tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36704775806677328792024-03-13T03:03:12.372-07:00 LEN AND GLORIA'S TRAVELSLenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09916224372568232361noreply@blogger.comBlogger429125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670477580667732879.post-53265562763236611422019-07-31T15:39:00.000-07:002019-07-31T15:39:44.140-07:00Oceana - Ocean City, WA July 2019Short stay, only spent a week here. Did have fun while we were there. There is beach access from the park, Len did take several walks down to the beach while we were there.<br />
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Met up with RV friends Betty and Lonnie who we had met in California a few years back. Have seen them at other stops on our travels but always enjoy catching up with them.<br />
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Packed a lunch one day and headed for Olympia National Park. The Hoh Rain Forest gets as much as 14 feet of rain a year. The prevalent fog and mist contributes the equivalent of another 30 inches of rain, resulting in one of the world's lushest rain forests, hence its designation as one of the wonders of Washington State. It was a clear and sunny day. Even enjoyed visiting the local museum. Plus checking out the old homestead.<br />
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Took a trip to the fish hatchery, had stopped in on previous trips to this area, but they always seem to add something new. They now have an automatic system that tags the fish before they are released.<br />
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Hit the local casino, senior day gives you $10 on your card plus the prime rib dinner for $9.99, so they pretty much pay for your meal. We met up with Betty and Lonnie again so were able to visit during our meal. Food was good and well worth the price. One weekend the casino was doing "Wild Hog Weekend" were told get there early because it gets crowded, NOT, very few vendors, figured we would see some vintage bikes but none there on Friday when we went.<br />
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One road trip we ended up on the Taholah Indian Reservation (Quinault), not much in the little town and pretty run down. Stopped at Moclip beach and did some walking on the beach, windy but nice weather.<br />
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Visited the local pub, Green Lantern, for a couple of meals. Went on Friday night for the prime rib special. Met up with Betty and Lonnie again, us gals took on the prime rib dinner while the guys went with the fish n chips. Everyone enjoyed their meal and got to spend some more time together. Len and I returned for Sunday breakfast as were told the biscuits and gravy were good. Len said it was OK but he still likes my gravy better. (Thank you Len). Think I have gotten my prime rib fix for awhile and now we are headed to the coast so will be looking for some good clam chowder and fish.<br />
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See you next time.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670477580667732879.post-8302561893532561302019-07-24T08:22:00.000-07:002019-07-24T08:22:28.535-07:00Chehalis Thousand Trails, Chehalis, WA July 2019Since we have spent time in this area several times we pretty much spent our time doing things in the park. They serve a nice breakfast on the weekends, Len always went for the biscuits and gravy, I stayed with the bacon and eggs. Also an ice cream social on the weekends. We played candy bar bingo, and each of us won a miniature candy bar.<br />
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Went into town and enjoyed a lunch buffet at the Chinese restaurant.<br />
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RV friends Betty and Lonnie stopped by for a visit, they had planned on staying in the park but couldn't get a full hook-up so they moved on but plan to see them at our next stop.<br />
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Enjoyed a play at the park, the group Drama Dragons have been doing a play at the park for the last 10 years. They come into the park after the 4th of July, are given their part, have a week and a half to learn their lines and then have two nights they perform. These are young kids, mostly home schooled and they did a great job.<br />
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Len hiked the trails in the park and did some landscaping on some of them, since the staff hasn't gotten a chance to work on them. He would leave with his pruners and return a couple of hours later managing to get a walk in and some work done.<br />
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Len also helped one of the neighbors with his motorhome that had some problems, he is always eager to help out and was compensated, and surprise, when there was a knock on the door and a case of Coors light and a bottle of Jack Daniels awaited him. Wasn't necessary but a very nice jester by the neighbor, good chance our paths will cross again.<br />
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Did check out one of the local casinos in the area, sorry, no big wins to report.<br />
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Bristol did some hunting and caught a shrew, he played with it till he got bored and they both moved on. Bristol sure enjoyed this area and was always asking to go outside.<br />
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On down the road, catch you after our next stop.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670477580667732879.post-82793905275061207002019-07-14T12:38:00.001-07:002019-07-14T12:38:49.214-07:00Bow, WA. July 2019Little slow getting this posted as when we arrived at our new stop a cold hit both of us so just now feeling better. <br />
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Stayed in Mt. Vernon Thousand Trails, sure enjoy this area.<br />
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The park has plenty of activities on the weekends, which we enjoy. One weekend it was the poker run, any time you were at the store, office or went to an activity you got a playing card. Best hand wins. Len wasn't the top winner but took second with a full house. Talk about hauling in the loot. We won what I would call a bar-b-q package. It included a portable bar-b-q, charcoal, lighter fluid, bar-b-q tools. A national park monopoly game, and everything you need to make smores, plus a stuffed bear.<br />
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The park serves a breakfast buffet on the weekend, they sure have a great cook there. There was biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, pancakes, French toast, bacon and sausage, am I making you hungry? Also on the weekends they do hot dogs and burgers. One night we enjoyed a brisket dinner.<br />
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We played bingo a couple of times also, had some nice prizes to give away.<br />
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One Saturday night it was adult only bull riding at the pool. So fun to watch, even better after a few adult beverages, I can tell you, there wasn't one cowboy or cowgirl that stayed on the bull for long everyone had a wild time.<br />
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There is a casino close to the entrance of the park, we stopped in a few times, it was the usual, leave some money, break even or take a little extra home, but was fun.<br />
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We were able to meet up with Randy and Step Corbin that we met a few years back when we were on the East Coast, such a fun couple. We enjoyed lunch and got caught up with all our travels. Took a drive over to one of the other Thousand Trails Park, La Conner, stopped at a fish market and enjoyed an ice cream, also hit another casino in the area and we both walked out with more than we went in with.<br />
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One day we visited the Pidilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve have stopped here before but enjoy the small aquariums they have. In the heart of the Salish Sea, they study and protect a massive eelgrass meadow. At more than 8,000 acres, it's the second largest on North America's Pacific Coast. Eelgrass is used as a nursery by juvenile salmon, crab, and herring. It also provides critical habitat for waterfowl and marine birds. <br />
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Catch you next time when we share our next adventure.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670477580667732879.post-21049191802498573122019-06-28T11:30:00.000-07:002019-07-03T19:14:12.478-07:00Leavenworth, WA - June 2019<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our two weeks here, found Len working on the motorhome. The invertor went out in Bend, OR and also the microwave/convection oven. Len ordered the new inverter, was told it would be there on one day which was the day before we left, "liar liar pants on fire" we ended up having to extend our stay by a couple of day while waiting for the inverter. So upon our arrival here Len had work to do, the inverter is installed along with a new microwave. Installing the microwave has created a little more work and the mirrors that were used as a backsplash had to be broken when removed. I must say, yea, hated them, so hard to keep clean, now a new backsplash in needed so we are looking for what we want to replace the mirrors with.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Took a trip in the town of Leavenworth, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #2c2c2c; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "bitstream vera sans" , sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24.38px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">a Bavarian Village style shopping area, an annual Bavarian Christmas celebration and one of the largest Oktoberfest celebrations outside of Munich, Leavenworth offers up a little slice of Germany in the center of its spectacular Pacific Northwest landscape. The town boasts many tours, wine tasting rooms and even a museum of nutcrackers. Enjoyed browsing all the little shops.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #2c2c2c; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "bitstream vera sans" , sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24.38px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One day we drove to Plain, WA. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a3a3a; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">In the late 1800's to early 1900's, Plain was called Beaver Valley, and was settled by the Church of Brethren. The postal service at the time did not accept the name Beaver Valley, claiming it was too long of a name, so the residents asked the for a "plain" name, thus Plain was born. The Plain post office closed it's doors in the early 1930's.
