tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71873888017769334622024-02-20T12:39:28.732-08:00Walt & Snookie TravelFollow along as Walt & Snookie explore the highways and byways of America. Our home base is Arizona but we try to get HOME to Delaware as often as we can.Snookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14234189395419835018noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187388801776933462.post-72309889348133734352023-10-19T17:53:00.001-07:002023-10-19T17:53:09.870-07:00<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> ARIZONA - DAY 27 - 10.17.23</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Things got really strange here last night. Our lights started dimming, our radio changed from AM to FM on its own and we couldn't turn it off no matter how many times we pushed the on/off button. Our AC wouldn't kick on and we needed that! Our first thought was that we needed to run our generator to charge our batteries. We turned it on, thankfully its quiet and all the neighbors homes are shut up anyway with their AC's running so we didn't disturb anyone. We have a fan so the plan was to let the generator run until it ran out of gas so we could at least have a fan on us during the night.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We had no clue what was happening but the word "possessed" crossed my mind several times. So now plans have really changed. We're heading straight home and not staying in the valley for a few days as planned before anything else happens. I'm tellin' ya, if it isn't one thing it's another. The joys of camper ownership!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We loaded up as quickly as we could because of the heat and we were kinda, sorta fearful of what else could go wrong.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Of course I have an on the road shot for you!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHj12zuH9MNhyfu7IMgDirWYGB-Y7Jn8metiM7lH6SMwOLHZ2cQ4hhXWu31Ik1ilk2OzS_x2NXPgX5uAdq21A2m6qo8nx7y3kM_vN8_AjskpsOaAdLLcYKEPh7J6fMvsV9IGSlXn9fmdjpGyuzieK2q9XPTjSlMf5HHxX_aMj6uycSPTcetS8qNyUbzI8/s5184/IMG_7371.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHj12zuH9MNhyfu7IMgDirWYGB-Y7Jn8metiM7lH6SMwOLHZ2cQ4hhXWu31Ik1ilk2OzS_x2NXPgX5uAdq21A2m6qo8nx7y3kM_vN8_AjskpsOaAdLLcYKEPh7J6fMvsV9IGSlXn9fmdjpGyuzieK2q9XPTjSlMf5HHxX_aMj6uycSPTcetS8qNyUbzI8/w400-h300/IMG_7371.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">When we got as far as Flagstaff we met with a very smoky area.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3r3d0Ar0dq52DUtWtOF4OEUkpotNeNh512X_Ig_e31EGtchMkr4iHVV3rwazcAhj6OXDV69n4e2IURiH1JjIGa_xiIVfTXkWu7hvmkWOVEKkJYv3u-ttvQ6nv1pFL_ViDezOn5C8AJYAgeK5gJNFfNc4PkztFYsnweVAVRPe3MR7yucKt1p8i1JM_WZ8/s5184/IMG_7375.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3r3d0Ar0dq52DUtWtOF4OEUkpotNeNh512X_Ig_e31EGtchMkr4iHVV3rwazcAhj6OXDV69n4e2IURiH1JjIGa_xiIVfTXkWu7hvmkWOVEKkJYv3u-ttvQ6nv1pFL_ViDezOn5C8AJYAgeK5gJNFfNc4PkztFYsnweVAVRPe3MR7yucKt1p8i1JM_WZ8/w400-h300/IMG_7375.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We stopped at Sam's Club to pick a few things and while we were there we had them check our batteries on the camper. You guessed it. One had a dead cell and the other print out said,,,,REPLACE! So two new batteries!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The rest of the way was uneventful, thankfully!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Upon arrival we emptied the fridge and went to a meeting here in the park.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We're glad to be home.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Snookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14234189395419835018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187388801776933462.post-26800019825435370862023-10-18T14:51:00.001-07:002023-10-18T14:51:24.031-07:00<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> ARIZONA - DAY 26 - 10.16.23</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Plans </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">can change at the drop of a dime we found out today. We had plans to catch up with another JRR friend here in Havasu and I was in the middle of plans for a visit to Yuma to see friends there when I got the call.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I won't go into family details here but it was enough to change our plans. We'll be leaving here tomorrow and heading in the direction of home. We will be in the desert for a few days before making our way up the mountain and back to Juniper Ridge.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I spent most of the day on the phone, making and taking calls and texts with family members. Walt just relaxed and kept Abby entertained with walks. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It was 99 degrees here today</span></p>Snookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14234189395419835018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187388801776933462.post-21196295731441169872023-10-15T17:05:00.001-07:002023-10-16T17:51:57.172-07:00<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> NEVADA - CALIFORNIA - ARIZONA DAY DAY 25 - 10.15.23</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I think we were both kind of sorry to leave Nellis AFB because the FamCamp is just so darn nice. And we like our neighbors. And the weather is perfect! And we love the Commissary! Abby loves the dog park! I could go on....</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So as we were getting ready to go this morning, our neighbors came over to say so long because they too are leaving and heading to Luke AFB. We did finally ask their names so as they pulled out we called out, "Safe travels Ben!" This is a couple I'd like to run into again.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, all ready to go we pulled out and headed south. We're headed to Lake Havasu. I tried to get reservations at the state park to no avail. Our JRR neighbor graciously offered her side yard to stay in at her house in Lake Havasu. Full hookups to boot! Thank you Rose!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We had been following the Eagles game on the way and since they were only in the 2nd quarters when we arrived in Lake Havasu City we quickly dropped the camper and found a sports bar to watch the rest of the game. We hadn't seen one in three weeks and Walt had a great need to actually watch a game. They were 5-0 and sadly they are now 5-1 as the Jets took the lead at the end of the game. Oh well, we had to lose at least one game in the season. Hopefully, this is the only one. We're also keeping tabs on our Phillies and they are in the playoffs for the World Series.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Since we had gotten food in the bar during the game there was no need for dinner which made me happy!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Another evening of playing games, singing along with the radio and walking Abby. It's all good.</span></p>Snookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14234189395419835018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187388801776933462.post-1505110032830141182023-10-14T17:05:00.001-07:002023-10-16T17:07:18.202-07:00<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> NEVADA - DAY 24 - 10.14.23</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Today was a total do nothing day. We hung around the camper, sat outside and talked with our neighbors and new friends. (Note to self: Ask them their names)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We had thought about going to a show on the Strip but our neighbor told us about the parking fees they now charge so we squashed that idea. We certainly weren't going to pay more for parking than we paid for two tickets to a show. Other than that, neither one of us in interested in "Vegas". We don't gamble other than lottery numbers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We did go to the Commissary once again and picked up a few things that we knew were good prices. We also scored 9 oz lobster tails for $18 apiece. THAT we were very happy with. Of course we picked up his Dunkin' Donuts coffee but neither one of us noticed that we picked up coffee BEANS. Now we have to get a coffee grinder. It's always something.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We did go back to Capriotti's to get our "free" subs. These people need to go back for training. They just don't know how to build a Capriotti's sub. That said, we certainly appreciate that they <i>tried</i> to make it right.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I could spend the winter, or at least a couple of months here in the winter time. We could introduce Wannadingers to Nevada!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We have noticed one thing this trip. That the state of Florida must be empty this time of year. EVERYWHERE we go we see Florida license plates.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">We move on tomorrow. It's time to close this chapter on the our trip.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Where to next?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">No pictures were taken today! We didn't see one single red rock or any color for that matter!</span></p>Snookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14234189395419835018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187388801776933462.post-80417248336175070962023-10-13T23:05:00.001-07:002023-10-15T00:56:55.923-07:00<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> NEVADA - DAY 23 - 10.13.23</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">After getting some of our household chores done we took off for today's adventure.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Since we had filled up with gas on base we really hadn't paid attention to gas prices as we've been out and about. For some reason today we did and we didn't like what we saw.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQFPfcnXJnKZ2JH8oMjhA2vtWy4eaRhsedYH0uHc7QSi4eJR2P9hQB7tzmfpWGhWR03BXSP9RCkjtjgkVd9tuFqhgtiFlooyfJvJtiLKAOnAzhaX_jvyIPARAxeoUFvz0e1XQIXA7pLRueqGn9TqT7CnrUJsJosOn3dlgXjFzPlgzIQ7Q8bqI8EBmqnI/s5184/IMG_7325.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQFPfcnXJnKZ2JH8oMjhA2vtWy4eaRhsedYH0uHc7QSi4eJR2P9hQB7tzmfpWGhWR03BXSP9RCkjtjgkVd9tuFqhgtiFlooyfJvJtiLKAOnAzhaX_jvyIPARAxeoUFvz0e1XQIXA7pLRueqGn9TqT7CnrUJsJosOn3dlgXjFzPlgzIQ7Q8bqI8EBmqnI/s320/IMG_7325.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We paid $4.50 on base and thought that was outrageous. Walt even said to me, "I thought you said it would be cheaper on base." Little did we realize.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiLMX7EWDKTsshe64vGrB_PzCEfc4JtqJsEMvy5yn_DGVXvq31yjIF9EpsJxM6nMG0Sb7bu681yav5ZUzwwMUGwi_aqKlj2lnFZuqtAvtfyuTMU7lYVvfy1O_bkHxwaNA-jiVs4_umezUY6_BsTn_hByNZvuoRBGMcvlogXM9IwMOPHSmZOqnPU5NFpcQ/s5184/IMG_7326.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiLMX7EWDKTsshe64vGrB_PzCEfc4JtqJsEMvy5yn_DGVXvq31yjIF9EpsJxM6nMG0Sb7bu681yav5ZUzwwMUGwi_aqKlj2lnFZuqtAvtfyuTMU7lYVvfy1O_bkHxwaNA-jiVs4_umezUY6_BsTn_hByNZvuoRBGMcvlogXM9IwMOPHSmZOqnPU5NFpcQ/w300-h400/IMG_7326.JPG" width="300" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So today we're going to the Red Rock Canyon, National Conservation Area.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">On the way we took notice of these palm trees and mountains. You can certainly tell where the trees follow the sun.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb4KmfdVi1T9lms_IV_581_4ME2E-vvDSJoLUd7WF_pJ6d97SsE77-eRkkA41OFSskX7PtNz57AM__doz1rUmIFXgReFfuDBSeV_np_w4XSc8CJnJy3w4623k7FDP3kNXvBxs5zhOYmePACmDmV3V44ISgXm_fyVbjQkRgncvfbCUZFSw0VbauVpJFihg/s5184/IMG_7329.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb4KmfdVi1T9lms_IV_581_4ME2E-vvDSJoLUd7WF_pJ6d97SsE77-eRkkA41OFSskX7PtNz57AM__doz1rUmIFXgReFfuDBSeV_np_w4XSc8CJnJy3w4623k7FDP3kNXvBxs5zhOYmePACmDmV3V44ISgXm_fyVbjQkRgncvfbCUZFSw0VbauVpJFihg/w400-h300/IMG_7329.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Oh look! Another big rock!</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhooU3dtGH0KCsTNxHcRn9PPe2vsvHVkGwOrIWsqrwYDsZGoyL0AxtnmtM7caWKBpQlBRmQATUAJkCsuFN0fH5NNKELaL-2yhqQt9WQxw1O1XQtbMuYpFkXXqss83iPbL6LtYEsAaUmxjfgGAL1PTw-WWAm4jC2NgPqsdUtQEbmlDTppZPbS2w8N4P79rU/s5184/IMG_7330.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhooU3dtGH0KCsTNxHcRn9PPe2vsvHVkGwOrIWsqrwYDsZGoyL0AxtnmtM7caWKBpQlBRmQATUAJkCsuFN0fH5NNKELaL-2yhqQt9WQxw1O1XQtbMuYpFkXXqss83iPbL6LtYEsAaUmxjfgGAL1PTw-WWAm4jC2NgPqsdUtQEbmlDTppZPbS2w8N4P79rU/w400-h300/IMG_7330.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Neither one of us had ever seen an Exit 0 before.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgR4Ybfi5Xu06Bn758rC4Y_52lqwcDYsN-mLTP0QMm8idMBvTvBSOg8XNQnl4IsxWoro1rJLFAL5xwICN3BpTcSHFE78br2OiBcPDZfTengu_Ti55p0oP5iB63Ezs-vLw-OD0TfNIWr3Fy44iB2uJxS0Atvi2xVMKwBhazblJPc28icurFJB6l-DIwTzg/s5184/IMG_7331.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgR4Ybfi5Xu06Bn758rC4Y_52lqwcDYsN-mLTP0QMm8idMBvTvBSOg8XNQnl4IsxWoro1rJLFAL5xwICN3BpTcSHFE78br2OiBcPDZfTengu_Ti55p0oP5iB63Ezs-vLw-OD0TfNIWr3Fy44iB2uJxS0Atvi2xVMKwBhazblJPc28icurFJB6l-DIwTzg/w400-h300/IMG_7331.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was kind of a cloudy overcast day today so I wasn't sure how the pictures would turn out. We missed the brilliant blue today, that's for sure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It didn't take us long to get to our destination as it was only 16 miles from Nellis AFB. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When we arrived we noticed the signs about <i>timed entry tickets. </i>Oh no, not this again! We decided to take our chances and try to get through the gate. We were admitted with no problem and even got to use our America the Beautiful Card for the entry fee. This card has saved us over $200.00 in national park entry fees. It has more than paid for itself since we scored ours for $10.00. They now sell for $80.00.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3RqPHcLKhdpBJs4hJBvgMhElhD5PwucGi7oCfBJ4e4x4p2Qj7HVdmvoCd4orsZHPY3n1fOyRu0iwv9Gwk_16VnfHydPjPG9P_tMAor149PqSyeak81-6om-NmXjAHOSbC2iKr8tDvTRtThZD470T0vvMxTLxP8AFNqGzjE6ji2T8P6OETIsFMXvrXljA/s5184/IMG_7332.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3RqPHcLKhdpBJs4hJBvgMhElhD5PwucGi7oCfBJ4e4x4p2Qj7HVdmvoCd4orsZHPY3n1fOyRu0iwv9Gwk_16VnfHydPjPG9P_tMAor149PqSyeak81-6om-NmXjAHOSbC2iKr8tDvTRtThZD470T0vvMxTLxP8AFNqGzjE6ji2T8P6OETIsFMXvrXljA/w400-h300/IMG_7332.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The contrast from one section to the next is astounding!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYPSREvyrxdIwF3wMEDIz9PTVdQc_ITZ1ukCMbF-wZy5gZrR1x5Tm9O9B7mu_Gri6HlK7YwCOVslLF-aWNZvaJoaEhNUU_9mrRjKsElWn4dC99ObFRnpU2gVq_VE9dpPT8UXF3aihn5s1ylA3iVIVNGISRn4Dz1A7plvQR5wfxDzPd7oLmoNMrduFC6ho/w400-h300/IMG_7336.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As you ride the 13 mile road through the park everything looks like a painting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqFDW0V-j9MaJbc-6bZBl_wOKrbvpBtPGmD82YY8hrqBpboL_HuIx2j6agCYhiTdhTvanXBPU0sRcUg-e6wsHMkDSd9fZNVYgJHUWibXFNPjMecv3zX1tEYpC1q1C2t0RBJR5js0mEMhCQg_Ot-LzEb0ygOVUFc4TH0VUuD2K9vSAXoC7GVpG-2m1CKGQ/s5184/IMG_7337.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Can you see the people climbing on the rocks?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfbSPL_DNrm6r_VBkbhOC3-fhzxLXNwqxp30_oGzeH8F0Zp8mbr9ext8igZKFk239W_DbDBGTiYxvogkMUp4UqLFsAUw3_YQyMWI68wcDWi27PgcBENjPxKH7jIBJBoqktdyy3Ia6wLOXip3lvP2UPpfSoRSTrdjDN_f1tTpZP4dz6CPfNwXB4lx2QLU4/s5184/IMG_7340.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfbSPL_DNrm6r_VBkbhOC3-fhzxLXNwqxp30_oGzeH8F0Zp8mbr9ext8igZKFk239W_DbDBGTiYxvogkMUp4UqLFsAUw3_YQyMWI68wcDWi27PgcBENjPxKH7jIBJBoqktdyy3Ia6wLOXip3lvP2UPpfSoRSTrdjDN_f1tTpZP4dz6CPfNwXB4lx2QLU4/w400-h300/IMG_7340.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">LOOK at the color here! Incredible!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQiYt1U297nLbIlNUg2loDozkQ06dOq2hpr9j2eJkMTuvFvGPRkzXIE3m64rM9_Zd3mPWC-7onUC9w3pZlfFPWQa578t50nKL8r7JJkzSMi-r0InGJS0vi4mGKAdVy3PJjkSB40J_4XGz68qOSWCB39yVY2BmwSUiNlThMjznEXV7SU4Oh2q0zK0FK6g/s5184/IMG_7341.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQiYt1U297nLbIlNUg2loDozkQ06dOq2hpr9j2eJkMTuvFvGPRkzXIE3m64rM9_Zd3mPWC-7onUC9w3pZlfFPWQa578t50nKL8r7JJkzSMi-r0InGJS0vi4mGKAdVy3PJjkSB40J_4XGz68qOSWCB39yVY2BmwSUiNlThMjznEXV7SU4Oh2q0zK0FK6g/w400-h300/IMG_7341.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I took a picture of a couple and of course got ours taken in return. I'm not used to being in all these pictures, I'm always behind the camera.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCq2ma9010AqPnoxCNeN7iPM3ZUsvbNhj7heVsXoiFO1gCllOxBkCsYCwARElURr6paMffBN_gr9ZarFDMSFxiHSHRxmj1Ee2EbR2CA4e4qieAwaWvHJEvqbkv_xM1dh4sDQAHs_7tHcIp1h6DYONfIsGN8QguazcEonWbGID4gxI7v9kjx-4_mocBiM/s5184/IMG_7344.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCq2ma9010AqPnoxCNeN7iPM3ZUsvbNhj7heVsXoiFO1gCllOxBkCsYCwARElURr6paMffBN_gr9ZarFDMSFxiHSHRxmj1Ee2EbR2CA4e4qieAwaWvHJEvqbkv_xM1dh4sDQAHs_7tHcIp1h6DYONfIsGN8QguazcEonWbGID4gxI7v9kjx-4_mocBiM/w400-h300/IMG_7344.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were several warning signs about the park's animals.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We saw one that warned us that tortoises were in the area. We didn't see any tortoises.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcC9Wg2-re4HuKkdsxlQNsBHLWqcpcqkdwX0M8SW7L7jpPc7U0MUpBZexeqnGOxFZ-bPsSgN6W8AIsXWk36aWsMqGe4TFlc09e6UrH18Dth1kOBHzIvA8fiI5CFA0mCwfcLT35hIeIEm01PeT01Y9c3e75tNh-u1823nnZZazVzubK5okvCJvnBjLOBRc/s5184/IMG_7348.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcC9Wg2-re4HuKkdsxlQNsBHLWqcpcqkdwX0M8SW7L7jpPc7U0MUpBZexeqnGOxFZ-bPsSgN6W8AIsXWk36aWsMqGe4TFlc09e6UrH18Dth1kOBHzIvA8fiI5CFA0mCwfcLT35hIeIEm01PeT01Y9c3e75tNh-u1823nnZZazVzubK5okvCJvnBjLOBRc/w400-h300/IMG_7348.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next sign we saw warned us not to approach the wild horses. We didn't see any wild horses.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmWT2k79Ajlqv7fOsi_OaPyizaO0AWhMw8BtslXlV03J4yEK9EzZWdWwkg8QT8zayOaMphWCN_uitWkJFUQCgOaK_-Gm0ZxB5mJ7FZuUHJkIF5T1lMCUappJKVyuNkTHboyv171duS05zXhM-ro9wgEL4bld4R7iz_3ketN3qb_KEq_UHvxRj0GYSaC0/s5184/IMG_7347.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmWT2k79Ajlqv7fOsi_OaPyizaO0AWhMw8BtslXlV03J4yEK9EzZWdWwkg8QT8zayOaMphWCN_uitWkJFUQCgOaK_-Gm0ZxB5mJ7FZuUHJkIF5T1lMCUappJKVyuNkTHboyv171duS05zXhM-ro9wgEL4bld4R7iz_3ketN3qb_KEq_UHvxRj0GYSaC0/w400-h300/IMG_7347.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The last sign warned us not to feed the wild burros. We didn't see any wild burros to feed.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDbP7yVeKw4C4GAliCv60VwRS8jYxNBjPYTt23X1Nf_A-eLGPaXCnnNIMdStiLCZZpwzBY8riHHdjetsr67-yNt8zdiW0nPQygJisiKL0GnQC7mVH8DHRVw8iVCeTKW3VkQrV43F9AD8bXvv8p9O9US_cnFP0UqHzUpgZc1bo_Owj4WWVRWeor12yXf4/s5184/IMG_7345.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDbP7yVeKw4C4GAliCv60VwRS8jYxNBjPYTt23X1Nf_A-eLGPaXCnnNIMdStiLCZZpwzBY8riHHdjetsr67-yNt8zdiW0nPQygJisiKL0GnQC7mVH8DHRVw8iVCeTKW3VkQrV43F9AD8bXvv8p9O9US_cnFP0UqHzUpgZc1bo_Owj4WWVRWeor12yXf4/w400-h300/IMG_7345.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I did see a butterfly and Walt saw a crow! That has to count for something doesn't it?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaU5QHL3v1y2f96IdmmTKVMNPYAWWiWMJ3dOaI_Dgk2BanbpschsioUK4EfNgzT1ZENDiM21uEbo4LSksBQQ7X2QnIQh5k8dW-6R4VodAje_IxyBAtU5mXHxjh9KZTfAywgnhi_J2YOXsS35ywZCrGtfY3rIVD3XxahyfHy6X4YsLuhbPZDNy6JPXGESA/s5184/IMG_7351.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaU5QHL3v1y2f96IdmmTKVMNPYAWWiWMJ3dOaI_Dgk2BanbpschsioUK4EfNgzT1ZENDiM21uEbo4LSksBQQ7X2QnIQh5k8dW-6R4VodAje_IxyBAtU5mXHxjh9KZTfAywgnhi_J2YOXsS35ywZCrGtfY3rIVD3XxahyfHy6X4YsLuhbPZDNy6JPXGESA/w300-h400/IMG_7351.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The two colors in the same rock formation just amazes me.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCD5F3Ipf-F5FeiNNkkaj4vTZvkkL5mfscDG0ybcRIW602jxOW4q2zGdx7UbYFlJPjWmC1lG-yiOFKLJLujGSihrtrLRFOYeDsVETvuL2uasqJ7qR5JpupDxdOUL0ucVWxPIum8Uh2jKH7AajC4PIrmkrGD0iK-S6tqx7KHX5eLWLabQyDyjIlSqhmjcw/s5184/IMG_7353.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCD5F3Ipf-F5FeiNNkkaj4vTZvkkL5mfscDG0ybcRIW602jxOW4q2zGdx7UbYFlJPjWmC1lG-yiOFKLJLujGSihrtrLRFOYeDsVETvuL2uasqJ7qR5JpupDxdOUL0ucVWxPIum8Uh2jKH7AajC4PIrmkrGD0iK-S6tqx7KHX5eLWLabQyDyjIlSqhmjcw/w400-h300/IMG_7353.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Some parting shots.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Zxiyj3rHcxpm6B9sjtnSya0_3FWGDqqjrcMmKcH3RuNh4WGw4bViUQtjLSVJ1bIpD-ePpmKsuj8SwPXApfB-XmSNKMxXfDTmf-VzPN5sxO5axL7JWXjzxOfkShw3lrvJJh4zNnE4-p-C82qEufVrYofrBiM4D8SrKMFxm3t-vmR0XgtdOBYptwKTkQ0/s5184/IMG_7364.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Zxiyj3rHcxpm6B9sjtnSya0_3FWGDqqjrcMmKcH3RuNh4WGw4bViUQtjLSVJ1bIpD-ePpmKsuj8SwPXApfB-XmSNKMxXfDTmf-VzPN5sxO5axL7JWXjzxOfkShw3lrvJJh4zNnE4-p-C82qEufVrYofrBiM4D8SrKMFxm3t-vmR0XgtdOBYptwKTkQ0/w400-h300/IMG_7364.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One would think we'd be tired of all this scenery stuff. Nope, never!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQEeGc1gNdmekOOTe0u8AlbKlYQx_kbeYAy2K_K_IshZBC4c1AlSZnpVK0nQvuk4gIYjJQ3xMus8l1GVqiWvNfbCrLFyklELiKKUaTLFwx0WZeZhZLi0SvYwPy_zfk_JycDqqIanqvIA5o5V__WhU7NW3ePAWi4sYWt68cnysUN2z7F9RSSmToab6vVnQ/s5184/IMG_7366.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQEeGc1gNdmekOOTe0u8AlbKlYQx_kbeYAy2K_K_IshZBC4c1AlSZnpVK0nQvuk4gIYjJQ3xMus8l1GVqiWvNfbCrLFyklELiKKUaTLFwx0WZeZhZLi0SvYwPy_zfk_JycDqqIanqvIA5o5V__WhU7NW3ePAWi4sYWt68cnysUN2z7F9RSSmToab6vVnQ/w400-h300/IMG_7366.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Since the Red Rock Canyon Conservatory Area is only 13 miles long it didn't take us very long to go through it even with all the times we pulled over to get out and see the area better. We had the better part of the day to entertain ourselves. We're giving some thought to buying a new/newer (bigger) camper and don't have a clue as to what we want. I had seen an advertisement for Lazy Days which has a HUGE dealership in Tampa, Florida and a good sized one in Tucson and another in Phoenix. I figured we could go through some and just see what's available in a size we could tow. What a disappointment that stop was. It was very small and the units parked so close together that the slides couldn't be out so every rig looked cramped. All the units were locked due to the surrounding neighborhood as we weren't in the best part of town. So this was a total bust for us. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We stopped by the Commissary to pick up a few things before going to pick up dinner. Do I ever miss shopping there! The prices are just so good compared to Safeway or Basha's which are our choices at home.</div><p>We love coming to Las Vegas for one particular reason. Capriotti's! It's a sub shop that originated in Delaware and consistently wins Best Sub Shop or Best Cheese Steak by popular vote. There are 18 Capriotti's in Las Vegas! Of course we went to the closest one to the base. It was so aggravating trying to order our steak sandwiches because the young lady kept talking over us with suggestions for our sandwiches while we were trying to tell her what WE wanted on OUR sandwiches. Needless to say, when we got back to the base and sat down to eat these long awaited sandwiches, we found out they weren't made with what we wanted anyway! I called the store as soon as we made the discovery and the shift manager assured us that we would receive two new sandwiches to replace the incorrectly made ones. We agreed to that and said we would be in before the week was out. That works.</p><p>Thursday is laundry day on this trip. It nearly killed me to do it the past two weeks because the campgrounds/laundromats we used were $2.50 to wash and $2.50 to dry. Times that per four loads of laundry and this Queen of Cheap was not a happy camper. Imagine my delight when I went to the FamCamps laundry and it was 75 cents for a 34 minute wash cycle and 75 cents for 45 minutes of drying time. Of course, this laundry was spotless which was certainly appreciated.</p><p>We just love this base. For one thing, even though we are in the desert and all the buildings are the same color as the background its fairly easy to get around. At least it is for Walt. I'm very thankful for his sense of direction. He can drive somewhere once and be able to get around the next time he's there, such as on a base or a small to medium sized town. Always being the passenger I don't pay attention to left turns or landmarks so I don't know if I would be good at remembering how to get around or not.</p><p>Evening brought a trip to the dog park with Abby, a walk for us, sitting outside listening to the evening sounds which, by the way, included fighter jets landing. How many can say that?</p><p>I'm a happy camper.</p></span><p></p>Snookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14234189395419835018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187388801776933462.post-21187836114905120292023-10-12T12:37:00.001-07:002023-10-14T17:50:52.253-07:00<p> <span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">NEVADA - DAY 22 - 10.12.23</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">After a great night's sleep we decided to take off on a day trip, well, at least a couple of hours. So we packed up Abby and her water bowl and took off.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We made the hour drive to our destination and passed fields and fields of thousands of solar panels. They seemed to go on forever. I guess with all the neon and city lights they need it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgitfyyWbE-bv9cXIFDc5SCxGcxs2T85JBOcjCLM7wGorXXy1S-TYnmWcDbOrV1LogcWrlSsbtQcP7osSuWvXs1tmRV4Fh4WQ0wmQcdat7xyHgveROvJI8Ah1xUc80k3nmQ-RJC5hU7xTq1YODoNsklFApzdiHnSMP17bZiToKHyM5uB6re7QfBE6MCp7w/s5184/IMG_7249.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgitfyyWbE-bv9cXIFDc5SCxGcxs2T85JBOcjCLM7wGorXXy1S-TYnmWcDbOrV1LogcWrlSsbtQcP7osSuWvXs1tmRV4Fh4WQ0wmQcdat7xyHgveROvJI8Ah1xUc80k3nmQ-RJC5hU7xTq1YODoNsklFApzdiHnSMP17bZiToKHyM5uB6re7QfBE6MCp7w/w400-h300/IMG_7249.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">After a </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">pleasant</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> hour's drive we arrived at our destination. Valley of Fire State Park. We stayed in this park several years ago when it was first come first serve. As of September 1st, all of Nevada's state parks went on a reservation system. Unfortunately, we don't think they thought this all the way through. Talking with a park employee we learned that reservations can be made but not cancelled. So on September 1st people made reservations </span><i style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">thinking </i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">they could make the dates they picked only to find out that life got in the way and they couldn't make it after all. The staff in the visitor's center doesn't know when campers arrive or leave and because so many arrive after visitor center hours they just don't have a clue as to what sites are occupied and which aren't. After 24 hours they could re-sell the sites,,,,if they only knew. We're betting this system gets revamped in short order.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">On with the pictorial tour of The Valley of Fire. Fair warning....beautiful sights overload ahead.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFLYBd5Tzp5N-ec5Bh9z9H_qcitmyQ14j5XyJxCypW83GovYIcB0z2FK8TZnkgdRphNGnsBajS0goOBhbdHFoFYRTgJ497207j-H-H1tFrO6WC_JxMq-XZ71McvyX5OM_6um0BooRJMEF5oMoRp67wgasBd_ATVr1peYx2aFu5uSbVUE7wcbBV-r3KAP8/s5184/IMG_7251.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFLYBd5Tzp5N-ec5Bh9z9H_qcitmyQ14j5XyJxCypW83GovYIcB0z2FK8TZnkgdRphNGnsBajS0goOBhbdHFoFYRTgJ497207j-H-H1tFrO6WC_JxMq-XZ71McvyX5OM_6um0BooRJMEF5oMoRp67wgasBd_ATVr1peYx2aFu5uSbVUE7wcbBV-r3KAP8/w400-h300/IMG_7251.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Now you know with the name Valley of Fire that there had to be RED ROCKS!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNCcIDa5-0k1Ijc4mqsS7RSdslmEwOaF__Kjdgjyoj8a7jrT3Ee9RzVlVX44M2HWe1wNNyrsFhdcd3uzSarziXo9P-4BjDx56iY66CrZJwWcBCn9HrKyX-DXkSsxPPwYBNbMKvTchtLJ2gBOALT2QI0M6mr6LJu-bZP_ywMR3jcnptuivQDndchsF_Kw/s5184/IMG_7252.