So love and hugs to all of you. No matter where you are in your adventures in life, know that we think of you often and value our friendship with you.
Barb and Linda
Read the paper until 9:00 am or so. Barb did her regular 20 minute walk and I worked on computer for those 20 minutes.
By 10:00 am we were ready to leave the campsite (Meramac Valley RV Camp Resort). Drove to the front of the park and stopped to get propane.
Half hour later we were on the road. Drove 2 miles to next exit to get gas. Left gas station at 11:00 am.
Drove 1/2 hour and stopped at rest stop. Spent about 20 minutes there taking a walk.
On the road again, and we actually drove the remaining 90 miles with no stops. Arrived at campground in Staffard by 2:30 pm.
Wew! What a long day!
Rested awhile at the campsite. Drove 10 miles into Springfield to get best BarBQ in town. Returned back to motorhome. Had dinner and watched TV.
So that is what our driving days are like. Often we will do some siteseeing but there was nothing in this area that we wanted to go see.
Today we will leave for Miami, OK and spend 2 days there at the casino and then on to El Reno and 3-4 days there at that casino.
So love and hugs to all of you. No matter where you are in your adventures in life, know that we think of you often and value our friendship with you.
Barb and Linda
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Cuba, MO
We left St. Louis 2 days ago and drove 60 miles to Cuba, MO. We decided to take a few days of just rest before we really started on our travels. We also spent time each day fixing little things in the motorhome and catching up on paying bills, going through paperwork and filing.
Yesterday jobs included washing the windows so we could see out while we travel and fixing one of the rear windows that would not close. It seemed like it was slipping out of its slot so I siliconed it back in. Hopefully that did the trick!
Our plans are to travel slowly. I know, what else is new! We leave this morning and drive 120 miles to Springfield, spend a night there, and then drive another 100 miles to Miami, OK. We stay at the Quapaw Casino so Barb can play poker at the near by Buffalo Park Casino. Quapaw does not have poker tables but it does have RV parking with electric/water hookups. We will probably stay in Miami for a day or two; timing depends on the cards.
Love and hugs to all of you,
Linda and Barb
Yesterday jobs included washing the windows so we could see out while we travel and fixing one of the rear windows that would not close. It seemed like it was slipping out of its slot so I siliconed it back in. Hopefully that did the trick!
Our plans are to travel slowly. I know, what else is new! We leave this morning and drive 120 miles to Springfield, spend a night there, and then drive another 100 miles to Miami, OK. We stay at the Quapaw Casino so Barb can play poker at the near by Buffalo Park Casino. Quapaw does not have poker tables but it does have RV parking with electric/water hookups. We will probably stay in Miami for a day or two; timing depends on the cards.
Love and hugs to all of you,
Linda and Barb
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