Home for the Holidays

We returned home from Yuma yesterday afternoon. We spent 2 nights on the road without any problems. We will spend the month of December in Washington and head back to Yuma after the New Year

UP UP and Away

We got to see the lift off of the hot air balloons this morning. They took off from the West Wetlands Park in Yuma. There were about 30 balloons heading south. Very pretty against the morning blue skys.

Tiny Neighbors

The tiny little birds are at ease enough to sit on the chairs under the awning and even come in to the coach if the door is left open. They seem to have a favorite place to sit and watch and guard their feeder.

Lee and Elaine have left to go home for the holidays. We have a couple of weeks and we will be doing the same.

The weather is a little cooler, but still in the mid 70's. Very nice days with cooler nights.

Cotton candy sunsets

Another beautiful sunset tonight. The clouds look like cotton candy. Today was another warm one.

Returning visitors

The humming birds are returning and hitting the feeders and flowers. They are so fun to watch guard their own terrritory and feeder.

Today was a little cloudy which made for a beautiful sunset.

The foothill mountains are just at the end of the street and the light plays on them in the evening sun.

Wind Wind go away

The wind has been blowing hard for the past 2 days. It should quiet down tonight. One more neighbor arrived in today. The weather forcast is for warmer temps by the weekend.

New Arrivals

Lee & Elaine arrived today. They pulled in around 11 oclock and set up their area. We have been having a little cooler weather last night and today. Still sunny and very nice though. I'll post pictures on the next entry.

Sunny Weather

We are mostly set up on the lot now. I have been adjusting some of the drip system on the plants and working on some solor lights.

Today it was close to 90 again and it puts a little strain on the AC units.

The pictures are of the patio area under the awning and the rest of the lot.

Yuma update

We are almost finished setting up on the lot. We had dinner guest last night. Darlene and David came up and so did our friends Ken and Carol. Nice evening with dinner outside.
Tonight we took the ol' folks with us to a October fest at a new park called the Palms. Had dinner there and met up with all of the guys that have just came in yesterday.
I will take some pictures of the lot tomorrow and post for everyone to see.

YUMA

Stardate 10202009

YUMA!! WE HAVE ARRIVED!! Check it out. We got into Yuma late this afternoon. We made good time from Flagstaff inspite of the windy conditions. The "old folks" were returning home from town and drove by the lot spotting us getting all set up. We joined them for a little dinner and then came back to the lot. Now the process begins to get everything in order for our extended stay. Stay tuned, as we will periodically update and add pictures during our stay.

From Vegas to Flagstaff

After celebrating Elaine's birthday Saturday we left Vegas Sunday morning and headed towards Flagstaff and the Meteor Crater. We have been visiting with our friend Frank and checking out the area around Flagstaff. We visited the old historic down town.

On the way back to the RV park we stopped and checked out the Walnut Canyon Monument. There are ancient cliff dwellings and and a very steep canyon.

Tomorrow we head south towards Yuma.

Las Vegas

We have been in Vegas at the Oasis RV park for Friday and Saturday. The park has over 900 sites with nice pools and grounds.
We helped celebrate Elaine's birthday with her and the family. Nice to see everyone come to town for the birthday fun.
No luck at the casinos but surprise enough they are busy with lots of people in town.
We leave Sunday and head towards Flagstaff and the Meteor Crater to visit with our friend Frank

We have been camped at the Casablanca casino rv park in Mesquite Nevada for the last 2 days.

Today we went north to St.George and Cedar City Utah to do some sight seeing. We went by the Mountain Medow massacre site. Then along the Virgin river recreational park.

We gave it one last shot at winning at the casino. Still nothing to brag about. Maybe we will have better luck in Vegas. Headed there tomorrow.

Valley of Fire

We joined Lee & Elaine in the Valley of Fire state park in Nevada. It's only about 50 miles north of Vegas. Toured the park and went on a short hike. There are many unusal red rock formations.

The weather has warmed up into the high 70's which makes it real nice.

Pioche

We left Wells Nevada this morning trying to outrun the wind and stormy weather. Arrived at Pioche Nevada in the early afternoon. Interesting little town. Combination of old silver mining town and ghost town. complete with its own "boot hill". Took a little tour of town and and a quick tour of a museum. Did a little laundry when the wind and rain came in after dark. The storm should be gone by morning hopefully when we get ready to leave.

Stardate 10112009

JACKPOT!! was where we crossed into Nevada from Idaho after leaving Boise this morning. Yes, there is fresh snow, lots of it, on the hills surrounding State Hwy 93, our route south. We are settled for the night in Wells, NV. This is a good time to add our pics and continue our updates.

On the way

Stardate 10092009
Yup!! We are on the way. Headed to Boise Idaho as our first stop. Over the river and through Chinook, Pass that is. What a lovely sight to see. The fall colors through the pass were bright and very nice. Once over the pass and down the other side in Naches, the yellows were brilliant. Mother Nature weaves a tapestry of greens, yellows and reds as Fall marches on. Will catch up after we leave Boise and add some pics!!

Almost ready

We are almost ready to head out. This is our coach for the trip.