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNCcIDa5-0k1Ijc4mqsS7RSdslmEwOaF__Kjdgjyoj8a7jrT3Ee9RzVlVX44M2HWe1wNNyrsFhdcd3uzSarziXo9P-4BjDx56iY66CrZJwWcBCn9HrKyX-DXkSsxPPwYBNbMKvTchtLJ2gBOALT2QI0M6mr6LJu-bZP_ywMR3jcnptuivQDndchsF_Kw/w400-h300/IMG_7252.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Some are redder than others.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFGtS0QrwkMC_6qmtN9Pj0jppgGPagAwCaFiXWwGeKQY1Vh7dVCiuJQ5nAcoVkDN5Yu7N2pEJZUvlzFIYQIii99Jg9qr6KMNWRB-OiAsBdHdZZTYylM6H0WUfJ25osvtosvqY5rEQCODilE_YMUeexXigyB_-tiSRDwGTm8c_uGQsp6v-ujVP19BRqsxg/s5184/IMG_7255.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFGtS0QrwkMC_6qmtN9Pj0jppgGPagAwCaFiXWwGeKQY1Vh7dVCiuJQ5nAcoVkDN5Yu7N2pEJZUvlzFIYQIii99Jg9qr6KMNWRB-OiAsBdHdZZTYylM6H0WUfJ25osvtosvqY5rEQCODilE_YMUeexXigyB_-tiSRDwGTm8c_uGQsp6v-ujVP19BRqsxg/w400-h300/IMG_7255.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">This section is called The Beehives.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiecvYb0gS8lw-t20QpMNXXlR8EHR8okDvj0dUaBij8Le_1n0xFeAbNM73Fud0sJc5-cq9lj6CFN_Pd0umVoomJo6-rIv0OR7_OHHDUtViK01Y9UffIWg5xaT1uOb60aiQ2RruKl9Fxvfx3_1Q68hCp669thUx34OFyIMhqnSS9nWlveb827v2oeebnr6Q/s5184/IMG_7256.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiecvYb0gS8lw-t20QpMNXXlR8EHR8okDvj0dUaBij8Le_1n0xFeAbNM73Fud0sJc5-cq9lj6CFN_Pd0umVoomJo6-rIv0OR7_OHHDUtViK01Y9UffIWg5xaT1uOb60aiQ2RruKl9Fxvfx3_1Q68hCp669thUx34OFyIMhqnSS9nWlveb827v2oeebnr6Q/w400-h300/IMG_7256.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Miss Abby nevers misses a chance to "smell" her visit to these parks.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXkDMeMMy1heNjGpW_s2CV7L_MOPSSEMo6uhXVz5bDk1lDWQVQ31xcgaIwW7g18juF-h1-TsxvWm3kL1aUlVSNZw2pK_2NfVCXHHifh28xgWYxfQgFm1uKSPk-2GJTCGznZpVvE76lzZk3fNFB-qDMyf89TMRchucCTFmROb8jUsekR6wc_UxRUebQxP0/s5184/IMG_7258.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXkDMeMMy1heNjGpW_s2CV7L_MOPSSEMo6uhXVz5bDk1lDWQVQ31xcgaIwW7g18juF-h1-TsxvWm3kL1aUlVSNZw2pK_2NfVCXHHifh28xgWYxfQgFm1uKSPk-2GJTCGznZpVvE76lzZk3fNFB-qDMyf89TMRchucCTFmROb8jUsekR6wc_UxRUebQxP0/w400-h300/IMG_7258.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The last time we were here we climbed up these stairs but we aren't doing that this time. Let's just leave it as,,,,been there, done that. That rock (?) boulder (?) is balanced there. I guess for the safety of the visitors it has been reinforced at the bottom.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTDapUDy9kA3Uug-8IT1GmNJs6GqN26AngIF3l4IggBGFX0ThwCF0Fah1XO0msKbVrQnkfSBQNp6Frzhq8jpfgySj31Q2bDH6KqZ3sooTSlQbfP7h6GzdK1-B6vszOZyQR4cLcLjkSYEpYYbiINzvLIXsvMLmSVFsiqIa3vN_-vLZKNdH-gkS6K8bHeiA/s5184/IMG_7270.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTDapUDy9kA3Uug-8IT1GmNJs6GqN26AngIF3l4IggBGFX0ThwCF0Fah1XO0msKbVrQnkfSBQNp6Frzhq8jpfgySj31Q2bDH6KqZ3sooTSlQbfP7h6GzdK1-B6vszOZyQR4cLcLjkSYEpYYbiINzvLIXsvMLmSVFsiqIa3vN_-vLZKNdH-gkS6K8bHeiA/w400-h300/IMG_7270.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>This is the only arch we saw. I'm sure there are probably others but this one was on the road we were traveling.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvDXJuIJ3LLhhTNhXPfm-oXQTMrCopPki-lo5jSE0_RZ5-w2Wc59ZPAeOMYvo7AC35fVEDA-1ApxdAYanDXQfp7zmdtpFgCN0OO3ytd6SeK-S9PDZ3w8Qh4dfOo0h6H_L-Rd6bzFYm6wGvRAXZmkQvh2YikxdybYHULpLpnsBPV6nNgBNRmyISmJJPeL0/s5184/IMG_7269.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvDXJuIJ3LLhhTNhXPfm-oXQTMrCopPki-lo5jSE0_RZ5-w2Wc59ZPAeOMYvo7AC35fVEDA-1ApxdAYanDXQfp7zmdtpFgCN0OO3ytd6SeK-S9PDZ3w8Qh4dfOo0h6H_L-Rd6bzFYm6wGvRAXZmkQvh2YikxdybYHULpLpnsBPV6nNgBNRmyISmJJPeL0/w400-h300/IMG_7269.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yeah, we climbed all over this the last time. Another been there, done that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrczgChjhTBAv1C5fxcZFomRWaluc6Q01enShAecnonaJICj1rtgH0rfrDgTzrE7y3Yj3aFGYJMVouO-XbRo7MHjacPsj3lA6lQqcKvrsE591iCT2LMABEXDYMIXS5GlnAxzfsKvCJuSVWn3vpS74WQUsGrPT3oZbPoVXNpBo06-4kPbIHzU9k8nCUVDs/s5184/IMG_7260.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrczgChjhTBAv1C5fxcZFomRWaluc6Q01enShAecnonaJICj1rtgH0rfrDgTzrE7y3Yj3aFGYJMVouO-XbRo7MHjacPsj3lA6lQqcKvrsE591iCT2LMABEXDYMIXS5GlnAxzfsKvCJuSVWn3vpS74WQUsGrPT3oZbPoVXNpBo06-4kPbIHzU9k8nCUVDs/w400-h300/IMG_7260.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Remember, you were warned!</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGsXmYZ0m4QXzCJztgV3WvRXL4JVlGRAsD-s6sXBJ5vKdapmiHGnm9B4w-d9W5QgbOrN7JHOyHqhurBlTdzlu5o8z5TPKS27jaW39-zdVxLW_ZrzVj_Oqoq3LtSdjifDo06GEj-T0VMHTUVaUz7bb9eXE0oTO6rcxRYGTWxOJa9MF9G0SW-sR7ru2XG3o/w400-h300/IMG_7294.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">,,,,and more.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFOPsGl51efqXSJl0-0NqIzwnkwqMlNx0Ht71oHylw3gXG5NBSjlNjWgKMGdwTbnUllNkvfaBX0us1W46O76sWw8wGZieITCIDutxZ9oYBJ2Vc2tlodLntCvnVAZ7twNPcsCCJTPV7SQCnp_gyZmR43CHIkMvbOp9Fzz9Eo2NNC2WisgHHBu4sB474gE/s5184/IMG_7297.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFOPsGl51efqXSJl0-0NqIzwnkwqMlNx0Ht71oHylw3gXG5NBSjlNjWgKMGdwTbnUllNkvfaBX0us1W46O76sWw8wGZieITCIDutxZ9oYBJ2Vc2tlodLntCvnVAZ7twNPcsCCJTPV7SQCnp_gyZmR43CHIkMvbOp9Fzz9Eo2NNC2WisgHHBu4sB474gE/w400-h300/IMG_7297.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtnJB9zf_BgSm2EA58gs_dR5AMBPuk-PE2tQYKjmrYW-lj8uscDzr3704zn32R_0uzib_6IH1b5qOzAcB-k4fo1hh8sfyGiEgwERyfqXHQ2d_is-Y7qmJZR5hJZChR1YNDv5Jehgs5APqHmcMhScj760WZ2JV0rL02u2lcEjlTQcjrmnby8JHQU-cS8p0/s5184/IMG_7307.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtnJB9zf_BgSm2EA58gs_dR5AMBPuk-PE2tQYKjmrYW-lj8uscDzr3704zn32R_0uzib_6IH1b5qOzAcB-k4fo1hh8sfyGiEgwERyfqXHQ2d_is-Y7qmJZR5hJZChR1YNDv5Jehgs5APqHmcMhScj760WZ2JV0rL02u2lcEjlTQcjrmnby8JHQU-cS8p0/w300-h400/IMG_7307.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We stopped to see the Seven Sisters. These formations were once part of the surrounding red rock. These towers are what remain after the relentless forces of erosion stripped away the sandstone deposits that held it all together. The many "blow holes" predict the eventual destruction of the towers that will take place hundreds of years into the future.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJPZwmmxy-nuf3zWLK7kl68_9DsAScCl54d7u-1B8XR1fWyDOOvu0_-OOqBQdji_JOgWg7R60jHmD7dQQyhEe6Llo7m_cprKdO7GyU0RN2ypYXdxpvDTFl23AaxnZVQZAmlFw4f9Q-DXaR9NV0RUAhR7Cy8TCiKACQuxZ_8ME0gjkuM8jjogy6CzQ0fug/s5184/IMG_7309.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJPZwmmxy-nuf3zWLK7kl68_9DsAScCl54d7u-1B8XR1fWyDOOvu0_-OOqBQdji_JOgWg7R60jHmD7dQQyhEe6Llo7m_cprKdO7GyU0RN2ypYXdxpvDTFl23AaxnZVQZAmlFw4f9Q-DXaR9NV0RUAhR7Cy8TCiKACQuxZ_8ME0gjkuM8jjogy6CzQ0fug/w400-h300/IMG_7309.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4gcuxvZhnXUrZnPbnwd-QIkVP2wppPzujr07nFfZsBChcndJ4D7LOMj-GkTShPblaZYtPbhQ0GH90Ck_ZrotZZnkiZBmtsensEW_VDtr4VW7zXexaUWG4kcYxIAaLkBlkYNI9UiRmWpggoO5kwcYm_CMCTaJ7rLzE8nEA8vEbIUxRz-ISBXubo0YQUw/s5184/IMG_7310.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4gcuxvZhnXUrZnPbnwd-QIkVP2wppPzujr07nFfZsBChcndJ4D7LOMj-GkTShPblaZYtPbhQ0GH90Ck_ZrotZZnkiZBmtsensEW_VDtr4VW7zXexaUWG4kcYxIAaLkBlkYNI9UiRmWpggoO5kwcYm_CMCTaJ7rLzE8nEA8vEbIUxRz-ISBXubo0YQUw/w400-h300/IMG_7310.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8E_VtUB0SctuDkY2xJJ32iTkNBGyXJ8G4G4anws3ZotPtFXp_IlD275IffSYjpoCNy5h4KhMZvsoC15NIe4EIcz5eLHBMBBxjcpb1ioui3vomuZp3FBBHBInE1Wn_jW54rGHHiweK6FQqaHmfiI_hXdtRk8WnmjHbp0RLG2Pb_clLeqPospdYZPcji-Q/s5184/IMG_7311.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8E_VtUB0SctuDkY2xJJ32iTkNBGyXJ8G4G4anws3ZotPtFXp_IlD275IffSYjpoCNy5h4KhMZvsoC15NIe4EIcz5eLHBMBBxjcpb1ioui3vomuZp3FBBHBInE1Wn_jW54rGHHiweK6FQqaHmfiI_hXdtRk8WnmjHbp0RLG2Pb_clLeqPospdYZPcji-Q/w300-h400/IMG_7311.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Those of you who know us well, know that Walt & I play "What Do You See in the Clouds" whenever the opportunity arises. Seldom does one of us not be able to "see" what the other is describing. Well, we do the same things with rocks. Look at the rock formation below, what do YOU see? Both Walt & I saw it at the same time and at the same time said,"Do you see the lions head?" I have to say, this is probably too close a shot for some of you to see it.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0KrPaTd3PQ4V33j9S8XUpAGhMhouVnk2n_uAHQzMmabQSEJmMay4vLGuBOXGCz6b4Nk2Pzvt3AP71ZMq-Y2b-QYDRb6LMnihhAo29IRdadHHa5j5mUkA_7UhpRGeV8OaRkcdbt7C292Ly4hC4pWQ31U9BLWIuGxIoRC8XznqIlxSDBw6WlIKeWOku6ag/s5184/IMG_7312.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0KrPaTd3PQ4V33j9S8XUpAGhMhouVnk2n_uAHQzMmabQSEJmMay4vLGuBOXGCz6b4Nk2Pzvt3AP71ZMq-Y2b-QYDRb6LMnihhAo29IRdadHHa5j5mUkA_7UhpRGeV8OaRkcdbt7C292Ly4hC4pWQ31U9BLWIuGxIoRC8XznqIlxSDBw6WlIKeWOku6ag/w400-h300/IMG_7312.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I guess you had to be there.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOwCxi6fU1alvbGKm8FIwKgZ-Fm0SuyrkKFNVZOmge2z7Fu-d-TMjfyZ_jc8AyoUUKMVihg2GoTYD_NIC1bRMSL1ln78zHze6ZE8u1rzuoOtaI_Rpjkip-XKPb61Ns7_NF24EVhm9ghMEEdKr1ed5c23_T0SryjPcvarma_FIFKKCXRnBUqa85EiSuNk/s5184/IMG_7313.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOwCxi6fU1alvbGKm8FIwKgZ-Fm0SuyrkKFNVZOmge2z7Fu-d-TMjfyZ_jc8AyoUUKMVihg2GoTYD_NIC1bRMSL1ln78zHze6ZE8u1rzuoOtaI_Rpjkip-XKPb61Ns7_NF24EVhm9ghMEEdKr1ed5c23_T0SryjPcvarma_FIFKKCXRnBUqa85EiSuNk/w400-h300/IMG_7313.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I could have loaded DOZENS more shots but even I'm getting tired of looking at them. Did I really just type that?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We got home, had a wonderful steak dinner that Walt cooked. The steaks came from Snowflake Butcher and oh my gosh, how good they were!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">An evening of dog walking, playing a few games, talking with our neighbors and then we called it a night! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Life is good. Life is very good.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>Snookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14234189395419835018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187388801776933462.post-60801126000441990362023-10-11T12:10:00.001-07:002023-10-14T12:21:44.001-07:00<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> NEVADA - DAY 21 - 10.11.23</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So here we are in Las Vegas, Nevada. Not for the Strip or the gambling or to visit anyone. We are staying at Nellis Air Force Base in their FamCamp. I've stayed in a lot of FamCamps over the years and this is one of my favorites. The sites are HUGE and shaded and well-kept and CHEAP! We'll spend $27 a night here. This Queen of Cheap is happy!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">After we got set up in our site we took a short ride to get the lay of the land once again. It's been a couple of years since we've stayed here. The Commisary and BX were found once again so we'll be using those for sure.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">One thing we forgot was that this base is home to the Thunderbirds! When we first heard the first jet coming in for the evening poor Abby didn't know what the sound was and didn't know what to do. To be honest, I also said, "What's that?" Then it registered. Oh well, after two days we won't even hear them anymore. We hope to be able to get out to the flight line to watch them land or perhaps take off,,,,if they take off in the midafternoon that is.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">When we took a ride outside the base and returned, we followed this car in.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEjNi1ru4kVWOJa0F_fqbTH10ykyMO0kAsFqF5HcLisWnWEA5dvySczayZ68SjnPt83ZDNypDCfRD-YBQ2fjRn42ZRXfhRSVwIE_K0A9HGefD28fZZRNB1emNqOWH-dsYuGiXwF4IHUd5WuYvUs8AH2mdaDdQMCRpnA9mkTI0UInbHcAGzWPyTDUd8KU/s5184/IMG_7246.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEjNi1ru4kVWOJa0F_fqbTH10ykyMO0kAsFqF5HcLisWnWEA5dvySczayZ68SjnPt83ZDNypDCfRD-YBQ2fjRn42ZRXfhRSVwIE_K0A9HGefD28fZZRNB1emNqOWH-dsYuGiXwF4IHUd5WuYvUs8AH2mdaDdQMCRpnA9mkTI0UInbHcAGzWPyTDUd8KU/w400-h300/IMG_7246.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We both noticed it at the same time. We decided to follow him.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rsDc7yXbn-2rsh3wpuvul5ciF2ehFW8nZwOmuLrWO9D1Q_KG9bLYo4O9uGWucG2eHda8QnzYgdkVIiEPEuQOS1n8EYivG5Cc2CF7JaRknbZbLR98N-XjOlrZWJx4MwRtm7SbfVUq1GYm5mvya4EgJve9GgvkrH-DS4nEUDeGPjgl3qTjHlv5-_DuTgs/s5184/IMG_7247.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rsDc7yXbn-2rsh3wpuvul5ciF2ehFW8nZwOmuLrWO9D1Q_KG9bLYo4O9uGWucG2eHda8QnzYgdkVIiEPEuQOS1n8EYivG5Cc2CF7JaRknbZbLR98N-XjOlrZWJx4MwRtm7SbfVUq1GYm5mvya4EgJve9GgvkrH-DS4nEUDeGPjgl3qTjHlv5-_DuTgs/w400-h300/IMG_7247.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We finally got to talk with the fellow when he parked in the base hospital parking lot. When he got out of his car I told him that we too were from Delaware. He chuckled and said that he wasn't from Delaware but was stationed at Dover Air Force Base and had just transferred here and he hadn't had a chance to get his tags changed over yet. He went on to say how much he enjoyed Delaware and that we have great beaches. Of course, we knew that already. He did say he was going to enjoy playing golf year round here.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Vegas is very busy this week as this coming weekend there is a NASCAR race and the PGA has an event going on.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We sat out this evening enjoying our neighbors and the beautiful weather.</span></div><p></p>Snookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14234189395419835018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187388801776933462.post-78728758052880569562023-10-10T17:05:00.001-07:002023-10-13T18:53:41.603-07:00<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> UTAH AND ? DAY 20 - 10.10/23</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We had a beautiful day for driving! At times the sky was the bluest of blues and other times it was just filled with lacy, see thru clouds. The weather was perfect, not too warm and not too cool. We had a great oldies station on the radio and we sang along with all the songs we sang and danced to all those years ago when dated when we were kids. Of course this led us to "remember when". The miles just disappeared under our tires.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We saw some spectacular sights as we traveled through Utah for the last time, this trip. There's a lot more Utah to see.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2mrvv_-g1bOuPob6Mv87acOoxgjjD-X1dMj66OoTHgiXZpWr8XSk_S1xkG5OxZ0bHmwjX0Fs9iAyB7diRTxh7J42Zo3VNpUWJjVH-pi7wwLf-QdhI3nKnQ628vEwI8qf1obD7RXJUHfgdlcECtInReeH6FlRGsiVEOFZO5ib5pT10mKcdrdXA0f6Hw04/s5184/IMG_7229.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2mrvv_-g1bOuPob6Mv87acOoxgjjD-X1dMj66OoTHgiXZpWr8XSk_S1xkG5OxZ0bHmwjX0Fs9iAyB7diRTxh7J42Zo3VNpUWJjVH-pi7wwLf-QdhI3nKnQ628vEwI8qf1obD7RXJUHfgdlcECtInReeH6FlRGsiVEOFZO5ib5pT10mKcdrdXA0f6Hw04/w400-h300/IMG_7229.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4XU42GauheT59Z89LZJG8I3RERPKiBEl5fVtKFsNmH2oa14HNo3jzEeneZbo2GBmXlT7lnwjya7OmC0RNvjsC-Jk6Va5Am59e__e9bqIvupYcLP2ZHzIZVrAuxzSaKo9kWn3n9aQEilrmrIdy7P_PkPv1PO_6eg8tIc0DSvstZRuscTCOBCew8ViR8CM/s5184/IMG_7230.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4XU42GauheT59Z89LZJG8I3RERPKiBEl5fVtKFsNmH2oa14HNo3jzEeneZbo2GBmXlT7lnwjya7OmC0RNvjsC-Jk6Va5Am59e__e9bqIvupYcLP2ZHzIZVrAuxzSaKo9kWn3n9aQEilrmrIdy7P_PkPv1PO_6eg8tIc0DSvstZRuscTCOBCew8ViR8CM/w400-h300/IMG_7230.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We stopped for lunch at a roadside area that was a "scenic view" area. WOW! Was it ever!</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiowgrhnwZItDckCGnquHiKDbAkvn94X9LH0CUWxvSDM4kescSFkbNa-amovKhzU1OEVDhX0saBJzp7LQFKQyh5P4kzn7Q6on4EnTaN_AXw6qq_VUHWQcEoe8IFn9Z7qeQG8MH5uwTfiXE-hqiNCxE0mmCvp2v4qFC7tnLmqzI3r9-krjKLsDvGjHrtmhk/s5184/IMG_7231.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiowgrhnwZItDckCGnquHiKDbAkvn94X9LH0CUWxvSDM4kescSFkbNa-amovKhzU1OEVDhX0saBJzp7LQFKQyh5P4kzn7Q6on4EnTaN_AXw6qq_VUHWQcEoe8IFn9Z7qeQG8MH5uwTfiXE-hqiNCxE0mmCvp2v4qFC7tnLmqzI3r9-krjKLsDvGjHrtmhk/w400-h300/IMG_7231.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2PG1006uEbnS2Bz2tnlYsy8Wprq94QxTZpUH8blZSzKtwINjaoA-GBha2wteDYVZSXrOMY6MiktmELcvEdGuU07DIWp_sAVzXTeiPAbsCIKtWiMFIXU3WMgI5HpIWQIu0pIZvVLVhHBIAER36yo8QVOs5FIQ4-_TdEryMF1lJ3Z3aTy7UJpPwjLXMNE/s5184/IMG_7232.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2PG1006uEbnS2Bz2tnlYsy8Wprq94QxTZpUH8blZSzKtwINjaoA-GBha2wteDYVZSXrOMY6MiktmELcvEdGuU07DIWp_sAVzXTeiPAbsCIKtWiMFIXU3WMgI5HpIWQIu0pIZvVLVhHBIAER36yo8QVOs5FIQ4-_TdEryMF1lJ3Z3aTy7UJpPwjLXMNE/w400-h300/IMG_7232.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JbtTNR4YYZPXF8D_xZEQOr9f6uZvQEmF4ob7OoocJALMkNxn6EFeOFCCpFgeIeSGdlS-GQ47HbcKi_tRW7clZ_IrmwWZt6t5ScPWyhmhwRPh214H8NcMu02OEGzCeGRM8JvnjjUMbsvOUF0E520oLi-yV79aVMMMFD4rEZajVYkpQuRhnKObmhpF_Ds/s5184/IMG_7233.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JbtTNR4YYZPXF8D_xZEQOr9f6uZvQEmF4ob7OoocJALMkNxn6EFeOFCCpFgeIeSGdlS-GQ47HbcKi_tRW7clZ_IrmwWZt6t5ScPWyhmhwRPh214H8NcMu02OEGzCeGRM8JvnjjUMbsvOUF0E520oLi-yV79aVMMMFD4rEZajVYkpQuRhnKObmhpF_Ds/w300-h400/IMG_7233.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xpx6ddQaoQIWTnN_f9WgGi5c07wVywNTVdjCnD9PsrizY2hFndetalDJBkiNLkBdmb1aZ46tRr2anls2JfSw1G1suthyphenhyphenYm2eb-885GYxwGL3gwYRcGO_CKqeWslOBEgQHP99npYvQ8tydbMU79b2J_hHPGHwOVEmDZvINmPESbyNP-1opqeXsFhxND4/s5184/IMG_7234.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xpx6ddQaoQIWTnN_f9WgGi5c07wVywNTVdjCnD9PsrizY2hFndetalDJBkiNLkBdmb1aZ46tRr2anls2JfSw1G1suthyphenhyphenYm2eb-885GYxwGL3gwYRcGO_CKqeWslOBEgQHP99npYvQ8tydbMU79b2J_hHPGHwOVEmDZvINmPESbyNP-1opqeXsFhxND4/w400-h300/IMG_7234.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The dead tree? Because it was there.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Jk8dV1RKp86XWEn8mjrJE0M-qEZJqYKPstelSgj_ZB7SCxoLndhuQyyPvg1Kv9iYBfC51PIkAAWUmg03z-tE8mHNIZf4mtxUQFgGm142JRYH3MRXMrhBR3u_nNzuRiIhJS0HJhH6RE8pPcN73FyHzyvm8Y63lVI9eqBPQ3XoGrimu0rkoh8p5BlgVsI/s5184/IMG_7235.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Jk8dV1RKp86XWEn8mjrJE0M-qEZJqYKPstelSgj_ZB7SCxoLndhuQyyPvg1Kv9iYBfC51PIkAAWUmg03z-tE8mHNIZf4mtxUQFgGm142JRYH3MRXMrhBR3u_nNzuRiIhJS0HJhH6RE8pPcN73FyHzyvm8Y63lVI9eqBPQ3XoGrimu0rkoh8p5BlgVsI/s320/IMG_7235.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">We said "goodbye" to Utah, a state we fell in love with, drove a short distance through Arizona and said hello to Nevada! </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">The mountains were just as big but not nearly as colorful.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw5b7Hl9n-YqoGvaU-zfDAyOUowCk0kgf-DvDau4dyXvqeeonNFwcw3iTELggJZHs2UxOuLw2XANSJxiR6NE5X_E3BJxa1T59q-ibC6J8OYB52DeA0R1h6yuOPZktnaoUqq4myd8fDhd4scxw4lanVIawrhOVc1VHxOLyUTTAmsrqUGVI0P2XR2hJ6JbM/s5184/IMG_7244.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw5b7Hl9n-YqoGvaU-zfDAyOUowCk0kgf-DvDau4dyXvqeeonNFwcw3iTELggJZHs2UxOuLw2XANSJxiR6NE5X_E3BJxa1T59q-ibC6J8OYB52DeA0R1h6yuOPZktnaoUqq4myd8fDhd4scxw4lanVIawrhOVc1VHxOLyUTTAmsrqUGVI0P2XR2hJ6JbM/w300-h400/IMG_7244.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWvLWxq4BiceyIh5M2wcG7bms1Tvvp37rsEuV8TT1n_ncAs-uSIv-rQXhZn08-dz-G69HInbvrbJ-SelIbEbc76y0WyH6fAl3KojSa2J2x4XsP01F4A9GOvvk-_HzDMvQbXkz6PfTaaTRP_XDxyY4xE644uHEux3RzMkRGoo7EJbPUmybipd0xvq2OVW8/s5184/IMG_7245.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWvLWxq4BiceyIh5M2wcG7bms1Tvvp37rsEuV8TT1n_ncAs-uSIv-rQXhZn08-dz-G69HInbvrbJ-SelIbEbc76y0WyH6fAl3KojSa2J2x4XsP01F4A9GOvvk-_HzDMvQbXkz6PfTaaTRP_XDxyY4xE644uHEux3RzMkRGoo7EJbPUmybipd0xvq2OVW8/w300-h400/IMG_7245.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDFF-6nzhXoEq0KWyglLIGVrPMCFf__zwNGnEblYRxHzMhtzkeO-4ZfXzaIy60lnprv41kdaKW0TctBMtnwRCTr-fucgjG2pU5gW4VZ2DwTHXFjmEJDmD7WxLPFP6mk-ZAQutW2pCehJmS_pbHT632BENEhYmDj5Ka6_Lb-kwoL5jH3OCjjxEKj-xpu-0/s5184/IMG_7243.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDFF-6nzhXoEq0KWyglLIGVrPMCFf__zwNGnEblYRxHzMhtzkeO-4ZfXzaIy60lnprv41kdaKW0TctBMtnwRCTr-fucgjG2pU5gW4VZ2DwTHXFjmEJDmD7WxLPFP6mk-ZAQutW2pCehJmS_pbHT632BENEhYmDj5Ka6_Lb-kwoL5jH3OCjjxEKj-xpu-0/w300-h400/IMG_7243.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtE4bPm0cPYNomtnxTPFmxVASnyWXa8YGr5Mi1aiRX0k5DEYEYvHgc6Ywp7_m1XhcnvKofn_reOiNoIii8IotyI2Di0TG_Z932DPYqGcyMkWV1y8ZFVq6oucvemdOjX-RnNYWLn4Ya3Umq94vEncP8iMAJ1uAVQq_kMvlkzQndvmlGibPK-QkybFW78A/s5184/IMG_7241.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtE4bPm0cPYNomtnxTPFmxVASnyWXa8YGr5Mi1aiRX0k5DEYEYvHgc6Ywp7_m1XhcnvKofn_reOiNoIii8IotyI2Di0TG_Z932DPYqGcyMkWV1y8ZFVq6oucvemdOjX-RnNYWLn4Ya3Umq94vEncP8iMAJ1uAVQq_kMvlkzQndvmlGibPK-QkybFW78A/w400-h300/IMG_7241.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAQfFSSCTcAig3R544T1ds8WNfZM-Q9PXgcy0CNy5LPj7awypPbQ2cvagTnwNuGa9HbpkQReUt1t8uKbPTk4jt48dJMBhFftseoq0tphGVqpEUneWDcwTUopBtIt7SflILXtFcvU3FjV_Mjwg3qZlGT5cpAVA0oriQfdfFv-bH2p7msn6hYXTpFi8qIL4/s5184/IMG_7240.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAQfFSSCTcAig3R544T1ds8WNfZM-Q9PXgcy0CNy5LPj7awypPbQ2cvagTnwNuGa9HbpkQReUt1t8uKbPTk4jt48dJMBhFftseoq0tphGVqpEUneWDcwTUopBtIt7SflILXtFcvU3FjV_Mjwg3qZlGT5cpAVA0oriQfdfFv-bH2p7msn6hYXTpFi8qIL4/w400-h300/IMG_7240.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">We're heading to Vegas!</span><p></p>Snookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14234189395419835018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187388801776933462.post-34760502611810355672023-10-09T16:59:00.001-07:002023-10-13T18:49:27.771-07:00<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> COLORADO/UTAH - DAY 19 - OCTOBER 9TH</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Today we left Colorado. This is a state we'll add to our States Visited Map, as soon as we find it. We thoroughly enjoyed our time in Colorado, well, except for the smoking brakes part.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnao2PIltEL7mKFpil4sFWXIxDxr6YF4eg5rmsifEjAWNDm44rR6sjsh9EKm3UCGm88W1wokodAq1GLsi5vKcQ3NXf1uPfSjTzPod1zyEQjRfKozD6ODEPccwwnl2eP044XX5efDgF4LsOPKfjBiBbrAKjd0F8qnF2WsqFuMBAkqVPc4oIetycQJ3AlJ0/s5184/IMG_7222.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnao2PIltEL7mKFpil4sFWXIxDxr6YF4eg5rmsifEjAWNDm44rR6sjsh9EKm3UCGm88W1wokodAq1GLsi5vKcQ3NXf1uPfSjTzPod1zyEQjRfKozD6ODEPccwwnl2eP044XX5efDgF4LsOPKfjBiBbrAKjd0F8qnF2WsqFuMBAkqVPc4oIetycQJ3AlJ0/w400-h300/IMG_7222.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Before we knew it, we were back in Utah! I almost missed the sign!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoz6SCK9Im6qisBxde8vvqgfiLGj6PFYGV5_jojVgUXwFt4nhBMXHxormmBfYhgLNiVNjDq_oEiWP2Tse9BmxOE530i6qtW2L29TWO9UTrOCAwT-UNTvw9xxwDdhWT6HTMu4B-qWV-1VxufDfaF82ncF0W0upmUWYF3Q4530-SEaL7BF3uP03UQTwXzBc/s5184/IMG_7223.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoz6SCK9Im6qisBxde8vvqgfiLGj6PFYGV5_jojVgUXwFt4nhBMXHxormmBfYhgLNiVNjDq_oEiWP2Tse9BmxOE530i6qtW2L29TWO9UTrOCAwT-UNTvw9xxwDdhWT6HTMu4B-qWV-1VxufDfaF82ncF0W0upmUWYF3Q4530-SEaL7BF3uP03UQTwXzBc/s320/IMG_7223.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We had an uneventful drive through the Utah and stayed in a "campground" we found listed on the Internet. Probably one we should have checked reviews on but we made it through the night. (Note to self: check campground reviews)</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Now, of course, there were going down the road pics. For those of you live "out west" or have been in this area a long time, this is probably old hat to you but we are just facinated with the huge rocks/mountains. After all, we come from Delaware whose highest point in the entire state is 448 feet above sea level.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNEHqqj9Jal7wFZTMYqvjwwK4V_371Lnn9Pvy-XVyvF8MBfS6txkpHnIi7-X-JGIqmrxHY50g_Mllj5kyqU2lD0OjBHuVnN84dRXjDaUo1OcSVU25PjgQWbc9i49k8PXqWvPlIFakX01H5UjsqcM3t2_mX1mfVzUb4oZ_c4ul0cZDtqsSayUFmAKCVcU/s5184/IMG_7226.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNEHqqj9Jal7wFZTMYqvjwwK4V_371Lnn9Pvy-XVyvF8MBfS6txkpHnIi7-X-JGIqmrxHY50g_Mllj5kyqU2lD0OjBHuVnN84dRXjDaUo1OcSVU25PjgQWbc9i49k8PXqWvPlIFakX01H5UjsqcM3t2_mX1mfVzUb4oZ_c4ul0cZDtqsSayUFmAKCVcU/w400-h300/IMG_7226.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We did keep noticing that the overhead highway signs kept saying Solar eclipse - plan your travels. We saw this again and again and just didn't get it,,,,until someone on the radio talked about the solar eclipse coming Saturday and it seems that being in Utah is THE place to see it. Though we won't be in Utah then perhaps we can see it anyway.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzVdIf0R2E074outAfMRFb_SpwQgRaawUULqLKBtSXSdj5pzZfudWqr663NzGAzASXtCZx-HcavFxUIVa3GvBWiQUwq2sgL-b1z-ubRSfFi6c41ntw4mRTZRa0UBWIO7wEyD8kwY3JZ8YFItMDUXw_HajKzwk5fg-QjJaL_PS2UdzhBpJujzXoLXRYnwY/s5184/IMG_7228.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzVdIf0R2E074outAfMRFb_SpwQgRaawUULqLKBtSXSdj5pzZfudWqr663NzGAzASXtCZx-HcavFxUIVa3GvBWiQUwq2sgL-b1z-ubRSfFi6c41ntw4mRTZRa0UBWIO7wEyD8kwY3JZ8YFItMDUXw_HajKzwk5fg-QjJaL_PS2UdzhBpJujzXoLXRYnwY/s320/IMG_7228.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmN6O53oPTtP889T4ozlX7VpsxEQk7lK1PFJjZoxwJx8WxMmSlA09KA1U3JFr5KekEV-_NHVZJCLPgL8CPGSo-GxRUxUPh0NvRu-6FxhdlvcXuNXl6mh0NC6BcumSDMiwfCj8DCdtJgnXWFFunltjsd3xPmX5MqHiBSkNmDCJ0n3onTKNnxyesK80nBqY/s5184/IMG_7227.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmN6O53oPTtP889T4ozlX7VpsxEQk7lK1PFJjZoxwJx8WxMmSlA09KA1U3JFr5KekEV-_NHVZJCLPgL8CPGSo-GxRUxUPh0NvRu-6FxhdlvcXuNXl6mh0NC6BcumSDMiwfCj8DCdtJgnXWFFunltjsd3xPmX5MqHiBSkNmDCJ0n3onTKNnxyesK80nBqY/w400-h300/IMG_7227.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Snookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14234189395419835018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187388801776933462.post-85936279341809046212023-10-08T10:08:00.001-07:002023-10-13T16:36:33.690-07:00<p><span style="font-size: large;"> COLORADO - DAY 18 - OCTOBER 8, 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It's time to move on. We had pretty much packed up all we could last evening so it was pretty easy to get on the road this morning.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I finally took some pictures of our views from the site we were in.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXJogRetd0EQsznFknW67-mphyH1iiFztpNPUcTkjK0O-HE5Xfs8qfRmKW2sZv3DFwuoPphKajUBME78fiyHfvvEppQoTVBGHEiDRCy_2CDEADbZrOOTXWKWrMqCUADk7uC25lwnvy004vL8eK2tGakCKKk86ASvx0ZJbLckv-GA1tua1p-UK6vs2JMs/s5184/IMG_7210.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXJogRetd0EQsznFknW67-mphyH1iiFztpNPUcTkjK0O-HE5Xfs8qfRmKW2sZv3DFwuoPphKajUBME78fiyHfvvEppQoTVBGHEiDRCy_2CDEADbZrOOTXWKWrMqCUADk7uC25lwnvy004vL8eK2tGakCKKk86ASvx0ZJbLckv-GA1tua1p-UK6vs2JMs/w400-h300/IMG_7210.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Now that isn't too hard to take is it?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The view as we take off. We did a lot of talking about how we were going to get out of the Rockies because we certainly didn't want to have to tow the camper up the hills that smoked our brakes on the way here.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVgg7zwDaRfK19RdPDGY4KQLqDRmtE4yBDBvXVKAt2DKZjO5noWf08rmJVeL3nWZM-iNAmG2fyggmAMkJe-gZR0WjkmhWeljUbFCGvKYhDkmpCJNwO-VVSEpJ8xSswnlTjrVDIWOg8BxiN6_c-4oCICraMBi40LqSoHhRO_o0fHihGmERIM7rou9K5WzI/s5184/IMG_7211.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVgg7zwDaRfK19RdPDGY4KQLqDRmtE4yBDBvXVKAt2DKZjO5noWf08rmJVeL3nWZM-iNAmG2fyggmAMkJe-gZR0WjkmhWeljUbFCGvKYhDkmpCJNwO-VVSEpJ8xSswnlTjrVDIWOg8BxiN6_c-4oCICraMBi40LqSoHhRO_o0fHihGmERIM7rou9K5WzI/w400-h300/IMG_7211.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So we decided a nice ride through Boulder might not be as bad. At least we were hoping. We have two choices of where we go next but we'll decide further down the road. We have quite a ways to go before that decision will come into play. No, Florida is not one of the choices.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It goes without saying that I took scenery pictures as we drove down the mountain.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZjqoC6kanmGDrlWGj0n7R3IG3GkE7Y5NJDnrUUTH2vLgqZmVqn70oVTy43uQx1nEie6W2aWlfrj8yHG44by3t3f0iv_EIZiJrGQzb_AIG9aP4YeVCWDn158mYEFRXmHOF5N_0JF7r_F6urdJ5QoWjORhN52am9-DDqlbMWlEALdZ6bnYygpdeJqgYg0/s5184/IMG_7213.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZjqoC6kanmGDrlWGj0n7R3IG3GkE7Y5NJDnrUUTH2vLgqZmVqn70oVTy43uQx1nEie6W2aWlfrj8yHG44by3t3f0iv_EIZiJrGQzb_AIG9aP4YeVCWDn158mYEFRXmHOF5N_0JF7r_F6urdJ5QoWjORhN52am9-DDqlbMWlEALdZ6bnYygpdeJqgYg0/w400-h300/IMG_7213.