We are heading to Ledyard CT. We have some real Estate business to finish. We are going to be putting the Rv in the shop for a few warranty items. It will be going to Freedom rv in Franklin ct. We will be taking most of our stuff out of it while it is in the shop. Luckily we were able to reschedule at the shop. It is going in Friday. I am looking forward to seeing my friends and family, oh and my car!
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
China Date Ranch, Tecopa Hot Springs, CA
This is a Harvest Host location. We drove a short way from our campground to this place. We would spend one night before heading to Vegas in the morning. Just the drive in was an adventure. See the pictures. The drive was downhill around windy, narrow Canyon Road. When we arrived at the ranch, it was beautiful. It is truly an oasis. Coming from death Valley and Tecopa Hot Springs with sand and borax all over the ground to this Palm tree farm with streams running through and hiking trails. It was quite a contrast. We had a date shake. It was good. We slept overnight and headed out in the morning.
The Grand Canyon
I expected this to be the highlight of our trip. We stayed at Canyon motel and rv Park, Williams AZ . This town is the gait to the Grand Canyon. It is a one hour drive to the Canyon. We drove up in the morning, stopping at a couple tourist stores so I could shop for my postcards. We arrived at the park. We paid for our one week pass. We went in and took a right to the trail we would hike, the South Kaibab trail. We headed to the trail. I forgot my cell phone in the bathroom. Darn, I had to run back and luckily it was still there. We headed down the trail. Boy this was easy. It was bright red dirt and had many switch backs. It was pretty busy. Especially since it is off season. There was a steady stream of people hiking. Too many people. There are no trees and no privacy. We continued down the trail reaching ooh aah point I decided we would go further in so as to get away from the people. We continued to the next stop, Cedar Ridge . This is where the mules are that some people pay to ride. There is no water available here. There are bathrooms. We ate our picnic lunch overlooking the Canyon. Then we headed up. Uggh! We are so out of shape. But, we did it!! Yeah!!! We had no choice once we were in. The weather couldn't have been better. Partly cloudy and 70 degrees. It felt great!
Big Bone Lick historic site state park, Big Bone, KY
We were just looking for a site that was a few hours drive. I found this in the state park website. The name sounded funny. It has mastedon fossils, a museum and bison. We arrived early and checked in. Our site was pretty good with a trail right next to our site. We stayed two days and decided to leave early to head to CT for business. We checked out the small free Museum with fossils and took a short walk to the bison viewing area. There were nine of them. We hit the road to CT at 7pm.
Friday, April 10, 2015
Grand Canyon Caverns
while traveling towards the Grand Canyon we found this place on route 66. The campground was empty. It was just wht we needed following a week in Vegas. We got a site with not another sooul around. We had corned beef and cabbage dinner, we sat outside and had a campfire. The next morning we took a cave tour. We donned our knee pads, helmets and headlamps. we went on the tour that takes you over the fences and into small crevices and holes, some of the holes were so small we barely fit in them. At one point we were allowed to write our initials inside a cave. To think they will be there forever.
Las Vegas, NV
We arrived in Vegas on March 7, coming down a very long steep stretch of road the brakes were heating up and it was stressful. We arrived at Circus Circus rv Park early. They did not let us check in early. When we finally checked in it was no great place. $457 for a week of camping on asphalt. We set up and I headed to the airport to get nic. When we arrived at the Rv Yogi was ecstatic to see her. The next day we brought nic to have dinner with her friend samanthas. They made plans for the next day. After work I picked up Sam and she returned to the Rv, they went into the casino and norm and i went out for a bit. We walked on the strip. The place does not have the allure it did last time we were here. During the week we did a variety if things. We took nic to Freemont St. We had dinner at the golden nugget casino. Then we used $25 in free play. We went outside and the street was lit up and music was playing. Nic insisted she saw brittney Spears singing. She did not. Nic slept over her friends house one night. We did a little gambling. Didn't win a thing. One day we went to Hoover Dam. We took the tour. It was massive. Another good history lesson. One night nic went to the casino and won a large stuffed minion. I wasn't sure it was gonna be accepted on southwest, but it was. I brought nic to the airport on March 14@8AM. Norm and I packed up and headed out if this expensive city.
Death valley national park and Tecopa Hot Springs campground
Following Joshua tree national park, we headed to Tecopa Hot Springs, CA. We stayed at a passport America place for $10a night. This includes use of their hot spring natural pools. But, we found out you must go nude. Men and women are separate. The shower room had naked people walking around. I wasn't real comfortable with this. We rented the private pool for ten dollars a night. There is white stuff all over the ground. It looks like snow, but it is not. It is borax. We took our car to Death Valley national park. The weather was great at 70 degrees.
Joshua tree national park
We are heading to Las Vegas to meet Nicole on March 7 we have 7days with no plans. I said we must at least go to California we are so close. So we made a plan to go west. We went to Joshua tree campground for two days It was a rainy dismal day. Due to the weather we didn't do much here. We will have to give it another chance next time. We went to nearby Palm Springs and had lunch.
Catalina state park, Tucson Arizona
We arrived at Catalina state park on February 15, 2015. We stayed for two weeks. Norm's mom, Laura and his nephew, Eamon road in the Rv with us. We arrived at our site. It is perfect, a gorgeous view of the mountains. Laura returned home. Eamon stayed with us for a few days. We hiked to some pools and Eamon declared this is Eamon Island. We returned another day with his mom, Carolyn, eamon made and brought a flag to mark the place. During this week we had a great time enjoying Eamon. We went to his birthday party at a gym, we took him to Peter piper pizza after picking him up at school. We had dinner with Michael and Carolyn at their house. We went out for roof meat at El Charro Mexican restaurant. And the most fun was watching movies outside at the campground. Eamon enjoyed our hammock. Yogi enjoyed sleeping with Eamon. I was terribly afraid of rattlesnakes. So I attended a snake exhibit that is done on Saturday at the park. We also went to see the sponge Bob movie. And now I know what a hard salami and bacon emergency is. (thanks Eamon). Eamon would ask for this food so he could give it to the dogs. We sure are gonna miss him!
Colossal Caverns, Arizona
After leaving Laura's house, we headed towards Tucson. Laura came with us for a couple of days. We met at the caverns with Michael, Carolyn and Eamon. We had breakfast and then went for a cave tour. The caves are dead and dry. After the tour Eamon and Laura each picked out a geode and had it cut open. They were both pretty. Now I know the trick to a good geode, get the lighter one. We had lunch afterwards and took Eamon back to the campground with Laura, Norm and myself.
Jack Daniels Distillery and Miss Mary Bobo's Boarding House, Lynchburg TN
Today was a two hour drive to Lynchburg TN. We arrived at the Distillery for a tour. We paid the ten dollars for the tasting tour. It is a great tour and informative. Unbelieveable that all Jack daniels whiskey is made here. At the end of the tour we tried three types of whiskey. The gentleman jack, old number 7 and single barrel. Norm had a double tasting because I don't like whiskey. He liked the single barrel best. Afterwards we walked to downtown Lynchburg and went in some souvenir stores. Then we had lunch at Miss Mary Bobo's Boarding House. It was family style. We were called to our dining room, we sat with people from Alabama and Texas. We chatted and had a delicious meal of Southern cooking. Ribs, chicken, fried okra, macaroni and cheese, baked apples, corn salad and custard pie. All served with sweet tea. We were full!
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