On the weekends a local set up a canopy and his bar-b-q and puts our his grills and cooks up some great tasting hot dogs, we enjoyed on one weekend. The hardware store has most everything you might need, along with plenty of souvenirs for the area. The town also has a small grocery store/gas station (not a wide variety of food choices) but you could get by. One restaurant in town, Ole Mill Café, after checking reviews, and seeing the great review for the giant cinnamon rolls and biscuits and gravy, we decided to split both. What a disappointment as they were out of cinnamon rolls and their regular gravy but did have a substitute but waiter said it wasn't as good. Decided on the ham and eggs and that was a good choice. Ask when was the best tie to come in and get the cinnamon roll and biscuits and gravy, we were told on a Wednesday. So being the troopers we are, we were back the following week on a Wednesday, they did have both. Only problem is the cinnamon rolls were make the morning before, to me that means day old and they were dry. Biscuits and gravy was OK, didn't deserve the raves they got in the reviews, Len said mine was much better, thank you Len. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #2c2c2c; display: inline; float: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 400 13.93px / 24.38px "arial" , "tahoma" , "bitstream vera sans" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a3a3a; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="-ms-word-wrap: break-word; background-color: transparent; color: white; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.54px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="-ms-word-wrap: break-word; background-color: transparent; color: white; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.54px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">Museum & Pioneer Village, began in 1955 as a collaborative effort between local collector Willis Carey and local businesses, led by John McDonald and the Cashmere Chamber of Commerce. Carey was terminally ill with cancer, and wanted his large personal collection of Native American artifacts, historical relics, antiques, and curios, famous throughout Central Washington, to be displayed together and preserved for posterity. </span><span style="-ms-word-wrap: break-word; background-color: transparent; color: white; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.54px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">Cashmere Museum & Pioneer Village, began in 1955 as a collaborative effort between local collector Willis Carey and local businesses, led by John McDonald and the Cashmere Chamber of Commerce. Carey was terminally ill with cancer, and wanted his large personal collection of Native American artifacts, historical relics, antiques, and curios, famous throughout Central Washington, to be displayed together and preserved for posterity. The community leaders and citizens of Cashmere agreed. </span>ashmere Museum & Pioneer Village, began in 1955 as a collaborative effort between local collector Willis Carey and local businesses, led by John McDonald and the Cashmere Chamber of Commerce. Carey was terminally ill with cancer, and wanted his large personal collection of Native American artifacts, historical relics, antiques, and curios, famous throughout Central Washington, to be displayed together and preserved for posterity. The community leaders and citizens of Cashmere agreed. </span></span></span><br />
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We have needed to extend our stay here as we were waiting for some RV parts to arrive, which didn't arrive on time. Just like living in a house, this house on wheels requires maintenance and repairs as it ages. The toilet required a new electric flush control, then the inverter (this takes 12 volt current and converts it to 120 volts) died and then the microwave followed. We were able to find the microwave at the Lowe's in Bend. Since there is no oven in the motorhome we have a microwave/convection combination and a little hard to find. Len got it installed but had to remove the glass panels that were around the stove top. Can't say that broke my heart as it was a pain trying to keep that glass clean anyway. Will now need to be shopping for a back splash. Len is able to do these repairs on his own so saving a large sum in labor.<br />
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We did take a trip to Newberry National Volcanic Monument, this monument provides a unique opportunity to view the Lava Lands of central Oregon. Newberry National Volcanic National Monument includes 54,000+ acres of lakes, lava flows, and spectacular geologic features in central Oregon. The highest point within the Monument is the summit Paulina Peak (7,985 ft.), showcasing views of the Cascades, Newberry Caldera and across the High Desert. Enjoyed a talk presented by one of the park rangers and learned so much more about the area.<br />
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Another day we drove the Lava Cast Forest. At the Lava Cast Forest you walk through a 6,000 year old lava flow where you will find the casts of ancient trees. The Newberry Volcano to the south spewed hot pahoehoe lava to the Earth’s surface, spilling through standing forests. The trees became encased in stone when the lava cooled. What remained were “casts” of the trees, many of which go down several feet below surface level. The surrounding landscape includes molds of the trees, some new plant growth including flowers, Indian paintbrush, and Ponderosa pine trees.<br />
There is a one mile paved self guided interpretive trail with barrier free access. The trail loops through the area where hot molten lava erupted from the northwest flank of Newberry Volcano and engulfed the forest.<br />
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The park serves breakfast on the weekends so we enjoyed that one day. Also Len did a walk with other park members during the Memorial weekend. Ice cream socials on Saturdays and one weekend we played bingo, Len once again was the lucky winner 3 times, I did bingo once myself.<br />
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Youngest son Jack, was traveling from his home in Waldport, OR., where they are having their place remodeled, back to his place in Colorado. What I didn't know was Brooke was with him, what a great surprise and we had a fun time over lunch.<br />
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We should be on the move today or tomorrow, waiting on another package that is needed for the inverter, isn't it funny, NOT, ordered at the same time from the same place and both are shipped separate and took a completely different route. They we both suppose to arrive yesterday but only one showed up, so we continue to wait.<br />
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See you down the road.....Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670477580667732879.post-82072983829537906472019-06-12T08:51:00.001-07:002019-07-03T19:17:57.375-07:00Lake Minden, Nicolaus, CA -May 2019<br />
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Think I fell down on the job here. I usually post when we are leaving an area but didn't get it done and we are already leaving a different area, so better get caught up.<br />
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Enjoyed the time we spend at Lake Minden as we are close to Len's family and getting caught up with them. We were able to enjoy lunch with Len's great nephew, Xzavier, at his last day of pre-school. Since it was 2 years ago that we saw them and he is now 4 he seems so grown up, and his little sister, Violet is now 2, she was a newborn last time we were in the area, boy has she changed. Such great kids, enjoy anytime we get to spend with them. Craig, Len's brother also joined us at the pre-school lunch and the kids mom, Alex.<br />
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While we spent most of the time being down with colds and trying to get well we didn't do much while here.<br />
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Did have the family out to the RV park for lunch one day. Brandon, Len's nephew was able to join us that day. Xzavier and Violet kept us entertained enjoying blowing bubbles and playing ball, oh to be young again, so much energy, just made me tired watching them. They also enjoying playing at the park playground on the new equipment that was put in this year.<br />
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Hard to leave family and move on but time to hit the road again.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670477580667732879.post-48210782540673664942019-05-15T18:50:00.000-07:002019-06-28T11:31:21.352-07:00Yosemite Lakes - Groveland, CA. May 2019<br />
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Had a fabulous stay at Yosemite, nice RV park and so close to Yosemite National Park.. We visited the National Park several times. Can't even explain how beautiful the falls were, the snow melt has created the most amazing falls we have seen in the park. You hear the falls before you see the water, some places you will get wet also. Len's brother came to visit, so lucky to have a parking spot right next to us for his 5th wheel, good to see Craig again. Whenever we visited Yosemite we packed a lunch to enjoy while inside the park, some nice picnic areas also. Len did some hiking in the park and we both enjoyed seeing the Redwoods once again. Those trees are gigantic. <br />
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We took a drive to Hetch Hetchy, an area where Len spent time with his boy scout troop. Hidden in Yosemite National Park’s peaceful northwest corner, Hetch Hetchy Valley is a treasure worth visiting in all seasons. Located at 3,900 feet, Hetch Hetchy boasts one of the longest hiking seasons in the park and is an ideal place for thundering spring waterfalls and wildflower displays. High temperatures prevail in summer months, but that is a small price to pay for the reward of vast wilderness filled with stunning peaks, hidden canyons, and remote lakes.<br />