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It was interesting to see how much the scenery could change in not that many miles.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIN9z9cXi9paCZypjqHYT7Nf8pZh82EQB-BWzvP9riI_65SUZdH1M-8w__KqE0hIim8mb-GDJP4OE4TZa6dPj8wlghbHJ_TrJax6L38GXJiNaAEszdcAydPG9w4-HFfl2fw2-KOyzz_qaGB45Gxedz3RzfXOQWk1YScJMT5_2OMtbgZkCtz1LeRKSyOkc/s5184/IMG_7214.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIN9z9cXi9paCZypjqHYT7Nf8pZh82EQB-BWzvP9riI_65SUZdH1M-8w__KqE0hIim8mb-GDJP4OE4TZa6dPj8wlghbHJ_TrJax6L38GXJiNaAEszdcAydPG9w4-HFfl2fw2-KOyzz_qaGB45Gxedz3RzfXOQWk1YScJMT5_2OMtbgZkCtz1LeRKSyOkc/w400-h300/IMG_7214.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHD7HF2nzcFXGicTPIUwFpdZmAYzsohZt90Vb2Byi5sZ4h6rCmpi7pC3ptwMy0ao3dYoTaOYzzw_bmS9NnkOaCwd106btAuUpZPowFFmfKfc_QjUXG-LGGbP7wUblj4LikXn_sD6KZMeswA92WlNW2iOJkdJWFml4Tn191rqtMYoTbncTLrYjM01YkVRM/s5184/IMG_7220.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHD7HF2nzcFXGicTPIUwFpdZmAYzsohZt90Vb2Byi5sZ4h6rCmpi7pC3ptwMy0ao3dYoTaOYzzw_bmS9NnkOaCwd106btAuUpZPowFFmfKfc_QjUXG-LGGbP7wUblj4LikXn_sD6KZMeswA92WlNW2iOJkdJWFml4Tn191rqtMYoTbncTLrYjM01YkVRM/w400-h300/IMG_7220.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9c4W8zEuSlUiH7FcmHDmuCr42WSmzGfNDpE7mggNeXhMaAznIr9j1mO8ou3GAD6EhKf1sVJrsV2sbSGCL5nRVpgxPJ2gL46LwAIyk5UQa4KhD0vTt0GFd0qUJo7sXX5chkNydR4TjiHFLud2i2nmZNguHCkrpZaq89Lh2sdt83quyvpkt1hoD-TEYyM/s5184/IMG_7221.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9c4W8zEuSlUiH7FcmHDmuCr42WSmzGfNDpE7mggNeXhMaAznIr9j1mO8ou3GAD6EhKf1sVJrsV2sbSGCL5nRVpgxPJ2gL46LwAIyk5UQa4KhD0vTt0GFd0qUJo7sXX5chkNydR4TjiHFLud2i2nmZNguHCkrpZaq89Lh2sdt83quyvpkt1hoD-TEYyM/w400-h300/IMG_7221.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We made it down the mountain and didn't smoke the brakes once! That's a good thing!</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Snookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14234189395419835018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187388801776933462.post-27935308209094227672023-10-07T15:09:00.001-07:002023-10-10T18:01:07.454-07:00<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> COLORADO - DAY 17 - OCTOBER 7, 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Saturday. Probably the busiest day in the park of any given week. Since we weren't able to get a timed entry pass we had no choice but to go in after 2pm. We spent the morning putting things away that we knew we wouldn't be using. We left the camper around quarter to one to get gas and getting to a gas station was a feat in itself. I swear half the United States was in Estes Park. Done fighting traffic, waiting in line to get gas we headed back to the park to get in line. Yes, the line. It was long but surprisingly it moved along. At a snail's pace, but it was moving and for that we were thankful. It probably took us about 20 minutes to get up to the rangers at the gate and then it was smooth sailing since everyone took different roads.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0wFTyIRCJnuHGKp2FdO0bmPV3huJb-YVUQAreOreZIGwhcn_kDCHzUltaVfV-RgSo1k6s7JLsaQfIS2B5EN_FcuW0X-eUJZxzSItfKH32X4Ou4cyny6GbgFA2IyAkqzek-ux_mgWrGZ5ZUcTZfGS5EpVCWI3p6IdjxvTnWtxPuoyPcMsMSBwQ4Sijps/s5184/IMG_7148.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0wFTyIRCJnuHGKp2FdO0bmPV3huJb-YVUQAreOreZIGwhcn_kDCHzUltaVfV-RgSo1k6s7JLsaQfIS2B5EN_FcuW0X-eUJZxzSItfKH32X4Ou4cyny6GbgFA2IyAkqzek-ux_mgWrGZ5ZUcTZfGS5EpVCWI3p6IdjxvTnWtxPuoyPcMsMSBwQ4Sijps/w400-h300/IMG_7148.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We pulled over in the first of many overlooks and we both wished we could have climbed this rock too. Those days are long gone for us though. I can only imagine the pictures they got from that vantage spot.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpFANj8xQyUU_FWJPPJSzfxh2qRzFVH51Nkma8qy701UnPJcreogX0JGF4zSWBH1P1aT2yf-Ehlez1DCZyPQ_25P_SpR3gLSYeWzhULp4esf1ZOmPssq9Br7jGbG-82GH46VhIebBCHpFAXmwSvz5kkiX_y-5JNCarL9pOWspYYma69Zslf8Fy50hwr4/s5184/IMG_7153.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpFANj8xQyUU_FWJPPJSzfxh2qRzFVH51Nkma8qy701UnPJcreogX0JGF4zSWBH1P1aT2yf-Ehlez1DCZyPQ_25P_SpR3gLSYeWzhULp4esf1ZOmPssq9Br7jGbG-82GH46VhIebBCHpFAXmwSvz5kkiX_y-5JNCarL9pOWspYYma69Zslf8Fy50hwr4/w400-h300/IMG_7153.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The Rocky Mountains. How does one even begin to describe this? Magnificent? Awe-inspiring? Spectacular? Impressive? Majestic? Breath-taking? Wait, wait, I got it. The Rocky Mountains are freakin' BIG!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZIZ9ymfioixSBchgxzR5yEZGmHAAFW4E2ZEnXsLcG6e7DjObaJzC3uS1SgxvZ9miW8KY68GqV5zE505r_NrDp-hMjNL0nH2hXNi0OVMM1AtFFKR22yAcZrFOqoGyRsqW8QTHWzu6cQCaN4qZY8ynzxZLIiyH0y6fCnCx6IHkQCmBd8vhPe7K6dnz018/s5184/IMG_7162.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZIZ9ymfioixSBchgxzR5yEZGmHAAFW4E2ZEnXsLcG6e7DjObaJzC3uS1SgxvZ9miW8KY68GqV5zE505r_NrDp-hMjNL0nH2hXNi0OVMM1AtFFKR22yAcZrFOqoGyRsqW8QTHWzu6cQCaN4qZY8ynzxZLIiyH0y6fCnCx6IHkQCmBd8vhPe7K6dnz018/w400-h300/IMG_7162.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">At another pull off we heard several screams and couldn't imagine what was going on. We had to smile when we figured out what the commotion was. It seems this is a very popular place for the chipmunks to hang out and they just run along the low wall from person to person looking for a handout. I guess some of the ladies thought they were rats or something or were just caught off guard.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHj8cpHYVblxp6yTy1j2Gsz8Bg0gv65lS2cVMZxRt1Rym_QdYALtaJ8TipbpgIxOUgd-kMk-mNlb_kIjvRXTd9wb2XKoQNGJlERGEaBuDtnIpDg9kaISsPwbWgYcb6tiVdktGEh3Eti32bTZA4gWiLYhy_tj6YcXvjiKoaI3SeBvCN55bgsuPE6t9TUU/s5184/IMG_7171.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHj8cpHYVblxp6yTy1j2Gsz8Bg0gv65lS2cVMZxRt1Rym_QdYALtaJ8TipbpgIxOUgd-kMk-mNlb_kIjvRXTd9wb2XKoQNGJlERGEaBuDtnIpDg9kaISsPwbWgYcb6tiVdktGEh3Eti32bTZA4gWiLYhy_tj6YcXvjiKoaI3SeBvCN55bgsuPE6t9TUU/w300-h400/IMG_7171.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Other than some elk off in the distance, this was the extent of the wildlife we saw in the park. It was nice to see the elk but when you can look out the windows at home and see them, well, it just isn't a big deal to us.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho4IVtb8AeI6CgTcJs8FmMXdSNzkyNGFNiZFE7vlnVsp8qBhaYmr0sOIKpM_7UsjztZkNFWXQJU1F1DLqLg13hlKT3U_scXP7OcVIyGcTkGBs1THb1sfz5-mETD7OZq-eUfAAkR4NLqxhnBh_i20e8TAdetYt5CzNd-w_CcoVtHyhIaCsGjSR76Fbyx9Y/s5184/IMG_7173.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho4IVtb8AeI6CgTcJs8FmMXdSNzkyNGFNiZFE7vlnVsp8qBhaYmr0sOIKpM_7UsjztZkNFWXQJU1F1DLqLg13hlKT3U_scXP7OcVIyGcTkGBs1THb1sfz5-mETD7OZq-eUfAAkR4NLqxhnBh_i20e8TAdetYt5CzNd-w_CcoVtHyhIaCsGjSR76Fbyx9Y/w400-h300/IMG_7173.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">After paying attention to the little critters it was time to see what this pull over had to offer. How incredibly beautiful. Definitely awe-inspiring.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnJVlAagXl9cyPeXj7gmxMltP6Nocy32pjN2Qubj0J6FfuTPZayau4uUVTeBNZ3Wto9ASOrwGkeWFJJkh9bxPUK-N43vpTha6YKvpZBEMVv6GgyIdRPz058KYiKGOeKsmfsfqpgp0-VLyuSvNSai4JBaZNb4nTK92ZW3uXq-40jvhOuHb33C2LlcSHlA/s5184/IMG_7172.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnJVlAagXl9cyPeXj7gmxMltP6Nocy32pjN2Qubj0J6FfuTPZayau4uUVTeBNZ3Wto9ASOrwGkeWFJJkh9bxPUK-N43vpTha6YKvpZBEMVv6GgyIdRPz058KYiKGOeKsmfsfqpgp0-VLyuSvNSai4JBaZNb4nTK92ZW3uXq-40jvhOuHb33C2LlcSHlA/s320/IMG_7172.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The pull over brought us a surprise to say the least. Here found a POND, actually there are four of them, but you can see the biggest one very easily.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWhrlOXFhVge6_9dTkOqXP01ZSu5E8SfJvtTrtnWK9YnkXclJtkRJCxizIvLfDb2BBGgFxl_BaN8onNwHkAn6g7WnTrFS7ug-0n4_bEUaK_JnzEy1dkNWhk0WJiXe9c0sD_ZcbKV1ZA4HW0QZw9KsL626xKEwX8bigq9QY1CkVFkz2tGxQfl7tGtygzk/s5184/IMG_7176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWhrlOXFhVge6_9dTkOqXP01ZSu5E8SfJvtTrtnWK9YnkXclJtkRJCxizIvLfDb2BBGgFxl_BaN8onNwHkAn6g7WnTrFS7ug-0n4_bEUaK_JnzEy1dkNWhk0WJiXe9c0sD_ZcbKV1ZA4HW0QZw9KsL626xKEwX8bigq9QY1CkVFkz2tGxQfl7tGtygzk/w400-h300/IMG_7176.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Now we stopped at every pull off we came to and I took tons of pictures,,,,,and deleted a ton of them,,, and I could show you the ones I took but while the scenery was something to see, you, reading here, can only look at so many pics of rocks and pine trees and I get that. Sometimes you just have to be there!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We got high up enough into the park and the road we were on that we reached the tundra. Now let me tell you about this. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_3XJux1HWx7ZdQ69D0Q_rBy_idfKENcG-gF9ZT_BF-mJOTGX83L8fiAYq8IOa2L4T94CDEVNaUAs2E3nzvdT4ah7BilhDug1QDqFxD38zh_0iGkOqaZMDVbxCb8rLRijUvyN0hf1zDfDgiO-T6b8f9iM7zRsq-vG9hfvvx-nnbMo2sfMh2GFkW1zPBQc/s5184/IMG_7179.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_3XJux1HWx7ZdQ69D0Q_rBy_idfKENcG-gF9ZT_BF-mJOTGX83L8fiAYq8IOa2L4T94CDEVNaUAs2E3nzvdT4ah7BilhDug1QDqFxD38zh_0iGkOqaZMDVbxCb8rLRijUvyN0hf1zDfDgiO-T6b8f9iM7zRsq-vG9hfvvx-nnbMo2sfMh2GFkW1zPBQc/w400-h300/IMG_7179.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We followed the line of cars you see in the picture above. As we rounded the curves and turns I held on for dear life. Especially coming down because I was on the "outside". Once again, no barriers and a HUGE drop off the side. There was one section that we were heading up an incline and I couldn't see past the front of the truck. I was so afraid we were going to just drive off the road. Visions of Thelma and Louise raced through my thoughts.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgQCBcmZ8LVu2OUxlaEDXLxaKrhvB02BB7I5E3eHOMvXcnpJZwRwWZ7qoPDiT_d94pfoIBDfms0_llx3Qv4mzgBN66Bb-3FSIBAqPzKHgEpEkIADDSnxzLrMDNFg9zruN-CeaKUDopjVo-Sn7ettkJCi-h9eJJmfxv_wAIcfKDzmDHDmDvjMnj6389OCk/s5184/IMG_7180.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgQCBcmZ8LVu2OUxlaEDXLxaKrhvB02BB7I5E3eHOMvXcnpJZwRwWZ7qoPDiT_d94pfoIBDfms0_llx3Qv4mzgBN66Bb-3FSIBAqPzKHgEpEkIADDSnxzLrMDNFg9zruN-CeaKUDopjVo-Sn7ettkJCi-h9eJJmfxv_wAIcfKDzmDHDmDvjMnj6389OCk/w400-h300/IMG_7180.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">At yet another pull off we met this couple from Indiana. I offered to take their picture with the lava falls behind them and they in turn took ours. Take notice of the jeans and sweatshirts.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaPRK7gyPCBXvxE1r8ewjhipe2sDM5ldSPP0e8Lc5wskmTf7vwD_XBdrOR0L5Mz5fxGA5I1edO1qyCBJzkDgw3vlJuz19874OLkAfiI-c_iirN1ysgrxtdp12129C8Vt-tWxNvSroqKZKblD9NVAbInAo2PMK8X6SlvGL7cYPFqg71HGCPrHWuYwqRUeM/s5184/IMG_7182.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaPRK7gyPCBXvxE1r8ewjhipe2sDM5ldSPP0e8Lc5wskmTf7vwD_XBdrOR0L5Mz5fxGA5I1edO1qyCBJzkDgw3vlJuz19874OLkAfiI-c_iirN1ysgrxtdp12129C8Vt-tWxNvSroqKZKblD9NVAbInAo2PMK8X6SlvGL7cYPFqg71HGCPrHWuYwqRUeM/w400-h300/IMG_7182.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgfrJTr3rzo1UfX79trIsLJfwhscUy40n8XlpMS2EZFK79rFHq9W1_KAXm4vwyAB1GhqhVBlNhUnc4B53gKB4mboFWXEWAZm7N500kw5szGQZ3dMPKXYBzPQjURrBFz6nQHj7qwlreJ8oYu3KU-AEWmVSHRK7HzCUg-hN5k3_mGem8JobLt5X2zOyTa4/s5184/IMG_7184.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of course at this elevation there has to be snow!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQAXmxb5DcZ4wBr_BJFuxGczHNGcVBKtu6Z4FGMLv3Ab10uvR6gA695zR68hkPmHEE6jTryodPCIDQ9BkWWa2W5erHjP3MR4vAVoaqCzF3G9_gE_TXOaZq03kaCWnQJEnYwHD1adq0pqWFdsGJYM53jAcEPcpP8TXNAq9E1W05fzezKqzkdO-RZiv2zF4/s5184/IMG_7191.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQAXmxb5DcZ4wBr_BJFuxGczHNGcVBKtu6Z4FGMLv3Ab10uvR6gA695zR68hkPmHEE6jTryodPCIDQ9BkWWa2W5erHjP3MR4vAVoaqCzF3G9_gE_TXOaZq03kaCWnQJEnYwHD1adq0pqWFdsGJYM53jAcEPcpP8TXNAq9E1W05fzezKqzkdO-RZiv2zF4/s320/IMG_7191.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Now I don't know any of the people in the picture below but I had to snap it because they were just having so much fun getting everyone situated. This group could laugh!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5KSa8-LqBJ9cLbWgwU0KKMlB83sIq7wk93B_4nAVW3MRvR24KkD2tJ8ELhsMM9AlItCIjASBOuJ_LzlcpSN6b9JKRKg1DmOC_RLhyphenhyphenOYjWAAffm0ZlP3g-5489Mcj2LIMxhSU3bAq0_-K8D-PBRqhpXRYGUKaZH7o3qJ1rAXXfK_4eE0Keh-EnU30zx_A/s5184/IMG_7208.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5KSa8-LqBJ9cLbWgwU0KKMlB83sIq7wk93B_4nAVW3MRvR24KkD2tJ8ELhsMM9AlItCIjASBOuJ_LzlcpSN6b9JKRKg1DmOC_RLhyphenhyphenOYjWAAffm0ZlP3g-5489Mcj2LIMxhSU3bAq0_-K8D-PBRqhpXRYGUKaZH7o3qJ1rAXXfK_4eE0Keh-EnU30zx_A/s320/IMG_7208.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">These pops of color were welcome! Otherwise it was pine tree green everywhere you looked. Speaking of pine trees, I googled, "How many pine trees are in the Rocky Mountain National Park?" The answer? MILLIONS!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilfd3nHiqr-AuEOOZWN3exaHns8vd-bvbj5xFyHxgCXLxdaRRoLPs8C51yNJv0D6cuOP5MyPO4NrJgHDxUprt2Zic7J5q4Jz2EFAJaGDz1lzTaDHWag_IOhlEYvJxCzUEvjUkUWjNlG5HID3Q2tQw6eZ1nsVBJvdlPjUc6gywH_SwiMDGy4PS4a3Xph-E/s5184/IMG_7199.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilfd3nHiqr-AuEOOZWN3exaHns8vd-bvbj5xFyHxgCXLxdaRRoLPs8C51yNJv0D6cuOP5MyPO4NrJgHDxUprt2Zic7J5q4Jz2EFAJaGDz1lzTaDHWag_IOhlEYvJxCzUEvjUkUWjNlG5HID3Q2tQw6eZ1nsVBJvdlPjUc6gywH_SwiMDGy4PS4a3Xph-E/s320/IMG_7199.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Once again, we came, we saw, we took a helluva lot of pictures! We keep telling Abby how lucky she is that she has visited 6 National Parks!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Tomorrow we move. It's time to move on. Follow along and see where we end up next.</span></div>Snookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14234189395419835018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187388801776933462.post-6925272228275258482023-10-07T11:53:00.004-07:002023-10-07T16:11:19.756-07:00<p> <span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">COLORADO - DAY 16 - OCTOBER 6, 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">All the way around this was the day from hell. Every trip has one and this was ours.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">First thing I did was call Verizon and got my jetpack upgraded.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Up and at 'em we took a ride around town to get the lay of the land. There are so many people here! I was here years ago and the place has really built up since then. What was once a little mountain town has turned into a metropolis!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We decided to get lunch and found this place just outside of downtown. It was crowded but we were seated fairly quickly. We were given menus and I noticed that a lot of sandwiches had stuff on them we just don't eat. You know, like avocados! We finally ordered steak sandwiches sans the mushrooms and chipotle mayo. I mean, how can you screw up a steak sandwich. Well, they did! They laid before us plates with a roll, cut all the way through, a big no no for a steak sandwich or a sub. On this roll was STEAK! Not shredded meat, pieces of steak! Pieces of steak so big that I cut each one in three pieces! Who makes a steak sandwich like that??? Oh, I also ordered onion rings as my side. They were served totally limp. Didn't eat those. To their favor, they did bring me an order of french fries when I held the onion ring up for them to see and it just kinda, sorta, fell down over my fingers. Walt said, "you know, we shoulda just gone to Burger King." I agree! This lunch was not worth the $40 we paid for it. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Off to the park we go. We stopped at the visitors center where we got the stamp for the passport book and we bought two sweatshirts. This is where we found out that this park also has timed entry into the park It was just about 2 o'clock where we could go in without one.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The park was packed! The pull offs were filled with cars and there was no place to park so we could get out.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">In some places were higher than the clouds.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDiODCkBGnPCGF0b8k-hfU3SCJQrnpV5XLNiIek8jOUMuRHjS2LRRO9p9rSFPVJ97_9LXluntKlfQdSDWHoxXSGMdo3bAWbB92hWypdJKOYGji3uKYZIdVuUJBNyK-XIiDrZPBbpo_GL7_s009CUyuM71ZxcCPQjNL7iBzIOrGU3YFBlW0fyDF9niPUwM/s5184/IMG_7141.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDiODCkBGnPCGF0b8k-hfU3SCJQrnpV5XLNiIek8jOUMuRHjS2LRRO9p9rSFPVJ97_9LXluntKlfQdSDWHoxXSGMdo3bAWbB92hWypdJKOYGji3uKYZIdVuUJBNyK-XIiDrZPBbpo_GL7_s009CUyuM71ZxcCPQjNL7iBzIOrGU3YFBlW0fyDF9niPUwM/w400-h300/IMG_7141.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidViXCePMs25b_hiKAbMYiej51DAptO9I1tD-hhq7t7Tq-gFzthvfhnWz_J9UGpb3lC-uqsYCPBYnrmMpGFRvqMSo28W49A4QzdWiOf3vYTwYtrfA86WYvYnmYFhHflmE6rWnVUEvx_VJy15YGAOf85eHI9jAZcu5IEULKhkj8mzIj_spNstMuEuBcQGE/w400-h300/IMG_7144.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We decided we would come back tomorrow. I would get online at 5 pm when they released more timed entry passes. I was on and didn't get one. I was so disappointed! That is putting it mildly. Trust me.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Ok, so we had to get laundry done. The laundry room is just a stones throw away from our spot so we gathered everything up and went there only to find out they closed it for the season! What??? There's still two more days to this season for this park. Ok, load it all up and try to find the one we saw earlier. We turned down one street and 6 feet away from the roadway is a bull elk walking up the road. I didn't bring my camera! I grabbed for my phone but by then we were passed it. What a shot I missed! We finally find the laundromat only to find out its $3 to wash and 25 cents for 4 minutes of drying time. I'm not a happy camper! I'm ready to get out of Estes Park!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Back at home we caught up on some things we follow online and called it a night.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We're glad this day is over!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Snookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14234189395419835018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187388801776933462.post-46651525989094277742023-10-05T10:37:00.001-07:002023-10-07T16:11:41.460-07:00<p><span style="font-size: large;"> COLORADO - DAY 15 - OCTOBER 5, 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">One last shot of the park we stayed in last night.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit0JzrYXPh-VQeWR5ajt4dE7SVv4EbvWkSYXomhLmndrgkpzVCrPcf5_Xl8dAfvl2FYdpMfZUwDUo00dyoj-EAgptvLxWwxfdK1m-wFdafGYOnC2bcFqoQH6CLacHo7LPyzf0a38W5lGik6XANrSXCWSh6CGpzzZl0CzmJGBmJ785djTYXEuPI6pl6_jM/s5184/IMG_7121.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit0JzrYXPh-VQeWR5ajt4dE7SVv4EbvWkSYXomhLmndrgkpzVCrPcf5_Xl8dAfvl2FYdpMfZUwDUo00dyoj-EAgptvLxWwxfdK1m-wFdafGYOnC2bcFqoQH6CLacHo7LPyzf0a38W5lGik6XANrSXCWSh6CGpzzZl0CzmJGBmJ785djTYXEuPI6pl6_jM/w400-h300/IMG_7121.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">The scenery sure has changed.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCr9Ad26D-hLqoCgFht15Srltj_VfEMb6gr5y8ZRjmHYNgBUYEjOVRJKn0WGJBdqz9H5Q_NL_SA5mRCz8plQqUwlYYms4My0O2teGCzlvjoJ8Vh69wbxjGiZ5EeCoRbS5HfMTYt2h9wu8IGiFolGDwcZSItbgVeOnrVfToff01DGJSwfKygDu5RolHnCM/s5184/IMG_7123.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCr9Ad26D-hLqoCgFht15Srltj_VfEMb6gr5y8ZRjmHYNgBUYEjOVRJKn0WGJBdqz9H5Q_NL_SA5mRCz8plQqUwlYYms4My0O2teGCzlvjoJ8Vh69wbxjGiZ5EeCoRbS5HfMTYt2h9wu8IGiFolGDwcZSItbgVeOnrVfToff01DGJSwfKygDu5RolHnCM/w400-h300/IMG_7123.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbeYEyKW3aY5ohLCj20Q8UBo_kFcskxPkWxwHUcnXMtPOdLzc6V3n5n2jKUSxz3e9KA94oWhJ384bFTXT8ciWT2dmPTstjrlUsFoP4MRcyv9I3GwcXrtIxUPLlg1YBJHtPNSVF7-yYtUfQiq9Hkm-RavrrbzdBWrvtJfeH4eMeC0GYv67SR0Rjpy5WzFE/s5184/IMG_7124.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbeYEyKW3aY5ohLCj20Q8UBo_kFcskxPkWxwHUcnXMtPOdLzc6V3n5n2jKUSxz3e9KA94oWhJ384bFTXT8ciWT2dmPTstjrlUsFoP4MRcyv9I3GwcXrtIxUPLlg1YBJHtPNSVF7-yYtUfQiq9Hkm-RavrrbzdBWrvtJfeH4eMeC0GYv67SR0Rjpy5WzFE/w400-h300/IMG_7124.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">When we saw this tunnel coming up we didn't think anything about it. Once we started through it we realized just how big the mountain we were going THROUGH was! This tunnel went on FOREVER!</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj_Qt2-1aYxYt9KJw1B77UZVzw1PelxhBVZjO2I0JQuVzxLwz_RXBatZ9QOvTnpSpMP7FJCE4mpYXfWg6iI378Zu-bxK3Rnw9ZvUbJGD2gwSf44UkvV20soyIMetMg5YGNftfdl3CbP6aFDxWDc49EZALj2kSFQ6ptxa4hzlyfI4e18bFmBEFHO-_0LZI/s5184/IMG_7128.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj_Qt2-1aYxYt9KJw1B77UZVzw1PelxhBVZjO2I0JQuVzxLwz_RXBatZ9QOvTnpSpMP7FJCE4mpYXfWg6iI378Zu-bxK3Rnw9ZvUbJGD2gwSf44UkvV20soyIMetMg5YGNftfdl3CbP6aFDxWDc49EZALj2kSFQ6ptxa4hzlyfI4e18bFmBEFHO-_0LZI/w400-h300/IMG_7128.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Going down the road pics....</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcf_ZQAXwnn7WTsZFNsl7n4-Rq4YOKEG9tZjgLp9yocgsXDyUe4mxPqzZW6Wfdo1ARaE_l-DF_d5aT1apxp2VLeMEBJqmn_DwoyLPlWdGYDOZKah8OR5rjpgoln2IhjFdxpJNvQoRE2Z5ew9WyO8SA97vFs3yb840CRqM6i-ziASomORK8ZGMjFgEzmwE/s5184/IMG_7130.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcf_ZQAXwnn7WTsZFNsl7n4-Rq4YOKEG9tZjgLp9yocgsXDyUe4mxPqzZW6Wfdo1ARaE_l-DF_d5aT1apxp2VLeMEBJqmn_DwoyLPlWdGYDOZKah8OR5rjpgoln2IhjFdxpJNvQoRE2Z5ew9WyO8SA97vFs3yb840CRqM6i-ziASomORK8ZGMjFgEzmwE/w400-h300/IMG_7130.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVSpL5EGRe8zeP0pggYdr4q6KUjpvwAgXCwghamGMmA0mOlv96DX42nX7ertaszgXDMI_9bs3-c66cqK7K3ECa7J2-RbzDPh_BFC-uXbN2vqRz45yuKdZFI6S9LyploUMG_SRC-cyhLRJB7cp7bfd31k9t7IjbQDjc7rs9cQuL8hlb2lrxAYQprrYEK9w/s5184/IMG_7132.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVSpL5EGRe8zeP0pggYdr4q6KUjpvwAgXCwghamGMmA0mOlv96DX42nX7ertaszgXDMI_9bs3-c66cqK7K3ECa7J2-RbzDPh_BFC-uXbN2vqRz45yuKdZFI6S9LyploUMG_SRC-cyhLRJB7cp7bfd31k9t7IjbQDjc7rs9cQuL8hlb2lrxAYQprrYEK9w/w400-h300/IMG_7132.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We had to go up and down one mountain that scared me so badly! You see, we were 2 thousand feet up on a mountain, towing our camper, there NO guardrails and of course we are on the outside lane of a two lane road . Now let me explain something here, when I was 17 I was in a bad car accident where we went off the road to the right and we flipped twice. I'm afraid of the right side of the road! The road we were on had a white stripe on the right hand edge and passed that white stripe was AIR! Two thousand feet down! Needless to say there are no pictures from this part of the trip. Its been a long time since I was that scared and Walt wasn't much better off than me because we had traffic coming towards us and on the curves we had to hug that white stripe. The ones coming towards us had to hug the center stripe because to their right was solid rock! I have to find us another way down! We can't do this again. When we got over this mountain we stopped to get gas and when we pulled over our brakes were smokin'! Smoke was just pouring out and they were HOT! Lesson learned here, pull over when you can to let those brakes cool. A 7% grade downhill for 12 miles is too much.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So where are we headed? Rocky Mountain National Park.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">As we got closer I started calling around for a campsite. I called a couple of "resorts" that are in our campground book and they were all over $100 a night. Nope, not doing that. I finally found one that we decided to "accept" because we have to stay SOMEWHERE! So we're in Elk Meadow Lodge and RV Resort to the tune of $82.90 a night. I NEVER!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So we reach Estes Park and find out that the entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park is just a mile away from where we will stay.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Elk are everywhere here. Here's a picture from when we drove into town. This is at a sports complex.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPPuPwdssYcqo-9V9rNazSM6kVx6eQ3DawhWQjrWw8AiOdHA36LHtT_TZxXac2EpnMBrg4P0lDiex9ckpv1cUrSVH8TMwoLWL01k2ZfSdYZxkp6Z6xgqmhTbdwedhg_uyMH-2Iwen4T55bqNtJ5AykFKHjIFQIINy4U3ZO73eJ6CmCKdaq1q6VVGQMg0/s5184/IMG_7134.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPPuPwdssYcqo-9V9rNazSM6kVx6eQ3DawhWQjrWw8AiOdHA36LHtT_TZxXac2EpnMBrg4P0lDiex9ckpv1cUrSVH8TMwoLWL01k2ZfSdYZxkp6Z6xgqmhTbdwedhg_uyMH-2Iwen4T55bqNtJ5AykFKHjIFQIINy4U3ZO73eJ6CmCKdaq1q6VVGQMg0/w400-h300/IMG_7134.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO56asdVeLIFQNnqRUIop_lG_S5NZ7xf-6AxxNXB3ET05sHfsFPe04e9In7UlNrIKAd0ieezJRmGVHRKxe0Y6ss4ostewnvIwo__4Odx5HixSel3ulkJwxPaeG-NHjRcjw_Ii3zZmHKOki42fQkeaPZeFk7nfaYNK3vaG1M_STTDybkNVF-bKFnMSxpWg/s5184/IMG_7135.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO56asdVeLIFQNnqRUIop_lG_S5NZ7xf-6AxxNXB3ET05sHfsFPe04e9In7UlNrIKAd0ieezJRmGVHRKxe0Y6ss4ostewnvIwo__4Odx5HixSel3ulkJwxPaeG-NHjRcjw_Ii3zZmHKOki42fQkeaPZeFk7nfaYNK3vaG1M_STTDybkNVF-bKFnMSxpWg/w400-h300/IMG_7135.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We paid for 3 nights here and couldn't do anymore because the campgrounds are closing down for the season. It seems snow will be here before long. We're glad we got here when we did but we'll be glad to get the heck out of here too. We don't want to have to go DOWN the mountain in snow.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I have an Internet connection! But it is sooooo slow. I have a jetpack that we use when traveling and it gives me good speed until I reach a certain point and then it cuts down on the speed. I've reached that point. I tried to call Verizon but of course it was after hours so I will call in the morning to get an upgrade.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Our radio is static-y and stations are few and far between,,,,except for the Spanish station. That one is crystal clear! Go figure.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Game night!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Snookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14234189395419835018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187388801776933462.post-69595392540401778942023-10-04T09:59:00.001-07:002023-10-07T11:56:25.273-07:00<p> <span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">COLORADO - DAY 14 - OCTOBER 4, 2013</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We were up and out early today as we're anxious to get back on the road.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Did I hear someone ask for going down the road pics? Well, let me show you some!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8c-1jaGusH2pQgnoziME5G3NsN44SedEiEdtDiAYPSKZGgXgKK7VucKkvCUVoLqif4AuZffX6rE4XoxW4vx0v-EJE-zvExg6aYy-0LMlHVQ5846_Y4Kg3VPOYDZtXuTkWmvRKnQjJyNSuEU08GDhVPPPVRP3W4Wfza21GbIs4pM-O21pLerrDbudb5qM/s5184/IMG_7081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8c-1jaGusH2pQgnoziME5G3NsN44SedEiEdtDiAYPSKZGgXgKK7VucKkvCUVoLqif4AuZffX6rE4XoxW4vx0v-EJE-zvExg6aYy-0LMlHVQ5846_Y4Kg3VPOYDZtXuTkWmvRKnQjJyNSuEU08GDhVPPPVRP3W4Wfza21GbIs4pM-O21pLerrDbudb5qM/w400-h300/IMG_7081.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4y63uiB0u2jXOqLT_B6x5k-yqQZKaSRj5qmr7_YoiFszek07JuKR1t-bwlU6BAkxth2o2WAwFWxZrsFd5DyQ817t7NnEm2IFz5Y4Z7eVJNpsJvYsNKtPjKBaU4bwP75a700QFjWhN-umSYto2Sn4LurvGzPjI5pOifW0gi0IADytOzgoOK57xMinSig/s5184/IMG_7082.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4y63uiB0u2jXOqLT_B6x5k-yqQZKaSRj5qmr7_YoiFszek07JuKR1t-bwlU6BAkxth2o2WAwFWxZrsFd5DyQ817t7NnEm2IFz5Y4Z7eVJNpsJvYsNKtPjKBaU4bwP75a700QFjWhN-umSYto2Sn4LurvGzPjI5pOifW0gi0IADytOzgoOK57xMinSig/w400-h300/IMG_7082.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTe5EOq1F-TBaQmNbm-5RgsYDDKE2S0LEdX5zPKWZJT6ccvz0Pd7UamdcYLs87llphxlpeFQWst_bgmUYudJFRge4W0Q6WvKKJdQD0wzMylPVVzmWH7lbpgVTxigYp2OFmZo1r-EV8oLN1iyzI44Rw9Ol1UHRNUzfUI9NpiZD0xsFHZFWeHSoT_vYzypg/s5184/IMG_7085.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTe5EOq1F-TBaQmNbm-5RgsYDDKE2S0LEdX5zPKWZJT6ccvz0Pd7UamdcYLs87llphxlpeFQWst_bgmUYudJFRge4W0Q6WvKKJdQD0wzMylPVVzmWH7lbpgVTxigYp2OFmZo1r-EV8oLN1iyzI44Rw9Ol1UHRNUzfUI9NpiZD0xsFHZFWeHSoT_vYzypg/w400-h300/IMG_7085.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We knew we were heading north when we saw this.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTmucwP2rOF4py12KzeJW0_oB9tyw8_-Jh6FhjvN4SOJNBNZKenXmivVIJfSkln1nl6IJjK9tmWffklW7c47AIPC3iU9Bhi_oduoGoLuwhLMtRbjmzEtjUc8iOsF5THgUpuQo3MghODIdoAZSxn843o_pOqj43hSm_hU3QhqK7ZDJHDz2iV3lDUSm91M/s5184/IMG_7086.