The three amigos viewing the grand U S of A.

Thursday, May 31, 2012

 On the morning of Wednesday May 30, we left Zion NP for Vegas, passing through 30 miles of Arizona, then into Nevada.
 Above and below, Bryce Canyon NP.

 Above, a cross-shpaed area in a hoo-doo at Bryce Canyon.
Below, Don, golfing at Cedar Ridge, Cedar City, Utah.
 Cedar Ridge had over 500 holes.  482 were by prarie dogs, 18 by man.  A good course, nonetheless.
Above, and the two below, entering Utah and Zion National Park.


Monday, May 28, 2012

After 2 more days of HORRIBLE wifi, at Lake Powell, we can now (Monday 5/28) post the following:
Thank goodness Don was driving as we left Farmington on 5/25, it was blowing 40 out of the South as we drove West, gusts to 60 and DUSTY!  We had to stop at one point and use our rope to tie one of the awnings down, all the way across the top of the motor home to keep it from flapping against  the side.
But we perservered and arrived at Lake Powell where it was nicer, but still windy.  Sunday morning we toured the dam.

Below, Jerry teeing off on number 15 at Lake Powell National.  The hole was 140 yards, 120 foot drop, wind blowing hard up the hill, he hit driver and came up short.


Saturday, May 26, 2012

Here we are able to stand on 4 states all at once in the middle of Navajo territory. No trees for seemed like hundreds of miles. Very desolate area.
 After 6 days in NM (2 in ABQ, 2 in Santa Fe and 2 in Farmington)  we leave today, Saturday May 26 and publish the one above and the 4 below.
Above:  Leaving NM.
Below: Entering Mesa Verde NP (GREAT Pueblo cliff ruins)

 Above: Jerry and Don w/ ruins in the background.
Below: Don standing on the 4 corners.
 Below: The ShipRock near Shiprock, NM, a sacred Indian place.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

 Above, the gorge of the Rio Grande, west of Taos.
Below, odd houses some farther west.

 Above, view from 10,300 feet in the Kit Carson National Forest on US 64 between Taos and Farmington, NM.
Below, the motor home after a particularly nasty, bumpy, curvy road.
Above, Don at golf at Marty Sanchez golf links in Santa Fe, NM.
 Above, the miraculous stairway at Loretto Chapel, Santa Fe, NM.
Below, the propriotoresses of the Mining Museum and Saloon at Madrid, NM.
 Below, one of the stations of the cross at t Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe, NM.

After 2 days of horrible wi-fi at Santa Fe Skies RV Resort (but they had clean showers and GREAT toilet paper) we're posting some stuff from Santa Fe on 5/22 and 5/23
 Above and below, petroglyphs at Petroglyph National Park.

 Above, Don pulled a little too close to a tree and our awning cover removed some bark from a tree in Madrid, NM.
Below, an item at the mining museum in Madrid, NM.
 Below, sunset over Santa Fe, NM.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Above: Sunset over Albuquerque on May 21.  Dick's mother would have been 94 today.
Below: Albuquerque as seen from Old Route 66, West of town.

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Above, Texas has some wierd county names.
Below, we enter New Mexico on the afternoon of 5/20.
Below, the annular (NOTannual, as stated on the local news) ecliplse from our RV park in Albuquerque.

Saturday, May 19, 2012

It was windy at Crimson Creek, El Reno, OK on 5/19/12
Below, it must be windy in western OK, frequently.


Above, entering Texas on our way to Amarillo for the night of 5/19.
Below, a proud church, on the western outskirts of Amarillo.

Friday, May 18, 2012



 Sun rise over Lake Catherine, near Hot Springs, Arkansas
 Entering Oklahoma, morning og Friday May 18, 2012.
Poor photo, made through the windshield, of Oklahoma oil well.
BD up to his (AHEM) in Lake Catherine,  30 feet from the motor home, Lake Catherine State Park, Arkansas.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Farming Country West Arkansas
Don at work on the windshield in Lake Village, Akansas
Denny Chimes at THE University of Alabama.
Don and Jerry Golfing at Columbus CC, Columbus, MS