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So happy to add new RV friends to our traveling family. We met several new friends, Greg and Michelle stopped to introduce themselves to us, ended up meeting them at the clubhouse to play some games, also met up again with Bob and JoAnn that Len met at Turtle Beach (our last stop), and also met Andy and her hubby John. We had campfires together and shared meals, such a fun time, hope to catch up with them again in our travels. One night we ate dinner in Groveland at the Iron Door Saloon, oldest saloon in California with Greg and Michelle. Another night while Bob's sister was visiting, we ate brats at Bob and JoAnn's place, rainy night but still a fun evening. Andy and John had us all over for a taco bar and bonfire one night, Andy said she only invited us in hopes I would bring my homemade salsa, which I did. Good food and great new friends. What a great life we are enjoying, especially meeting such wonderful people. Even took in a local flea market in Groveland.<br />
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The park had a couple of meals, one was a taco night for Cinco De Mayo, then a pancake breakfast for Mother's Day. Both were good and when you don't have to cook it is even better.<br />
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Leaving tomorrow and headed for Yosemite, our last visit there was in 2013, at that time we had no cell service so internet was bad also. So need to get this posted today. (just in case anyone is stilling following us on the blog).<br />
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Not a lot to see and do in this area, we always enjoy finding the local museums. We visited the Manteca Historical Society, which houses a vast array of artifacts, documents and thousands of photographs of the area. I enjoyed talking with the volunteers while Len ventured out to the outer building to check out what was housed there. Nice museum.<br />
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We did find a casino which I donated a small amount to while Len walked out with full pockets. Did take advantage of the senior buffet for $5.99, wasn't that bad but serving out of the bingo hall while the casino is renovating so you can't expect much, but it was good and a cheap meal.<br />
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Len took me out for my birthday, decided to check out Billie's Hillbilly's Bar-B-Q, ribs were good. Wish I would of had room after my meal because the fried pies really looks good. Also had a birthday breakfast at IHOP as oldest son had sent a gift card for my birthday.<br />
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Made a stop a one of the local veggie/fruit stands that we have been to before. The strawberries are so sweet and fresh here, picked right out of the field. Also bought some pears but still need to ripen some before I eat them.<br />
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Sat outside and enjoyed watching a goose that has her nest in a dead tree here in the park. We kept hoping to see some babies but doesn't look like that is going to happen before we leave. <br />
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Will be in Yosemite for 2 weeks, so will post after that.<br />
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Always enjoy our time at this Thousand Trails, not a lot of activities but we enjoy trying to find the bobcats that call this place home. Only one sighting this visit, saw one bobcat the first evening. The park is trying to capture the cats and have them checked out by a vet, the one we saw was sickly looking but seems it is too smart to get trapped.<br />
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While here we did some sightseeing.<br />
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It was a short drive to Pinnacles National Park from the campground. Packed a picnic lunch which we enjoyed after Len did a hike on the Bear Gulch Trail. This is such a pretty area, seems to be busy even during the week. Some 23 million years ago multiple volcanoes erupted, flowed and slid to form what has become this national park. Which remains a unique landscape. Len was able to spot a California condor, which had a young one in the nest, an amazing sighting.<br />
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Also visited Henry Cowell Redwoods, a state park. Henry Cowell Redwoods is located in the Santa Cruz mountains and is most famous for the 40-acre grow of towering old-growth redwood trees. The Redwood Grove Loop Trail will take you through some of the redwoods. Nice trail and many signs explain what you are seeing.<br />
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Len did a trip to the San Benito Historical Park. Last time he visited he was able to have access to all the buildings, but not this time. Seems the place is going downhill which is a real shame as they do have many nice items that should be preserved.<br />
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Drove into Santa Cruz, know better than to go on a weekend, but there we were, in bumper to bumper traffic driving past the boardwalk. Think everyone that lives in Santa Cruz was there, enjoying the beach and the amusement park.<br />
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Onto the next stop, more later.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670477580667732879.post-37513192073065970782019-03-31T14:51:00.000-07:002019-03-31T16:17:41.394-07:00Soledad Canyon, Acton, CA March 2019<br /><br />
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Twelve days have flown by during this stay at Soledad Canyon RV.<br />
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Len has been shooting some pool in the afternoons and also on Wednesday night, the roving tournament in the parks starts after we leave so he will miss shooting in the tournament.<br />
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One day we took the Metrolink into Los Angeles, the ride into Union Station was about an hour and forty minutes. <br />
Los Angeles Union Station is the main railway station in Los Angeles, California, and the largest railroad passenger terminal in the Western United States. It opened in May 1939 as the Los Angeles<strong> </strong>Union Passenger Terminal, replacing La Grande Station and Central Station. <br />
Approved in a controversial ballot measure in 1926 and built in the 1930s, it served to consolidate rail services from the Union Pacific, Santa Fe, and Southern Pacific Railroads into one terminal station. Conceived on a grand scale, Union Station became known as the "Last of the Great Railway Stations" built in the United States. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. <br />
Today, the station is a major transportation hub for Southern California, serving almost 110,000 passengers a day.<sup> </sup> Amtrak's fifth-busiest station, and by far the busiest in the Western United States and the tenth-busiest in the entire country. <br />
From Union Station it is a short walk to Olvera Street, one of the oldest streets in LA. The oldest house in the city is Avila Adobe. The Avila Adobe, built in 1818 by Francisco Avila, is the oldest standing residence in Los Angeles, California. Avila Adobe is located in the paseo of historical Olvera Street, a part of Los Angeles Plaza Historic District, a California State Historic Park. We also visited the Plaza Firehouse. The Plaza Firehouse was the first building to be constructed by the City of Los Angeles for housing fire fighting equipment and personnel. The City Council hired architect William Boring to design the structure which was built by Dennis Hennessy. Boring's design followed closely a fashion then current in his native Illinois, with the horses stabled inside the station as was the custom in colder climates. A unique turntable in the floor made it unnecessary to back the horses in or out. Construction began in May, 1884 and was completed by mid-August. Firehouse No. 1 opened for business in September that same year. There is no admission charge at any of the museums. We also stopped in the Chinese American Museum and the had lunch at one of the local restaurants. It was a long day but had a good time exploring the area, so much more to see, hope to return when we are in the area again.<br />
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We wanted to visit Regan's library and were lucky enough to visit while the Pompeii exhibit was on display. The extra charge was well worth it. <br />
Around mid-morning on August 24, 79 A.D., Mount Vesuvius erupted. Molten rock and pumice was expelled from Mt. Vesuvius at a rate of 1.5 million tons per second. Rocks and volcanic ash filled the atmosphere, turning day into night. Within 24 hours, the Roman city of Pompeii lay destroyed – and perfectly preserved – under 15 feet of ash and volcanic debris. It is estimated that about 16,000 people died in the eruption.<br />
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In 1748 when explorers examined the site, they found that the volcanic ash had acted as a preservative, and many of the buildings and even the skeletons and remnants of city life were still intact. This city frozen in time provided historians with a glimpse into what life was like in ancient Rome. These are not replicas, but rather original, 2,000-year-old objects that were preserved in the ash. These artifacts include wall-sized frescos, marble and bronze sculptures, jewelry, ancient Roman coins, and full body casts of the volcano’s victims. <br />
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From Pompeii it was onto the library. We walked onboard the actual Air Force One aircraft, tail number 27000, which flew seven U.S. presidents. The volunteers were a wealth of information.<br />