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTmucwP2rOF4py12KzeJW0_oB9tyw8_-Jh6FhjvN4SOJNBNZKenXmivVIJfSkln1nl6IJjK9tmWffklW7c47AIPC3iU9Bhi_oduoGoLuwhLMtRbjmzEtjUc8iOsF5THgUpuQo3MghODIdoAZSxn843o_pOqj43hSm_hU3QhqK7ZDJHDz2iV3lDUSm91M/w400-h300/IMG_7086.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">As we were going down the road we couldn't help but notice this area where so many were pulled over and they were all taking pictures. Walt asked if I wanted to pull over and I answered with an enthusiastic YES! I'm so glad we did.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3u3na2TWvvhyROAt2MOB0zR-9g09y1u4EjohtzdtySl3GynagJkzOKOPnK6ZA0AhR6y_jLFHqh99Fsa3BKPFHI4_SzCNEJuLicO9R0CnMKKv-wIwI5xkcrc1Ovf5qSotlc13yUMDTeNZ9t-x43gpntxBPln7STM_sUVi9qF6IMCzwGYNyzqdcI-T3j7o/s5184/IMG_7088.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3u3na2TWvvhyROAt2MOB0zR-9g09y1u4EjohtzdtySl3GynagJkzOKOPnK6ZA0AhR6y_jLFHqh99Fsa3BKPFHI4_SzCNEJuLicO9R0CnMKKv-wIwI5xkcrc1Ovf5qSotlc13yUMDTeNZ9t-x43gpntxBPln7STM_sUVi9qF6IMCzwGYNyzqdcI-T3j7o/w400-h300/IMG_7088.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4BqtTJ4fv8euXSchu2WNV2VBU-PweK5r2bfM1NbCPzzpmXhxMyo1U8UpXB8SuueQj4gh5yXwFY6pOgjiS6IS2zQeMXqE7Qp1gT7fEkfmQRxWmCUB0hZYBFwumqd7kyr6uSBVegQqLOE8eEvEj4EhbqpxNcJEXr-naBlJy1sVaar5ZAzl24gf1A4pxFw/s5184/IMG_7089.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4BqtTJ4fv8euXSchu2WNV2VBU-PweK5r2bfM1NbCPzzpmXhxMyo1U8UpXB8SuueQj4gh5yXwFY6pOgjiS6IS2zQeMXqE7Qp1gT7fEkfmQRxWmCUB0hZYBFwumqd7kyr6uSBVegQqLOE8eEvEj4EhbqpxNcJEXr-naBlJy1sVaar5ZAzl24gf1A4pxFw/w400-h300/IMG_7089.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Of course I always ask others if they want me to take their pictures and in return we always get our taken.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAsN8Gos_cDeT8b5OdHMuocghxQ1T7zn_TM_RTvfmRIcbPkoA8aTGODkJAMiMt1ATu3_QXKwmtzPk9yywhuSSFpWpY6IHNgJ_5BmukwPF_ujfEgqcboz55gpKxZs7lJtk0Rq4K8gayD7A98Y7PxOwbWSQgAWN14IU72NgwvQKeL06kogvJsFQSsZCp9Y/s5184/IMG_7092.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAsN8Gos_cDeT8b5OdHMuocghxQ1T7zn_TM_RTvfmRIcbPkoA8aTGODkJAMiMt1ATu3_QXKwmtzPk9yywhuSSFpWpY6IHNgJ_5BmukwPF_ujfEgqcboz55gpKxZs7lJtk0Rq4K8gayD7A98Y7PxOwbWSQgAWN14IU72NgwvQKeL06kogvJsFQSsZCp9Y/w400-h300/IMG_7092.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The fall colors just blew us away. It reminded us our trip to New Hampshire 3 years ago when we were there for peak leaf viewing.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUTQ666C184G-0zbMWXMIki3_rWv-257FkKqxqGmjN31Yc7_cq7-ikpjG6xMkcW7QDBlY4MkBhk14K-HFxgwEJXIsiJgppAptE0aFOU1Ks-jluMRgcRZgTnJgtpb1zkr50rxoAofmAtx3FGAwAbAbq7ayDsaTOD5qx5wZeQyBpT0_hfa2HaytFpPIqlg/s5184/IMG_7090.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUTQ666C184G-0zbMWXMIki3_rWv-257FkKqxqGmjN31Yc7_cq7-ikpjG6xMkcW7QDBlY4MkBhk14K-HFxgwEJXIsiJgppAptE0aFOU1Ks-jluMRgcRZgTnJgtpb1zkr50rxoAofmAtx3FGAwAbAbq7ayDsaTOD5qx5wZeQyBpT0_hfa2HaytFpPIqlg/w400-h300/IMG_7090.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghfqoEvQ3yaFymXtfNCi-ruTVqie9sktSa8TNFkNOt-nSCbzgSZMytVHn2OZLiJdpPy3zLPgBEGPWo6cWAZdamGK_Wvf7OLB5CCjQiij4tUg43eXUFAsuD8xsq4SIuE-rvgSFpI3DNsWUjw7s0-l51Nhm8S7Ct58Kmmol8-Q8MB6kE9mSEhsHlX9quukU/s5184/IMG_7094.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlW2EmMDD2d8Jc6kG42W1ORIf6PhS13EAwEKn9GuaUyUXahaBkeL7O8vPwAkOb7WADKkaqPy0RcOBnT53BcEsdOTjyg0_QPh_SZbPvp-iOLWD-Rb0TdYC47vWc_B8KhXEk-HMDFjsKn2yDQt732Qk_YRdke3Br0mBdDpwYMDlGUw-859xxgYLu2qlJ_Fs/w400-h300/IMG_7105.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It was like these trees were on fire!</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-P-c1_oIti5k88jfILaHHBp7SN5VQtsMXw6B2UI8f8M4_2QlhKt5YoZT0P8vFlwAzujotEUe0aZXS-hqHPGyAwYQD-8uL3Qkp_Uhi7FkXPGYjc9Pplen6W-Q9Ib3LSmVH-jqlFYe5aIxk8OwS_XtuuEha2SnIuPCPUM_SOIYxPLMlq5uUo4MrlRFn-w/s5184/IMG_7107.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-P-c1_oIti5k88jfILaHHBp7SN5VQtsMXw6B2UI8f8M4_2QlhKt5YoZT0P8vFlwAzujotEUe0aZXS-hqHPGyAwYQD-8uL3Qkp_Uhi7FkXPGYjc9Pplen6W-Q9Ib3LSmVH-jqlFYe5aIxk8OwS_XtuuEha2SnIuPCPUM_SOIYxPLMlq5uUo4MrlRFn-w/w400-h300/IMG_7107.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And then around the next corner the colors were so incredibly different.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzRYjT8P7cp_4hgOpG3zl57iRwVyefkvpL2A7rMnc4N0mfWhhBZgd3T4rph-A938NIMYvU75lGmrGjeoEyd1OUR-atVS0ogNJ0Vz_3pZA-zmGLkUwWEyU7lRR4ULu7vObElVyK3JL_jTzqV_y2hly9rjCqYm_wCTJHidaRGjWUP8jZ6KVCuXhPrZ4lgc0/s5184/IMG_7109.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzRYjT8P7cp_4hgOpG3zl57iRwVyefkvpL2A7rMnc4N0mfWhhBZgd3T4rph-A938NIMYvU75lGmrGjeoEyd1OUR-atVS0ogNJ0Vz_3pZA-zmGLkUwWEyU7lRR4ULu7vObElVyK3JL_jTzqV_y2hly9rjCqYm_wCTJHidaRGjWUP8jZ6KVCuXhPrZ4lgc0/w400-h300/IMG_7109.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We're mountain climbing now...</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj85m2bCqQsMUQ4TBxTRaIi5LkR_Yr7y9_AzyRTdfwW1B-slJ2NLyDiAxoODRAZ1MMjBhLbIeepx0SUP6uMhp-pFkgcD8MNMI2KztnHZciPvncX5IMpjmb4Exau77Me4Bh1D_LNcaB_fjbZXaLa4DmyHyL6xgUb0j6bYYPMeOt7mePsQwtLl_JUnS0ENvE/s5184/IMG_7110.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj85m2bCqQsMUQ4TBxTRaIi5LkR_Yr7y9_AzyRTdfwW1B-slJ2NLyDiAxoODRAZ1MMjBhLbIeepx0SUP6uMhp-pFkgcD8MNMI2KztnHZciPvncX5IMpjmb4Exau77Me4Bh1D_LNcaB_fjbZXaLa4DmyHyL6xgUb0j6bYYPMeOt7mePsQwtLl_JUnS0ENvE/w400-h300/IMG_7110.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We were just down on the road below.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9U6kE6u_ojrt963USccZ-ZefKEdpuKjJTg9tYnqmpy-FPdbBJUvIa05C74s21HRNe3cZkZItYPZZlKhNRfi4Do6q7-ynq85qq7V90uISexuCQFmlaGfs-ypOyXvgT_U-1WBXag24PT6mnHFPLuqmIVyBxfPI4Quy4-bIuQlNyDjDT_QNRuK4nTja0Cak/s5184/IMG_7112.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9U6kE6u_ojrt963USccZ-ZefKEdpuKjJTg9tYnqmpy-FPdbBJUvIa05C74s21HRNe3cZkZItYPZZlKhNRfi4Do6q7-ynq85qq7V90uISexuCQFmlaGfs-ypOyXvgT_U-1WBXag24PT6mnHFPLuqmIVyBxfPI4Quy4-bIuQlNyDjDT_QNRuK4nTja0Cak/w400-h300/IMG_7112.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We started looking for a place to call home for the night and found this wonderful state park to stay in. It was right off the road we were traveling, a gas station was just outside of the park and the view was great! Little did I know that I was going to HATE being in this valley surrounded by stone walls. I haven't been able to upload anything due to a weak internet signal for a couple of days now and tonight was going to be no different. We couldn't even get a radio signal. We are so glad we had the forethought to pack games!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">State park fees sure have gone up since I started camping back in the early 90's. The fee for this park was $46.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I've given up keeping track of every penny spent. It's too depressing when you have to fill the gas tank and pay camping fees. I know what we started with so I'll figure it out when we get back to Juniper Ridge.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Our view from our camping spot.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmiuJNNJURi2WXwW-LWV4I2D9BeTNHkEm7FjEthGEx5O2jrKI2Nq-Nc8YRy-ID-x-xh6kZ3svLLbmVRFud_nrTMUo9FIh3CbDHbe4OwrT0lv1mREXjW4tg_azEC83ItOMg3X-0sZaU0zyQ_apWPCGB3mq4X65IkiPCWnf3U8SuXXcNV_9aqz0M1UMJazs/s5184/IMG_7117.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmiuJNNJURi2WXwW-LWV4I2D9BeTNHkEm7FjEthGEx5O2jrKI2Nq-Nc8YRy-ID-x-xh6kZ3svLLbmVRFud_nrTMUo9FIh3CbDHbe4OwrT0lv1mREXjW4tg_azEC83ItOMg3X-0sZaU0zyQ_apWPCGB3mq4X65IkiPCWnf3U8SuXXcNV_9aqz0M1UMJazs/w400-h300/IMG_7117.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5-lsvYI29YNH11GKhkPSqiJVOB-WADu6OcVoS0Aj-3XrjYssmtdXxt7n0c6WF45Ns2fooBuG-CzI6SMXmriWe-l33SuLOLKNtsrLb-efpZXlYFFmTSyN7jxoUb2OmtLu8iqmNJ3Iv6Q8IkSwxD4qGsKdB9pS0Ym1ON0dkC30Mc5c8gXv7eMEwA_0KqM/s5184/IMG_7116.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5-lsvYI29YNH11GKhkPSqiJVOB-WADu6OcVoS0Aj-3XrjYssmtdXxt7n0c6WF45Ns2fooBuG-CzI6SMXmriWe-l33SuLOLKNtsrLb-efpZXlYFFmTSyN7jxoUb2OmtLu8iqmNJ3Iv6Q8IkSwxD4qGsKdB9pS0Ym1ON0dkC30Mc5c8gXv7eMEwA_0KqM/w400-h300/IMG_7116.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbedlVtdGOpLw9etOpvzaIsWdjjGLAH0QJsPe6b6A3RScRxQ7rF3E9y7TS5mB-XaMwca2aWxkqbxqN9uKSd0MvhH0NQznzfKH6KvrmE5TgxE2m5KJ56iUuEAka9IPZyMp2gVmQgg_wtPd7HHNeZEitjRg3DKa37Co2wIMzSVt7jBGrz6afkRsT36amO_o/s5184/IMG_7115.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbedlVtdGOpLw9etOpvzaIsWdjjGLAH0QJsPe6b6A3RScRxQ7rF3E9y7TS5mB-XaMwca2aWxkqbxqN9uKSd0MvhH0NQznzfKH6KvrmE5TgxE2m5KJ56iUuEAka9IPZyMp2gVmQgg_wtPd7HHNeZEitjRg3DKa37Co2wIMzSVt7jBGrz6afkRsT36amO_o/w300-h400/IMG_7115.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVst_7LgoJpWqiQFmAPSMC61NeNWm2z1JrxC-pdikMUWOlpEfzzKXLq0XI7oIdecDq_WJD5A0P5DD0wWtgloXxbprNvZlayOmR692Xik6JkQoahK950pn7gpUFhXN1kmCgs2VpmatuvZB9NVTUWQ1zNhe4JLXCaRepwntp_QqSdG9h9v0ybYV1_fhBJBM/s5184/IMG_7114.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVst_7LgoJpWqiQFmAPSMC61NeNWm2z1JrxC-pdikMUWOlpEfzzKXLq0XI7oIdecDq_WJD5A0P5DD0wWtgloXxbprNvZlayOmR692Xik6JkQoahK950pn7gpUFhXN1kmCgs2VpmatuvZB9NVTUWQ1zNhe4JLXCaRepwntp_QqSdG9h9v0ybYV1_fhBJBM/w400-h300/IMG_7114.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">After getting set up we took Abby for a long walk around the park. So many new smells for her and she made sure she smelled EVERYTHING! Trust me, it was long walk.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">After dinner, we played games, talked about our next adventure and turned in early so we could get an early start. We have a five hour drive tomorrow and its all uphill.</span></p>Snookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14234189395419835018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187388801776933462.post-24105595866596735102023-10-03T08:44:00.000-07:002023-10-07T11:56:27.920-07:00<p> <span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">COLORADO - DAY 13 - OCTOBER 3, 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Today Abby gets to see her 5th national park! Oh yeah, Walt too.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We got up early today because after being cooped up for 2 days we're ready to get out of our travel trailer that seemed to be shrinking by the minute. It's a good thing we get along so well!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So over to Mesa Verde National Park we go! No timed entry permit needed here.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">First stop, the visitor center to get our National Park Passport stamp.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh495JzPQQAeabSs1Iqw_Mg-FvbHPtEYH4rs22l73lsRYCJnx11op2aFAyO9kOYmKrICy76Eh7ckAHTWQj-NqLqTwAYIywQ1eomNAKFXk4ulbyWNwDVYGnJ3G9tkMtLrjd4iOkUNfad6Tr7-YnO6Xlgbm-ola0lHd6F10PAkW3a4OPU-2sl8Z4mhGn7Wt8/s5184/IMG_7011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh495JzPQQAeabSs1Iqw_Mg-FvbHPtEYH4rs22l73lsRYCJnx11op2aFAyO9kOYmKrICy76Eh7ckAHTWQj-NqLqTwAYIywQ1eomNAKFXk4ulbyWNwDVYGnJ3G9tkMtLrjd4iOkUNfad6Tr7-YnO6Xlgbm-ola0lHd6F10PAkW3a4OPU-2sl8Z4mhGn7Wt8/w400-h300/IMG_7011.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Off in the distance we could see snow on the mountains.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpBiGbwc3r5K4ez-tfpUQPibj1Ezl6_7AJrApBlm7t-0Zb_VeXgivV1lvQ2K0-1uJeLr8ADx4WCMXxsDv8ys7BHZpPo6aYrFE16pnbi290efjk_AFiGfUOOB35xGH8jcuwxUMUhA0iPO15_fT4qNbX58izVPhuq2P9u8laqXNZe3hP-PmkNsKId8pVYI/s5184/IMG_7012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpBiGbwc3r5K4ez-tfpUQPibj1Ezl6_7AJrApBlm7t-0Zb_VeXgivV1lvQ2K0-1uJeLr8ADx4WCMXxsDv8ys7BHZpPo6aYrFE16pnbi290efjk_AFiGfUOOB35xGH8jcuwxUMUhA0iPO15_fT4qNbX58izVPhuq2P9u8laqXNZe3hP-PmkNsKId8pVYI/w400-h300/IMG_7012.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIzt3kKYAg3kpvTq4APUu31BNHGN0qcekcX8k934VpKb_M5U7Tsgd1rtcvz498GVJqw8pFxlplH7v0n1-Vy7sV87_kj4x1q1_zlCxK525g7hZN9kWrBLoCqBK1hlw5NGHJ2N4q8FUuR__L0bQUJ_QyxoGzcsizQ2K3VNgBhhp4VE8gOqFOS07ijRMINPE/s5184/IMG_7013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIzt3kKYAg3kpvTq4APUu31BNHGN0qcekcX8k934VpKb_M5U7Tsgd1rtcvz498GVJqw8pFxlplH7v0n1-Vy7sV87_kj4x1q1_zlCxK525g7hZN9kWrBLoCqBK1hlw5NGHJ2N4q8FUuR__L0bQUJ_QyxoGzcsizQ2K3VNgBhhp4VE8gOqFOS07ijRMINPE/w400-h300/IMG_7013.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Everything here is so green!</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc4dC7qthAwPDuSrzJk5Xw63m-IY-cRetW-dLxWRd5c9l8cJcZWqCw3GgbEIxrmdQZbhzJO4sswmfrzah3OsQeT-e42BwgKz0yQdL9QT2YqDjyagRfCRVdwCKUNi9d9Y7E6sK-i1gIcuJ95gOWXZtkz9oLbI-oAn11HnE2PWo-eZ3zBGMnohELkUeSZvU/s5184/IMG_7016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc4dC7qthAwPDuSrzJk5Xw63m-IY-cRetW-dLxWRd5c9l8cJcZWqCw3GgbEIxrmdQZbhzJO4sswmfrzah3OsQeT-e42BwgKz0yQdL9QT2YqDjyagRfCRVdwCKUNi9d9Y7E6sK-i1gIcuJ95gOWXZtkz9oLbI-oAn11HnE2PWo-eZ3zBGMnohELkUeSZvU/w400-h300/IMG_7016.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Our view of the valley below from one of the lookout spots.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqrtc9UcQ-76YKywigS_6_tT7SFgmD3FaNzh9KwBSSo_-uwMjdrPJrCL98V_W6WxnI9ecg9rthvXObG2n6j25BHZzvCfnFQ7vRIhvWTaoWbG9FgfkdsDd6rDAAewerkWWNIGDSaeDBBWjjoi2k8tHSVqEKrmkASZZrNWO5QzEmDS71xXp_lyHjLjBUEJw/s5184/IMG_7018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqrtc9UcQ-76YKywigS_6_tT7SFgmD3FaNzh9KwBSSo_-uwMjdrPJrCL98V_W6WxnI9ecg9rthvXObG2n6j25BHZzvCfnFQ7vRIhvWTaoWbG9FgfkdsDd6rDAAewerkWWNIGDSaeDBBWjjoi2k8tHSVqEKrmkASZZrNWO5QzEmDS71xXp_lyHjLjBUEJw/w400-h300/IMG_7018.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPUawZl8zwvQsmuWNg6UjQ3nBNfEyJG64WzUz84wTK_me7I1NGEWjSR5Mk8Is4ILFdovJiprcGFeUobmHEysJe3TiqZEG9ok7jVFLZJzK3Kr5JwfG6y0kWqroKlzWCI68AUNYeECtmZzCAjJ6rFZ84J0zgMo-jULGQQHYFTs82zYlEmaZFsukJbbyURLY/s5184/IMG_7019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPUawZl8zwvQsmuWNg6UjQ3nBNfEyJG64WzUz84wTK_me7I1NGEWjSR5Mk8Is4ILFdovJiprcGFeUobmHEysJe3TiqZEG9ok7jVFLZJzK3Kr5JwfG6y0kWqroKlzWCI68AUNYeECtmZzCAjJ6rFZ84J0zgMo-jULGQQHYFTs82zYlEmaZFsukJbbyURLY/w400-h300/IMG_7019.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Take note, we're dressed a little warmer here.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJIp_DnevypsL2XsoonaWwhiRVUQEj813ox3I4_tCVTaiB-IUStHqmIOJHTDXgJRN-h0qjljh-SdbTo_y1928zvZIvsQzCYkN2c2c-piQbucxy8VtMzJ42Yk-FYV1GH4xduahRyO9GnQkWA1XGfur3Ub529PokX97GQkKWSjzTsqV3KqfG0SEBR9O5vSU/s5184/IMG_7022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJIp_DnevypsL2XsoonaWwhiRVUQEj813ox3I4_tCVTaiB-IUStHqmIOJHTDXgJRN-h0qjljh-SdbTo_y1928zvZIvsQzCYkN2c2c-piQbucxy8VtMzJ42Yk-FYV1GH4xduahRyO9GnQkWA1XGfur3Ub529PokX97GQkKWSjzTsqV3KqfG0SEBR9O5vSU/w400-h300/IMG_7022.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">There's just something about a dead tree.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2UfxRG8RdLVepfd22wO7C0e_ZN0PZmlb3BecZEPRZ-M8eTBmikQV2gTxsUI7eduClV8g4fY_uqk9zCaCo9UUwtwlEPDisyMoJe-35Vt38YsF8vmo-dGmoYPMAneAJq4Vp7GKKQZO1sVyX2TRzJ7qqsciz03_euLrRjLa9jZBbZeEBbwErl8IcsJtZ2Nw/s5184/IMG_7023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2UfxRG8RdLVepfd22wO7C0e_ZN0PZmlb3BecZEPRZ-M8eTBmikQV2gTxsUI7eduClV8g4fY_uqk9zCaCo9UUwtwlEPDisyMoJe-35Vt38YsF8vmo-dGmoYPMAneAJq4Vp7GKKQZO1sVyX2TRzJ7qqsciz03_euLrRjLa9jZBbZeEBbwErl8IcsJtZ2Nw/w300-h400/IMG_7023.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Must be some kind of beetle that came through the park because there a LOT of dead trees here.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgipzP-qu8NcmGZvlC6eATn495rPEFo0J1_-REMKBYe-l1gKyvqigyrxZrreHA-_NvlXrqevojkDYcm4RtNciDPr1u9zTS7WlTgcZ4rKuUbHDnxSgYPXY3Ts5kq736ei-FIv9rXh3Cv1r8I8ev8t_W-MN6tGQ0_j2uVLCVxC8LKd0dc97wxnsTdV76FUzs/s5184/IMG_7027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgipzP-qu8NcmGZvlC6eATn495rPEFo0J1_-REMKBYe-l1gKyvqigyrxZrreHA-_NvlXrqevojkDYcm4RtNciDPr1u9zTS7WlTgcZ4rKuUbHDnxSgYPXY3Ts5kq736ei-FIv9rXh3Cv1r8I8ev8t_W-MN6tGQ0_j2uVLCVxC8LKd0dc97wxnsTdV76FUzs/w400-h300/IMG_7027.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">When we got up higher we ran into SNOW!</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNVTudadRFLkgIc_aH4yxDWhL-9DQNyRTld5IwUKZ33qASf3eDIy6KyB2rQP9fJFpl2f7fQcCkWE0AcECtoYtSdHJOxBAgTUDxHBwxxZzZDwg3Xuy9CZ_Kn7GwqLticyrIed8e56x6U7CmOaN-tzbFCNxPisUvCc2K23X-Pg2sUUm50pu8cMNg08qKnw/s5184/IMG_7031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large;">View from another lookout.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu9fwOJ-AOVXc9QZYD0jhA7zHblVdb5juPRjegXXw0dX4rNluqbHUI0RYBIF_ok1iNrvu27GlC3aKhwHzz4xEyGdRWJyGVZ-3JRPMnA_gkfv9fgFq5pgx-XTaisuRoqXw7Kok2pZYAryXPUYZm5GFVAlcgQQN2zT8TgBTvL7UC759C8oqebjFbWU_EG3c/s5184/IMG_7032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu9fwOJ-AOVXc9QZYD0jhA7zHblVdb5juPRjegXXw0dX4rNluqbHUI0RYBIF_ok1iNrvu27GlC3aKhwHzz4xEyGdRWJyGVZ-3JRPMnA_gkfv9fgFq5pgx-XTaisuRoqXw7Kok2pZYAryXPUYZm5GFVAlcgQQN2zT8TgBTvL7UC759C8oqebjFbWU_EG3c/w400-h300/IMG_7032.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZI1EtGZjGQ02wFA30qOd1l37VbE8lw4IgPBHMiXBs6x8qYErRMf00xQhqLcsC9ViBwdxwbrWgD-dG7YLSUA804vJiHO5r6KIyszqu_Z5W9Bg7Y8VOxxhdXYBiygwz_aKPzyybLB5esDIcVnRMY2aFlZIDUiGrZxmb9RRBDfg9uFgXJCUghaYCLdJ-_k/s5184/IMG_7033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZI1EtGZjGQ02wFA30qOd1l37VbE8lw4IgPBHMiXBs6x8qYErRMf00xQhqLcsC9ViBwdxwbrWgD-dG7YLSUA804vJiHO5r6KIyszqu_Z5W9Bg7Y8VOxxhdXYBiygwz_aKPzyybLB5esDIcVnRMY2aFlZIDUiGrZxmb9RRBDfg9uFgXJCUghaYCLdJ-_k/w400-h300/IMG_7033.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">These trees just don't make for a nice view while driving through the park.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYPxofqKBQ6eeUKWLoSOXiy6dk8-FdtGSwBSVuiTRNpTmqAOZEQv8ZL-H1nijsbVQQSLWautWtgEyknleQfh33NI5R6V-5Mu9d5fk59MrB6D94GXLAn2xxFvb7BYAwulbcn8CBQVwfn_A21Jd4EmusNIgcGzovmsbgW9QiWNTxDtATej86UVARaI1KgBA/s5184/IMG_7035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYPxofqKBQ6eeUKWLoSOXiy6dk8-FdtGSwBSVuiTRNpTmqAOZEQv8ZL-H1nijsbVQQSLWautWtgEyknleQfh33NI5R6V-5Mu9d5fk59MrB6D94GXLAn2xxFvb7BYAwulbcn8CBQVwfn_A21Jd4EmusNIgcGzovmsbgW9QiWNTxDtATej86UVARaI1KgBA/w400-h300/IMG_7035.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgetp5MNEkRyfOfE84e6sK-LkI78E9I6a-gYSbhtpRS8rE_vnp4k-cx4I43YPI-wHX7f6iIcJ4-pDVpR5p2CI5BfCiKVlr1y05JeVWDrbAx0qxYW0l4Oy9UnfXKlMkjf6Dl8oH-xPLMOODuZeSy1yJ-DkaKE22iioIhFs1I4tw_LVyQF7eGuA-iVbVG_VA/s5184/IMG_7036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgetp5MNEkRyfOfE84e6sK-LkI78E9I6a-gYSbhtpRS8rE_vnp4k-cx4I43YPI-wHX7f6iIcJ4-pDVpR5p2CI5BfCiKVlr1y05JeVWDrbAx0qxYW0l4Oy9UnfXKlMkjf6Dl8oH-xPLMOODuZeSy1yJ-DkaKE22iioIhFs1I4tw_LVyQF7eGuA-iVbVG_VA/w400-h300/IMG_7036.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We finally made it to the section that I wanted to see the most. I had hoped we could get up close and personal with these ruins but the tours with the park ranger were already sold out.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yyTqxM7Y4aEzSG0vK0Y2HeRNGV8672H390IHFrsfbgR-N3f4nV1Q8pMh7nDviUJ9A9erS22yXLWxTgR9Ko7IWXEG3ztg19EpllEHbUvQ-MQOX4TirsKiBMEVUgQKPk9UzgXJsGwatEPxxnce1_FM17uoKog3akgaEfeyoiUz3m4x_I0QsDJT0fOx9qE/s5184/IMG_7037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yyTqxM7Y4aEzSG0vK0Y2HeRNGV8672H390IHFrsfbgR-N3f4nV1Q8pMh7nDviUJ9A9erS22yXLWxTgR9Ko7IWXEG3ztg19EpllEHbUvQ-MQOX4TirsKiBMEVUgQKPk9UzgXJsGwatEPxxnce1_FM17uoKog3akgaEfeyoiUz3m4x_I0QsDJT0fOx9qE/w400-h300/IMG_7037.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ifTkEvlgjAFPio92R3S6sM_JlvDt1X1eSoD3IdnXt-wfOVbADZPOi7uL7AlkmaLPgq4eoe5TQO8HBg4s3gQg2QcM0pp1aUoxBLjj-xNfjGIvZRUXVSksiudfxP5WgpO8scO5dYtnkyD9mF-GfWjStk9dICSCPy9yoSoIyQ2InZ8ZRqJZA0ZfjsxVJNU/s5184/IMG_7038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ifTkEvlgjAFPio92R3S6sM_JlvDt1X1eSoD3IdnXt-wfOVbADZPOi7uL7AlkmaLPgq4eoe5TQO8HBg4s3gQg2QcM0pp1aUoxBLjj-xNfjGIvZRUXVSksiudfxP5WgpO8scO5dYtnkyD9mF-GfWjStk9dICSCPy9yoSoIyQ2InZ8ZRqJZA0ZfjsxVJNU/w400-h300/IMG_7038.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The Pueblo ruins date back 700 + years.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHvOsY8YK4aFeVDJzZMvu3WTxD73-65NZppMTUy3ytVoUn14T4-T95CKoHP8IjZTV893pbtM35v9kMYdyHXh97VfcqNgZtitb_YLXqP2rdU8BPqIdk8SI9RGGmYcjoWj7GK71Zym9BAI2UoFQEZQOei5ljpbx9Q-ZaXmg_cnLlLaiNeYCC7YuNQvYrMIQ/s5184/IMG_7039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHvOsY8YK4aFeVDJzZMvu3WTxD73-65NZppMTUy3ytVoUn14T4-T95CKoHP8IjZTV893pbtM35v9kMYdyHXh97VfcqNgZtitb_YLXqP2rdU8BPqIdk8SI9RGGmYcjoWj7GK71Zym9BAI2UoFQEZQOei5ljpbx9Q-ZaXmg_cnLlLaiNeYCC7YuNQvYrMIQ/w400-h300/IMG_7039.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Rctg6DWWFDoS8nYJQIov-7FL3lRdOnxkwAFGnQ2LkGnBdChmQQ78BGaV-42Y0kxD_DkdvJshStLpZbFPantxs8upVnqqo2mceA_l8ktJQwdfy1an_U0E5iktD8wtD-OwAzcv4hykbqhm01akgFKPk2Dd4hgjHf57FfvAuC5HR8_t_b2YmSkiGw6yro4/s5184/IMG_7040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Rctg6DWWFDoS8nYJQIov-7FL3lRdOnxkwAFGnQ2LkGnBdChmQQ78BGaV-42Y0kxD_DkdvJshStLpZbFPantxs8upVnqqo2mceA_l8ktJQwdfy1an_U0E5iktD8wtD-OwAzcv4hykbqhm01akgFKPk2Dd4hgjHf57FfvAuC5HR8_t_b2YmSkiGw6yro4/w400-h300/IMG_7040.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I'm glad they are only accessible by way of a tour. I can only imagine what they would look like if open to the public.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVLGkLeyF0PuD6xmKEr_uapuXp_wFIr6ZDMezBti1j0wd6taN0Lh59dS2aBSaHmyre-DMB7jOiELm6bE48tRECM25xllDCxmsyYLSByRC1QGDrxigIf5MqJBN45iq84xj_DuymxWy8oeNE846Gk6BMJ-SsJ3YZf-XuVp9Rg6WXs6bqF0sCRUtbtErAdw/s5184/IMG_7042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVLGkLeyF0PuD6xmKEr_uapuXp_wFIr6ZDMezBti1j0wd6taN0Lh59dS2aBSaHmyre-DMB7jOiELm6bE48tRECM25xllDCxmsyYLSByRC1QGDrxigIf5MqJBN45iq84xj_DuymxWy8oeNE846Gk6BMJ-SsJ3YZf-XuVp9Rg6WXs6bqF0sCRUtbtErAdw/w400-h300/IMG_7042.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig9aAsZJHx9ikRwc80VvqDBYxRjkWrRh0BXqKsWQNxeN6POca77RQXPm9T8Q6o9sXSIyP8v5VOkRbCPKK4x-P5EIzWhc-SM5qy18tshiEsTnuE0doHJvR19MenzSw5wxGrxnxAKJoAtr3xhLKWjbxNyW3KpWSm201DNMbPJPsUfI4OTQfx_NxU1yxvMCc/s5184/IMG_7043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig9aAsZJHx9ikRwc80VvqDBYxRjkWrRh0BXqKsWQNxeN6POca77RQXPm9T8Q6o9sXSIyP8v5VOkRbCPKK4x-P5EIzWhc-SM5qy18tshiEsTnuE0doHJvR19MenzSw5wxGrxnxAKJoAtr3xhLKWjbxNyW3KpWSm201DNMbPJPsUfI4OTQfx_NxU1yxvMCc/w400-h300/IMG_7043.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">One more picture from near the top.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnxFW_5qWhoN_c1N0WIDWIbeMxrbFwUojp2mjQ02JNrxFVrEucmd3nNrZvN2cdid9jh-vHKsQBt6aLUhIYEJI76awXzhraj71kUOV3ewHZPHWrgjXwmXuLQVhaVg15QfImgjlU9y06Xme5VYbRcyk4TEALkgYATiWH1mYrpxCKLiBnnRDWDKyGFcHgyWI/s5184/IMG_7046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnxFW_5qWhoN_c1N0WIDWIbeMxrbFwUojp2mjQ02JNrxFVrEucmd3nNrZvN2cdid9jh-vHKsQBt6aLUhIYEJI76awXzhraj71kUOV3ewHZPHWrgjXwmXuLQVhaVg15QfImgjlU9y06Xme5VYbRcyk4TEALkgYATiWH1mYrpxCKLiBnnRDWDKyGFcHgyWI/w400-h300/IMG_7046.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We didn't spend a lot of time in this park. To tell you the truth, neither one of us was impressed with Mesa Verde except for the ruins. After seeing Zion, Bryce, Arches and Canyonland, well, this was just so ho-hum.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Since it was early in the day still we decided to go see something else that wasn't too far away.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">As we were headed to our next destination we saw these very, very large "gullies" along side the road. There had to be a tremendous amount of water coming through here to make these.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9C-J14Sxu4Qtd_5oxbOJWwHOk8iCorp6UkoeVPMlDuGyDDphCgLGZqt6d3nYdIn7415bYLzCNev6fYiIb9hFNVdLc0DoHyPnctw_ogFgfwJMvqs9jfXQ4ZAFkKmoQayT42X16nKMxJireWotgvVWpMR5M4sts4Y6xAWMTr7T6SNVW9tKDGmpRTcc7fg/s5184/IMG_7051.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9C-J14Sxu4Qtd_5oxbOJWwHOk8iCorp6UkoeVPMlDuGyDDphCgLGZqt6d3nYdIn7415bYLzCNev6fYiIb9hFNVdLc0DoHyPnctw_ogFgfwJMvqs9jfXQ4ZAFkKmoQayT42X16nKMxJireWotgvVWpMR5M4sts4Y6xAWMTr7T6SNVW9tKDGmpRTcc7fg/w400-h300/IMG_7051.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">By the way, we're in New Mexico for the next stop.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjzjtKd8mTZOv_Zz141a_44MHKvf_04Sl75isstlrMteo7P2Tnum3wtbQc6Y44FRZ5E0tKP3Sn0ZpLdQCQlXv4e1eucNZ_vSkIFfNW_icvTY3zjCaZkOw0wQnCReg0rUfzRquzeIsz3kuMV-HCSVffZwyyhYfPv0M9vEprR5aqk-kNSaAWJ0fpJAf1zdo/s5184/IMG_7053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjzjtKd8mTZOv_Zz141a_44MHKvf_04Sl75isstlrMteo7P2Tnum3wtbQc6Y44FRZ5E0tKP3Sn0ZpLdQCQlXv4e1eucNZ_vSkIFfNW_icvTY3zjCaZkOw0wQnCReg0rUfzRquzeIsz3kuMV-HCSVffZwyyhYfPv0M9vEprR5aqk-kNSaAWJ0fpJAf1zdo/w400-h300/IMG_7053.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We're visiting the Four Corners Monument. The place where Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona meet.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsU-TwMWkJRSgC1lFHTzyYThaWzBWlQkM_jEa-mHxU3xAkHZ4M-CUVesaQ1uD2QxUGoIr9y4FCKsyBxfNpC7ZDqpKw4oJEIZgKDWOmx0o7kAiecLOFrUdtypPPa9SMHi_Ja8p52qmkZ1zkRtwMqjrnVuMfYQHcB_2hNuUdqyATFO1CK1IkffCIVB8WY7k/s5184/IMG_7054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsU-TwMWkJRSgC1lFHTzyYThaWzBWlQkM_jEa-mHxU3xAkHZ4M-CUVesaQ1uD2QxUGoIr9y4FCKsyBxfNpC7ZDqpKw4oJEIZgKDWOmx0o7kAiecLOFrUdtypPPa9SMHi_Ja8p52qmkZ1zkRtwMqjrnVuMfYQHcB_2hNuUdqyATFO1CK1IkffCIVB8WY7k/w400-h300/IMG_7054.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Here's Walt and I standing in all four states. There was a fellow standing up on a ledge taking pictures for everyone who wanted one. I have no idea how long he was there before we arrived but he just kept taking everyone's cameras and phones and snapped away.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4_0_JnDxiW4h7ODzoF2UA-hYy8G-qblGCd292Xnl7BRM2wqSjVAaMJjehniv23ZhPl_VePajSUUTizxYad8tZ3o0CjgOOUJSlfwlOt79paUnRzY1lWvvKAusPj1PQD_sVSeX8wTSi1Q7oUJijbO9iDL1ZJbhZ-aoYdKlKIhq9VpteXDrM87-X3KlTjOM/s5184/IMG_7056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4_0_JnDxiW4h7ODzoF2UA-hYy8G-qblGCd292Xnl7BRM2wqSjVAaMJjehniv23ZhPl_VePajSUUTizxYad8tZ3o0CjgOOUJSlfwlOt79paUnRzY1lWvvKAusPj1PQD_sVSeX8wTSi1Q7oUJijbO9iDL1ZJbhZ-aoYdKlKIhq9VpteXDrM87-X3KlTjOM/w400-h300/IMG_7056.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Walt standing in all four states at the same time.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgipQRN6yxSXpcIm_TqH8j1ld2K8vi9qqdvz88JaO_rUA1NYs3tQIMp8GJ3yeYD1GF47wqvxKSa6dom8Yt8REzQhYfI4pe5IbdwxR4i_ko4J7rRrKIJi8Ihyzbi2oF8kJUoEZdFhH1RfKge5WWQw150HNvSEr9Ov6FGXcvJ7hmVD9h3bPkkRlqszWmNPjo/s5184/IMG_7057.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgipQRN6yxSXpcIm_TqH8j1ld2K8vi9qqdvz88JaO_rUA1NYs3tQIMp8GJ3yeYD1GF47wqvxKSa6dom8Yt8REzQhYfI4pe5IbdwxR4i_ko4J7rRrKIJi8Ihyzbi2oF8kJUoEZdFhH1RfKge5WWQw150HNvSEr9Ov6FGXcvJ7hmVD9h3bPkkRlqszWmNPjo/w300-h400/IMG_7057.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">If one of us does, the other has to too.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;">We took the time to check out all the little shops that were open but they all sold the same thing. Jewelry, dream catchers, Christmas tree balls and leather goods. We didn't buy anything. All of the vendors were very friendly and each one greeted us with a smile and he</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">llo.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">We came. We saw. I took pictures.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">On the way back "home" we saw this rock that seems to have just risen out of the ground.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZYaxBkBK4cUVgn_VkGwxPBfyHgyojV88n8vYT3yFKdgHG3fesCuCIuV00AW095B5h7PUgxj9Yqw3XNErTNo3gh4K5cvr2OXb4fM0jkQ7wPDuu3hLzLx5vnZNxx0AkotCnsatpa9TiHOPZJYxBbgfvLlKKMiCW6RQ79OC7mWXp4kqC0FJsOvZJeKFKkZo/s5184/IMG_7069.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZYaxBkBK4cUVgn_VkGwxPBfyHgyojV88n8vYT3yFKdgHG3fesCuCIuV00AW095B5h7PUgxj9Yqw3XNErTNo3gh4K5cvr2OXb4fM0jkQ7wPDuu3hLzLx5vnZNxx0AkotCnsatpa9TiHOPZJYxBbgfvLlKKMiCW6RQ79OC7mWXp4kqC0FJsOvZJeKFKkZo/w300-h400/IMG_7069.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF2s4QqkW844G7P0UJarKhMRWkE6xL1xfz1HNG5rVA81CtWQB4mC0u4CB-AQUMy2MF3UJegGiNEyvP87ws2VZEDk1iWJeWhKgjqhHEdckHgqJ_HWCyAa5GlNsdPdZKew4Wzk9GgFiDEdq_4X1rkUaKRz1l6x8D_VzPxg2xrMl3DYij5NbHo8VwXgInZAA/s5184/IMG_7070.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF2s4QqkW844G7P0UJarKhMRWkE6xL1xfz1HNG5rVA81CtWQB4mC0u4CB-AQUMy2MF3UJegGiNEyvP87ws2VZEDk1iWJeWhKgjqhHEdckHgqJ_HWCyAa5GlNsdPdZKew4Wzk9GgFiDEdq_4X1rkUaKRz1l6x8D_VzPxg2xrMl3DYij5NbHo8VwXgInZAA/w400-h300/IMG_7070.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">So this was our time in Mesa Verde, Colorado. Not the most pleasant part of our trip but it is what it is. We're glad we got to see Mesa Verde National Park, though we weren't impressed, and the Four Corners.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Tomorrow we move on to the next adventure.