APRIL 6-11-2010 TRAVELING EAST

We left Lake Minden on Tuesday and along the way to Bakersfield there was a bad accident.It blocked the whole freeway and involved several vehicles,one being a 18 wheeler.We arrived in Bakersfield after driving 270 mi.and spent the night at the Elks. Not much area for parking but only $10.00 a night and includes electric and has a dump.

Wednesday we drove 284 miles to Needles,Ca. and spent the night at Northshore RV park. This is part of the Colorado River Adventures and a RPI park so it was only $10.00 a night for us. We were close to Laughlin and I told Sam I wanted to go to the River Palms for dinner and to get my gambling fix. Dinner was great and we had Prime Rib for 6.99.Gambling wasn’t so great,I lost.

Thursday we were on our way to Arizona and ended up going all the way to Gallup New Mexico. We drove longer than we usually drive but we shared the driving and went 395 miles today.We ended up staying overnight at Walmart and it cost us $50.00. It would of been cheaper in a campground.We are on our way to Texas and have seen all the sightseeing spots before so we’re not stopping to see them again. This is why we’ve driven farther than we normally do. Going through Flagstaff we saw some snow and the weather was cool.

Friday was an uneventful day. We drove 317 miles to Tucumcari, N.M. and spent the night at the Elks.Water and Electric for $7.50 and 2nd night is free.We didn’t take them up on the 2nd night.

Saturday was a short drive to Amarillo,Tx. only 128 miles. We had to get our safety inspection on our rv and car,as we haven’t been in Texas since '06. After getting that done we went to the Elks for a 2 night stay.$10.00 a night.We are going to Palo Duro Canyon on Sunday.We drove over to see Cadillac Ranch,this is where the Cadillacs are buried in the ground front end down and the rest sticking up. People go there with cans of spray paint and paint all over the cars. It’s a shame because they leave all the cans and tops all over the ground. It really is a dirty mess.I can’t believe people don’t take there garbage with them. There is even a dumpster out by the highway.

April 5,2010 Easter

After getting to Sacramento seeing Drs.and doing blood work we got a good report. We went over to Lake Minden(TTN)to spend a few days and our kids were coming for the Easter weekend.The weather was rainy on Friday and it turned out nice on Saturday.We had a nice Easter with our Daughter and Son-in-law.Here is a picture of Jill & Jim in their RV. Jill got Jim this leg lamp  at Xmas because he loves The Christmas Story and he put in their RV.We had a nice weekend and we will be heading out on Tuesday for our trip east.

March 28th 2010 Park Sierra

We left Benson on the 22nd and arrived at Park Sierra on the 24th.We will stay here for 5 days and then head to Sacramento.When we arrived our friends Dave and Brenda were there and we went over to their place for happy hour.Our friends Gerry and Carol were there also there so  we all got together and played pegs and jokers.The girls won. yeah. We will be leaving on Monday to go to Sac for more blood work and to see Drs.

March 19,2010 Friends and Craft festival

Sunday our friends Ken and Vickie King arrived in Benson at the skp park.Sam has been sick with a cold and bronchitis so we haven’t been able to do much. Vickie and I did go to the street fair in Tucson and had a blast. There was thousands of people and it was very crowded.We had a great time and got back to Benson about 5:00p.m.then we picked up pizzas for dinner for the 4 of us.We will be leaving Benson on Monday and heading back to California.We’ll be sad to leave our friends and Benson but will see them later this year.

March 13th 2010 Tenli’s Birthday

Today is my nieces daughters birthday.She is 2. My sister and brother-in-law flew into Tucson from Oakland for the birthday party.Sam and I were going up from Benson but he was sick ,so I drove up there by myself.She is such a cutie and still very little hair. Heather(my niece) rented one of those jumping inflatables and the kids had a ball.  

March 6,2010 Benson 20th Birthday

   This week they are having the 20th anniversary of the park. They have a lot of things planned for the party.Friday they had a wine and cheese social and in the evening had a great couple singing and playing music for dancing. On Saturday they had a great dinner of barbequed chicken,baked beans and coleslaw.After the dinner they had a play. On Sunday they had a pizza and salad dinner along with ice cream and cake.All this was free. As always the food was great and everyone had a fun time.

ATV RIDE March 1,2010

  We had booked a ATV ride to Cochise Stronghold and today was the day we were going.On the way to meet the tour our car broke down in St. David.We were lucky to have one of the guys come and pick us up so we could still go.Anyway more about the car later.Here we are heading out. Along the way we  went by and old mining town facade.

As we moved along we came across many unusual rock formations.

 This is such an amazing area and you could drive the trail in a car.With all the rocks around you can see why Cochise liked this area. We continued on to Council Rocks,this is the land of legends. There are many pictographs made from 100’s of years ago.You can also see where the Indians used the rocks for grinding their seeds. The boulders have served as shelters for all those who passed this area.This is part of the Dragoon Mountains and where Cochise’s people could elude the military.Council Rocks may have been the area where Cochise made peace with General O.O.Howard in 1872.

At the end of the trail we had a nice lunch and had our group picture taken. A great time was had by all.

Back to the car situation. We had it towed to Benson and found out the bearings were gone. We had it fixed and now ready to go again.All in all we had a great day on our ride even if the car broke down.