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We also viewed a full-size replica of the White House Oval Office, the office in which President Reagan never took off his suit jacket. Len even stepped up to the podium and threw his hat in the ring for the next president. We also ate lunch at the Regan Country Café, good burgers and garlic fries, while we were visiting the library.<br />
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One day we took a drive to the Devil's Punchbowl, The most conspicuous features of the park are geological. The Punchbowl is a deep canyon cut by the runoff of large quantities of water from the higher San Gabriel Mountains occurring over a long period of time. These mountain peaks above the park are 8,000 feet in elevation while the Nature Center is located at 4,740 feet above sea level. The Punchbowl Canyon is 300 feet deep at the vista point. The peculiar up tilted rock formations to be seen in the entire area are layers of sedimentary rocks that were formed long ago by the depositing of loose material in horizontal layers by water. Later they were squeezed into their present steeply-tilted form by the continuing action of uplift along the Punchbowl and Pinyon Faults and pressures along the San Andreas Fault. The Punchbowl Fault is to the south of the rock formation while the Pinyon and San Andreas Faults are to the north.<br />
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Along the way we stop to view the Joshua's trees that were in bloom, there is a totally different look to the desert when it is in bloom. I find it beautiful.<br />
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Another fun stay at Palm Springs has come to an end. Enjoy this area with so much to see and do. Our first meal out was so Len could enjoy the all you can eat lobster buffet at Augustine's casino. Just so proud of him, he managed to tie his old record of 7 lobster tails, plus some prime rib and crab legs. He thought of going for the 8th lobster tail to break his old record, but the ice cream got the best of him. While the buffet is pricey at $34.99, Len did get his monies worth. I ordered the fish-n-chips off the menu, (not a lobster fan).<br />
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We visited the Coachella Valley History Museum in Indio. It <span class="editor_accent"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">is a historical campus which contains the 1926 adobe Smiley-Tyler House - housing our main exhibits - the historic 1909 Indio Schoolhouse and the world's only Date Museum. Other highlights include the Desert Submarine, a Blacksmith's shop, pioneer farming implements and the archives for the Historical Society. Also, the spacious grounds hold a variety of gardens which include a Memorial Date Garden, Japanese Garden, the Geissler Rose Garden, the Jardin del Desierto (Desert Garden) and our Liberty Tree - the oldest Cork Tree in the Coachella Valley.</span></span><br />
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<span class="editor_accent"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">From Salton Sea we drove on down to Salvation Mountain. We were concerned on how we would find the condition since Leonard Knight, who built this, has since passed away. Very pleased to see the mountain is being cared for. Salvation Mountain is located in the lower desert of Southern California in Imperial County just east of the Salton Sea and about a hour and a half from Palm Springs. Salvation Mountain is Leonard's tribute to God and his gift to the world with its simple yet powerful message:<strong> "God Is Love." </strong> Leonard's passion has lovingly created this brilliant "outsider art " masterpiece resplendent with not only biblical and religious scripture such as the Lord's Prayer, John 3:16, and the Sinner's Prayer, but also including flowers, trees, waterfalls, suns, bluebirds, and many other fascinating and colorful objects. Salvation Mountain must be seen to be fully appreciated as those who have made the journey will attest. Its 50 foot height and 150 foot breadth is made totally of local adobe clay and donated paint and is truly unique in the United States and probably the world. From its Sea of Galilee at the bottom, to the big red heart in the middle, to the cross at the very top, the reoccurring theme of "Love" is everywhere at Salvation Mountain. </span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 1.5;">Onto Slab City, also called The Slabs, is largely a snowbird community in the Sonoran Desert located in Imperial County, California, 100 miles northeast of San Diego and 169 miles southeast of Los Angeles within the California Badlands, and used by recreational vehicle owners and squatters from across North America. It took its name from concrete slabs that remained from the abandoned World War II Marine Corps barracks of Camp Dunlap. Several thousand campers, many of them retired, use the site during the winter months. The "snowbirds" stay only for the winter before migrating north in spring to cooler climates. The temperatures during summer are as high as 120 °F (48 °C); nonetheless, there is a group of around 150 permanent residents who live in "The Slabs" year round. Some of these "Slabbers" derive their living from government programs and have been driven to "The Slabs" by poverty. Others have moved to "The Slabs" to learn how to live off the grid and be left alone. Still others have moved there to stretch their retirement income. <br />
The site is both decommissioned and uncontrolled, and there is no charge for parking. The site has no official electricity, running water, sewers, toilets or trash pickup service.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slab_City,_California#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> Many residents use generators or solar panels to generate electricity. The closest body of civilization with proper law enforcement is approximately four miles southwest of Slab City in Niland where the residents often go to do basic shopping. </span></span><br />
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Len shot in the annual pool tournament while we were here. Still some people are shooting from past tournaments he knew, but so many are no longer able to do it for one reason or another. I walked over one morning to say "hi" to the few that I knew from years back when we both shot in the tournament.<br />
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The weather was mostly warm so we took advantage of sitting on the patio and visiting with friends that stopped by. So good to catch up with Phil and Darlene (they shot the tournament) and we had a couple of visits from Cyndi and Erald. One night while at Cyndi and Erald's we decided to head to the Spotlight 29 casino and have the prime rib buffet. Len and I had already taken advantage once before, but why stop at one visit. Good meal both times and you can't beat the $9.99 for a prime rib buffet.<br />
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Met up with my cousin Mike and his wife Janet at Shield's Date Farm for a great lunch, so good catching up with them again. After our meal we took a stroll through their garden, In 2011, William and Lillian Vanderzalm contacted Shields Date Gardens with a wonderful opportunity. The Vanderzalm’s owned a biblical garden in Vancouver, Canada. They had recently sold the property and were looking to relocate the statues to the Palm Springs area.<br />
The details were finalized and on March 1, 2011. Shield’s horticulture and landscape team then began construction. The Garden was open on a limited basis October 2012 and fully completed October 2013. The garden path winds through our 17 acre date farm. It depicts 14 scenes and includes 23 statues that chronologized Christ’s life. Such a pretty place.<br />
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We plan on being in California till the end of May before heading into Oregon. <br />
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We checked out one of the remaining swap meets while we were there. Only highlight we found was Beer Belly's Bar, aka Adult Day Care Center. Did manage to spend some time there with Al and Alta.<br />
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A few places we got together and ate at was Grubstake, good fish-n-chips. Silly Al's Pizza, guys had calzones, Alta and I had sandwiches, everything was delicious. Breakfast at the Quail Café also. Also spent time at their place and them at ours. Not sure how those guys are still roaming the earth after hearing some of the stories.<br />
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One day we drove over to Parker, AZ to catch up with RV friends Don and Della, such a good visit.<br />
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Checked out the local museum in Quartzsite, the location of Tyson Wells Stage Stop. Small museum with a lot of local area history. The Tyson’s Well Stage Station Museum is housed in the original adobe stagecoach station built in 1866 by Charles Tyson at the present location. The station served as an important watering stop for the stagecoaches and freighters carrying mining equipment and supplies to the mines and the army from the river port at Ehrenberg on the Colorado River.<br />
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Also visited the Hi Jolly Monument. Hi Jolly or Hadji Ali, later known as Philip Tedro, was an Ottoman subject of Syrian and Greek parentage, and in 1856 became one of the first camel drivers ever hired by the US Army to lead the camel driver experiment in the Southwest. Hi Jolly became a living legend until his death in Arizona. Once, insulted because he had not been invited to a German picnic in Los Angeles, he broke up the gathering by driving into it on a yellow cart pulled by two of his pet camels.<br />