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Snookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14234189395419835018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187388801776933462.post-49044802496159437612023-10-02T08:17:00.006-07:002023-10-07T11:56:30.754-07:00<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> COLORADO DAY 11 & 12 OCTOBER 1 & 2</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I'm combining two days here because we did NOTHING! The weatherman was right and it rained for two days. The wind blew and it was a dark, dreary day.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So we stayed in, played games, sang along with the awesome oldies station we found on the radio and killed our TV. Yep, we did something while changing it from electric to 12 volt. We may have to order a new one. I don't know what it is but we go through TV's in this rig like nobody's business. This is our third one!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">There was a short lull in the downpour so we made a run for the truck. We headed back to Walmart because we had two things to return. We had bought a new coffee maker before we left forgetting that we had bought one for the camper a year ago. Since we're in a small travel trailer we need all the room we can get so it was a good thing that this went back to the store and we could get that space back.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The weatherman is predicting a nice day tomorrow and we are so ready for that! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Did I tell you where we are? We're in Mesa Verde and in a campground that if you leave this park and drive across the highway you drive into the entrance of Mesa Verda National Park.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Snookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14234189395419835018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187388801776933462.post-91657066885306996802023-09-30T11:35:00.002-07:002023-10-01T12:14:48.691-07:00<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">UTAH - DAY 10 - 9.30.23</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It's moving day. We don't have a clue where we're going. I mean, we're going to Colorado, we just don't know where the first stop is going to be.</span> </p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It didn't take us long to get on the road today because we pretty much put anything away that we could last night.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We heard from a couple from Juniper Ridge, Chris & Cathy who happen to arrive in Moab yesterday. I didn't know it until last night around 10:30 or I would have certainly reached out to meet up.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It was uneventful trip, thankfully.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I did get some going down the road pics, as if there was any doubt that I wouldn't.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNywmz9nRkll7xYpAg1uikxfS5XelXST8O_Ae16NFYBdeuttkWhAm8r5mbrrM1QYTDTdkFj33uCi7Co6pyqXo7lBcCGrZij2CGFSB5NfzVlOwmXlZdKXCukV8iZERmXLVJZgG6ObnVTj-6n5AVv0ddD0kQRAPi_BRFJEnggR3dV71OCq7kysW96HnsKg/s5184/IMG_6997.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNywmz9nRkll7xYpAg1uikxfS5XelXST8O_Ae16NFYBdeuttkWhAm8r5mbrrM1QYTDTdkFj33uCi7Co6pyqXo7lBcCGrZij2CGFSB5NfzVlOwmXlZdKXCukV8iZERmXLVJZgG6ObnVTj-6n5AVv0ddD0kQRAPi_BRFJEnggR3dV71OCq7kysW96HnsKg/w400-h300/IMG_6997.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgniRX1GcHGmubscCjOQMjGSupyS01ZqUAM5DbEt0ty4ezhDu10AVpEH8mqqbq2IkWKNY5I2ZBM5wW_VxEGfVDXWVhTpqcNSwbAW-9JK5HeonZ2KMo0sZfVmwnm6TbNe7CNahdFnxV8uslFYEnojCGVCBpM7PebNZdwaq33Iiibt7py1fatUB7K73NanR4/s5184/IMG_6999.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgniRX1GcHGmubscCjOQMjGSupyS01ZqUAM5DbEt0ty4ezhDu10AVpEH8mqqbq2IkWKNY5I2ZBM5wW_VxEGfVDXWVhTpqcNSwbAW-9JK5HeonZ2KMo0sZfVmwnm6TbNe7CNahdFnxV8uslFYEnojCGVCBpM7PebNZdwaq33Iiibt7py1fatUB7K73NanR4/w400-h300/IMG_6999.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxEBRnlZmmZdq7WNuxwr2pQ4PS1VluIbHr78G0lf7RwgqLcEzQqhVKy___z6uyrJANGVPRzs6ETjWLQbuRG_bpfcsFi10RV7-S-LjqnoGIA9yF4Ud6T2Qb58Wyq0h7LTDlAHYaS0U_Ub25NcoHTBAXI_HBKpfZYMrb-Uh704gzs2TnnKvBQie6C7Zs5Sw/s5184/IMG_7007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxEBRnlZmmZdq7WNuxwr2pQ4PS1VluIbHr78G0lf7RwgqLcEzQqhVKy___z6uyrJANGVPRzs6ETjWLQbuRG_bpfcsFi10RV7-S-LjqnoGIA9yF4Ud6T2Qb58Wyq0h7LTDlAHYaS0U_Ub25NcoHTBAXI_HBKpfZYMrb-Uh704gzs2TnnKvBQie6C7Zs5Sw/w400-h300/IMG_7007.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We ended up in Cortez and are in a campground directly across from the Mesa Verde National Park. We'll be here for several days as the next two don't sound like good sightseeing days. It's very windy here and cloudy and looks like it could rain any minute.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It's an ok campground. It's </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">tier 'ed and basically a parking lot but they do try. There is a pool and hot tub, a mini golf course, a clubhouse but we have no idea what's in there yet. The only we've found that we don't like is the spurs that stick to the bottom of our shoes. We've brought them in the trailer and I have stepped on two so far in my bare feet. Ouch!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">You can see part of the sign below. It advertises as being "rustic luxury". Do those two words even belong together?</span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAX-GHZ1kI4b_ac0YgObKYQd-ktwdjlcxI2WDvWmZvz_qlelzgd58_WEDBRf_KEW0tuKFeQEP9PvmJ55A9uzOmR6aRLm6sOaPnmZoDo9TaVOxxp-GmQhQnQlY6b3miuZ3BoxijmTbNkDMXxOLTtj4amF8JITRYHTDUz47179giRHqdcm7IDukOhUoQuo/s5184/IMG_7009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAX-GHZ1kI4b_ac0YgObKYQd-ktwdjlcxI2WDvWmZvz_qlelzgd58_WEDBRf_KEW0tuKFeQEP9PvmJ55A9uzOmR6aRLm6sOaPnmZoDo9TaVOxxp-GmQhQnQlY6b3miuZ3BoxijmTbNkDMXxOLTtj4amF8JITRYHTDUz47179giRHqdcm7IDukOhUoQuo/w400-h300/IMG_7009.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We did stop for gas on the way in and we were pleasantly surprised to score a tankful for $3.91 a gallon. Isn't it just pathetic that I write "we scored" and $3.91 in the same sentence!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We had to get a few things from the store and asked the fellow behind the desk where the closest grocery store was. Turns out there's a Walmart! There were none to be found in Kanab, Mt. Carmel or Moab in Utah. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We made taco's for dinner and finished out the evening playing Farkle.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Can't wait to see if the weatherman is right about tomorrow.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Snookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14234189395419835018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187388801776933462.post-81123537245333364542023-09-29T11:02:00.003-07:002023-10-01T21:34:05.216-07:00<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> UTAH - DAY 9 - 9.29.23 (Part 1)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We both woke this morning raring to go after a good night's sleep. We had a busy day planned after all. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We found out that to see Arches National Park one must make a reservation for a specific time to enter the park. One makes these reservations 3 months in advance. One also has the chance to call at 6pm the night before for a reservation if there is room. OR.... one can go any time before 7am or anytime after 4 pm. The park never closes. It's open 24/7.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We decided we would do Canyonlands first then Arches after four.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">This is a national park I haven't been to before so Walt and I will get to share this one together as a first time for both of us.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I warned you there would be scenery overload today and I'm not going to disappoint.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The first five pictures were taken before we arrived at the Visitor's Center. Remember, you can click on each picture to enlarge it.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmHpnNm8t17md2LsUuNgfM2-wbhiAVtYhAPh7SVGH8cBDlCTVU7z1yQpPG1FS62lmGsC3MyEwKJ7PJEivfJf3e-XO_YAILqnwTeDbNRXTVCR4cjWk3nN2-mzh_ws9WX2l7dhowSrqlDa6bpkneJgI3zFBcNiRV0_AxN4bOOfNBBoaDWuP-fjzcNloGEnE/s5184/IMG_6833.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmHpnNm8t17md2LsUuNgfM2-wbhiAVtYhAPh7SVGH8cBDlCTVU7z1yQpPG1FS62lmGsC3MyEwKJ7PJEivfJf3e-XO_YAILqnwTeDbNRXTVCR4cjWk3nN2-mzh_ws9WX2l7dhowSrqlDa6bpkneJgI3zFBcNiRV0_AxN4bOOfNBBoaDWuP-fjzcNloGEnE/w400-h300/IMG_6833.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEAcWh0fdimA1Jj7FxbXlf9oz8TD6nUlgZP2xng-HJCrCcKL2VBC575dzLcML3SYHsDGcEXAQkbUs3Ri6G0qzvzJLbbExjGXnHPkqV_sz0cIhyphenhyphenRCD3ak05OpyYywSqo3nQtpM2sM9Wjr5t4VlsIwxjCtG8BOy0V9F0s67WJXeXkFlSNuBRd1bfLTlzL9w/s5184/IMG_6834.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEAcWh0fdimA1Jj7FxbXlf9oz8TD6nUlgZP2xng-HJCrCcKL2VBC575dzLcML3SYHsDGcEXAQkbUs3Ri6G0qzvzJLbbExjGXnHPkqV_sz0cIhyphenhyphenRCD3ak05OpyYywSqo3nQtpM2sM9Wjr5t4VlsIwxjCtG8BOy0V9F0s67WJXeXkFlSNuBRd1bfLTlzL9w/w400-h300/IMG_6834.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6b0df0Js0lnOKV2Kz91Vyrk2LzjOo5yb2xUqYVjp0WiKUEkNXe4HKHXjTV3lPdDmr80a94lOib8Ku8RJarznnGy4qKikDMK2Q6RZZv39WnQbXhYJVzRBQxywUYiSrjCo3YhgpvZaTvxQ40vt2KHI04JSbFzfcJ6QL9o_rmqfGNOfGiTTQkRtJB5EuELE/s5184/IMG_6839.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6b0df0Js0lnOKV2Kz91Vyrk2LzjOo5yb2xUqYVjp0WiKUEkNXe4HKHXjTV3lPdDmr80a94lOib8Ku8RJarznnGy4qKikDMK2Q6RZZv39WnQbXhYJVzRBQxywUYiSrjCo3YhgpvZaTvxQ40vt2KHI04JSbFzfcJ6QL9o_rmqfGNOfGiTTQkRtJB5EuELE/w400-h300/IMG_6839.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The pup loves exploring too. All these new smells!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1LEumV5BGyJ4cRl55wG1JHM-sJrVHEfls7ndar3yuqWKMV1NwacCtifWeQNgRAdM7G8sSTmdKNLP9jgDxiPPRKXsfdNMTZx9b4ZKS5GON8zLiAXAxYY-6Fm7Dp0Vl-CCr4GLWXuJPovmvTqH4OA3hx1gXLUW2NC-b4t5TLww7UTUx0Nwnx6cZH1Vznw/s5184/IMG_6840.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1LEumV5BGyJ4cRl55wG1JHM-sJrVHEfls7ndar3yuqWKMV1NwacCtifWeQNgRAdM7G8sSTmdKNLP9jgDxiPPRKXsfdNMTZx9b4ZKS5GON8zLiAXAxYY-6Fm7Dp0Vl-CCr4GLWXuJPovmvTqH4OA3hx1gXLUW2NC-b4t5TLww7UTUx0Nwnx6cZH1Vznw/w400-h300/IMG_6840.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyI_tiAYuIl-RDTxBB293-jaS9UeRsruNblvU4x2AfGCfe-GanLK0ZvlGyCSw5YtDC1vlHY7iMdjhEoH0LbBecdYylmJ1yOOW0sfFMuxWMcoEF-WLWGzYxJzfrSNTj5RFrLwRvOsA7KwZhDfPJJtXgRrj-Ay2ql1INgzAVyHLwWzLMvraeSiXcH5uZh4U/s5184/IMG_6841.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyI_tiAYuIl-RDTxBB293-jaS9UeRsruNblvU4x2AfGCfe-GanLK0ZvlGyCSw5YtDC1vlHY7iMdjhEoH0LbBecdYylmJ1yOOW0sfFMuxWMcoEF-WLWGzYxJzfrSNTj5RFrLwRvOsA7KwZhDfPJJtXgRrj-Ay2ql1INgzAVyHLwWzLMvraeSiXcH5uZh4U/w400-h300/IMG_6841.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Stopped at the Visitors Center because I had to get the stamp for our National Parks Passport Book. Found one someone else had stamped laying on the desk all ready for me. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I didn't get the name of this place until later in our visit.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRjH5zVPeeWulNOW0ZzGzgN3hLkVV7O6AkkvXxUQJMBvC7M9B4Zuddc120zpJnG8-DyuIAF91BzWzlRF0yxgWzOulK36EfG-CH8wdTn-JSvtundMrXYCorKf_uHMC29Sa2um6dwvevbw_i_elXlvON5cbViJkyFiUorNqPf2ml1NLE8H2xMIL8_gsaggw/s5184/IMG_6844.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRjH5zVPeeWulNOW0ZzGzgN3hLkVV7O6AkkvXxUQJMBvC7M9B4Zuddc120zpJnG8-DyuIAF91BzWzlRF0yxgWzOulK36EfG-CH8wdTn-JSvtundMrXYCorKf_uHMC29Sa2um6dwvevbw_i_elXlvON5cbViJkyFiUorNqPf2ml1NLE8H2xMIL8_gsaggw/w400-h300/IMG_6844.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Now it was time to do some serious sightseeing. </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> We did notice that in the distance everything seemed hazy and we asked a park ranger why that was. He explained it was smoke from a fire in Colorado.</span></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS16-PBteULxepog9vKkIZc_8Y8GbpPULeoQtXSjip1szD94kwkaNNtsfObCNnIvErFVmmFD6tfRMY6FVz-BIwLwu3zn5cmeQ-nIT3iKs1wpxgLwBp3RHLjAr9cQgKwkKKaQbCPKbferAcjU8385vAV7TwBdlf0wcg_kDYiPnego2c-UkvcClQmfpyXmY/s5184/IMG_6846.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS16-PBteULxepog9vKkIZc_8Y8GbpPULeoQtXSjip1szD94kwkaNNtsfObCNnIvErFVmmFD6tfRMY6FVz-BIwLwu3zn5cmeQ-nIT3iKs1wpxgLwBp3RHLjAr9cQgKwkKKaQbCPKbferAcjU8385vAV7TwBdlf0wcg_kDYiPnego2c-UkvcClQmfpyXmY/w400-h300/IMG_6846.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtMsxFp8THcRs33g02Xa-zpAgQ_r5HirXTDrvsLLgVtKPGe3TqEZafL2QeMkmpt5IY9Azu9CCtNRv8Vdp-um3UBz6BcAZKH5tRFCdlOqdjh0lIuuqflKxj4BPwNRtFj9s-WWaS0m6lyPrPYO37VuZvz1lOp1fkPFE2eNPCPtbKLr14-oSC83_NYaQKTBU/s5184/IMG_6848.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtMsxFp8THcRs33g02Xa-zpAgQ_r5HirXTDrvsLLgVtKPGe3TqEZafL2QeMkmpt5IY9Azu9CCtNRv8Vdp-um3UBz6BcAZKH5tRFCdlOqdjh0lIuuqflKxj4BPwNRtFj9s-WWaS0m6lyPrPYO37VuZvz1lOp1fkPFE2eNPCPtbKLr14-oSC83_NYaQKTBU/w400-h300/IMG_6848.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTiD19sFOuvH3AFsyAO94Aw1y0c0C94EzGzSZ0Fg0bnX8pjMO1BIaRvsIBcyV1XtdpaNWZEOrgrJQ0IYPsGTIa_iHHLCj6bnVv5L0awryY3QgWFeYb8zcOFETzY2NqtiF7sIPrbncDxh-DbmKCc0ZPHlXvIbw9nYWoVM4UZIdgy36l4vKioFjcRbdlhB4/s5184/IMG_6849.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTiD19sFOuvH3AFsyAO94Aw1y0c0C94EzGzSZ0Fg0bnX8pjMO1BIaRvsIBcyV1XtdpaNWZEOrgrJQ0IYPsGTIa_iHHLCj6bnVv5L0awryY3QgWFeYb8zcOFETzY2NqtiF7sIPrbncDxh-DbmKCc0ZPHlXvIbw9nYWoVM4UZIdgy36l4vKioFjcRbdlhB4/w400-h300/IMG_6849.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-MsJWjKR1aFtlPmsN1QTsw4TlD-OoarL1yloYhjLN2GZDdY3BUbNlSHRMVK4z9DlwmJ-9TbSvaE2IBGEZ3RD_YZhl65somz1hfWVk8CUYdWU_9hi6TAj0HKNG-4lE86gpojhJE5KSqlhMVpgQLYXRBHaki30aZ391bsbu5tyw4xSN28qfNY642iV__Og/s5184/IMG_6851.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-MsJWjKR1aFtlPmsN1QTsw4TlD-OoarL1yloYhjLN2GZDdY3BUbNlSHRMVK4z9DlwmJ-9TbSvaE2IBGEZ3RD_YZhl65somz1hfWVk8CUYdWU_9hi6TAj0HKNG-4lE86gpojhJE5KSqlhMVpgQLYXRBHaki30aZ391bsbu5tyw4xSN28qfNY642iV__Og/w400-h300/IMG_6851.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LSY4Yco5ySbgFtOsoeGuSD3I2GsXaVmS3Nl81L4w9vQLIBmaofwYpV7HK-bXpyL9y4yah7IKwXV4v0M_YiGbg8z5s6MiAhe523iybpg1r3mXil5OTNaiG0BYe6lTwP82fswC-isXJMZOALBa9OXUjSOhcs4cz4SnZ79HHePPVvb0y5XvGrNhMf26Pho/s5184/IMG_6845.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LSY4Yco5ySbgFtOsoeGuSD3I2GsXaVmS3Nl81L4w9vQLIBmaofwYpV7HK-bXpyL9y4yah7IKwXV4v0M_YiGbg8z5s6MiAhe523iybpg1r3mXil5OTNaiG0BYe6lTwP82fswC-isXJMZOALBa9OXUjSOhcs4cz4SnZ79HHePPVvb0y5XvGrNhMf26Pho/w400-h300/IMG_6845.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">The colors changed so much from one section to another. 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It makes my heart so happy to see him look at all of this in awe.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHeSMkcngqQdHx-No4eCNyqrk3owlOP5G2DOS3u_-AAK1xGUE9ef4leGOqGKi0pot89x3rSfEpHcxM2gcCJwZ7a3Ufonf8JJ64pSURv1gAL89Am8wI5E9oqhR_LioNrExEflshwA8Rkba84yr_baZyPmLktgBAgti1VRVT_Uk0K9VfWbv4I0iaeq_EMHw/s5184/IMG_6866.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHeSMkcngqQdHx-No4eCNyqrk3owlOP5G2DOS3u_-AAK1xGUE9ef4leGOqGKi0pot89x3rSfEpHcxM2gcCJwZ7a3Ufonf8JJ64pSURv1gAL89Am8wI5E9oqhR_LioNrExEflshwA8Rkba84yr_baZyPmLktgBAgti1VRVT_Uk0K9VfWbv4I0iaeq_EMHw/s320/IMG_6866.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09s7YWUNDMGYC5HXthdiZiwQU4_x3RJRFITjXrKjHrvXal7NEUR9K3_ONmF1DsZ7U8yjb4NT0NFoOzpCMV2RA-i6ROiYNo_hyIN7U35uko_j7fsl0QmYva9ysenX9JmZ0Ljj6LSgMu1GRbmF99u7JGS8NINVEUGMzp6bRdDqOY3mA5LR16fQmCgrGVLo/s5184/IMG_6867.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09s7YWUNDMGYC5HXthdiZiwQU4_x3RJRFITjXrKjHrvXal7NEUR9K3_ONmF1DsZ7U8yjb4NT0NFoOzpCMV2RA-i6ROiYNo_hyIN7U35uko_j7fsl0QmYva9ysenX9JmZ0Ljj6LSgMu1GRbmF99u7JGS8NINVEUGMzp6bRdDqOY3mA5LR16fQmCgrGVLo/w400-h300/IMG_6867.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOeGPZPq4JaT7v1xf7ZD_HK6hkOCIGMlxbTVleu7B4K0ekgp7cT5MIoeR5RsBnyScd-zDOgeQS9I8JoprOb7GN8GIhWGFiy0QCWxo9XAbkFrLp7AjbcTpUZk-KKHqM1wl0GaKQlV0SgUoGjgXCLDPn2muJ3H3kGQ8TYYwLwse_2vxoagkKzEE0Lcs54A0/s5184/IMG_6868.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOeGPZPq4JaT7v1xf7ZD_HK6hkOCIGMlxbTVleu7B4K0ekgp7cT5MIoeR5RsBnyScd-zDOgeQS9I8JoprOb7GN8GIhWGFiy0QCWxo9XAbkFrLp7AjbcTpUZk-KKHqM1wl0GaKQlV0SgUoGjgXCLDPn2muJ3H3kGQ8TYYwLwse_2vxoagkKzEE0Lcs54A0/w400-h300/IMG_6868.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><br />I took this picture simply because it was there and I liked it.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2d0t-2ljbPqWprHrVTf-i5Zy3cNcUySc9sGgY86T8Q6LUcaS_E737pU9YScO3JTtxgxmSvByQ2BNnkydUQPiQLfRGY0fqye1F46Rr821hZF7gwZ7FOQm1gXIdi1l2XJoINc76yM4KG5nINQjxRIwVgQrGvP0OtD2YAiizN8TQaiUdQKqXnYW6hgO_I_w/s5184/IMG_6869.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2d0t-2ljbPqWprHrVTf-i5Zy3cNcUySc9sGgY86T8Q6LUcaS_E737pU9YScO3JTtxgxmSvByQ2BNnkydUQPiQLfRGY0fqye1F46Rr821hZF7gwZ7FOQm1gXIdi1l2XJoINc76yM4KG5nINQjxRIwVgQrGvP0OtD2YAiizN8TQaiUdQKqXnYW6hgO_I_w/w300-h400/IMG_6869.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">See the white tops on these hoodoos? That is there because they're to protect them from rain. Hoodoos are a soft rock and this harder covering is like an umbrella if you will.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdhP02J9bUysslQom6InaBgtHC0Nbz_Az7B3iiKdTdAnSGc5FlmW_tlkMiw8kIifsnlMJV1Luxr1gX83RZTDM06tYrvq3T9cEFIFa00Zhf3GncUqiacQgLOijQaKJBYNgtwGWQFuy-CJSqXbJDthunC6jUBdgbBy4KhQs40pnUfHshLujBXWM_1e_MDzs/s5184/IMG_6871.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdhP02J9bUysslQom6InaBgtHC0Nbz_Az7B3iiKdTdAnSGc5FlmW_tlkMiw8kIifsnlMJV1Luxr1gX83RZTDM06tYrvq3T9cEFIFa00Zhf3GncUqiacQgLOijQaKJBYNgtwGWQFuy-CJSqXbJDthunC6jUBdgbBy4KhQs40pnUfHshLujBXWM_1e_MDzs/w400-h300/IMG_6871.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">There are no straight roads in this park. 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We know you like to work with rocks in the lapidary room so we thought we'd bring one home for you. Wayne, try as we might, we just couldn't get it in the back of the pick-up.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC4jDIlxo1hvi_iXP8qWZQVtyl6N37EznR13xj3dv-0k-k4oggwVdxDkRtoxyTboxLsTpVSyoMCiBWhkvF5Ouw_1rzTJ3vqsjKumHDafAIX3RzHoOUm91in_yPkOb2IA31XJa2IqYtNW7apPdm_yP1NuysGXE_Oz21cF1CwOD-7G315q0hJlt8wFl98vc/s5184/IMG_6898.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC4jDIlxo1hvi_iXP8qWZQVtyl6N37EznR13xj3dv-0k-k4oggwVdxDkRtoxyTboxLsTpVSyoMCiBWhkvF5Ouw_1rzTJ3vqsjKumHDafAIX3RzHoOUm91in_yPkOb2IA31XJa2IqYtNW7apPdm_yP1NuysGXE_Oz21cF1CwOD-7G315q0hJlt8wFl98vc/w400-h300/IMG_6898.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So this was our day in Canyonlands National Park. I did finally figure out the why they named the Visitors Center Island in the Sky. The section we were in is like an island between two massive canyons and we were so high up,,,,well,,,,it was like an Island in the Sky.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">UTAH - DAY 9 - 9/29/23 (Part 2)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">After going home to get something to eat we headed back out to go see Arches National Park. We were only about 10 miles from the entrance, so we didn't even leave until 4pm to give time for the 4 o'clock rush to clear out.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">First stop was the sign.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFqUezeAeldAUEr_0Vwl4Gvlwmsae4_TXlfkdctYc8wj-mHLjXGd2Puqx3ykwNVPBSaJr0A0qxkH06_QbpoWiHNueN1sg5ru8rxs9t3lkJkdLGvEwsZMEbDahWmscebhCtcpSCvmwHFU1Qpj0sw7qusU6BBSdAlJzkZCwi2vYeMknBKq4xNW821rJtrZc/s5184/IMG_6990.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFqUezeAeldAUEr_0Vwl4Gvlwmsae4_TXlfkdctYc8wj-mHLjXGd2Puqx3ykwNVPBSaJr0A0qxkH06_QbpoWiHNueN1sg5ru8rxs9t3lkJkdLGvEwsZMEbDahWmscebhCtcpSCvmwHFU1Qpj0sw7qusU6BBSdAlJzkZCwi2vYeMknBKq4xNW821rJtrZc/w400-h300/IMG_6990.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The second stop was the visitor's center to get my stamp for the passport book. That done, we were ready to go sightseeing!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">More rock!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4AFs5vHwfzO6NrR2jeexyqgj_t2uvO_Tq3G4bY3W8vupBG9feoTUWmCUdp8ay0Xmr-_i9YOjTRGjY7rxqAc75TTSIYUFcOIDeU7-qeluLN-SGVHv5NIHYDKrT1NxRyov_b82ZNAUiRmf_zN03Xpm9GNk4blJlCiGE8dV5b_XGklCe2dOIX426fhJSRXU/s5184/IMG_6906.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4AFs5vHwfzO6NrR2jeexyqgj_t2uvO_Tq3G4bY3W8vupBG9feoTUWmCUdp8ay0Xmr-_i9YOjTRGjY7rxqAc75TTSIYUFcOIDeU7-qeluLN-SGVHv5NIHYDKrT1NxRyov_b82ZNAUiRmf_zN03Xpm9GNk4blJlCiGE8dV5b_XGklCe2dOIX426fhJSRXU/w400-h300/IMG_6906.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglKgwyIyGka4h4lNFuqSrXe9T3_H3SBEPbYTSn4Way94XWqihQ0VR1x70NUfz09MT1yyEPbfjRHwI7bc9cCCB21Gs-eunFdBaEgTIdpjdJU-suxFejNrxogGA3N9dg3AGfe4JEHKgbA6rEBe4lzNX3MWvaJpUhBbDd4T06dDsXu3cDQvlSPAYw3RnFlu0/s5184/IMG_6907.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: x-large;">I wonder if the locals ever come to the National Parks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2RGuZG9xRDX9_lmeGLIvdswU1By2KEZ_FY_yseqQGAgameS7X4E7iBxL3YJllC10JgKNinQ1COEq_OzQttpEMc-7J87ZjR1sZU3Ehj_4bfVqeLfgPIYYvigUPStWohX3FsV8CGoWZUiaPmMGcGQ6HVZykE47H1Hm7X83Xo7OPRpLe7GLE2owGTRHKXI/s5184/IMG_6928.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2RGuZG9xRDX9_lmeGLIvdswU1By2KEZ_FY_yseqQGAgameS7X4E7iBxL3YJllC10JgKNinQ1COEq_OzQttpEMc-7J87ZjR1sZU3Ehj_4bfVqeLfgPIYYvigUPStWohX3FsV8CGoWZUiaPmMGcGQ6HVZykE47H1Hm7X83Xo7OPRpLe7GLE2owGTRHKXI/w400-h300/IMG_6928.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBwCEwEkMeLpEmVmx0MmzQHYc3z6EN4HmYD-vnG12FzWVTIk55IEImA_cnkJP5JFCKQLUBkufIxmZssZmq5Q3xe99cdxCbj_SR17z_pqv6R3q3zEXZ7qJ3WBkJ1apIWvhOOnLOBbR3zb_WlqNLYfMyHVeFKQe3cdcitquQ9E_e6WcmblPiJaLTX47Kbz0/s5184/IMG_6930.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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With his legs and my back we knew this wasn't going to happen for us. But oh how I wish we could have.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVT5tAVNUlVoo1e1rILClo-ymmya4SyU-RpPu2txLFtNozWQAmVQ6fR5JZ3NeK5SiznJWjdNVqk7JJsZUUZuYYKKw_26lJoQIle9drb7f5zUOAlZ8vE7uQMm_15VX9mjgg5ct8ZFpq6bFke5Qr4mNfgF2D1Mrs9WFau3YRC6rYnXDXoZr_PpYH9MCCtkI/s5184/IMG_6966.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVT5tAVNUlVoo1e1rILClo-ymmya4SyU-RpPu2txLFtNozWQAmVQ6fR5JZ3NeK5SiznJWjdNVqk7JJsZUUZuYYKKw_26lJoQIle9drb7f5zUOAlZ8vE7uQMm_15VX9mjgg5ct8ZFpq6bFke5Qr4mNfgF2D1Mrs9WFau3YRC6rYnXDXoZr_PpYH9MCCtkI/w400-h300/IMG_6966.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">They are all so different. Colors change.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicnPiswc4joUCKPBdl1NWU9iRzeqDhuIVdlJ4QF2_D3PBQDQCex8XqZb2bFAJDurAkgBEn6P4XIc7L1Ad1Gm3MSQNa1rHVMgsJgEdYdjIoBrfFHyU5UKX2GE6wn5Ysh_YmUM3gjX6BlU9H6ulBW1417I7VhajIB-nhsnxfULBD5seB47L0xYUFNXgocI4/s5184/IMG_6969.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicnPiswc4joUCKPBdl1NWU9iRzeqDhuIVdlJ4QF2_D3PBQDQCex8XqZb2bFAJDurAkgBEn6P4XIc7L1Ad1Gm3MSQNa1rHVMgsJgEdYdjIoBrfFHyU5UKX2GE6wn5Ysh_YmUM3gjX6BlU9H6ulBW1417I7VhajIB-nhsnxfULBD5seB47L0xYUFNXgocI4/w400-h300/IMG_6969.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-irhbaBTn_ubYae5gBtSxrMkW0Ddm_rw5tJKUIQWtMORXeYMZtRQlK5Ez3XLY3Bp-omlH89wcW_RvyvZGO5Xp4Tmgv94IEajnchT88IoCgbCrGUw0QgBo3Zj-ygq31hEMJHDlhD40myB6f1inr6TEpFEDnQy6I9MJdypahbHUkNW9-F357MytOkHFIEM/s5184/IMG_6970.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-irhbaBTn_ubYae5gBtSxrMkW0Ddm_rw5tJKUIQWtMORXeYMZtRQlK5Ez3XLY3Bp-omlH89wcW_RvyvZGO5Xp4Tmgv94IEajnchT88IoCgbCrGUw0QgBo3Zj-ygq31hEMJHDlhD40myB6f1inr6TEpFEDnQy6I9MJdypahbHUkNW9-F357MytOkHFIEM/w400-h300/IMG_6970.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfmEdOcYIZEAnok6wExvXbyC9RLqsp8DtohZPO6PwYmem2uLVO0jJY0omQEGQCL4IHqWMI0i17bRZosvo2uG-T2EFWGUlekAIrXQtzzqPB0M5hofx8WL-kUawu-e67ixqDYO0RhI2XHV5gfh406D9c5jWsVzL3oaDY1E2TytYxI7h-H3DlyuytCtOZoXs/s5184/IMG_6971.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfmEdOcYIZEAnok6wExvXbyC9RLqsp8DtohZPO6PwYmem2uLVO0jJY0omQEGQCL4IHqWMI0i17bRZosvo2uG-T2EFWGUlekAIrXQtzzqPB0M5hofx8WL-kUawu-e67ixqDYO0RhI2XHV5gfh406D9c5jWsVzL3oaDY1E2TytYxI7h-H3DlyuytCtOZoXs/w400-h300/IMG_6971.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Overloaded on scenery yet? There's more!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdqAO6tiXGDFBYdaQ73LlEk9WtqconySnxrBukZCiZ-c5MRfQlY8GtN5rFx3-jpjy2aB0piw4OgKesJ_9AxBb5VEWOMSOHEzPrAAL2BOy6Gh-UtCH54siEI_kHOHdKaxhrL48NmtT29wosNb2KaFgx47qk1H2KzvC-cMdED9_TxNn8ex3z5GT2WqmQdY/s5184/IMG_6979.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdqAO6tiXGDFBYdaQ73LlEk9WtqconySnxrBukZCiZ-c5MRfQlY8GtN5rFx3-jpjy2aB0piw4OgKesJ_9AxBb5VEWOMSOHEzPrAAL2BOy6Gh-UtCH54siEI_kHOHdKaxhrL48NmtT29wosNb2KaFgx47qk1H2KzvC-cMdED9_TxNn8ex3z5GT2WqmQdY/w400-h300/IMG_6979.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjyIqnkpqxqjIfQlP3May2exLWEjofcxQ1G6JZLUFVydYPEed8aukHfRdoA6WJoJdvCGl8t0hLmR0TeY2CKBfbuwpJrh2C2u5lxwvEI44jiTDEQeHzlWrAYjMHMu2MaDo-NxRLKxzj8PZ60-PGQn6MYE1BGd5gBZ_dkbE-xlWpzfbqN992r2tOecF69kM/s5184/IMG_6978.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjyIqnkpqxqjIfQlP3May2exLWEjofcxQ1G6JZLUFVydYPEed8aukHfRdoA6WJoJdvCGl8t0hLmR0TeY2CKBfbuwpJrh2C2u5lxwvEI44jiTDEQeHzlWrAYjMHMu2MaDo-NxRLKxzj8PZ60-PGQn6MYE1BGd5gBZ_dkbE-xlWpzfbqN992r2tOecF69kM/w400-h300/IMG_6978.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0koKjvKzd0_aykqzSPVSNGFqtjx0OnhyphenhyphenewwXxzmp0mBXQMREeee5NhZ_SeRU6vfwaPGgixbR81Th9_hzGaSDdSW656-gPHBeTD1Wo7Z62doJHIepqTH9fu4ByTd1eOHCoEK4XR-3gcWKOM3aGDOwGuFkJbIIhXvERb_1KEiGgzssCKHiyWE0j26vU7Oo/s5184/IMG_6980.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0koKjvKzd0_aykqzSPVSNGFqtjx0OnhyphenhyphenewwXxzmp0mBXQMREeee5NhZ_SeRU6vfwaPGgixbR81Th9_hzGaSDdSW656-gPHBeTD1Wo7Z62doJHIepqTH9fu4ByTd1eOHCoEK4XR-3gcWKOM3aGDOwGuFkJbIIhXvERb_1KEiGgzssCKHiyWE0j26vU7Oo/w300-h400/IMG_6980.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I hope that you enjoyed your trip through Canyonlands and Arches National Parks. If you have been here I hope our trip brought back good memories.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We saw this little shack as we drove home. If it hadn't been for one particular thing that popped out at me we wouldn't have stopped.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPqLQPVkXCOHjvW4JSab1GFZpeRRRJrCfAwpB0K8VxjHfT0Q40i2c-pOI3Gr5vMhK_mdgVLYORbpvOOPq7rtH7aIAWxV1w3uFrixL2E4ndkeqxvHm59zlk-QC6qaOwTc2sc1ds3r95d1Jfqi-esrsJz7I_CK4IBQ0cEAr3mRYtFK1a7iyn2SEXxGf7Auk/s5184/IMG_6995.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPqLQPVkXCOHjvW4JSab1GFZpeRRRJrCfAwpB0K8VxjHfT0Q40i2c-pOI3Gr5vMhK_mdgVLYORbpvOOPq7rtH7aIAWxV1w3uFrixL2E4ndkeqxvHm59zlk-QC6qaOwTc2sc1ds3r95d1Jfqi-esrsJz7I_CK4IBQ0cEAr3mRYtFK1a7iyn2SEXxGf7Auk/w400-h300/IMG_6995.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The Delaware plate.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2qGb0fjqvNu3A5MlgvF4Di4oMCaARoFQ3dkRMMBfMlb3RWWKZx76wEzgDOB86GKnaGMkqLumA0mj8D5BKHNQnI0nAKSG4ta8H8UTRy7PRHdqoaa3-Bjly48I6d-XMOOOW3tNM_lM2Wq83gO7prdci5W_3PoS1kjj1LfDvL4v1MO9lWMsIUcAU_-AIIM/s5184/IMG_6996.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2qGb0fjqvNu3A5MlgvF4Di4oMCaARoFQ3dkRMMBfMlb3RWWKZx76wEzgDOB86GKnaGMkqLumA0mj8D5BKHNQnI0nAKSG4ta8H8UTRy7PRHdqoaa3-Bjly48I6d-XMOOOW3tNM_lM2Wq83gO7prdci5W_3PoS1kjj1LfDvL4v1MO9lWMsIUcAU_-AIIM/w400-h300/IMG_6996.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Tomorrow we move.</span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Snookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14234189395419835018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187388801776933462.post-11918942990076829262023-09-28T08:44:00.001-07:002023-09-29T09:32:39.794-07:00<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> UTAH - DAY 8 - 9.28.23</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Today we moved to Moab to be closer to Arches and Canyonland National Parks.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I did call one campground to get a reservation and happily accepted a spot even though it had no hookups. We have a generator and solar on the roof so I knew we could do it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It was an uneventful trip thankfully. It took us about 5 hours and the traffic was next to nothing most of the way. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Here are some going down the road pics.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFDbm2-Ex06cgB1KfhxzdTuJ73rkUgLUENqSe-_Miky7yddxAu1RIBihGwnD-EAZdIiqJGTYn9c_36IoOSb_0qCU7hhE_oJ11S4k6IzI_0_msIrpj1Fgd_n9f-sS-aF5c5Q5FWNBQGQ9PonwrV9agweeOAugCLj4xQNpuO1qmyxPuy7N8QqkljC59CFro/s5184/IMG_6815.