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After spending a few nights in Taos we made our final drive towards Texas. It seemed like an easy route, just drive southeast until we arrive in DFW and park Little Al next to his much bigger girlfriend Lucy. Au contraire. We spent the last night looking at the red colored clouds of a ragingContinue reading “Circle Complete”

We spent the last 4 days in Pagosa Springs and compared to most of our trips there, this was an actual slow action paced experience. Not that we didn’t do a lot and exercise to our hearts content but without our leaders Brenda and Dick we just had to fly by the seat of ourContinue reading “Pagosa Down Time”

We enjoyed our stay at Ridgway State Park so much last year that we decided to return on our trip back towards Tejas. Using Joanie’s valuable notes from last year we were able to find a site close to recent bear activity but more importantly close to the bano. Any view at this park isContinue reading “Ridgway State Park – Repeat Performance”

My Joanie reminded me that since I’ve retired that my number one job now is exercising and taking care of myself. I thought that it was a very touching way of saying she wanted me to be around a lot longer. Then she took me to Canyonlands National Park and tried to kill me byContinue reading “Canyonlands National Park”

Although she’s really not bad to look at, it’s pretty obvious that I married my sweet bride for her brains. Thinking well ahead of time, actually before I knew we were going, smart Joanie secured reservations for us to get into Arches National Park. Since I’m an illogical person I assumed that you could justContinue reading “Arches National Park”

Last night I had a terrible dream. I was standing naked on a Highway and everyone I knew was driving past me and not even looking at me. Then I walked to school and I was late for an exam that I needed to Ace so that I would pass, and on top of thatContinue reading “Drive to Utah”

Our drive north from Phoenix took us around the fires but we could see the clouds of smoke coming from them. We had a great drive and took a small section of Route 66 through Winslow, AZ. Be very happy that you didn’t have to listen to my poor rendition of Take It Easy… SinceContinue reading “Page, AZ and Beyond”

Our drive north from Phoenix took us around the fires but we could see the clouds of smoke coming from them. We had a great drive and took a small section of Route 66 through Winslow, AZ. Be very happy that you didn’t have to listen to my poor rendition of Take It Easy… SinceContinue reading “Page, AZ and Beyond”

We spent yesterday checking out the Chihuly Exhibit at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. What are the chances that there are 2 Chihuly exhibits going at the same time? It turns out pretty good, we started out at Taliesin West (Frank Lloyd Wrights home) and were told we were in the wrong place…after aContinue reading “Last day in Phoenix”

We’ve spent the last two nights just outside Phoenix at the Eagle View RV Resort. Little Al is beyond confused as the temperature at night kicks on his heater and during the day his a/c runs. We’ve been getting up early and doing most of our hiking/walking early to avoid the 90+ degree temperatures. IContinue reading “Around Phoenix”