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Onto our next adventure in California<br />
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Moving day tomorrow so better get this updated for our Yuma stay.<br />
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We spent a week at Yuma Lakes and then moved to Araby Acres for two weeks.<br />
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We were able to meet up with RV friends Lee and Elaine Morris that we first met in Texas. When we were here 2 years ago they were just getting their house framed. Well it is finished and just gorgeous, turned out so nice. Elaine and Lee fixed a great meal for us one night, and gave us a chance to catch up since we seen them the last time.<br />
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Made a couple of trips across the border to Mexico. Always find shopping/haggling there so much fun. It is amazing the savings on prescriptions over there, just doesn't make sense.<br />
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Visited a couple of local casinos also, both of us did well one day, gave back another and broke even another time.<br />
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My nieces Vicci and Janet drove down to Yuma from Apache Junction for the day, so good to see both of them, we went to the flea market and out to lunch, it was good to get caught up and spending time with them.<br />
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Visited the Yuma Proving grounds one day, they have an outstanding museum that did take several hours to tour. The Yuma Proving Ground Heritage Center and Museum depicts the history of Yuma Proving Ground. The Museum tells the history chronologically from 1942 to 9-11. As the visitor goes through the museum they will begin with the Desert Training Center moving on to the Yuma Test Branch, Camp Seeley, the Yuma Test Station, and Yuma Proving Ground. Across from the Yuma Test Station is a room which tells the history of the Liberation of the Concentration Camps, and the American Army Units that liberated those camps. The Tests of the 50's and 60's is located at the end of the center hallway. Down the hall from the 50's and 60's is a room on Munitions, the room is in Tribute to the Victims of 9-11. As the visitor leaves the Museum the hallway and last room was established in Commemoration and Recognition of the Vietnam Veteran.<br />
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Went with Lee and Elaine to "Howling at the Moon", such a fun time. Live music while you wait for the moon to peek over the mountain top and then everyone starts howling. There was even a dog there that got in on the howling, he drew a big crowd. It was only 52 degrees and chilly, everyone was bundled up, not the normal temp for the desert, but I survived. There must of been more than 2,000 people there.<br />
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I caught a cold and it pretty much kicked my butt for a few days. While I slept most of the time Len was able to check out a few sights. He visited a Museum of History in Granite (the center of the earth). A unique attraction of the town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicity,_California" title="Felicity, California">Felicity, California</a> is the <b>Museum of History in Granite</b>. The museum exhibits <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monuments" title="Monuments">monuments</a> made from Missouri Red Granite. Each is 100 feet (30 m) long. Conceived as an historic record of humanity designed to last for four millennia, the Museum of History in Granite is a collection of over 900 large granite outdoor panels.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-CRL2015_1-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_History_in_Granite#cite_note-CRL2015-1">[1]</a></sup> <br />
Development has been underway for several decades with most of monuments completed. However the eight monuments of the "History of Humanity" are only 31% engraved.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_History_in_Granite#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> <br />
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Len also made a stop at the Plank Road. The <b>Old Plank Road</b> is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plank_road" title="Plank road">plank road</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_County,_California" title="Imperial County, California">Imperial County, California</a>, that was built in 1915 as an east–west route over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algodones_Dunes" title="Algodones Dunes">Algodones Dunes</a>. It effectively connected the extreme lower section of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_California" title="Southern California">Southern California</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a> and provided the last link in a commercial route between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuma,_Arizona" title="Yuma, Arizona">Yuma</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-JAH_2-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Plank_Road#cite_note-JAH-2">[2]</a></sup> <br />
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Len visited the Ft Yuma Quarter Master Depot. In March 1851, when the post was moved to its permanent site, its name was changed to <b>Camp Yuma</b>. A year later the post was designated <b>Fort Yuma</b>. In June 1851 the Army virtually abandoned the post because of the high costs incurred in maintaining it, and it was completely abandoned on December 6, 1851, when its commissary was practically empty of provisions. <br />
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We went to a Neil Diamond tribute at the RV park, glad we only paid 7 dollars a ticket as it really wasn't that good.<br />
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Len joined Lee Morris for a ride in the dessert in Lee's Razor, there must of been 16 in the group, it was an all day trip and when they returned everything, including the guys were covered in several layers of dessert sand. Enjoyed pizza that night before saying our good-byes to both Lee and Elaine.<br />
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Until our next update, everyone stay healthy and safe.<br />
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Fiesta Grande, Casa Grande, AZ (Jan 2019)<br />
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Our two weeks here in Casa Grande flew by. Friends Jim and Sharon, that we met in Texas, were here for the winter so it was nice to catch up with them again. We enjoy sight seeing with them whenever we are together. We took a trip down to Old Tucson with them, what a place to visit. As you walk the dirt streets of Old Tucson you realize you are walking the streets were your "heroes" have walked, John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Elizabeth Taylor and Steve Martin, just to name a few. You look at the buildings and remember seeing them in the movies you watched. We spent the entire day there and don't think he saw it all. The reenactors did an amazing job, gun battles, stunts and audience interactions made for an amusing day. Len and Jim also went out with the hiking club. The hike was suppose to be a moderate 5 mile loop which turned out to be so much more. While the guys were busy Sharon and I went out for lunch and made a stop at the craft store, I think us girls enjoyed our day more than the guys, and the next day we didn't have any sore/stiff muscles.<br />
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Played Bingo at the park a couple of times and Len won both nights. We also had a membership appreciation one afternoon with a tropical flare. If you want to stay busy a destination park like this is the place to go.<br />
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Visited the local museum in Casa Grande also, have stopped on previous visits but wasn't open when we were there. With all the museums we visit you would think we have seen it all, but yet we always find something new, that is old, that we find. Like the breath analyzer from back in the 30's or the glass jars that coffee came in.<br />
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Bristol was feeling a little under the weather so took him into the vet. After some antibiotics he seems to be to his old self once again.<br />
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Drove over to Coolidge to check on the house. When in Coolidge a stop at the old Galloping Goose is always a must. Good burgers and cold beer are always waiting, plus this is where Waylon Jennings got his start. Hard to imagine a little town like this having someone famous.<br />
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While here there was a dove that liked the motorhome and built a nest on the ladder and laid an egg. Len moved the nest to a nearby tree the day before we left, don't think the dove came back though.<br />
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We enjoyed some of the local restaurants while here and both of us visited the chiropractor a couple of times, those back and neck adjustments always feel so good.<br />
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Onto Yuma and our next adventure.<br />
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First time here and only for 2 nights. Several pecan orchards surround us and we were able to watch how they shake the trees to harvest the pecans. Very interesting, while some have a machine to pick up the fallen pecans others do it by hand. We stopped at a local orchard and bought some cracked pecans, two pounds for $10.<br />
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Visited Holy Trinity Monastery, it has a small RV park and small chapel, some very interesting information. Checked out their little thrift shop, you take what you need, leave what you want.<br />