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFDbm2-Ex06cgB1KfhxzdTuJ73rkUgLUENqSe-_Miky7yddxAu1RIBihGwnD-EAZdIiqJGTYn9c_36IoOSb_0qCU7hhE_oJ11S4k6IzI_0_msIrpj1Fgd_n9f-sS-aF5c5Q5FWNBQGQ9PonwrV9agweeOAugCLj4xQNpuO1qmyxPuy7N8QqkljC59CFro/w400-h300/IMG_6815.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Uh, no Walt. We're towing, we can't go 80 miles an hour.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeuEEWGOo4qpz50QTutzWM7RxoX5QN9cMk9n_EHiHZ7kYGZsrOrdo_QXkRuDutp4iKmKKqJoBWrCLLXEujJvArZv9WGzsgJ5LXHKFfEMX7lpcOZJDdD6t0cQEiO0iUVTki82FwyJaIvr3jeOMxgFL3eT26NU5UjwC4gF53kRwxtvN1jI3j-6Gj20yAKiM/s5184/IMG_6816.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeuEEWGOo4qpz50QTutzWM7RxoX5QN9cMk9n_EHiHZ7kYGZsrOrdo_QXkRuDutp4iKmKKqJoBWrCLLXEujJvArZv9WGzsgJ5LXHKFfEMX7lpcOZJDdD6t0cQEiO0iUVTki82FwyJaIvr3jeOMxgFL3eT26NU5UjwC4gF53kRwxtvN1jI3j-6Gj20yAKiM/w400-h300/IMG_6816.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3slDugKpUemC5ZDITLUZ32xJlJmOrHm5qAAJ8WTC93ptOZXLGE-f1Hr7n8_HEccEHLOGeMLPRFyCBd80heBjIMud4crAdzdHwGjgMRrfcrEm6wOGfPjZwPFT5K9287TUgtxSqP4JUO5HIWqQ4QJfrDOBUWLwMdAn3f5FPKD38sggndYvxdDRrF3ngFsA/s5184/IMG_6817.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large;">As we got closer to Moab we saw a campground outside of town and decided to stop "just in case" it was a better deal than we already had. It wasn't. $45 for dry camping and $80 for just electric. No thanks!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Is Moab ever a busy town! Motel after motel, restaurant after restaurant. Jeep rentals, ATV rentals, tours of every kind.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So we arrive at our campground and we are shown to our space. A section of dirt. Luckily, we had trees for shade. I had asked if there were any cancellations and she said no and for the heck of it I asked how much a full hook up site is. $117 a night! What???? This isn't even a high end resort! It's a campground for heaven's sake! We're parked in dirt!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We were going to stay here for four days, our plans have since changed. We'll see both parks tomorrow and head out the next day for the next part of our adventure.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So money spent today was $72 for out parking space for two nights and we filled up the gas tank twice for another $117.60. We had to do a beer/Pepsi run and a few other essentials for a total of $52.31. It was also laundry day to the tune of $9.25. This was our most expensive day so far.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Get ready for picture overload tomorrow!</span></p>Snookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14234189395419835018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187388801776933462.post-88705347205444247372023-09-27T21:25:00.000-07:002023-09-27T21:25:43.007-07:00<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> UTAH - DAY 7 - 9.27.23</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We must have been tired as we slept in until 9 a.m.. We just don't do that as a rule.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It took us awhile to get moving but we finally took off to go see if we could get any pictures of the herd of buffalo we saw yesterday.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Well, when we got there, they were all hidden up in the trees out of the daytime sun.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLApAh9lmHlKPFgc6qonQaJ_dc3qtc2MP_vAmJtKFQmmruFSYENUA4nr3qNc6NuPyrSG8mvizulyzZNLw4qXRz5W3UrKTAEEJ8jiPvLlGkft_fRe_gedi901Jlo84s79VqT2px1i7wsJtR9tUcwEPjSjdkO_2G2JQTdj0SBYv45xUgHzr25reUTRjmmSY/s5125/IMG_6787.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2913" data-original-width="5125" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLApAh9lmHlKPFgc6qonQaJ_dc3qtc2MP_vAmJtKFQmmruFSYENUA4nr3qNc6NuPyrSG8mvizulyzZNLw4qXRz5W3UrKTAEEJ8jiPvLlGkft_fRe_gedi901Jlo84s79VqT2px1i7wsJtR9tUcwEPjSjdkO_2G2JQTdj0SBYv45xUgHzr25reUTRjmmSY/w400-h228/IMG_6787.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmnU3in_Apev-Lh_DZsQI2ob4nSM9_Fu1J0lJyVmpixgpRiC5IZFrDuZEqpUGCv_s_VgdwtFWO8geidfg-kEnPBvr_F5zr9p6n8VKdkS7I2Dz-iMN5jc6MUyjDQcQgHZANe3dhfnDoOpPAA28b70WLePfwRJQT0URvCsu4AJaotz84vTNLw_IkayXSL9A/s5184/IMG_6789.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmnU3in_Apev-Lh_DZsQI2ob4nSM9_Fu1J0lJyVmpixgpRiC5IZFrDuZEqpUGCv_s_VgdwtFWO8geidfg-kEnPBvr_F5zr9p6n8VKdkS7I2Dz-iMN5jc6MUyjDQcQgHZANe3dhfnDoOpPAA28b70WLePfwRJQT0URvCsu4AJaotz84vTNLw_IkayXSL9A/w400-h300/IMG_6789.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">While there we had met two couples from the east who were life long friends and were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversaries with this trip. One of the men asked Walt if he was from Philly. When Walt said, "Close, we're from Delaware" the man's wife said, "What do you call what comes out of the tap in the kitchen sink?" I knew exactly where she was going with this because I had a question concerning this for her! Walt and I both replied, in our accent, "Wooder". "Oh YES", she exclaimed! "Spoken like a true East Coaster!" We all laughed. This is a topic of conversation every time we meet someone from back east. Usually it's how do you say w-a-t-e-r? And we answer..... WOODER!</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We bid them good day and headed back to the camp-ground with plans of returning later in the afternoon.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We didn't really have anything planned for today so we started getting things ready to move as we are leaving here tomorrow.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Walt remembered he had new windshield wipers to put on but ran into a problem with installing them. We watched several you tube videos because neither one of us could figure out how to get the old ones off. Frustrated, I googled mechanics in the area and found one just five miles away. Off we went. That poor mechanic was probably dreading us ever crossing his parking lot because he couldn't figure it out either. After several attempts out came the pen knife. Somehow, someway, he got the old ones off and new ones on. When asked what we owed him he brushed it off with he learned something today that may help him in the future with the next Ram owner who can't get his windshield wipers off.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">As we headed back I asked Walt to pull over because I had noticed this on the way to the mechanics.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht7bueRDMWTe_CIMa92i0WbI-s_0FHnNIOszKhtweaq6R7-lSCIvx2iTx7mTDprTN23c78qM_sKV47UnxB5LnsT462GBS7QGyjEGhtMOl6FGpXh1Ez3du8vXaa7rL34KUo6XDPDE_FctnaMw5Syet9xSA9mSc3XtO8HOH8ko59fy_-LRJaIF75hpHhMK8/s5184/IMG_6792.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht7bueRDMWTe_CIMa92i0WbI-s_0FHnNIOszKhtweaq6R7-lSCIvx2iTx7mTDprTN23c78qM_sKV47UnxB5LnsT462GBS7QGyjEGhtMOl6FGpXh1Ez3du8vXaa7rL34KUo6XDPDE_FctnaMw5Syet9xSA9mSc3XtO8HOH8ko59fy_-LRJaIF75hpHhMK8/w400-h300/IMG_6792.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It is my thought that each graduating class from the local high school climbs up here and puts the year on a sign or they paint a rock. I could be completely wrong, but I don't think so.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Our next stop was the Orderville Mine Rock Shop.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIYwuA5ohM88qwrR5YMJnw2386thcREWu0Pk06UhxHYZ1dB2qK-86nw5G8bJAnW3gP0-sh-T00LElBdFjJboULLnv0bYgoRQOhsxoqbY5EFvkT58fzuUTRp2kFKgcL-rmL_YXMVkJxYPZf7LxE9RTDptCLbCcPvP4bPc29Qoz-zfpUcqashqwYTDZuYs/s5184/IMG_6804.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIYwuA5ohM88qwrR5YMJnw2386thcREWu0Pk06UhxHYZ1dB2qK-86nw5G8bJAnW3gP0-sh-T00LElBdFjJboULLnv0bYgoRQOhsxoqbY5EFvkT58fzuUTRp2kFKgcL-rmL_YXMVkJxYPZf7LxE9RTDptCLbCcPvP4bPc29Qoz-zfpUcqashqwYTDZuYs/w400-h300/IMG_6804.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7pZeLWvAJYcl2yvthPjzi1ntLL_N3FT-yNoq7sLCvO5RJkNHfye5_M7H5_MtIiRp_e7j3sEy7khGrC7mMmsNg-V6qgV7HRfydwy44CexeavmaV-Y0Jg6qEuzKyQTB4-CVbdHeFRtjQkYiH-s1H2GTDjOZbnJ9U_VNlrFIYdY2sd-AERYRLP5VOyWN9s/s5184/IMG_6805.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7pZeLWvAJYcl2yvthPjzi1ntLL_N3FT-yNoq7sLCvO5RJkNHfye5_M7H5_MtIiRp_e7j3sEy7khGrC7mMmsNg-V6qgV7HRfydwy44CexeavmaV-Y0Jg6qEuzKyQTB4-CVbdHeFRtjQkYiH-s1H2GTDjOZbnJ9U_VNlrFIYdY2sd-AERYRLP5VOyWN9s/w400-h300/IMG_6805.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Now neither Walt nor I have anything to do with rocks but it was so colorful from the road I just wanted to stop and see. After all, we have all the time in the world. Our friend, Wayne, probably would have had a field day here.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">There was a little mining town set up off to one side of the property.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2d1qqwemg6bMKJQ30g398BlvoCWMRSsYY5x813u6njzEqnfBoUb_21ozF0rUXdaxdZ9zrtZRWTQED0LYuu4YBllaPzt_Ersg5WIpLknrdUT0jqKG3W0lKCc_lwLDgl7CCtBBdkqkxpXQRAiU2gBfP_jFaa8Q81fLbLmN29XhTR9wSaKJ5frbjhr15OoA/s5184/IMG_6795.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2d1qqwemg6bMKJQ30g398BlvoCWMRSsYY5x813u6njzEqnfBoUb_21ozF0rUXdaxdZ9zrtZRWTQED0LYuu4YBllaPzt_Ersg5WIpLknrdUT0jqKG3W0lKCc_lwLDgl7CCtBBdkqkxpXQRAiU2gBfP_jFaa8Q81fLbLmN29XhTR9wSaKJ5frbjhr15OoA/w400-h300/IMG_6795.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6lXJNKHMtAUTt7Y3ss4xr3d1vjclT2962GXRFxX9Zp3P422_jy_600iPoO5a8tu8NYe-p32LdQpw1h0NIdFqLjEsEXYCIpFgpFfgm-qJgb9xJ72i9oWG-Y-dwlyoAoaMcmtYK00jcj6GfKmpvpkJ56V7Uju6AktgdBL1ELQvgG5LoXX5ouXrRHzkx13A/s5184/IMG_6797.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6lXJNKHMtAUTt7Y3ss4xr3d1vjclT2962GXRFxX9Zp3P422_jy_600iPoO5a8tu8NYe-p32LdQpw1h0NIdFqLjEsEXYCIpFgpFfgm-qJgb9xJ72i9oWG-Y-dwlyoAoaMcmtYK00jcj6GfKmpvpkJ56V7Uju6AktgdBL1ELQvgG5LoXX5ouXrRHzkx13A/w400-h300/IMG_6797.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">More scenes from the yard.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxRDsqJrMkOvmX1ZbYfKpfAbr79id-yBSbkNVWACIDnpwqn-GjWDkv_AhlcpbwcIFdpnTi_xHd_5vL_jUpQkLeAxDb7nn6gl9FANWqxBIu9-1tkfQJEk0FxYrGjZK1oe7dFOIIPCUcApG5cpWQv1D5F2fuyrnaLVNyyZbnENlcQhyphenhyphen6t4YvpK9L8xosX94/s5184/IMG_6793.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxRDsqJrMkOvmX1ZbYfKpfAbr79id-yBSbkNVWACIDnpwqn-GjWDkv_AhlcpbwcIFdpnTi_xHd_5vL_jUpQkLeAxDb7nn6gl9FANWqxBIu9-1tkfQJEk0FxYrGjZK1oe7dFOIIPCUcApG5cpWQv1D5F2fuyrnaLVNyyZbnENlcQhyphenhyphen6t4YvpK9L8xosX94/w300-h400/IMG_6793.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Please! Someone put his head back on!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-YSM7WKK142ArAYEHWtXI98aJjkdA27hpQFyBKnwDp1UtBW9pm5qaGMjsyILRqt5rxG_BDQJmvCdgnML51N_HS4dV9MsQrsHZwL-xljOHqor0JoBoZSSG-8PE5bfdknKAoGL66Bb5tHvtoi6kK-svwS0UZCJ_OpOTM_zoDGmwcWrrK9AoJKApOacdQmY/s5184/IMG_6794.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-YSM7WKK142ArAYEHWtXI98aJjkdA27hpQFyBKnwDp1UtBW9pm5qaGMjsyILRqt5rxG_BDQJmvCdgnML51N_HS4dV9MsQrsHZwL-xljOHqor0JoBoZSSG-8PE5bfdknKAoGL66Bb5tHvtoi6kK-svwS0UZCJ_OpOTM_zoDGmwcWrrK9AoJKApOacdQmY/w400-h300/IMG_6794.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi64TAQ4gnyTAxv-0RG5LGGLF_UvxGH77kH4UUGxTnBt3J1HYGot_lVkXtTXuH5zjY1XCk8FMFpXIuaFQdo9YQtR5tsLTBgxbmGQ72ch0hgDb0WQtGgkyIk2oj8_QPofvXcgkkG-Zqqi8l4ZFwEPphj8cY2vrvFE_Pb7AI3kIllzdQyxkVskZgAL5iW488/s5184/IMG_6795.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi64TAQ4gnyTAxv-0RG5LGGLF_UvxGH77kH4UUGxTnBt3J1HYGot_lVkXtTXuH5zjY1XCk8FMFpXIuaFQdo9YQtR5tsLTBgxbmGQ72ch0hgDb0WQtGgkyIk2oj8_QPofvXcgkkG-Zqqi8l4ZFwEPphj8cY2vrvFE_Pb7AI3kIllzdQyxkVskZgAL5iW488/w400-h300/IMG_6795.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">There piles of colorful rocks everywhere. Most sold by the pound but we did see some really expensive rocks. It would be a cold day before I spent $86 for a rock!</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBUT2fa9mA6gb4nzuE3rtYS0x2ov8gX37e2SVV_31oAQxGY1AlZ3P1VoTILgXA8hGuHZdRm-dIDKbVdrk3gI6nWKUqKLTT97jHNyd7XzGEU-Iks8B8BmftK3zlfjOHqZC-56bElTV-ObY3s-x-fSi0PdJZrV-LxtxU3_s_uHGnH2dFtdOHVXoeZuzkB2U/s5184/IMG_6796.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBUT2fa9mA6gb4nzuE3rtYS0x2ov8gX37e2SVV_31oAQxGY1AlZ3P1VoTILgXA8hGuHZdRm-dIDKbVdrk3gI6nWKUqKLTT97jHNyd7XzGEU-Iks8B8BmftK3zlfjOHqZC-56bElTV-ObY3s-x-fSi0PdJZrV-LxtxU3_s_uHGnH2dFtdOHVXoeZuzkB2U/w400-h300/IMG_6796.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMSnkB-SqXRPIwxpK5kj2PLZf1GQvmVrQQvWBvoVXyhFQ8icpS9GyQW3U58i-fQskWLuYODkHQC86jmI2OAjUl6AC1DvP5BzktHZet9hYGf3DX6nnyWguDH4-BTmj7wgaySzYz-Bc9FphnQGiCQEILgGvTHn5_8HtNL_NN13d-0mz6RPmlj-NHlkddjFA/s5184/IMG_6802.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMSnkB-SqXRPIwxpK5kj2PLZf1GQvmVrQQvWBvoVXyhFQ8icpS9GyQW3U58i-fQskWLuYODkHQC86jmI2OAjUl6AC1DvP5BzktHZet9hYGf3DX6nnyWguDH4-BTmj7wgaySzYz-Bc9FphnQGiCQEILgGvTHn5_8HtNL_NN13d-0mz6RPmlj-NHlkddjFA/w300-h400/IMG_6802.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Some of the colors were so vibrant!</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizNf3INnovo6A3qmGicnX-F0OqGzgA0sj2Q_TtQuLJmYQtxe-kAwslNwZC2nE7CP7OtqAsyg30YCn73sgCdfPfXjlaF3uU4CvFop-y3Xb7uiTcayZJyCbyCpMeXXOzkEC80JhrVlMyHiqZhfxUnPtP9bRVjozYLsFEjL1kIsGrYwU2bSqlCqNlyvc4V7w/s5184/IMG_6800.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizNf3INnovo6A3qmGicnX-F0OqGzgA0sj2Q_TtQuLJmYQtxe-kAwslNwZC2nE7CP7OtqAsyg30YCn73sgCdfPfXjlaF3uU4CvFop-y3Xb7uiTcayZJyCbyCpMeXXOzkEC80JhrVlMyHiqZhfxUnPtP9bRVjozYLsFEjL1kIsGrYwU2bSqlCqNlyvc4V7w/w400-h300/IMG_6800.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjLEAKQMHlG2P1RIcZYdparqVSSVUCGj3VLPcMbWH1kqq-05Sz_KexOeSDclxBiwnw7pBjlu6LrNF0aXzvvsbcIngO1UTrMyRB_l_NMli_KheH45lg3EMeyN-VlYXKpkJu0i9MEiiH_R_94uqAS5a1t1J3p4kqO29ZeqjPspwiVNSamhVur3cT0k519o/s5184/IMG_6801.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjLEAKQMHlG2P1RIcZYdparqVSSVUCGj3VLPcMbWH1kqq-05Sz_KexOeSDclxBiwnw7pBjlu6LrNF0aXzvvsbcIngO1UTrMyRB_l_NMli_KheH45lg3EMeyN-VlYXKpkJu0i9MEiiH_R_94uqAS5a1t1J3p4kqO29ZeqjPspwiVNSamhVur3cT0k519o/w400-h300/IMG_6801.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Hey, we had dinner tonight! Hamburgers, sliced tomatoes and corn on the cob.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I had bought some UTAH peaches before we left from a truck in Taylor. They were hard as rocks when I bought them but today they were just right and as sweet as could be.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">After dinner we took a ride back to see if the buffalo were out in the open or still hiding the trees.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQnBcB_KBQeA9U2FxL8_6c75uCB91nInkX5O3NWFPQM-8UvqVK9lJNy3jSYXMcOV8W-gANwr6Hhewyw2SndGMNUwAocmI2mI-FqKCs_hNnxvF0X3DWhfjZV2WmYL3j4sImqUj2FwJ8egba4CQmUpTtzNIIPdKYFLdlBxoif_icbMNUbrPK7yA0-q6Obxk/s5184/IMG_6806.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQnBcB_KBQeA9U2FxL8_6c75uCB91nInkX5O3NWFPQM-8UvqVK9lJNy3jSYXMcOV8W-gANwr6Hhewyw2SndGMNUwAocmI2mI-FqKCs_hNnxvF0X3DWhfjZV2WmYL3j4sImqUj2FwJ8egba4CQmUpTtzNIIPdKYFLdlBxoif_icbMNUbrPK7yA0-q6Obxk/w400-h300/IMG_6806.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Snookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14234189395419835018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187388801776933462.post-45592549746932009822023-09-26T09:24:00.309-07:002023-09-27T11:27:52.554-07:00<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> UTAH - DAY 6 - 9.26.23</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I had something to share yesterday and completely forgot until I hit PUBLISH!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">After leaving the park I was thirsty and we pulled over at a store to see if they sold anything to drink. They didn't but it was a cool place so I took a few minutes to look around. When I went back out to the truck Walt was talking with two young women who had parked next to us. When I got within earshot Walt says, "Hey, Snookie, they're from Delaware!" While I was in the store he had taken Abby out of the truck for a walk and when he came back he saw the license plate on their car so he waited for them to come out. Turns out, one of them lived in Newport to my Elsmere which is like Taylor to Snowflake for our JRR friends, but of course our towns were much bigger. It truly is a small world.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So this morning we were on the road by 9 and it was a 50 mile drive to Bryce Canyon. Hmmmm,,,,anyone wondering if I took some scenery shots on the way? You bet I did!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR0o5zEW9RnTMNzgLJKWpjpOFWvp-H_rQ0AKG1xPTg1zAk7p2AsLl3HPWO_wswQ0FtejpzK3-Kp_aQRsbPlT-mcPIa2vcPY2vFyb6IRHEPcmevNQBzAw3_nKbXVc7hD83tIhoBKvo9McfcizfWhVNg2gYKImjuDG1MQMJ-N7po9vNLS5hs0_eh9tQlZIU/s5184/IMG_6715.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR0o5zEW9RnTMNzgLJKWpjpOFWvp-H_rQ0AKG1xPTg1zAk7p2AsLl3HPWO_wswQ0FtejpzK3-Kp_aQRsbPlT-mcPIa2vcPY2vFyb6IRHEPcmevNQBzAw3_nKbXVc7hD83tIhoBKvo9McfcizfWhVNg2gYKImjuDG1MQMJ-N7po9vNLS5hs0_eh9tQlZIU/w400-h300/IMG_6715.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisYQn1bGaE4DhhW8tmpjD8yDwXE5-OxT2YgsIjMg_SpBKVqgPY8z1-5F1gBlkVvM1klp1ruwCdYq4nIm8_YP8CJrGKxrh-2hHH4R70OFHe9zCSSDiM2M5IsadEkJ5cc6aQUjF4e2H0J8QWxFS19uOmvINkZi8xmkAcSvT-EGDSarMJ-7xeSR1DVf_f29Q/s5184/IMG_6716.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisYQn1bGaE4DhhW8tmpjD8yDwXE5-OxT2YgsIjMg_SpBKVqgPY8z1-5F1gBlkVvM1klp1ruwCdYq4nIm8_YP8CJrGKxrh-2hHH4R70OFHe9zCSSDiM2M5IsadEkJ5cc6aQUjF4e2H0J8QWxFS19uOmvINkZi8xmkAcSvT-EGDSarMJ-7xeSR1DVf_f29Q/w400-h300/IMG_6716.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">When we arrived we wanted to take a picture of the sign of course. There was one other car in the parking lot and I motioned to the woman sitting in the passenger seat pointing to my camera and then us and the sign. She got my message right away and jumped out to take our picture. What a delightful lady she was! She was a little put off by Walt's attire. He was wearing a Philadelphia Eagle's cap and his Eagles sweatshirt. She said she didn't know if we wanted HER taking our picture because and at that point I interrupted her and said, "Oh no! You're a Cowboys fan!" and with that I snatched my camera back from her. We all had a good laugh and she took our picture. Several in fact.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcqMMJGWL0ugFnreaBMAio16Uc1vSsDsc2mXcKlJrY2hrP9QD7JTGAN7Nhx23gydOcZDhZPEC00ac13DCyRSSk4D2ulJtoomSu9BKy3A6Ag9dXUeNq3wSXrQzf4OI4JIxXC19mTDygIrZhyfR6j8qk2toT-4gyz0kyNE7FtTBWhj_x4mXLudReRGthFp8/s5184/IMG_6723.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcqMMJGWL0ugFnreaBMAio16Uc1vSsDsc2mXcKlJrY2hrP9QD7JTGAN7Nhx23gydOcZDhZPEC00ac13DCyRSSk4D2ulJtoomSu9BKy3A6Ag9dXUeNq3wSXrQzf4OI4JIxXC19mTDygIrZhyfR6j8qk2toT-4gyz0kyNE7FtTBWhj_x4mXLudReRGthFp8/w400-h300/IMG_6723.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">She went on to tell us that she and her cousin were on a 39 state roadtrip and they were from Vermont. She had her cousin come out and take a picture of the three of us. She was a lot of fun to talk with and this was someone we just knew we would be friends with if we lived near each other. Turns out her son is a die hard Eagles fan. So her cousin took our picture with our camera and her phone.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjymwd0V0yEswcC-b-9-q8X8ByTqXNXI_EM1ZO7n1fUsuxh5P9GDhOjnDxI0FtJASJkw2nbVTXPdfh4ZHMwWZlyLU0lnMM-_QSH-HAkUKmkBb_zDAN83u22S6aLtO2Oaefbd-uvd_ZE0De_E_Ak1p0ZygdbiWeoJ9U3J2jl6kARA6nl6nAct8mfRJTlnkI/s5184/IMG_6728.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjymwd0V0yEswcC-b-9-q8X8ByTqXNXI_EM1ZO7n1fUsuxh5P9GDhOjnDxI0FtJASJkw2nbVTXPdfh4ZHMwWZlyLU0lnMM-_QSH-HAkUKmkBb_zDAN83u22S6aLtO2Oaefbd-uvd_ZE0De_E_Ak1p0ZygdbiWeoJ9U3J2jl6kARA6nl6nAct8mfRJTlnkI/w400-h300/IMG_6728.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVsJxgjR2LcmfspI8Iu2Ab30MLtcyXspr4wLT2WX7HN4Eknump2p_TthTRLe9v4YbeG4E3Eqkh3fVxXt5Ncnp4Gy76q0VBlm5UDmkH3BV8v11-qcNviRqOWUGvC7BU_auEDwuD33Lvmd3wTq1Yg86dBwV_XFXOUkOYKCgVi-ACGNdI9fAKlA4uXiWtfyA/s5184/IMG_6726.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVsJxgjR2LcmfspI8Iu2Ab30MLtcyXspr4wLT2WX7HN4Eknump2p_TthTRLe9v4YbeG4E3Eqkh3fVxXt5Ncnp4Gy76q0VBlm5UDmkH3BV8v11-qcNviRqOWUGvC7BU_auEDwuD33Lvmd3wTq1Yg86dBwV_XFXOUkOYKCgVi-ACGNdI9fAKlA4uXiWtfyA/w400-h300/IMG_6726.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">So we get into the park and make the first stop the visitor center. </span></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3v_usx6HGRJc7eyGVEnQgXGgHS5atZT4ZYMRF5wsAhcSmUnQwqGvJ9RedJzfBbTnhqbzDwhVQb-ApurSOxddIifjDInlPxZfZmDfk17yjXZ4GKSgVEn4mRQOAavOIVgW0dVHpuTadkwvJa9ZcMnQjHpfQTMxWPdHdPIWdF7cnyWfKnPB9-qYwxS81rIs/s5184/IMG_6729.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3v_usx6HGRJc7eyGVEnQgXGgHS5atZT4ZYMRF5wsAhcSmUnQwqGvJ9RedJzfBbTnhqbzDwhVQb-ApurSOxddIifjDInlPxZfZmDfk17yjXZ4GKSgVEn4mRQOAavOIVgW0dVHpuTadkwvJa9ZcMnQjHpfQTMxWPdHdPIWdF7cnyWfKnPB9-qYwxS81rIs/w400-h300/IMG_6729.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><p>We had to drive around the parking lot twice to get a parking space and we were pretty amazed at how crowded it was. Then we saw the sign.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcu93X4bhCQPaKhp2JUa07p_QNvLiA-7N2Awk0lb0u_YHu8AXdX0bsq_RiLzGY9LDcq4fj4iJC-TauvJYC-ayCSaDAqFoSwFUcK2xqJgdLYEut3atbJIV49Ni_VHZMHCbabxx7BlRSXr5E2hRmFb-PZfpwwQ0CM_0RXQyTTu-16Bpd2YBMqZ3hmUZ8vI4/s5184/IMG_6733.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcu93X4bhCQPaKhp2JUa07p_QNvLiA-7N2Awk0lb0u_YHu8AXdX0bsq_RiLzGY9LDcq4fj4iJC-TauvJYC-ayCSaDAqFoSwFUcK2xqJgdLYEut3atbJIV49Ni_VHZMHCbabxx7BlRSXr5E2hRmFb-PZfpwwQ0CM_0RXQyTTu-16Bpd2YBMqZ3hmUZ8vI4/w300-h400/IMG_6733.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>No wonder it's so crowded. It's Bryce Canyon's Centennial Celebration year!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We had to go inside the visitor center to get the "stamp" for our National Park's Passport Book. It was mobbed in there and this claustrophobic soul couldn't wait to get out of there.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I did manage to get one picture outside of the bathrooms of this wall mural.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHeOxRYDGS2LLH2DcVfILAQREdfLEgABckLeTVM4rLsRAdkpr4IfVJOwbk07k3PLhGWD9FUNHeFbXW995CGj2VOwKAR9ZIJKkRV4RLyZ7Lht_coilcJnn4MzIe2l3fzZYNm5jr3oOUJx0YvrqzteGqSspiCClPO8DGPFsV1rAImnr4p0V6jlSGOF7guEE/s5184/IMG_6731.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHeOxRYDGS2LLH2DcVfILAQREdfLEgABckLeTVM4rLsRAdkpr4IfVJOwbk07k3PLhGWD9FUNHeFbXW995CGj2VOwKAR9ZIJKkRV4RLyZ7Lht_coilcJnn4MzIe2l3fzZYNm5jr3oOUJx0YvrqzteGqSspiCClPO8DGPFsV1rAImnr4p0V6jlSGOF7guEE/w400-h300/IMG_6731.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Outside I noticed a crowd of people gathered and they were all taking pictures of something. I figured it might be something I too would want a picture of so I waited for the crowd to thin a bit so I could see what was of such interest. I was a bit surprised to say the least but of course I snapped away! It has been awhile since I've seen one of these!</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOub-IUWMVZM8XnncrNjuuZSJoaFPBF0xcry-H-dst7NQBJZCNeo3s8OByDt8ebyx4jISImOrePrlEATmt4lbjlv9V64gJgn2jZPb1KC2f1vpm9r7BOHk4Bp7y_TbdGs6VND_58Rm_5iBbUQ0hGd7ZUumiLYkUYwM3hERe_ObRiCgydSW3xg3wJs11f3Y/s5184/IMG_6732.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOub-IUWMVZM8XnncrNjuuZSJoaFPBF0xcry-H-dst7NQBJZCNeo3s8OByDt8ebyx4jISImOrePrlEATmt4lbjlv9V64gJgn2jZPb1KC2f1vpm9r7BOHk4Bp7y_TbdGs6VND_58Rm_5iBbUQ0hGd7ZUumiLYkUYwM3hERe_ObRiCgydSW3xg3wJs11f3Y/w300-h400/IMG_6732.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Back in the truck, we took off to sightsee. Our first stop was Sunset Point and it was so crowded that we drove around the parking lot 3 times before we gave up. I suggested we go all the way to the end and work our way back. We went as far as Rainbow Point (next to the last stop we later found out) and started some serious sightseeing.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcCbv1423pu_94tlncr24c6ToUamiQoOYLthNI-3VNkSHY-WZ-tOgv25H9wv9uSZnuq1WIPL_ErLegVD1VxOwRirIDSJcIrjlvlcYnMwnRDY2wKirHXjN5b8_Y0DbiKbcLvwqICrWl1I0NSTCVbP_Q3oq-Rnc9cuDyeFv89YiFPpyBpFmwxeAkCmZ7Y40/s5184/IMG_6738.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcCbv1423pu_94tlncr24c6ToUamiQoOYLthNI-3VNkSHY-WZ-tOgv25H9wv9uSZnuq1WIPL_ErLegVD1VxOwRirIDSJcIrjlvlcYnMwnRDY2wKirHXjN5b8_Y0DbiKbcLvwqICrWl1I0NSTCVbP_Q3oq-Rnc9cuDyeFv89YiFPpyBpFmwxeAkCmZ7Y40/w400-h300/IMG_6738.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiFEJMrcB9IQ6IobVSAShyeCMkS_M_g1aFRvA3VuD5UoZs-v8DP5f8M22Ny6QtexaoPrXSqfNMW5FmY9kGGmRCkX9ik8aWeysc62fgo_btqB7HeXF7b0wNHLeTVKVkWIJ-0O9BkCMDl1YKE3SNB37ss5i68Ium6_wXc8WgcNavo1KHHW2RZggm4J8ynVE/s5184/IMG_6735.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiFEJMrcB9IQ6IobVSAShyeCMkS_M_g1aFRvA3VuD5UoZs-v8DP5f8M22Ny6QtexaoPrXSqfNMW5FmY9kGGmRCkX9ik8aWeysc62fgo_btqB7HeXF7b0wNHLeTVKVkWIJ-0O9BkCMDl1YKE3SNB37ss5i68Ium6_wXc8WgcNavo1KHHW2RZggm4J8ynVE/w400-h300/IMG_6735.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqe6d7GR1FWM-TPF5tWO6PA5e4pp2yG6NVtXGSPqaGW7xjbMekhyphenhyphenZwRh0br-fxnu9aU9l0pr43QFMadel6QtI0eUyZbnFaxTH4Pps8yzWxMdJoji9TaBvNXdohP7m7zKiIV-m_MGkq3Nm_e2hIJ6jTPeZLyHEbXScAIymGZjXXjxq_d6R969UQvwDtqRQ/s5184/IMG_6736.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqe6d7GR1FWM-TPF5tWO6PA5e4pp2yG6NVtXGSPqaGW7xjbMekhyphenhyphenZwRh0br-fxnu9aU9l0pr43QFMadel6QtI0eUyZbnFaxTH4Pps8yzWxMdJoji9TaBvNXdohP7m7zKiIV-m_MGkq3Nm_e2hIJ6jTPeZLyHEbXScAIymGZjXXjxq_d6R969UQvwDtqRQ/w400-h300/IMG_6736.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYbqzffoODTQc7f2cQy7O2SOLMdFs2DV8XtdvZdiUci1slht0DGLGuzb-nd14pJpelU1cWfgFZ_But3lNKCHrCpG4ttC7U0XcOLDXNbL1WgwIqklVWedqwfBMJwpD1rXlrH1xR9e4iFwj-GZnqDJ0NLHNKFvxOyW8GCSZVHHqCRmc83EcfMNRXNersNc/s5184/IMG_6739.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYbqzffoODTQc7f2cQy7O2SOLMdFs2DV8XtdvZdiUci1slht0DGLGuzb-nd14pJpelU1cWfgFZ_But3lNKCHrCpG4ttC7U0XcOLDXNbL1WgwIqklVWedqwfBMJwpD1rXlrH1xR9e4iFwj-GZnqDJ0NLHNKFvxOyW8GCSZVHHqCRmc83EcfMNRXNersNc/w400-h300/IMG_6739.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">At our next stop, not really a point, just a place to pull over on the side of the road we saw a natural bridge. There was one couple from Japan that were taking turns taking photos of each other so I motioned to their camera and then to them and smiled and shook their heads yes. So I took their picture and they in turn took ours.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNPrrZq_r30XQYOdtJvm8KntwLmvuTJGpOhDAs9JFTftu2-fmqMPK0YzqGRbBRyYMOrcc5m_EubaMt9V3VlyCm0dxayEGNutStMOpIGTR-u6BV2maQwUHFkxVFCYqX4TNyvy3hfgC5_Cwbel4j1fXWi1y8Lr6T0OWy6Ld_uWEES7d4U1wouFMKBFQCXoI/s5184/IMG_6744.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNPrrZq_r30XQYOdtJvm8KntwLmvuTJGpOhDAs9JFTftu2-fmqMPK0YzqGRbBRyYMOrcc5m_EubaMt9V3VlyCm0dxayEGNutStMOpIGTR-u6BV2maQwUHFkxVFCYqX4TNyvy3hfgC5_Cwbel4j1fXWi1y8Lr6T0OWy6Ld_uWEES7d4U1wouFMKBFQCXoI/w400-h300/IMG_6744.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Our camera back in my hands I continued to capture a few more shots.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQNuHYsTf7t051jgO_OKcSTROANdSYuCTC4dC3kfNQbcvr6PnTKaRxP_9vkX9EHXpmWHxJbMxd3Nozwulb6VjdIbieTT3uyhYNeYWYaPegfiGK2JpybIXh8RAtByiwO6iJ2eI9EsllJ1_n2WR3jrHoaAVtH1vEKHmaoka6qViEQhoBuldIDpxw_ixTpU/s5184/IMG_6740.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQNuHYsTf7t051jgO_OKcSTROANdSYuCTC4dC3kfNQbcvr6PnTKaRxP_9vkX9EHXpmWHxJbMxd3Nozwulb6VjdIbieTT3uyhYNeYWYaPegfiGK2JpybIXh8RAtByiwO6iJ2eI9EsllJ1_n2WR3jrHoaAVtH1vEKHmaoka6qViEQhoBuldIDpxw_ixTpU/w400-h300/IMG_6740.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTG5l4lyypHhFH863-lqjc9dLBmktpPxMx9FRc8WRCFamaNJOfOeRGQpFvoJCDAGUf7xeie9njPL4Y5EkkMyhq0C7eCYd2VlHp5qPCrApmrLVihJ7qgh9SEZiy-7xFOFQc68rl-4jLji5UxgFGXgcrqjGqhq0aR2bmhpSdEL_eS_tXUX4dd-rBIwTmtM/s5184/IMG_6747.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTG5l4lyypHhFH863-lqjc9dLBmktpPxMx9FRc8WRCFamaNJOfOeRGQpFvoJCDAGUf7xeie9njPL4Y5EkkMyhq0C7eCYd2VlHp5qPCrApmrLVihJ7qgh9SEZiy-7xFOFQc68rl-4jLji5UxgFGXgcrqjGqhq0aR2bmhpSdEL_eS_tXUX4dd-rBIwTmtM/w400-h300/IMG_6747.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-QsRhpxo_unQ6mqfWn2oHYL03OBgK2l5THgb1wpwapTujnlbpHpjdMzMqph_Twraa6HC_o60KA2LWVuJPssBzJFZ5CnnGfQqoYss1Vhv108aTVmq4p8nJaJoW1zbvHaGilly3MfpiwQgNgQAql9VtWKUd5wSayb9K1wAeWom24h0uYBLvCTLZKYlkoIo/s5184/IMG_6751.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-QsRhpxo_unQ6mqfWn2oHYL03OBgK2l5THgb1wpwapTujnlbpHpjdMzMqph_Twraa6HC_o60KA2LWVuJPssBzJFZ5CnnGfQqoYss1Vhv108aTVmq4p8nJaJoW1zbvHaGilly3MfpiwQgNgQAql9VtWKUd5wSayb9K1wAeWom24h0uYBLvCTLZKYlkoIo/w300-h400/IMG_6751.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I had been to Bryce Canyon back around 2008 or so. It was so much fun to watch Walt as he looked out in total awe of what he was seeing.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPzWciPaWiA-uTBdC1nH7C6J2NkrYb32ihQaxOrui_SuLuhsYTf_cBS_NNXk_UxcbmDxBuJ8pJKJg_k9O2aSy3ElbQCrW5-iBy8yMXn1TgOzWorVOZ48y2OArrdoPJcm9pqaLDAr9wZ1x3IHyjOjuNDTJliYFvdmh2ZLuwlVQyXZQA6ZiV3sgROIe4jNI/s5184/IMG_6752.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPzWciPaWiA-uTBdC1nH7C6J2NkrYb32ihQaxOrui_SuLuhsYTf_cBS_NNXk_UxcbmDxBuJ8pJKJg_k9O2aSy3ElbQCrW5-iBy8yMXn1TgOzWorVOZ48y2OArrdoPJcm9pqaLDAr9wZ1x3IHyjOjuNDTJliYFvdmh2ZLuwlVQyXZQA6ZiV3sgROIe4jNI/w400-h300/IMG_6752.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2OlkRiTiptSjb7zT7Oqsn3kJ2Hh1ceHytXJ4OD2kO8way0dpdf7Hj5WKbD7dbtR45ANs0lRwl7urF4MQDCDvouT6gEahimluEDrbpEcorSj4FwxOn4_dKSkfPskfD53sels74XYwX8DUffOLONwV_-qALCx3JtPEEwGR82vfw0gV1mu7Dc9KfR0wC28g/s5184/IMG_6753.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2OlkRiTiptSjb7zT7Oqsn3kJ2Hh1ceHytXJ4OD2kO8way0dpdf7Hj5WKbD7dbtR45ANs0lRwl7urF4MQDCDvouT6gEahimluEDrbpEcorSj4FwxOn4_dKSkfPskfD53sels74XYwX8DUffOLONwV_-qALCx3JtPEEwGR82vfw0gV1mu7Dc9KfR0wC28g/w400-h300/IMG_6753.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It was pretty amazing to listen to all the different languages being spoken at each stop we made. We had two instances where the Japanese women were just giving holy hell to their husbands or boyfriends about something. Now we don't understand a word of Japanese but we understand body language and facial expressions and these two were not happy with their male partners! It was comical to watch but I did feel sorry for one of the guys because his wife/girlfriend was just relentless! From the look on his face he couldn't wait to get on the next flight back to Japan! Oh the sights you see!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It was at our next stop that our Vermont friend came running up to us and said, "We have to get our picture taken again, my cousin moved and its all blurry!" So she took our picture again and was satisfied with this one. It was at this stop she told us the story about why this trip is taking place. Her cousin, just four years older than her, has end of life cancer. She had stopped all treatment because it made her so sick all the time and the doctor said it would give her maybe a year if she continued. She opted to take what little time she has left to see the USA! Our Vermont friend dropped everything and said, "Let's go!" So here they are seeing all the sights and having a blast! I hope they get to see everything on the bucket list before her pain gets too bad and they have to turn back.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So here's what we saw at that stop.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUmKJmJvKgkrj8VuMgAQdtsgnAPCO92rppueiHxTN8WW8vrioAKT1yJxm2JkMmJoaoeJluUbWa2Gw-dYB80n1umtHqZTYBcE5OPo4Yen4Uk4p6cgUBUVS_bJPIzzGGXWF6HkeOLHzPyV8sSJzGLpgUbBsdfQeDYvR5baHLlftqrP04Ycj5FHlm9fXyGk8/s5184/IMG_6754.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUmKJmJvKgkrj8VuMgAQdtsgnAPCO92rppueiHxTN8WW8vrioAKT1yJxm2JkMmJoaoeJluUbWa2Gw-dYB80n1umtHqZTYBcE5OPo4Yen4Uk4p6cgUBUVS_bJPIzzGGXWF6HkeOLHzPyV8sSJzGLpgUbBsdfQeDYvR5baHLlftqrP04Ycj5FHlm9fXyGk8/w400-h300/IMG_6754.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7mUJh84XkQotwKs3GLVD0p39F7INdxnkWeBCPpgY8GX2ULSDQQzsbCbIUNSSiq6SA7T5runiXihVrUTcJCfQRIL5iphOxbLGsvFXuxhzPAuBiINcLeFMlqtunZeV6fwU70eTqoqy9j7EshlVjr2Qc8waGaUe42no39VDYtYQ5HB3hnrXpI5VEcHNz5M/s5184/IMG_6755.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7mUJh84XkQotwKs3GLVD0p39F7INdxnkWeBCPpgY8GX2ULSDQQzsbCbIUNSSiq6SA7T5runiXihVrUTcJCfQRIL5iphOxbLGsvFXuxhzPAuBiINcLeFMlqtunZeV6fwU70eTqoqy9j7EshlVjr2Qc8waGaUe42no39VDYtYQ5HB3hnrXpI5VEcHNz5M/w300-h400/IMG_6755.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We made a few more stops along the way and saw our Vermont friend two more times. I took a few pictures but they weren't anything to write home about. I really don't keep all the pictures I take if you can believe that. I may take 200 pictures but I may keep only 75 of them. I'm so glad for digital cameras!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Sunset Point. We made it back to our beginning here in the park and I told Walt, I don't care how many times we have to go around this parking lot, we were stopping here if it took us all day. You see, I knew what was at Sunset Point and I really wanted to watch Walt when he saw it. Luckily, we only got halfway around the parking lot and we found a spot. He didn't disappoint me with his reaction. I get such joy out of showing Walt places he's never been before.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Sunset Point. The viewing area from this point is quite large and as you walked around it you got completely different views depending on the section you were in. 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font-size: large;">I took pictures of several couples and in return we got ours taken.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXGSeQh7B5Kf9ycrw6bEavRBZKvffLuexCYwPUbrBseHJcdwqbBD1mfyT5uiTud1jSaaX3GQ0ZDzlPSaJ5j5qFWwKSAi-nQ6qpOpBAqKGWMKbAYEyNvbtpfG0ecsSIDhtbxcB8bAE8bJLAo9OSQJRUSwA0KwkpvBrGDNKnYxoqaJyePFA1p_NttnsActQ/s5184/IMG_6767.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXGSeQh7B5Kf9ycrw6bEavRBZKvffLuexCYwPUbrBseHJcdwqbBD1mfyT5uiTud1jSaaX3GQ0ZDzlPSaJ5j5qFWwKSAi-nQ6qpOpBAqKGWMKbAYEyNvbtpfG0ecsSIDhtbxcB8bAE8bJLAo9OSQJRUSwA0KwkpvBrGDNKnYxoqaJyePFA1p_NttnsActQ/w400-h300/IMG_6767.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Scenery pictures on the way out of the park.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDE6LLilgbvRWcyQhjhimjUcTQEJLhyM0Qj_e8wtxrbrLY305xtEdUCbKQna0jSMNHqkCyJ7MhMLK25dtGU-Yx7xi3gqiZsa0jCp9HtatSWZQZCYyXj4c6qWY1JL-mL2RuorbB83R_5nlyL3YiCXpXqmANIDh-Y-ww-oJztSJrknfAB5HuYGZY1KRJ7Eg/w400-h300/IMG_6779.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We wondered how in the world these stayed up there!</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitR9m4uECGiNzgeqo0-egzYXC14nQoApxikSX5rCe2vkdkq1l7KgGG4kHJXmiokylvQHcQWTqWYV6KBYn5K6ydPqbg7MBcIKyue2C9Pk444yKvjEQNG9u2KrJ_Q-cYM5Df15X4Li5sL6ktvqL_9U-zONibk09PgIO6hyphenhyphenztlY4cY-xU5MDENJdZvNupzeQ/s5184/IMG_6784.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitR9m4uECGiNzgeqo0-egzYXC14nQoApxikSX5rCe2vkdkq1l7KgGG4kHJXmiokylvQHcQWTqWYV6KBYn5K6ydPqbg7MBcIKyue2C9Pk444yKvjEQNG9u2KrJ_Q-cYM5Df15X4Li5sL6ktvqL_9U-zONibk09PgIO6hyphenhyphenztlY4cY-xU5MDENJdZvNupzeQ/w400-h300/IMG_6784.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Outside of the park, a couple of miles down the road we stopped for gas and only paid $4.10 a gallon. All the others around were going for $4.40. I asked the attendant how come their gas was so cheap compared to the others and he just smiled at me. Ok, I'll enjoy the price, I don't have to know the details.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Since neither of us had eaten anything since the pieces of pie the night before we stopped at Subway to get some 6 inch sandwiches to hold us over until we got home. They had absolutely no taste. Sandwiches, drinks, chips = $23.27</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">When we did arrive back at the campground we sat out with our neighbors and talked with them about the adventure they took today and discussed what we were doing the next. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Walt decided he needed to play the 9 hole course associated with the Best Western. He brought my driver out for me to try and I did swing but I felt that twinge and said, "Nope, I can't do it." While my back still has the twinge when I turn a certain way it <u>doesn't</u> hurt much more than it does. So its healing, it just isn't ready for golf yet. I do think the constant in and out of the truck today didn't help it much at all so maybe I'll try swinging that club again tomorrow. It is really inexpensive for this course. 9 holes with cart, $15.00.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">By the way, no dinner again tonight.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Snookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14234189395419835018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187388801776933462.post-83265305314498262392023-09-25T20:54:00.000-07:002023-09-25T20:54:05.569-07:00<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> UTAH - DAY 5 - 9.25.23</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Day five of this wonderfully relaxing vacation. We went over to the Best Western and paid two more days. Another $90.94 </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">After a leisurely morning we packed up Abby and took off for a 12 minute drive to Zion National Park.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLCoT6sGeFiVxUTYqE7_aXsYvuQL6L4z47r3Ond9lY690p9v8wwEi8vTV5zqZyVGjRYASGS2oGQeKCHdavIGduNJ3xoRQjMYeQe0ezKD-HVWm-GpBfGT65gd2q-gimGXey1TlFonwftgaQ6EfOtHc13g0iGNW8RoHpBhOCDnv68OWgf80B6FVmvfb1m0/s5184/IMG_6697.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLCoT6sGeFiVxUTYqE7_aXsYvuQL6L4z47r3Ond9lY690p9v8wwEi8vTV5zqZyVGjRYASGS2oGQeKCHdavIGduNJ3xoRQjMYeQe0ezKD-HVWm-GpBfGT65gd2q-gimGXey1TlFonwftgaQ6EfOtHc13g0iGNW8RoHpBhOCDnv68OWgf80B6FVmvfb1m0/w400-h300/IMG_6697.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Let me give you fair warning now.....there are a ton of scenery pictures in this post. If you can't handle looking at the most beautiful scenery that Zion NP has to offer, then this post isn't for you.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">When we got up to the ranger taking entrance fees, I inquired about a National Park pass. The fellow asked for my ID and said it would be $80.00. I handed over the cash and he said, we don't take cash, so I handed over my debit card and he handed me an America the Beautiful card. Wait! I already have this card, we both do. He promptly refunded my $80.00 and we were on our way.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Get ready for some major scenery pictures!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXuvn1snxslFE38nmZ0OZLwnQZ3FGIs9oCM99LR5WVrS5bzfBlyDdfvZrQfhejazAMdycWiQARFc6QRxdxRKAJc0J-okkC7Y03mio6TsCUSL2g3KG94jWTjBzsfQwCVBfCnVxMtwFkIlYb6zbyR7z7Vt-X5kNPTlhU9pYomav9VRESILShlRj018crvU/s5184/IMG_6674.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXuvn1snxslFE38nmZ0OZLwnQZ3FGIs9oCM99LR5WVrS5bzfBlyDdfvZrQfhejazAMdycWiQARFc6QRxdxRKAJc0J-okkC7Y03mio6TsCUSL2g3KG94jWTjBzsfQwCVBfCnVxMtwFkIlYb6zbyR7z7Vt-X5kNPTlhU9pYomav9VRESILShlRj018crvU/w400-h300/IMG_6674.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxAKpyJAziGMHXxGohReUOdY6gtrz7KoEs_ecXTYygexD242kuJzSq6FV7Gn2K4n-QBzeVtc7qiFv1DoofJ3s5mIAYVNxkhLQcry-LDMyT4vTmd6neCiOlUBePBN_QYLeYc31QJHBYErh31TCLEnBRmszlm6F2tzLijSbFUpZ7In6J36IfWsv1jI0TnqU/s5184/IMG_6675.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxAKpyJAziGMHXxGohReUOdY6gtrz7KoEs_ecXTYygexD242kuJzSq6FV7Gn2K4n-QBzeVtc7qiFv1DoofJ3s5mIAYVNxkhLQcry-LDMyT4vTmd6neCiOlUBePBN_QYLeYc31QJHBYErh31TCLEnBRmszlm6F2tzLijSbFUpZ7In6J36IfWsv1jI0TnqU/w400-h300/IMG_6675.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">There were many places to pull over and we did whenever there was space. I took a lot of pictures of other people and they, in turn, took ours.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8WTb8eIhQysGEzgbhmokQSXmoqpuULx2LpUZCPKoKbqWvIry43iOGc0phnbh4FRFn5AyO638hBqfz3dZKsdO80pEOTdP0AapgWj3_gTork3sgHAMsaXK5zRmEp0Lg9D3CEk_okqx5E4gXAzP6ZyMDWFxMnDiMbswCQTI4kPnfNR4zz3fjKYxjmQaWCE/s5184/IMG_6671.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8WTb8eIhQysGEzgbhmokQSXmoqpuULx2LpUZCPKoKbqWvIry43iOGc0phnbh4FRFn5AyO638hBqfz3dZKsdO80pEOTdP0AapgWj3_gTork3sgHAMsaXK5zRmEp0Lg9D3CEk_okqx5E4gXAzP6ZyMDWFxMnDiMbswCQTI4kPnfNR4zz3fjKYxjmQaWCE/w400-h300/IMG_6671.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We were able to take Abby with us and I think she was a bit confused at why we stopped and got out and then back in after a few minutes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggreZMsaR3gpoCtr66YpVbboH_lm9vekscKwrR12JsWD_Obpo_EICB6V9WnTV_cDKpBn1u4HvuD5xWyi6Cp3dMwOsfac9u3vpeljmK0c4uBh5aLOdLCelR__w4_P-iYbdvLaPw1TDefzRQWA-_VMeoa28IJAx923rbEi0XKhXdYQ32F4ieY5jn0FxavSE/s5184/IMG_6677.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggreZMsaR3gpoCtr66YpVbboH_lm9vekscKwrR12JsWD_Obpo_EICB6V9WnTV_cDKpBn1u4HvuD5xWyi6Cp3dMwOsfac9u3vpeljmK0c4uBh5aLOdLCelR__w4_P-iYbdvLaPw1TDefzRQWA-_VMeoa28IJAx923rbEi0XKhXdYQ32F4ieY5jn0FxavSE/w400-h300/IMG_6677.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxsemgSrcPuoXLKFXDAckk2ffAy1GpZAehNINCsDDTpR3lAwadVqYpm80hNETNFQZq1iA_sxp3SitaEFIkTLNuVPhPTQwHwl2r73XbHIedDxhMoZgMlY2u976L_Opa5YPF2rjxKgvxSwXlkkEO7nKznmmMWPhTF6IwjQOqLwMoD9pMq-EIhon8pDujuQQ/s5184/IMG_6687.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxsemgSrcPuoXLKFXDAckk2ffAy1GpZAehNINCsDDTpR3lAwadVqYpm80hNETNFQZq1iA_sxp3SitaEFIkTLNuVPhPTQwHwl2r73XbHIedDxhMoZgMlY2u976L_Opa5YPF2rjxKgvxSwXlkkEO7nKznmmMWPhTF6IwjQOqLwMoD9pMq-EIhon8pDujuQQ/w400-h300/IMG_6687.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We stood there in total awe of what God has given us to enjoy.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I asked this Japanese man if he wanted me to take his picture with this magnificent backdrop and he readily agreed to my suggestion. It was mostly hand gestures but he got what where I was going with me pointing to him and his camera. He was alone so there was no one there to do it for him. Of course he then pointed to us and the camera we readily accepted his offer in return. He had us move 2 times so he could get 2 different backgrounds.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LShAG2omrqYAsHmo8XnYCj1pXVKGtnfq3CiZQdCL-iUwNpqlErQLLLFlKK59FifEUP3-j8vERrgxt-eMx-kkV45Bb91CSSw8yHzSAa2qztefUtnjq6KqIU5x6GhkW5j4rXvYU8MVAIDD_fjbNX-NZTKe04EHvIuBwWnbCLJhLDPHqK6uWfcdbl5CTDY/s5184/IMG_6688.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LShAG2omrqYAsHmo8XnYCj1pXVKGtnfq3CiZQdCL-iUwNpqlErQLLLFlKK59FifEUP3-j8vERrgxt-eMx-kkV45Bb91CSSw8yHzSAa2qztefUtnjq6KqIU5x6GhkW5j4rXvYU8MVAIDD_fjbNX-NZTKe04EHvIuBwWnbCLJhLDPHqK6uWfcdbl5CTDY/w400-h300/IMG_6688.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_srV6HAnwGOFeSlb4UZIxcwSVzDt8-M-s8WjghOsWTNLLEqFXk0069YNm5HHDqPcl7AZgODMhm_t4fB95g4S_kZjRIq3lnCFxy5dLl9SvRdpFh2qq1tsc7nzStYcNjjQ0rg7006hTgBB7xOQhNsCE2xI3Aw7UKM10ueFPFGO7SiSTmi040sRhChR45A/s5177/IMG_6690.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3335" data-original-width="5177" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_srV6HAnwGOFeSlb4UZIxcwSVzDt8-M-s8WjghOsWTNLLEqFXk0069YNm5HHDqPcl7AZgODMhm_t4fB95g4S_kZjRIq3lnCFxy5dLl9SvRdpFh2qq1tsc7nzStYcNjjQ0rg7006hTgBB7xOQhNsCE2xI3Aw7UKM10ueFPFGO7SiSTmi040sRhChR45A/w400-h258/IMG_6690.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The road through Zion is twisty and turn-y and I love it this way because there is a surprise around every turn. The colors change so quickly.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQvRlrmJltL_ck2dqd8MJXPrfml1e0Ci2FnV4z5EyDJxPPPahVHC5SVO6CrUotN5M_xzzpll1WBtdEfR814nM2UxH6pJCYD8LmI6pPj_n2mVqZk3PXhg-FNdtiojAdJjjx_L5O92rZL5k01y8tU8fPghL6SVoAjKyj1pQiHJjklwkk_VX0P_fLKKD-_Q/s5184/IMG_6692.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQvRlrmJltL_ck2dqd8MJXPrfml1e0Ci2FnV4z5EyDJxPPPahVHC5SVO6CrUotN5M_xzzpll1WBtdEfR814nM2UxH6pJCYD8LmI6pPj_n2mVqZk3PXhg-FNdtiojAdJjjx_L5O92rZL5k01y8tU8fPghL6SVoAjKyj1pQiHJjklwkk_VX0P_fLKKD-_Q/w400-h300/IMG_6692.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnDs_XYTmGZyb5Z8xjJWm7Oe-SwLYROBLI82j96puO2mnPl_5XQagNXQEFxijTj8bFldUT05AZHvHv1NgNh4UE7SCg9vqM03bQryRsuV3GWTVTHEUSCjtdSTpdSIZqX6y7fJJZrv06MIt4LZ5D6XlgrAnM_SQNFMS4cQ_3YslciyRVWB1jmf_ayYxEUw/s5184/IMG_6693.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnDs_XYTmGZyb5Z8xjJWm7Oe-SwLYROBLI82j96puO2mnPl_5XQagNXQEFxijTj8bFldUT05AZHvHv1NgNh4UE7SCg9vqM03bQryRsuV3GWTVTHEUSCjtdSTpdSIZqX6y7fJJZrv06MIt4LZ5D6XlgrAnM_SQNFMS4cQ_3YslciyRVWB1jmf_ayYxEUw/w400-h300/IMG_6693.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2YZqHJYqlUVn4Mfv1PHdCsn0ooKhci3p_8ElHKemNQtW44CU_UAIFp7wjouTLqTmQe6BG3Oow1bAUdZzrsXfPw4Zq3oFYTcgdyU5wL7vi1LHTgWVg0ZjZBwgT13WHka5so4d7WQHwQJ5QpH8n8IQBlljTjcvgB_CFz4rCzYaNz6wkj13BeVPR5eXTVkQ/s5184/IMG_6695.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2YZqHJYqlUVn4Mfv1PHdCsn0ooKhci3p_8ElHKemNQtW44CU_UAIFp7wjouTLqTmQe6BG3Oow1bAUdZzrsXfPw4Zq3oFYTcgdyU5wL7vi1LHTgWVg0ZjZBwgT13WHka5so4d7WQHwQJ5QpH8n8IQBlljTjcvgB_CFz4rCzYaNz6wkj13BeVPR5eXTVkQ/w400-h300/IMG_6695.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We followed the road to the end and another gate. We left the park and were driving a ways when I thought it best to put into the GPS on how to get back to our rig. WELL! It let us know is no uncertain terms that we needed to turn around go the way we came or we would be taking one long ride! Of course going back the way we came gave us a whole new perspective on the park. I like seeing where I came from. Naturally, this means more scenery pictures for you!</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmb0Gw_QyA78zas6gFQnUNW9g7qVmq5sO8TCMMBnbOYBFqMJK6ZPF1bFb7M1j76dCBU7JbKUDhoyXWfgHVB1DXje0IX3j1ANozdyU71kzsJ8A3woGDj1LQ-LtxOUtFji1FxQ_lRvqMBhtBazDYZMwv2Ex0PIyqtmihXMi1DNP1FRKrqc2jkmlJ3agE7wA/s5184/IMG_6696.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmb0Gw_QyA78zas6gFQnUNW9g7qVmq5sO8TCMMBnbOYBFqMJK6ZPF1bFb7M1j76dCBU7JbKUDhoyXWfgHVB1DXje0IX3j1ANozdyU71kzsJ8A3woGDj1LQ-LtxOUtFji1FxQ_lRvqMBhtBazDYZMwv2Ex0PIyqtmihXMi1DNP1FRKrqc2jkmlJ3agE7wA/w400-h300/IMG_6696.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">There is quite the busy town on the outside of this side of the park. Hotels/motels galore, restaurants of every kind, rooms for rent, tents for rent and even covered wagons.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUAA0Y5KTSSs-oag0KLoe9Cb1YPvgUUE2nVv3AYlza0N6ZUKgg48yh0M1Ga8vm-s5hAl_fSnCQQfv86kcr6v5RKTQPzGIKP9ox37VxnkHknj7gaLNyiJ1j3flUig2H9MpPfuRFdHldf2Crg2F0Rfkr226Bn-PQ86pOpUPI35nNg5-4-wCfjxC6QmbBlPA/s5184/IMG_6698.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUAA0Y5KTSSs-oag0KLoe9Cb1YPvgUUE2nVv3AYlza0N6ZUKgg48yh0M1Ga8vm-s5hAl_fSnCQQfv86kcr6v5RKTQPzGIKP9ox37VxnkHknj7gaLNyiJ1j3flUig2H9MpPfuRFdHldf2Crg2F0Rfkr226Bn-PQ86pOpUPI35nNg5-4-wCfjxC6QmbBlPA/w386-h290/IMG_6698.JPG" width="386" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAi1i4WxCHvJfYHD-VPHgxtlhdUyC6HIx7Qg_sC457wxc_SgP_woA--JjNFWZo92gfHenkuh4c9vvvZnq-d1OsvHkjDXsQi870wv1bhzBrqRHff-F_nd3uOUp1K_yjYxLGPF0TuC7IeaJZ27IdlXYxlOnq7fUNhOWct2zhzicLbAfq8NJwD6Z7MVOnFk/s5184/IMG_6699.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAi1i4WxCHvJfYHD-VPHgxtlhdUyC6HIx7Qg_sC457wxc_SgP_woA--JjNFWZo92gfHenkuh4c9vvvZnq-d1OsvHkjDXsQi870wv1bhzBrqRHff-F_nd3uOUp1K_yjYxLGPF0TuC7IeaJZ27IdlXYxlOnq7fUNhOWct2zhzicLbAfq8NJwD6Z7MVOnFk/w400-h300/IMG_6699.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC9i7ucHdw5pidEC0M0DoF1crGbZSVHxcY3d3IlP1PLhhdhiMNcc5rtNQqz9EcAGqaARVUkW34BXWxFVA6ADCpTzcS80Py4xpDdTrklw5oqpRyyxGIrlzr4A9HOkgi2vucVy8Eork9n6u6_V9urLfF210A1Tb9u6VZXwI8_49NNnKfcw5b4HjXB3k8p94/s5184/IMG_6700.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC9i7ucHdw5pidEC0M0DoF1crGbZSVHxcY3d3IlP1PLhhdhiMNcc5rtNQqz9EcAGqaARVUkW34BXWxFVA6ADCpTzcS80Py4xpDdTrklw5oqpRyyxGIrlzr4A9HOkgi2vucVy8Eork9n6u6_V9urLfF210A1Tb9u6VZXwI8_49NNnKfcw5b4HjXB3k8p94/w400-h300/IMG_6700.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I would love to be at sunset and watch the setting sun play its magic on these stone mountains.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuqedIaPiIs3VQqBJdRTSDZYcztU5a6qSKB8fqGi2VvLkDb7Nv8ywFZ541dVnPscIMQAzGxlKEAW1MmGBXgdPGvGZhxNaEQFqFCXpnIspsahfqiKDZ3ehL7SWFenvqX4mVCkc9woR-3kMe5fMRUXtnBLHdISyPHtbKZ7mgv24Rairo6EqH4RNNHaeBbVE/s5184/IMG_6705.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuqedIaPiIs3VQqBJdRTSDZYcztU5a6qSKB8fqGi2VvLkDb7Nv8ywFZ541dVnPscIMQAzGxlKEAW1MmGBXgdPGvGZhxNaEQFqFCXpnIspsahfqiKDZ3ehL7SWFenvqX4mVCkc9woR-3kMe5fMRUXtnBLHdISyPHtbKZ7mgv24Rairo6EqH4RNNHaeBbVE/w398-h328/IMG_6705.JPG" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Pmw5Hb7tMYamQkbc5tcQNAmceNOcX6l6sJPhC_PkOvozvsKoS6b1dqW_AFf_GjozZLVHMgoqN2LNmnCCL73Wq4s6tyu0fyAFIpNPBIpQeb2om4FSV2F0dHwhPJ-2bgaDnPZzBySI5QNDR3yt3S5j4NaixiOjOIyNdjZqnbqOE8Pz1GAHjbYLO-nbBwg/s5184/IMG_6704.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Pmw5Hb7tMYamQkbc5tcQNAmceNOcX6l6sJPhC_PkOvozvsKoS6b1dqW_AFf_GjozZLVHMgoqN2LNmnCCL73Wq4s6tyu0fyAFIpNPBIpQeb2om4FSV2F0dHwhPJ-2bgaDnPZzBySI5QNDR3yt3S5j4NaixiOjOIyNdjZqnbqOE8Pz1GAHjbYLO-nbBwg/w400-h300/IMG_6704.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I wonder how many years it took for all those lines to be etched in the rock?</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfKA0rxLxJBsqCkIWP8pXG-Jc8D4sxtQOFguOjoXyMOLOQoO3lobc3M7ZvnzUtlzCFpLHTDEE08Q0aoAkPrlAltpqBf04mCA6SqxwvRBZYyWwfqNcTJSvSN-lura9tQHwtrG6aCoQ6m64jyq9oxzwzqRyr-a7mPmdBplh1SSfXUCAeeIWTIZ8SdUg2b6E/s4995/IMG_6708.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3309" data-original-width="4995" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfKA0rxLxJBsqCkIWP8pXG-Jc8D4sxtQOFguOjoXyMOLOQoO3lobc3M7ZvnzUtlzCFpLHTDEE08Q0aoAkPrlAltpqBf04mCA6SqxwvRBZYyWwfqNcTJSvSN-lura9tQHwtrG6aCoQ6m64jyq9oxzwzqRyr-a7mPmdBplh1SSfXUCAeeIWTIZ8SdUg2b6E/w400-h265/IMG_6708.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">My last two shots from inside Zion National Park. What a great time we had seeing the beauty and magnificence of this park.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38BgAPfo6sP4QiqaWwFttFnR29V_H43vS4Yai9zGvBtocLtcSmRtZmBFok9bvUKKCI43YgS5i2t4rJzohXsxHvR-od5XZfnwm_U3p-9LsM9LsHg_1V7TKwRP_hD3Yv2UqNWM_TmtKT38YfZoFWswd-Zx9YzIzuV4vSbwLAFRsW-FzAutL1aWX6f619Mg/s5184/IMG_6709.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38BgAPfo6sP4QiqaWwFttFnR29V_H43vS4Yai9zGvBtocLtcSmRtZmBFok9bvUKKCI43YgS5i2t4rJzohXsxHvR-od5XZfnwm_U3p-9LsM9LsHg_1V7TKwRP_hD3Yv2UqNWM_TmtKT38YfZoFWswd-Zx9YzIzuV4vSbwLAFRsW-FzAutL1aWX6f619Mg/w400-h300/IMG_6709.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiktBptlCBFWhbnulPFPIRkuhwydq6RgT050aDwtmsjfdwKKSzSccIbx0JadaH8dZoHGVYDPX7Fus29Dbk-npho3d_OaPEdmZBwZYIfpVqSciUlwjPhDuoP4WCnPzZWLfZdK65NuBsRE5RNymim3mGGClr3wl3gvTWJzoPozw7TjxPvACRF5YF3-DCsVfc/s5184/IMG_6710.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiktBptlCBFWhbnulPFPIRkuhwydq6RgT050aDwtmsjfdwKKSzSccIbx0JadaH8dZoHGVYDPX7Fus29Dbk-npho3d_OaPEdmZBwZYIfpVqSciUlwjPhDuoP4WCnPzZWLfZdK65NuBsRE5RNymim3mGGClr3wl3gvTWJzoPozw7TjxPvACRF5YF3-DCsVfc/w400-h300/IMG_6710.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">When we got home our major focus was on where we going to watch our Eagles play on Monday Night Football. I saw a TV screen in the golf pro shop at the Best Western so I called over there to see if we could watch the game. We got an answer we were looking for when the guy said, "Sure, c'mon over.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Somehow time got away from us and we had no time for dinner before the game started. Walt had had breakfast if you count a bowl of Cheerio's and I hadn't eaten anything yet today. While waiting for the game to come on I happen to take a walk through the gift shop in the motel and noticed that a lot of the tees and jackets advertised the motel's restaurant and that their claim to fame was homemade pies. Needless to say I was hungry so I went to check that out. I looked all through the display case of pies and noticed how good the apple pie looked. During the second quarter I scored two pieces for us and</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">oh my, they were good! Another $12.53 out of the pocket. Oh, and another $12.56 for a 12 pack of Coors Light. We're averaging about $120 a day so far between campground fees, gas and other little incidentals. I'll be glad when we get to the part of the trip where we stay at Elks Lodges, its a lot less expensive. Of course that is coming from the Queen of Cheap!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Our Eagles won! We're 3-0!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Another adventure tomorrow!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">,</span></p>Snookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14234189395419835018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187388801776933462.post-80929995362353555622023-09-24T22:09:00.000-07:002023-09-24T22:09:05.185-07:00<p><span style="font-size: large;"> UTAH - DAY 4 - 9.24.23</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Today we moved to Mount Caramel. I did make reservations for this place when we first arrived, which is kind of unusual for me because I usually don't unless I know its a holiday week or weekend.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">So today we moved a whole 17 miles. The Best Western here in Mount Caramel has about 10 full hook up campsites across the street from it. We were told about this by Juniper Ridge friend, Larry M. The price had gone up a bit since he and Roxy stayed here but what hasn't gone up?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">If I hadn't mentioned this already, we had incredible water pressure at the first campground in Kanab. Before we left this morning, we of course, emptied and cleaned out our holding tanks. We have one of those wand things for the black tank and with the water pressure I'm convinced we cleaned out "stuff" that was in there from 3 years ago! Our tank sensor is even working again! Wonders never cease! Gee, aren't you glad I shared that with you?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">We had an uneventful 17 mile drive to our new temporary home. We are on a grassy area for the most part and we have a stream running, barely, behind us. It certainly won't lull us to sleep. Once again, we have no TV, its not like 17 miles would make a difference. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Our spot in the campground.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzaxBTSJjs6f9i6CS84Ed0OHPVWCWWCgOUrRQU_nZaC6fDHvdhQsOubZ5SH01gqFB33gf2urv7h7iz0ZmnOnREp_pGLJ22RsdUzWMd52g72-N3vlfuEfcnlm4XcVWF1AhNhq2slzviger7LW93amxVyAqqlHz_3P6zt0HZ7ztyvU3uiJ1NH8qPG-c9PU/s5184/IMG_6629.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzaxBTSJjs6f9i6CS84Ed0OHPVWCWWCgOUrRQU_nZaC6fDHvdhQsOubZ5SH01gqFB33gf2urv7h7iz0ZmnOnREp_pGLJ22RsdUzWMd52g72-N3vlfuEfcnlm4XcVWF1AhNhq2slzviger7LW93amxVyAqqlHz_3P6zt0HZ7ztyvU3uiJ1NH8qPG-c9PU/w400-h300/IMG_6629.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">When we were registering at the Best Western we saw this "little" camper. A man and woman are traveling in this. Behind that door in the back is the kitchen which has to be at least 2 foot in depth just to get a fridge in there. It's 8 feet in length. I don't know if I could do this. I have to have a place to hang things. I have to have a table for my laptop. I have to have a BATHROOM! No, I couldn't do this.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0wN3IVTehNtsElkhc7aVfDkHezsrHR7_4JU_z6kI1mT1B0Xzj78mHJUHnj5bHFg4nSrp3D9IjjtGoR3f_4wER3VXvkfTGAYsJs900BxNWPzVbWPpTLp4KVh3BHJsA9uVVCHO2_um3mXGTOXvy82u3rf6JcmYogu8oEHQaJ2v9g-EEtefUFkFFYNrn_E/s5184/IMG_6628.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0wN3IVTehNtsElkhc7aVfDkHezsrHR7_4JU_z6kI1mT1B0Xzj78mHJUHnj5bHFg4nSrp3D9IjjtGoR3f_4wER3VXvkfTGAYsJs900BxNWPzVbWPpTLp4KVh3BHJsA9uVVCHO2_um3mXGTOXvy82u3rf6JcmYogu8oEHQaJ2v9g-EEtefUFkFFYNrn_E/w400-h300/IMG_6628.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div>Since our drive was so short it was still early in the day when we arrived and got set up. After just laying around yesterday we had to get out and see or do something!<p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Another Juniper Ridge friend, Michele D. told us about the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. It was close by and on our must do/see list so off we went. On the way we passed the Pink Sand Dunes State Park. Another on our list.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Within 20 minutes we arrived at our first destination and on the way I just had to take a scenery picture.</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mXbkqHoZOraaggz4jrvQlnB0WbonSU3Xj6EpFXhKTkmuloLF-YQAsosxiRCoxmhytJ7rIrDSaLYRz2AW-XTALKU2sNN11eBSMzIigcT3JVJ6_1Vn5s8b1j7NVo6dfimHmCv1A21XQus2ZlBYEV6ukxlmWAc7O_ZLS2UnBP39sRDhWwvyIGEKPf2SNqU/s5184/IMG_6626.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mXbkqHoZOraaggz4jrvQlnB0WbonSU3Xj6EpFXhKTkmuloLF-YQAsosxiRCoxmhytJ7rIrDSaLYRz2AW-XTALKU2sNN11eBSMzIigcT3JVJ6_1Vn5s8b1j7NVo6dfimHmCv1A21XQus2ZlBYEV6ukxlmWAc7O_ZLS2UnBP39sRDhWwvyIGEKPf2SNqU/w400-h300/IMG_6626.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I like that one!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrE82UM-tkQ1F4Tbi895ZpGQV7EoVIixaH7iOIsb32iwWte1uYbKttea6EEMletaUeiZyjZjYUedif2onfLE_EBqNaMTgr-vuANJfm-0QqCmsaCLYpB809TznsCeQb22cYvlXwx8XrLXow12Si5ybF7xZtXERRtCbovYwG4Q5i8966vMgDXziIdng-luQ/s5184/IMG_6631.