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Took a drive on down the road to visit Tombstone again. Didn't seem to be as many people as when we visited the last time. Also noticed there are so many stores that have shut down. We walked the main street, stopping in several stores. Stopped in Big Nose Kate's Saloon (she was Doc Holiday's girl). Had some good hamburgers for lunch and then it was dress up time. Great thing about this place is they don't charge for "old time" pictures, Linda, the gal that dresses you and takes your pictures with your phone and or camera works on tips alone. Got some fun pictures and I think we could of lived in the old west.<br />
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Tomorrow we head for Casa Grande for a 2 week stay, then onto Yuma for 3 weeks.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670477580667732879.post-75652006483767644462019-01-20T08:25:00.000-08:002019-01-20T11:27:12.029-08:00Thousand Trail Medina Lake, Lakehills, TX<br /><br />
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Just a week stop here this time. We met up with RV friends Randy and Stephanie for lunch a couple of times, always good to catch up.<br />
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This park has very friendly deer and if you choose to feed them they are even more friendly. Looks to have more deer than they have in the past. Park seems to have been cleaned up from our last visit and looks very nice. Barbara, the activity director kept us busy, with bingo and playing LCR (left, front, center, a dice game). She is dong a great job. We have seen the lake empty and this visit we find the lake over the banks, they have had a couple of months of heavy rain. <br />
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Been to this area, San Antonio, several times but never visited the aquarium so we decided to check it out. Turned out to be very interesting and even has some zoo animals. Len fed the stingrays and some fish plus the sharks, yes, he still has all his fingers. Enjoyed lunch at their little snack bar, not a big selection (pizza and nachos) but we enjoyed it.<br />
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Moving tomorrow and will start our journey West. Till next time.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670477580667732879.post-51635107852219141822019-01-20T08:07:00.000-08:002019-01-20T10:23:54.917-08:00Victoria Palm RV Resort, Donna, TX<br /><br />
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Met up with RV friends Brian and Phyllis for our stay here. Nice park, except for the loud music on the weekends coming from a nearby nightclub, pretty heavy on the bass.<br />
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Enjoyed happy hours, meals and tourist attractions together. New Year's Eve we enjoyed a meal at the Golden Coral, and being the party animals we all are, Len and I were in bed by 9. We enjoyed 3/4 pound burgers at Gonzales's one afternoon, just the right size when you share one. <br />
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Len and I took a trip down to Brownsville (Brian was under the weather). We stopped by at Fun-N-Sun RV to visit Karen and Jack, more RV friends, enjoyed their company and tour of the resort. From there we made a stop at a flea market and a stop for a late lunch at Jason's deli. (got to use the gift card I won at the dessert bake-off in Conroe, TX. After our meal we wanted to find the parrots that come across from Mexico every night about 6 o'clock to roost in the eucalyptus trees. What a site that was, you really need ear plugs for that encounter, but a joy to see.<br />
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Made a trip across the border at Progresso to do some shopping. One of the pharmacies will buy you a margarita after your purchase. Nice little bar area, cheap beer, $1.50 each, live music and there was a good size group of Americans on the dance floor, seemed to be regulars there. Phyllis and I both got a chair massage while enjoying our margaritas, good deal for 3 bucks. We also enjoyed lunch at the Red Snapper, the restaurant overlooks the streets of Progresso. You pay $1.00 at the turnstile to get into Mexico and 50 cents to get back out. There is also a duty tax on items such as liquor so we will save those purchases when we are in Yuma.<br />
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Phyllis had secured tickets to Paperback Writers (Beatle impersonators) at Southern Comfort, a nearby RV resort. It was a fun evening and so many great songs from the past.<br />
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Made a trip to South Parde Island, weather was cool and windy but we did drive down on the beach, picked up a couple of shells, and enjoyed watching the surf. After the beach we stopped by the turtle rescue center, very educational. It was amazing to see the artificial limbs and rotor they put on one of the turtles so he could swim.<br />
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We visited Estero Llano Grande State Park, a birding center in the area. We took a 2 hour tram ride though the park with several stops to view birds with the spotting scope.<br />
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We played bingo at the park along with visiting the craft fair they had.<br />
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It was a great two weeks with our friends, but it was time to leave and travel onto our next adventure.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670477580667732879.post-69613842916583027642019-01-13T10:01:00.000-08:002019-01-20T10:22:28.577-08:00Bay View RV Park, Rockport, TX Dec. 2018<br />
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Arrived here on Christmas Eve, found a nice spot with a view of the lake. Park still had damage from the hurricane, but they are working to clean things up.<br />
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Park had a nice Christmas potluck, followed by playing some games and then a gift exchange, it was a fun time. We had a nice Christmas day and took a drive around the area, no traffic to deal with while we took in the damage from hurricane Harvey. So much destruction, a lot of people just walked away and have left the mess.<br />
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Len toured the USS Lexington in Corpus Christi, takes several hours to see everything, but he enjoyed it, included a lot of steps.<br />
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After Lexington we made a stop at Snoopy's to enjoy their shrimp and followed up our lunch with some ice cream from Scoopy's next door. On the way back to the RV we stopped to visit RV friends, Rhonda and Phil. While there they took us on a ride on the beach, which was really nice along with a stop at the local pub.<br />
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Another day while out we stopped at the Fulton Mansion, visited the visitor center Len ventured over to the mansion that is under renovation after hurricane Harvey hit the area. With the damage and repairs going on you were able to see the bare bones of the mansion, very interesting how many times they have rebuilt after hurricanes have caused damage to the mansion.<br />
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Did played bingo at the park one night, Len was a winner I was there for moral support, or to kill time.<br />
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We did eat lunch across the street from the park at Steve Lew's, bar-b-q was really good. They also make several flavors of their own soda, the meal was delicious, cowboy beans were really good.<br />
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Looking forward to our next stop where we meet up with RV friends in Donna, TXUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670477580667732879.post-68531319084584881842018-12-28T04:29:00.000-08:002018-12-28T07:58:40.269-08:00Colorado River, Columbus, TX Dec. 2018<br /><br />
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It is amazing the wonderful friends a person can meet while RV'ing.<br />
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On the road into the park we made a new friend, a beautiful German Shepard that loved to race all the cars. You gunned the car and the dog would race you down his fence line, doing 35mph, that dog could still out run us. He loved to run.<br />
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Len had to replace the hot water tank in the motorhome, home repairs even when the wheels go round and round.<br />
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Saw Richard and Betty that we had met in Florida, they ended up parking across the street from us.<br />
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Had a great time staying here. Len was able to go out kayaking with friends he met in Florida, Gary and Linda, they were also joined by Katie and Greg.. We took several adventures with Gary and Linda Williams checking out the tourist areas, and local restaurants. We checked out Hruska's down the road from the park. Great kolaches, so many choices, but Len liked the lemon and Gary said the pumpkin was delicious. Cream cheese was my choice and it was delicious. Took a trip to Brenham to visit the Blue Bell Creameries, enjoyed ice cream while we were there. A wonderful visit to the Painted Churches in Schulenburg, amazing beautiful churches, the stained glass was so beautiful. In Columbus we were able to visit the Stafford Opera House and the Confederate Museum. Len picked up some pecans, the squirrels helped him eat them while he was sleeping<br />
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The park had an early Christmas potluck which we all enjoyed. Learned a new dice game (LCR) which was fun and easy. Fun ornament bingo game one night, even if I did loose the ornament I REALLY wanted, and also a white elephant bingo after the Christmas potluck. I did win a portable ice maker, which I have absolutely no room for. I passed the ice maker onto are friends Scott and Helen for their summer home, in exchanged she made a beautiful set of towels for me.<br />
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On the move again...….Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670477580667732879.post-87339066817642866972018-12-09T17:26:00.000-08:002018-12-25T16:16:27.122-08:00Lake Conroe, Willis, Texas - Dec. 2018 <br />
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Arrived here on the 26th of November and we leave tomorrow after a 2 week stay. We were here two years ago and they were making some additions at that time. When we pulled into the park we were able to snag a spot in the new addition. Nice concrete pad and large patio area. Not many activities during the week but the weekends are busy. Starting on Friday at one, they play surprise bingo (also on Saturday), bring a bag to carry your winnings home, you will need it. The cabinet is stocked with chips, crackers, cookies and other snacks from the total of 4 times playing surprise bingo. At 5 o'clock, both on Friday and Saturday they play card bingo, did pretty good winning some of those pots too, they were cash winnings, but only a couple of dollars for each game.<br />
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Several RV friends are also at this park so we were able to catch up with them. Plus some others have stopped RV'ing and live in the area so we were able to visit with them also.<br />
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Got the Christmas decorations up, they look so pretty. Wonder if Santa will find this house on wheels.<br />
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Len went out on the lake and did some kayaking with Gary and Linda that we met in Florida that are also staying here. They had a good time till it got a little windy on the lake so had to bring the kayaks to shore.<br />
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We went over to visit Daria, we had met her and her husband, Bob, when traveling in Maine four years ago. Bob has since passed away, but we had a lovely time catching up with Daria and enjoyed lunch at the Fish Pond, we all had chicken fried steak, so good.<br />
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Another couple we met back East, Gordon and Merlyn, stopped by to see us. They bought a beautiful home in town, so good to see them and we did get to visit several times with them while we were here. They even brought their grandson, Liam over to visit, we had met him a couple years ago when he was visiting his grandparents in New York. <br />
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We have crossed paths again with Scott and Helen. Also Ed and Debi and Janice and Dave. It is amazing the friends you are able to see while traveling. Ed, Debi, Janice, Dave, Gary and Linda joined us at the Fish Pond for an early dinner one night. Food is so good and a lot of it. I love their liver and onions, Len had a hamburger steak that filled the platter it was served on.<br />
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The RV park does cooking decorating every year, there is a couple in the park that bake all the sugar cookies along with making all the decorating frosting. This year they baked over 500 cookies, they do such a great job and have done this for 25 years. <br />
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The park also had a dessert contest, decided I would give it a try. I made the toffee recipe my mom always used, it was tasty enough to come in second. Won a gift card to Jason Deli for $25. <br />
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We were able to check out some tourist attractions in the area. It is really to bad that businesses are not opened, the hours that they post. Drove to Montgomery TX. we stopped at Fernland Historical Park. There are several log cabins there that are some of the oldest still in Texas. Buildings weren't open but Len was able to get some pictures through the windows. Then , we made a stop at Old Iron Works, they restore cars and you are able to wander through the showroom and the shop area and talk with the crew that is doing the restorations. Also visited the Heritage Museum in Conroe. We like to visit the local museums where we camp to learn of the area.<br />
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The Kroger grocery store in town is amazing, like visiting a super Wal-Mart, but better quality. Plus we get gas points for a discount.<br />
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All for now...…….<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><strong>We visited the Dr. Pepper Museum, home to the oldest Major soft drink. <span style="background-color: transparent; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Dr Pepper is a “native Texan,” originating at Morrison’s Old Corner Drug Store. It is the oldest of the major brand soft drinks in America. Like its flavor, the origin of Dr Pepper is out-of-the-ordinary. Charles Alderton, a young pharmacist working at Morrison’s store, is believed to be the inventor of the now famous drink. Alderton spent most of his time mixing up medicine for the people of Waco, but in his spare time he liked to serve carbonated drinks at the soda fountain. He liked the way the drug store smelled, with all of the fruit syrup flavor smells mixing together in the air. He decided to create a drink that tasted like that smell. He kept a journal, and after numerous experiments he finally hit upon a mixture of fruit syrups that he liked.</span> </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We also stopped in at the Spice Village. <span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;">Spice Village</span><span style="background-color: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px 0px; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; list-style: none; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> is the dream shopping experience with more than 60 boutiques under one roof! This 30,000 square feet shopping experience you do not want to pass up. Located in downtown </span>Waco<span style="background-color: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px 0px; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; list-style: none; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">, </span>TX<span style="background-color: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px 0px; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; list-style: none; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> for the last 20 years and we are proud to have been spicing up people’s lives since 1997!</span></span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px 0px; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; list-style: none; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Another stop was the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame. <span style="background-color: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px 0px; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; list-style: none; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum is the State designated official historical center of the famed Texas Rangers Law Enforcement Agency in Waco, Texas. They preserve the history and inspire an appreciation of the Texas Rangers, a Texas Legend and an American Heritage.</span></span></span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px 0px; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; list-style: none; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px 0px; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; list-style: none; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">For dinner we stopped at George's restaurant in Waco. They are known for their chicken fried steak and since that was the special for dinner that is what all of us tried. It was very good and while they said it was 1/2 order, it was more than we could eat.</span></span></span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px 0px; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; list-style: none; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px 0px; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; list-style: none; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Len and I drove back to Waco another day so we could visit Waco Mammoth National Monument. The guide took us to the dig shelter, it was amazing to see the bones of the mammoths they have unearthed in the diggings, so much move to still unearth.</span></span></span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px 0px; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; list-style: none; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px 0px; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; list-style: none; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Also a stop at the Waco Natural Habitat Cameron Park Zoo, small zoo but Len felt it is one of the better ones and only $9 admission charge.</span></span></span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px 0px; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; list-style: none; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px 0px; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; list-style: none; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The RV park did a great Thanksgiving Dinner, pretty good turn out and the shared dishes that were brought in, showed there are some great cooks out there.</span></span></span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px 0px; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; list-style: none; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px 0px; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; list-style: none; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Jim and Sharon joined us for a trip to FT. Worth Stockyards. We sure enjoy that place. Twice a day the cowboys wrangle the long horn steers down the street for all to see. Up close they are massive but seem so gentle when they ramble past you. We also took in some local museums while there and then stopped to have bar-b-q at the legendary Risckys. Great meals and a large menu to choose from.</span></span></span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #002000;">Of<span style="background-color: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px 0px; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; list-style: none; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px 0px; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; list-style: none; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> all the places we visited in the area my highlight was the chance to meet two of my great grand kids. Met up with their grandma, Kay, and mom, Jennifer. Grayson is 3 and Lorelai just turned 1, great kids and I really appreciate Kay and Jennifer for setting up the meeting and for lunch. Made my day.</span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></span><br />