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrE82UM-tkQ1F4Tbi895ZpGQV7EoVIixaH7iOIsb32iwWte1uYbKttea6EEMletaUeiZyjZjYUedif2onfLE_EBqNaMTgr-vuANJfm-0QqCmsaCLYpB809TznsCeQb22cYvlXwx8XrLXow12Si5ybF7xZtXERRtCbovYwG4Q5i8966vMgDXziIdng-luQ/w400-h300/IMG_6631.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">This sanctuary had over 1600 animals on the property this day. This place is just amazing and any animal that ends up here is very lucky. The care these animals get is just wonderful.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our first stop was the Visitor Center. There we met four dogs up for adoption. I wanted to take them all. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfBHdATlK1FP5mGzlS4eGW6X6mTiLc4q9U8ZgXvfASgRWVQhl5yyYRIlw_BEJxalppeyj3qdYpCTsX_jCpWqAWVylR8JXYWIqvz8601ccQstq7ztMXy3ha5qVra9KptnwZ9iy95Sa5ShDjE04mIyc4EFi1zHhKt77THtQOETj09rOe1c3-oNpvw6Qq3ek/s5184/IMG_6632.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfBHdATlK1FP5mGzlS4eGW6X6mTiLc4q9U8ZgXvfASgRWVQhl5yyYRIlw_BEJxalppeyj3qdYpCTsX_jCpWqAWVylR8JXYWIqvz8601ccQstq7ztMXy3ha5qVra9KptnwZ9iy95Sa5ShDjE04mIyc4EFi1zHhKt77THtQOETj09rOe1c3-oNpvw6Qq3ek/w400-h300/IMG_6632.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">A pretty little garden area outside of the Visitors Center`.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlTRuEA4oEZta9HqqwFSOgXWALMO0Y1YPDBzV_ZPDv9ViAOrYW8M2hhXrs8WBIm0bUx_OwkSaObDcR_2u6VvWABBA8HR6URrzET-G_wUHfI5NpUNt6sHjV3CbYU_nT2CJFnbSQaRPLtNSmCJhUE6NjqUcGHtaDfKjKwROm6mYtzuIFPoYsgY1vsGcBZtQ/s5184/IMG_6635.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlTRuEA4oEZta9HqqwFSOgXWALMO0Y1YPDBzV_ZPDv9ViAOrYW8M2hhXrs8WBIm0bUx_OwkSaObDcR_2u6VvWABBA8HR6URrzET-G_wUHfI5NpUNt6sHjV3CbYU_nT2CJFnbSQaRPLtNSmCJhUE6NjqUcGHtaDfKjKwROm6mYtzuIFPoYsgY1vsGcBZtQ/w400-h300/IMG_6635.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was here we found out about the free tour that was about to take place. Since we had Abby with us we followed behind the 10 passenger van but they did tell us what radio station to tune in to so that we could hear the guide.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrrbgmXbSowJNkgjxvYEDkJS9qJAgN59ZEcSu27MFPInCU-vVAFNmsVyrvT6f6XFRuSPkz3Mhk6SHED4W1TWMHUORtMvYXywbr6JyNO72aadeNOiHl5y1v7DTK-0dNpQR1deI48MMzebqJwOxbVI5ST_YkXpsU-vqWULpk5NdYunOrhLjDMdrBXLrn_Ig/s5184/IMG_6636.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrrbgmXbSowJNkgjxvYEDkJS9qJAgN59ZEcSu27MFPInCU-vVAFNmsVyrvT6f6XFRuSPkz3Mhk6SHED4W1TWMHUORtMvYXywbr6JyNO72aadeNOiHl5y1v7DTK-0dNpQR1deI48MMzebqJwOxbVI5ST_YkXpsU-vqWULpk5NdYunOrhLjDMdrBXLrn_Ig/w400-h300/IMG_6636.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Of course, as we drove through the sanctuary there was SCENERY!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGz36PZJ0IFUrhDcKPHhakl_BAVzzv2FAJaFrM6kFSQjC0Z7sChN2UuM2RupnsbtMNDCwpe3SaaazhwBWop82NGbPOqfXLOXiGkD-EJcXZOMyPOhMhhpIDu9xfDmBNhzlkZFXOKuQ_j_gooicvAQmbLw8NVBT4dvGlZqCBM546usVm5uVZpp7S-wSdww4/s5184/IMG_6637.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGz36PZJ0IFUrhDcKPHhakl_BAVzzv2FAJaFrM6kFSQjC0Z7sChN2UuM2RupnsbtMNDCwpe3SaaazhwBWop82NGbPOqfXLOXiGkD-EJcXZOMyPOhMhhpIDu9xfDmBNhzlkZFXOKuQ_j_gooicvAQmbLw8NVBT4dvGlZqCBM546usVm5uVZpp7S-wSdww4/w400-h300/IMG_6637.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">The first animals we saw were the horses. Some of them are adoptable and some are here to live out their days.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKjyc13F_hnTA8lZU-EXdd0KkO8sXyHHXybuORZSFVobp_L20IxxjWsdzrnqqcKACYt-GriLMSNSEoew4chMEuJcCjptDXKCcErbSZJLXxwhREw5Mlke2BbwLxJZ-ndpGGmcsPPbtaaZUx9tXgqWuLhVO6wJePyE0F5zobrpLQqWBvyKhwaNn5V9_T6FE/s5184/IMG_6639.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKjyc13F_hnTA8lZU-EXdd0KkO8sXyHHXybuORZSFVobp_L20IxxjWsdzrnqqcKACYt-GriLMSNSEoew4chMEuJcCjptDXKCcErbSZJLXxwhREw5Mlke2BbwLxJZ-ndpGGmcsPPbtaaZUx9tXgqWuLhVO6wJePyE0F5zobrpLQqWBvyKhwaNn5V9_T6FE/w400-h300/IMG_6639.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">They just got 6 new ones and they soon found out one was expecting so now there is a new foal on the property.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our next stop was the area called Angel's Rest. The cemetery for so many. There are over 2000 windchimes here and today of all days there wasn't a breeze to be had. I can only imagine how that would have sounded.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1v01FH8zWzd2ujPVNSf0bBuyFpYkFxwSTwapaWEld1HDfOjTrC6IS6UYduHj3IQMeo860sh16YSzBEy_QPUThNTi_C4VCmltnOBjTeehku1J_yVd7ZhOlvQ9dQs7hGAeieMyiIwuyaXhlQbj2_qOeQP_cbTgIs4cmsKgAVqmhimBooPKsaOY5l19cC6k/s5184/IMG_6642.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1v01FH8zWzd2ujPVNSf0bBuyFpYkFxwSTwapaWEld1HDfOjTrC6IS6UYduHj3IQMeo860sh16YSzBEy_QPUThNTi_C4VCmltnOBjTeehku1J_yVd7ZhOlvQ9dQs7hGAeieMyiIwuyaXhlQbj2_qOeQP_cbTgIs4cmsKgAVqmhimBooPKsaOY5l19cC6k/w400-h300/IMG_6642.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge8UmzQNx10Hj4rrTQzWrJT_uXi363p-pZCL4rjulpuZXD8VGIz_PqUzFU7l4FpE2xcZpNrxiGZY-gMWpCM31hJnxtgMT0Qcjh7ZhI61VO5K4C7ySCj3YRcf_f1brwaXZgqUyJtTOOyA3v9NmslekqrjmxR11Uuy94dQ9HTw47jSgsLx4joelT-7wGHzI/s5184/IMG_6643.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge8UmzQNx10Hj4rrTQzWrJT_uXi363p-pZCL4rjulpuZXD8VGIz_PqUzFU7l4FpE2xcZpNrxiGZY-gMWpCM31hJnxtgMT0Qcjh7ZhI61VO5K4C7ySCj3YRcf_f1brwaXZgqUyJtTOOyA3v9NmslekqrjmxR11Uuy94dQ9HTw47jSgsLx4joelT-7wGHzI/w400-h300/IMG_6643.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhETOsUx86CCjZmrOQxggyJ8m8rd32l9YwiojvVzVG7NYZZ6rp4df5BZ6GSy8FYuQdLNvn7x3MKYw6pJC6QBG-L_fsKx1pyIMJ-qH4bCpF631Xw_HIZahEplZ4wbHTk2FARfU3gP9-kBuBRhQpdlw0n5xwe3Maz_203eYD9_sI6cZN9XKHEKJrIszyi8Sc/s5184/IMG_6644.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhETOsUx86CCjZmrOQxggyJ8m8rd32l9YwiojvVzVG7NYZZ6rp4df5BZ6GSy8FYuQdLNvn7x3MKYw6pJC6QBG-L_fsKx1pyIMJ-qH4bCpF631Xw_HIZahEplZ4wbHTk2FARfU3gP9-kBuBRhQpdlw0n5xwe3Maz_203eYD9_sI6cZN9XKHEKJrIszyi8Sc/w400-h300/IMG_6644.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxA4q1HnMt1TapDvKcIljTzXOZvBZblG_WjOpbfSE5PNlaqrUmfH9z1-fpFQM55ui6DGLW-F0ZEKQiPHtzGlF4v1MsBL0nejDro4qFzcmYg0Cao4xIMd1OoIay5lJxAVf2wnfzirMHE7tHmM7vIk0pSH77bHSpSdFnE849VELeF8BbbVakMZzGCHUotTA/s5184/IMG_6645.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxA4q1HnMt1TapDvKcIljTzXOZvBZblG_WjOpbfSE5PNlaqrUmfH9z1-fpFQM55ui6DGLW-F0ZEKQiPHtzGlF4v1MsBL0nejDro4qFzcmYg0Cao4xIMd1OoIay5lJxAVf2wnfzirMHE7tHmM7vIk0pSH77bHSpSdFnE849VELeF8BbbVakMZzGCHUotTA/w400-h300/IMG_6645.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">We were on to the next section and, of course, there was scenery to be photographed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7mTSn5a9qfYjif7AUALSh7K4F3MRMl_8gekx2zuE0KKlp94qOESI0KbL9VkzasxrwqbPjW9nrL2KUrH6CDEhvJK-cMez1ZxF9bMMIMglLKGh46Jyi6OObQ2KKkf7HOHumD9DDzIdnJtI0WomrQSQNFGZiVlVvmPswX1V8cTEgnOgbjI6fafbqrufuIzE/s5184/IMG_6647.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7mTSn5a9qfYjif7AUALSh7K4F3MRMl_8gekx2zuE0KKlp94qOESI0KbL9VkzasxrwqbPjW9nrL2KUrH6CDEhvJK-cMez1ZxF9bMMIMglLKGh46Jyi6OObQ2KKkf7HOHumD9DDzIdnJtI0WomrQSQNFGZiVlVvmPswX1V8cTEgnOgbjI6fafbqrufuIzE/w400-h300/IMG_6647.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">The next stop was Casa del Calmar. The Calmar's were great cat lovers, in fact, Mr. Calmar had a picture of every cat he ever owned tattooed on his body! This couple funded the cat building where cat's that have feline leukemia live. So many nooks and crannies where the cats can crawl up into for their naps.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyu-DBU6CjK6nC427wyMy8LE_cfaP7pNvoO6LVhH601mj5Gq-0BV2LxYVQgZOtJfRlh-HiZtpJDHpf5XqufRbSlebOBzi0urcoBECl_lS6NA1MHkmJJmL-DUxWO0ozttB-xicLXl6Rgs_dyAwX_2-9Xt3vnCwys1q22W1Of60ODQDXnBJmt07ytMbhdsg/s5184/IMG_6648.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyu-DBU6CjK6nC427wyMy8LE_cfaP7pNvoO6LVhH601mj5Gq-0BV2LxYVQgZOtJfRlh-HiZtpJDHpf5XqufRbSlebOBzi0urcoBECl_lS6NA1MHkmJJmL-DUxWO0ozttB-xicLXl6Rgs_dyAwX_2-9Xt3vnCwys1q22W1Of60ODQDXnBJmt07ytMbhdsg/w400-h300/IMG_6648.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Too many people are told that they are buying mini or teacup pigs. There's no such thing and now they are growing like weeds and they eat a LOT and they end up here.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLVdF7Xu7S87yk7-fGd3aqCDuIVMq5IxUbBDP-1SFAgsTzsC_e2A8WbmmXdO_Sstys5ViShExdMctFTclcXKpoLO5hbCDkdZDA5vENQeeh-N545uAmrv7KjZrGvHflQxZrxoB6fY79Q-8f03BYjJlfGMABgk6tYPKDqmSSWIh1iiGJU-5vmFxWS13bmc/s5184/IMG_6654.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLVdF7Xu7S87yk7-fGd3aqCDuIVMq5IxUbBDP-1SFAgsTzsC_e2A8WbmmXdO_Sstys5ViShExdMctFTclcXKpoLO5hbCDkdZDA5vENQeeh-N545uAmrv7KjZrGvHflQxZrxoB6fY79Q-8f03BYjJlfGMABgk6tYPKDqmSSWIh1iiGJU-5vmFxWS13bmc/w400-h300/IMG_6654.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCyRimhnx5-toZscE8O1liGlmqy10FyZDmkJqMfvy8rj1y_xfN54TcufWfPws3Suz5RHP5RUjKrjhIiiIg88IqHKN8KzhvO_zxDfU2-j30xlP6qV15psB7RCI7twAn9wDa1zPNYokH0myvegscyf7GtNCSGGSTVJXA799_q7g1XrBdCrOcYpCO6T2oCKU/s5184/IMG_6655.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCyRimhnx5-toZscE8O1liGlmqy10FyZDmkJqMfvy8rj1y_xfN54TcufWfPws3Suz5RHP5RUjKrjhIiiIg88IqHKN8KzhvO_zxDfU2-j30xlP6qV15psB7RCI7twAn9wDa1zPNYokH0myvegscyf7GtNCSGGSTVJXA799_q7g1XrBdCrOcYpCO6T2oCKU/w400-h300/IMG_6655.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The tour was over so we turned to leave rather than follow the van back to the Visitors Center. We had someplace else we had to go see.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just down the road we saw the sign for the Coral Dunes. The park was 12 miles down this turn off but we saw a group of cars and rental RV's about 10 miles in. We could the people from these vehicles atop this hill and they were all taking pictures. STOP! LET ME OUT! Walt said there was no way he could make it up the hill but I was determined I was going to do it. I'll tell ya, it would have been a whole lot easier if the sand wasn't so deep and soft. It was a struggle!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">So I get to the top expecting to see what the brochure shows. Uh, no. Perhaps we should have gone all the way to the end to see the really big, CORAL dunes. What I saw was yellowish, to reddish to pinkish sand and the dunes weren't anything to write home about.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-1OSKMZMyw19mqTWm4H7xRu8lkBJFC8nBrmgXkEUF6EODTaeJ7892r4Ct_Iaua67ih_udcJjbrdm2bbxuCd62UYL3kVUlDCf4-nNvxLgQKMlpW1WnNVQ55x4rhnsKkgquv7f0Nk6IxpeBVmJ15CPk9JpdoAwJc4Wje4R7g4BBi2HlVPd8hURneePaMe4/s5184/IMG_6660.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-1OSKMZMyw19mqTWm4H7xRu8lkBJFC8nBrmgXkEUF6EODTaeJ7892r4Ct_Iaua67ih_udcJjbrdm2bbxuCd62UYL3kVUlDCf4-nNvxLgQKMlpW1WnNVQ55x4rhnsKkgquv7f0Nk6IxpeBVmJ15CPk9JpdoAwJc4Wje4R7g4BBi2HlVPd8hURneePaMe4/w400-h300/IMG_6660.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-u_cFfVhGQTquQLkY_C1mfqmWPmK2RZPf5PzYpXeha201zrZr623tTqd2sbCvf1ofQTTS25T6mpHbzMBWlAvvCrCl7Sbkfw0fgklCcOzoVPL91lOFcKg3njY37vX1hmEmj0HBtulvayv03ry4_3WfYHhPpnNbn5rsbLSGAIZY_SwH7azgb5w4lH7eQAk/w400-h300/IMG_6662.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I'll end this outing with two more scenery pictures.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8dlTnEsCNUFdpYs2ZOuYUuYmP7mYa5RGofXVm4B6d-R5n8OIWpRQGw0Xr0GGKOCtniqOKnhH0v1oZg3BmdpF0CKvS9_YvA7v5GuLpsUvTXZeMQWpQHj4udOUSr-LwMsVpb8VSKrqSwUwjw7f1ZE8xC3SywEgOe_JjbkA35fSZZJKv47qwoxFZ2M_Q0ZA/s5184/IMG_6667.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">We can't wait to see what tomorrow brings.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p></p>Snookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14234189395419835018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187388801776933462.post-19219361673421828162023-09-24T19:19:00.000-07:002023-09-24T19:19:49.503-07:00<p> UTAH - DAY 3 - 9.23.23</p><p><span style="font-size: large;">On every <strike>parade</strike> vacation, rain must fall. Today was our day of rain. We woke up to a gloomy, dreary day which certainly didn't make us jump out of bed ready to face the day! When we finally did get around to making plans for gettin' our butts in gear the rain started. It's one day according to the local weatherman so we decided to just hang out and not try to sightsee through the raindrops. After all, we are on no timeline, we have all the time in the world.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Later in the afternoon we did venture out as Walt wanted mushrooms for the steak he was going to eat for dinner. Walt eats mushrooms, I know how their grown. After all, I grew up just 15 miles from Kennett Square, PA, the mushroom capital of the world. I've been to Kennett Square during the dog days of August where you could SMELL the town long before you crossed the PA state line. Nope, not eatin' mushrooms!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">So it was back to Honey's Supermarket for a jar of mushrooms, SOS pads, a nail file and small can of tomato paste. I packed tomato paste for the sloppy joes we'll have in the next day or two but I'll be darned if I can find them now. Walt also bought a beanie cap with a built-in headlight and we got a new toaster since ours bit the dust. Since we are keeping track of every penny we spend on this trip (we'll see how many days this last) Honey's has gotten us $52.75 between the two trip there. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Before we headed home we filled our bottomless pit of a gas tank. That was another $68.00. Gas is $4.34 a gallon here and diesel is coming in at an outrageous $5.08 a gallon! (This pic was taken day before when the sky was a pretty blue and didn't have any water falling from it!)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGFXZa83sA9TaTqTtNFvWqR6o18MtvjiATewqSg28kuiFVxRQD3_waeS8QqJpCZJClKEGVBX7JlQsV8kk2DT-EkZ3LOutm2zNfdSRNHH67qhHdTz3GlVFhjPdWkT-bkZ5PMJXEneWWeA7dyBTa-umzWcKqGVwMxIBbbwtXPQ60YX5oMjADmuNcxE2XQlw/s5184/IMG_6623.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGFXZa83sA9TaTqTtNFvWqR6o18MtvjiATewqSg28kuiFVxRQD3_waeS8QqJpCZJClKEGVBX7JlQsV8kk2DT-EkZ3LOutm2zNfdSRNHH67qhHdTz3GlVFhjPdWkT-bkZ5PMJXEneWWeA7dyBTa-umzWcKqGVwMxIBbbwtXPQ60YX5oMjADmuNcxE2XQlw/w400-h300/IMG_6623.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">So we decided to take a ride around town and stop at the visitor's center again. When on vacation one can't have too many brochure's you know.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTOYYI3cSfHUxa6P01u1jPLjrGrnEIgip0-1Rqb_fn3WFIPn_7-DtkfQ8WiP1ttcXBB0KZ4aL1G6ZgasenpVoRrQcnl_Ub9XRZLApsfvepBtrYdcrYIoCm9z6dIHFH_Cp7NzLj_DlEHFEJGJn-4-gZGqGiNH9Bkvt2OBJwEXOYnEthP47J-rvxkk0ZjRo/s5184/IMG_6612.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTOYYI3cSfHUxa6P01u1jPLjrGrnEIgip0-1Rqb_fn3WFIPn_7-DtkfQ8WiP1ttcXBB0KZ4aL1G6ZgasenpVoRrQcnl_Ub9XRZLApsfvepBtrYdcrYIoCm9z6dIHFH_Cp7NzLj_DlEHFEJGJn-4-gZGqGiNH9Bkvt2OBJwEXOYnEthP47J-rvxkk0ZjRo/w400-h300/IMG_6612.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjih3yXn71sPfUvJf54QU3mBf1Qq-QXU8pGLtDzNyaTjxr-7W1K_KCGpzAMowNI_hRbGXA4KrW1oThTuiZwrBOteMStaEW3HpT3V0Kg18Cr0s38gvRQHyxEFk5CzMe0kBrZsKnHHWO8ylPkU6qQBoEdHUvEJ7Dzh956N3Bn8S8SwUuvy1Jd6DO3Ljcw13c/s5184/IMG_6613.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjih3yXn71sPfUvJf54QU3mBf1Qq-QXU8pGLtDzNyaTjxr-7W1K_KCGpzAMowNI_hRbGXA4KrW1oThTuiZwrBOteMStaEW3HpT3V0Kg18Cr0s38gvRQHyxEFk5CzMe0kBrZsKnHHWO8ylPkU6qQBoEdHUvEJ7Dzh956N3Bn8S8SwUuvy1Jd6DO3Ljcw13c/w400-h300/IMG_6613.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Here's the local movie house. It must specialize in old movies.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9bx15iAtly4gy-i8Nc5yuGXVxIiceUGYfko-uwB3EJO1dCNRrLRkemwBZQ-9_F8JH0l2YGJkR8QAG3cXZ1zylKXYncVvFmUpTt-tFTSacGO0C6EMjlMMj0lS3jDlBVJQkF9kZFF1TXMgYu-TOknXyATK7zNoQlGrcAfj1luzZGR9VLc57QXAXEwLzJS4/s5184/IMG_6614.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9bx15iAtly4gy-i8Nc5yuGXVxIiceUGYfko-uwB3EJO1dCNRrLRkemwBZQ-9_F8JH0l2YGJkR8QAG3cXZ1zylKXYncVvFmUpTt-tFTSacGO0C6EMjlMMj0lS3jDlBVJQkF9kZFF1TXMgYu-TOknXyATK7zNoQlGrcAfj1luzZGR9VLc57QXAXEwLzJS4/w400-h300/IMG_6614.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Now you really didn't think you'd get through a blog post of mine without a scenery picture did you? Not a chance!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6vwXrPUEr8mqgMRxZcy9MKf4GbUoiBaf_EzRDw_GeDrN74Wt_sTb8O74VzYIkeIygB2moqKxw177hxj1QMgAMSwajUA1FIITk85cPocs6P2fuCTH94KxK_X_Re9a_XaQ_8wPr5lWniirUzVwxWG35QEhIarcMFJLXrEnTW7PhKgj7LOD5iuYjmqxWrI/s5184/IMG_6618.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6vwXrPUEr8mqgMRxZcy9MKf4GbUoiBaf_EzRDw_GeDrN74Wt_sTb8O74VzYIkeIygB2moqKxw177hxj1QMgAMSwajUA1FIITk85cPocs6P2fuCTH94KxK_X_Re9a_XaQ_8wPr5lWniirUzVwxWG35QEhIarcMFJLXrEnTW7PhKgj7LOD5iuYjmqxWrI/w400-h300/IMG_6618.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Back at home, our steak dinners eaten with gusto, we settled in for some DVD watching as we couldn't get even one station just on antenna. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I happen to look at the Who's Visiting widget I just put on here and there is a reader from Singapore! This actually doesn't surprise me in a way. When I wrote my blog for the 10 years I was a fulltime RV'er I had readers worldwide, even from Russia and China! I have no idea how they found me but they stuck with me a long time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrBHDBZ0kVOra_5sqA3OnPi0nzc0OaTGr-N2mStq8GRjB33eVptnSkuu_MKiERiX0m6IHTuqoZe6GJqkzrtsqZcVzcCXOzaKeQfstfRlzc6xS8_7Zm3WhFmkKNlBEM7eDG2IRVxuPSno8lqdcZvv2n0Mamn8r5RECfJxl0tOdca62se14dldjicTHvdQE/s5184/IMG_6621.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrBHDBZ0kVOra_5sqA3OnPi0nzc0OaTGr-N2mStq8GRjB33eVptnSkuu_MKiERiX0m6IHTuqoZe6GJqkzrtsqZcVzcCXOzaKeQfstfRlzc6xS8_7Zm3WhFmkKNlBEM7eDG2IRVxuPSno8lqdcZvv2n0Mamn8r5RECfJxl0tOdca62se14dldjicTHvdQE/s320/IMG_6621.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">So this was Day 3 of our adventure. Tomorrow we move!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Snookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14234189395419835018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187388801776933462.post-9117882161215341092023-09-22T22:59:00.001-07:002023-09-22T22:59:51.799-07:00We Obviously Aren't 20 Anymore<p> <span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">As fast as we were moving today you would think that we DID pack the entire house and ran a marathon too! I guess all the packing, running down the steps from the house and then up the ones to the camper, back and forth, back and forth, the drive here and not being in our super comfortable bed took its toll because sloths would have been faster getting their butts in gear than we were this morning! Nope, we're not 20 anymore and today we were feelin' it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">So after sleepin' in, a leisurely breakfast, getting ready and walking Abby, we were finally ready to go exploring.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Today we took a nice slow ride on Johnson Canyon Road. The speedometer certainly matched our energy level today.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I think I could travel this road every single day and never take the scenery for granted. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9wSOMGzfV6WX_oslMwHyDddskit1NTQ1a6aLB0VeCwa1fuDepddZt6CrOU1ycl_-mIfmZypifboF69obVyZi6Blg_6HEsQLqwyJ2dZAHNRbReLGtPhsWAwsFD1zcAjOhFny1W3xyPG-uVmU67p-dbs_3Wz5iMtYeQu5jqqk0q65L2cdHwoeHawbhU0g/s5184/IMG_6576.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9wSOMGzfV6WX_oslMwHyDddskit1NTQ1a6aLB0VeCwa1fuDepddZt6CrOU1ycl_-mIfmZypifboF69obVyZi6Blg_6HEsQLqwyJ2dZAHNRbReLGtPhsWAwsFD1zcAjOhFny1W3xyPG-uVmU67p-dbs_3Wz5iMtYeQu5jqqk0q65L2cdHwoeHawbhU0g/w400-h300/IMG_6576.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">We had a paper we had picked up at the Visitor's Center that gave pictures of what to look for and what mile mark they would be at.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of the first was the Lion Head.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTwXgyaLDmHuv2yf2mrSv3KF23d6BBzgm0H-jmYKA4lMt4rqrsZaCAn_8dSnhZsVUibrs-p6GGgXXwa9lBwjWTvbmtbU9YrCiFOUSZtbVWmhh2DXqWU0n5I5oUs0IYduhewxb5I1O8l3BqSuX6B7eO3phvtGjS37Vn_oZClqxu-3fjXfJ1CnD93lcEFr8/s5184/IMG_6582.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTwXgyaLDmHuv2yf2mrSv3KF23d6BBzgm0H-jmYKA4lMt4rqrsZaCAn_8dSnhZsVUibrs-p6GGgXXwa9lBwjWTvbmtbU9YrCiFOUSZtbVWmhh2DXqWU0n5I5oUs0IYduhewxb5I1O8l3BqSuX6B7eO3phvtGjS37Vn_oZClqxu-3fjXfJ1CnD93lcEFr8/w400-h300/IMG_6582.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">A closer look.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcHps18YwMRFll15O5fQA-_I5XULhLkvww13DcGfnXyBwBK5O8-gGeEFG4clTPolUZbgktTe2nypX2SRjO0I19InFo3zhNSS761Bh5nL_0BPmy6SzwAFpf7WE7PRtKuHSM0e8jnxYGACfV5PsYemjXeG_EGMhBWyk_JHQEy5I8-_5a-G1Oej_0wwL8W3I/s5184/IMG_6578.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcHps18YwMRFll15O5fQA-_I5XULhLkvww13DcGfnXyBwBK5O8-gGeEFG4clTPolUZbgktTe2nypX2SRjO0I19InFo3zhNSS761Bh5nL_0BPmy6SzwAFpf7WE7PRtKuHSM0e8jnxYGACfV5PsYemjXeG_EGMhBWyk_JHQEy5I8-_5a-G1Oej_0wwL8W3I/w400-h300/IMG_6578.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig64ClwM-roSae-NRjDY6I60LRDIx7pI3w36FAoApSAliaZaBxjP5ISXH3bws21_KX71-DOv--EtGNDv2GaYop5mbTgMUzp5qZ3w4-0H5QYJ0d-4rfRyLvDf8DFQmWASn_UJNvJ7RDEC5a2cNh0KR6nt6VlHAkdig2Hl1k0DfVdqx7n1s8iE8AZaoCzRY/s5184/IMG_6580.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig64ClwM-roSae-NRjDY6I60LRDIx7pI3w36FAoApSAliaZaBxjP5ISXH3bws21_KX71-DOv--EtGNDv2GaYop5mbTgMUzp5qZ3w4-0H5QYJ0d-4rfRyLvDf8DFQmWASn_UJNvJ7RDEC5a2cNh0KR6nt6VlHAkdig2Hl1k0DfVdqx7n1s8iE8AZaoCzRY/w400-h300/IMG_6580.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I have to say, this was a little bit difficult to find because the trees had grown so much since the picture on the glossy, tourist paper was taken. They were mere bushes then.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Another "attraction" had deteriorated by leaps and bounds when trying to look for what was pictured. These buildings or should I tell like it is and say "these piles of wood" were once the set of the long running TV show Gunsmoke.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">This one was the best of the bunch.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFtyKvY_ZupgrV_Yd4ceROTuLYahH_YSIBVwz66oQrJYtfNqc4UVPxQqWQPK5nSuzEZ-6UkXar0yci-EYH64GXH6UZ1Gp7crauMnSc1k0VsDXPoiiaS_dxzLTX3Ml1jv45w3k3cf_oTqT6p8G1X8H4nxFNau7Lpc8tj8_77ODuSTczmwRZdWteDYEeJC0/s5184/IMG_6584.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFtyKvY_ZupgrV_Yd4ceROTuLYahH_YSIBVwz66oQrJYtfNqc4UVPxQqWQPK5nSuzEZ-6UkXar0yci-EYH64GXH6UZ1Gp7crauMnSc1k0VsDXPoiiaS_dxzLTX3Ml1jv45w3k3cf_oTqT6p8G1X8H4nxFNau7Lpc8tj8_77ODuSTczmwRZdWteDYEeJC0/w400-h300/IMG_6584.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'll take a chance and say this is where Miss Kitty hung out.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhzTLWndwBskL99S676dix18qzqIBVNkm6dWrGOuge3Eoc0_hlBPsnxdjj1azwXy_JszEtXUud9yzywXCE-jJVh-kLjVYatmSOKTPZIOKZNQsOWYoPRGzMpk34eN-LQ0NJSq7XzvAR7D--nP95wnsaMDyUBuoImsOzPCsMeW0WEvCZlRT01k87g7oEvL0/s5184/IMG_6586.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhzTLWndwBskL99S676dix18qzqIBVNkm6dWrGOuge3Eoc0_hlBPsnxdjj1azwXy_JszEtXUud9yzywXCE-jJVh-kLjVYatmSOKTPZIOKZNQsOWYoPRGzMpk34eN-LQ0NJSq7XzvAR7D--nP95wnsaMDyUBuoImsOzPCsMeW0WEvCZlRT01k87g7oEvL0/w400-h300/IMG_6586.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The chimney still stands.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1HnzZt5GLyT-6B5y5YZ8AigrdatDSkK-vYEUIjndPiOWzertUpBB_m26nna9VifycPZq8OkFBKOhzu_aVurh5Q-903VpoieP8ve_HIvUupxf-LrlA6pFKX5I8HYvI6W1RMO7dul-veZXGvyyiYwUbQtNRjVcxRBwDgtsFnXyrCBg8KGmdaeaYJqx3_U/s5184/IMG_6591.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1HnzZt5GLyT-6B5y5YZ8AigrdatDSkK-vYEUIjndPiOWzertUpBB_m26nna9VifycPZq8OkFBKOhzu_aVurh5Q-903VpoieP8ve_HIvUupxf-LrlA6pFKX5I8HYvI6W1RMO7dul-veZXGvyyiYwUbQtNRjVcxRBwDgtsFnXyrCBg8KGmdaeaYJqx3_U/w400-h300/IMG_6591.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">You'll never guess the name of these mountains in the distance. The White Mountains! We live in the in the White Mountains in Show Low!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUlDAt4xHHKrz186tKfzZwNVXnTex_ZqKy7p_wXsuilZq7xwq3KMnHY50iR5J1ULgr0hjeG6sJVhG60xEBk7lDtB4a1meJ1bZljb9w-wDsgaF38CZoqIDTML9hBs8Tnzk9haKvgU_OP0I9weltSp9I5C0AL7IeT0mQmOxdgwH3M0ApdjwrcRdoHC9eMH4/s5184/IMG_6594.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUlDAt4xHHKrz186tKfzZwNVXnTex_ZqKy7p_wXsuilZq7xwq3KMnHY50iR5J1ULgr0hjeG6sJVhG60xEBk7lDtB4a1meJ1bZljb9w-wDsgaF38CZoqIDTML9hBs8Tnzk9haKvgU_OP0I9weltSp9I5C0AL7IeT0mQmOxdgwH3M0ApdjwrcRdoHC9eMH4/w400-h300/IMG_6594.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I just don't think that would happen to me.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju0bEECOYz5k6CjWW26MlDjhoT8cudQmQHDijvoe_3VcworC9Vt0wzx3lL9tOgnFwQGsQQ6KfsDm4ZtPJTMebwSfr14GlQUpq9upwoxyeRxifi0aal8cup4n9WuEFZX2SSbcFnAMSO1GgZCu7sajouS_HhGch4Deyzy2Br0rSlboLeXseJvXx428OHe4Q/s5184/IMG_6601.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju0bEECOYz5k6CjWW26MlDjhoT8cudQmQHDijvoe_3VcworC9Vt0wzx3lL9tOgnFwQGsQQ6KfsDm4ZtPJTMebwSfr14GlQUpq9upwoxyeRxifi0aal8cup4n9WuEFZX2SSbcFnAMSO1GgZCu7sajouS_HhGch4Deyzy2Br0rSlboLeXseJvXx428OHe4Q/w400-h300/IMG_6601.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">We thought we would take this dirt road to see where it went. Well, that idea didn't last long at all. Right beyond this bend were very deep ruts. Though we have 4WD our truck is just too nice to put it through that.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsz0t0oGA8qOdSi8LyeXrRsJYxdN-wsKFnKdm-QYm_2rHJBR7pyrxdskSlU7YeetSvvJaeK_9UIoVtHfPHPqzWoIjIGXh1O4eqhsCrksXSu5mlzJhBUZaAO2wubcHqWGpA2AiUORtPOaGgiYr1aev0oJ2Mt_MWrndIeDLGZftkHzSH_-Rb-Y10xO__o48/s5184/IMG_6604.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsz0t0oGA8qOdSi8LyeXrRsJYxdN-wsKFnKdm-QYm_2rHJBR7pyrxdskSlU7YeetSvvJaeK_9UIoVtHfPHPqzWoIjIGXh1O4eqhsCrksXSu5mlzJhBUZaAO2wubcHqWGpA2AiUORtPOaGgiYr1aev0oJ2Mt_MWrndIeDLGZftkHzSH_-Rb-Y10xO__o48/w400-h300/IMG_6604.JPG" width="400" /></a><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Nyy-_QfHcD_Vhlxbp-_p3tKr3Twvt4sW2X1TDX725HIcKo-6kQgKerYjoYsNjwkROUTfDbIwvWZqXdKUmizIRzDDPs5Jxkc25-d2AXM0RNjMwQDgSjsODpwE05-GtsdnAHqUuyFd-S_84PPlaBpxvb95WhH1reW8hgBFQAIUHvpcSR6NNpm0LQjBSPw/w400-h296/IMG_6603.JPG" width="400" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">We found out earlier in the day that we forgot to bring </span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">mayonnaise. I had the biggest jar they make at home but that one is just too much for the camper fridge. I was supposed to buy the smallest jar they had and forgot to get it before we left home. So off to Honey's Supermarket we go. Now this supermarket was decked out for Halloween like you wouldn't believe! I wanted to go back out to get my camera but the battery was dead anyways. So we find the mayo and were SHOCKED! It was on sale for $6.59 and the original price was $8.49! For mayo! At home it sells for $4.98 in Walmart for that size. This led me to check out a few other things that I was sure of the price back home. This place is expensive! Did I mention gasoline is $4.39 a gallon here?</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">There's a tear-drop camper next to us. It looks like a little egg. Every bit of 12 feet in length. Well, the fellow who owns it is here on vacation from Oregon. His lady friend is staying in her Class B van on the other side of him. I was really curious about this itty bitty camper because I had taken notice of all the hoses and cords and no idea how all the things they go to FIT! When he returned today from his hike I went out and asked him about it. He was very happy to give me the grand tour. I was simply amazed. The back lifted up to reveal a full service kitchen including microwave. The inside of the camper was a bed. That's it. A bed. A little bit of storage and a TV hung on the wall. No bathroom, no closet, no drawers but there a shelf with netting in front of it so things didn't fall out. Compact. VERY compact. I couldn't do it. Well, maybe for one night, but that's it.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We took a walk around the campground and then settled in to get dinner ready.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was a relaxing day and we needed this.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Another adventure tomorrow.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><br /></div><br /></div><br /><p><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Snookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14234189395419835018noreply@blogger.com0