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This park is not really close to anything like most Thousand Trails Parks and out in the middle of no mans land. Not much to see or do in the area but a very nice area with lots of trees and a large lake. We are just a short drive from the Oklahoma state line.<br />
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We did drive to Wal-Mart, about 24 miles one way, to stock up. There is a local Dollar General where you can pick up milk and bread if you needed to.<br />
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Took a drive to Winn-Star casino, in Oklahoma, so Len could fill his pockets, I donated, he walked out with over 200 dollars. Why is it we can never both be winners at the same time?<br />
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The park put on an early Thanksgiving potluck dinner. Plenty of food and it was all delicious. Met a very nice couple, Jim and Sharon who have recently started full-timing so it was nice to visit with them and looks like we will be in a couple of the same parks here in Texas, so hope to chat again. Also met up with Scott and Helen that we met here a couple of years back and have seen in other parks, even ran into them in Florida.<br />
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Weather has been cool here, in fact one night we left the water dripping so it wouldn't freeze. Little bit of rain, some sunny days but most were cloudy and cool, heading a little South and hope warmer temps. Till the next time, happy trails.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670477580667732879.post-34079763106689765872018-11-11T12:32:00.000-08:002018-11-11T12:32:17.899-08:00Colorado 2018Been awhile since the last post, computer bit the dust and just a pain to post with the tablet. Up and running again with a new computer now. <br />
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Our month long visit went by way to fast. Arrived on the first of October and seemed like we were running till we left on the 31st of October.<br />
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Somewhat disappointed that we were not able to stay at our usual place in town, but they changed their rules and decided they would no longer take monthly rentals. Len managed to find us a place on the other side of town, Prospect RV Park, while it was a nice park, it was so far away from where we normally stay. Heard rumors the old park might go back to taking month long rentals as they ended up with some empty spots and lost revenue with their new way of thinking. Hope that holds true.<br />
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The first couple of weeks Len was busy putting his Harley up for sale, his motorcycle lift and his truck, plus trying to find a replacement vehicle for us. Well things did fall into place. Len found a car, Chevy Equinox, sold the Harley, found a buyer for the truck and we left the lift with my oldest son in hopes that a buyer is found. Once he got the car then he had to get it set up to tow, which he did, it is great he has the ability and knowledge to do things himself, sure saves a lot of money and nice there is a place at my house to do the work. We are enjoying the new wheels, Len likes the gas mileage I like the heated seats.<br />
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We had a wonderful get together with my family, so good to see everyone. A few hours is not nearly long enough to get caught up with everyone you have not seen in a year. Lunch with my boys is always nice.<br />
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Hit some of our favorite restaurants, most being Mexican, after all it is Colorado.<br />
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Met Ricky and Gordon for a couple of meals, Diane and Harvey for some great fish and chips, Sonny and Sissy for lunch one day, plus took in some Bronco games at the pub with old friends Billy and Nancy among seeing some other old regulars at the bar. <br />
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Till next year, good bye Colorado.<br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670477580667732879.post-80454671350018674252018-07-30T14:20:00.000-07:002018-07-30T14:34:50.112-07:00Maine 2018We did a short stay in Wells, Maine for 3 nights. Like that area but so hard to get a spot to camp. It is a great place to get some of the best lobster rolls, for the best price, we have found. We got parked, plugged in, slides out and headed for Shaine's of Maine. Suppose to have great ice cream but it is the lobster roll and clam chowder we go for. Next afternoon we were out doing some sight seeing and stopped at a restaurant on the coast where we had gone in the past. This time we tried the Haddock sandwich, it was actually some of the best haddock we have had, good size piece of fish and so flaky. Next day it was lobster roll time again at Shaine's.<br />
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We have now moved onto Trenton, Maine. Second night here it was more lobster (wish I liked lobster) at the Down East Lobster Pound. Our friends Lily and Ian joined us. The view from the outside upper deck is amazing. Another day we went to the local IGA grocery store and Len bought two lobsters, he grilled those and really enjoyed them.<br />
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Today we caught the local free bus and headed to the Villages of Bar Harbor, from there we transferred to the bus that takes you to Arcadia National Park. Today was the busiest day, according to the bus driver, that he has seen this season. We rode the loop around the park and will return in the truck and get a closer look at some of the areas we would like to see. We transferred back to the Village bus and once back at the Village we walked around. Stopped for a snack and cold beer, before we wandered through some of the stores with all the other tourist that were in town. One of the big cruise ships was in port so that made for more people also.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670477580667732879.post-18928942066440895382018-07-20T08:02:00.002-07:002018-07-20T08:08:05.436-07:00Timothy Lake South, E. Stroudsburg. PA 06/2018<br /><br />
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Have been to this park before but it is always a nice stay.<br />
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Played bingo one afternoon, Len was the lucky winner and got to yell BINGO twice. The blackout got him a great prize, it was two tickets to the Oktoberfest. We had talked about going so this did make the decision to go a bit easier. Was disappointed there were so few vendors participating. More food vendors than anything. They did have several bands and some dancers, crowd was small. Enjoyed the pig races which were fun to watch and some dog races were included. Entertainment for the kids was also fun there was a juggler, a magician and lots of games for the kids. We did enjoy a great brats with caramelized onions while we were there.<br />
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Took a ride to check out Resica Falls which is situated in the beautiful Pocono Mountains. Short walk to see the falls from the parking lot, nice little water fall. This is located on a Boy Scout Reservation that is still very active.<br />
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Made another trip to the Pocono raceway, last time was so much fun we wanted to do it again. During the drive there the rain came down in buckets, would there be a rain delay? Rain did let up some by the time we arrived. I had called in advance and was told we would be riding with another couple, didn't think that would be a problem as the last time we also rode with another couple. When we arrived we didn't see the pace car like last time but instead a 14 passenger van, you know a van on a race track is nothing like a pace car ride on the track. Plus the couple turned out to be 7 family members with one little one that wasn't the least bit interested in the ride along and "voiced" his opinion several times, in fact his family apologized and said he is usually a happy go lucky baby. Guess it just wasn't his day. The rain continued during our track tour but did make a stop at the finish line for pictures. <br />
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We did visit the casino a couple of times, I mean we were driving right pass it. Both times we managed to leave a little there, nothing like sharing.<br />
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Will be in Maine soon, sure looking forward to our visit there.<br />
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More to follow................<br />
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