tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58123557239012113792024-03-19T04:25:51.323-04:00Roaming the USA in our MotorhomeOur travels around the U.S. in our MotorhomeCarol and Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920669106841440178noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812355723901211379.post-71890478620390881822009-11-27T21:43:00.003-05:002011-10-31T10:48:01.920-04:00Mexico blog<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPIVBL2UFhnLnmnUjDctWO_6rSWP8akuz7OtglD14QMtl4wxK-cInCnJSOkEL1I_r3EbtkWOxm66XyvDMXrP-MAAaPPMg9xKwLvff5lZaUsF1rgYNB08HF72ybf-ks8ejQk-iHPLdLCfY/s1600/for-tom.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408980210091441330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPIVBL2UFhnLnmnUjDctWO_6rSWP8akuz7OtglD14QMtl4wxK-cInCnJSOkEL1I_r3EbtkWOxm66XyvDMXrP-MAAaPPMg9xKwLvff5lZaUsF1rgYNB08HF72ybf-ks8ejQk-iHPLdLCfY/s400/for-tom.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a><br />
<div>check out our new blog <a href="http://lifeinbrowncounty.blogspot.com/">The Golden Years</a> </div>Carol and Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920669106841440178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812355723901211379.post-90054083124325525002009-11-26T20:19:00.007-05:002009-11-26T20:30:19.006-05:00Last day in the USAThe weather is so nice here – in the mid to high 70s during the day and quite cool at night. Noticed that at home in Indiana it is still raining and raining and raining. And down to the high 30s during the day. Looks like maybe some of the rain will turn to snow soon.<br />Ate dinner at a real neat place – The Cow Palace it’s just across the I-19 from the campground. We ate there a couple of times last year too. Good steaks.<br />Spent Thanksgiving Day doing last minute things – exciting things like doing the laundry and catching up on bills and mailing Christmas cards. At least this year I remembered to get them out before crossing the border. Also put US stuff away and drug out everything we’ll need to get into Mexico and the stuff we’ll be using there i.e. maps, books, directions etc.<br />Later we drove down to the little arts and crafts town of Tubac. It's a pretty little place. Just liked these plants. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPNCXsNJ6Vt8FFPDynOorfRpZ0lRncwRrm8uPizUHzqgpdKeaWeAFCQ0mOpNMGzz2lQhwTSuD_61F15gaIW5umlT14qjJpsuFIJe5sL3CjVxcAHVzKEIDRG3KA_8YoAs05gPAXCeMAE2w/s1600/trees.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPNCXsNJ6Vt8FFPDynOorfRpZ0lRncwRrm8uPizUHzqgpdKeaWeAFCQ0mOpNMGzz2lQhwTSuD_61F15gaIW5umlT14qjJpsuFIJe5sL3CjVxcAHVzKEIDRG3KA_8YoAs05gPAXCeMAE2w/s400/trees.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408588607590633698" /></a><br />These are the street signs, they're made of tiles.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRCuycFh44D4n5ykxd4HETdGwOE3EQBYE9Hgy1EA3JFvfIyigK1Ol7KucvuZHN71oACST8qWrUDRO2NVWL3oFuaUNA8BYU6Pan5mUPG_g7WgGPhuxcsrKh644La3wxzO1szEePwz21sSE/s1600/roadsign.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRCuycFh44D4n5ykxd4HETdGwOE3EQBYE9Hgy1EA3JFvfIyigK1Ol7KucvuZHN71oACST8qWrUDRO2NVWL3oFuaUNA8BYU6Pan5mUPG_g7WgGPhuxcsrKh644La3wxzO1szEePwz21sSE/s400/roadsign.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408588603613685474" /></a><br />Thought we would spend some time there walking around and looking at things. Surprise. It was all closed up. All the restaurants and shops were shuttered tight. Did walk around and took some pictures of some of the stuff they have for sale. <br />These are so colorful and should be easy to take care of <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFEKQ8c6iT7DovYpLiMinWyTpECr-nTfcqjVvhhrUFPd1KRJQutYh9b5Z5I1IsLv2Civ6RbxZIejJ3uqoMTvydUvi0Yx7n06DxX0TYseBZ7KsU5zYCq5ioYTz2uT3HG_k3n4TvIz7tQGA/s1600/flowers.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFEKQ8c6iT7DovYpLiMinWyTpECr-nTfcqjVvhhrUFPd1KRJQutYh9b5Z5I1IsLv2Civ6RbxZIejJ3uqoMTvydUvi0Yx7n06DxX0TYseBZ7KsU5zYCq5ioYTz2uT3HG_k3n4TvIz7tQGA/s400/flowers.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408587550231045042" /></a><br />Really like this - about 3 feet high<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggmx2FmSYcCxxlv_VkEvUFILrqVheaK_WHo06I750y_rUWbC7WbW85HA6qUgbGbOn36JD0j3PFlgOD07BQ-f921P517xhpAwGkH2wrxdHkG8Y7qY2qvXnhuCnj5f9Eb40OD7IdIo63fHk/s1600/chicken.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggmx2FmSYcCxxlv_VkEvUFILrqVheaK_WHo06I750y_rUWbC7WbW85HA6qUgbGbOn36JD0j3PFlgOD07BQ-f921P517xhpAwGkH2wrxdHkG8Y7qY2qvXnhuCnj5f9Eb40OD7IdIo63fHk/s400/chicken.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408587545718245698" /></a><br />Strange feeling to walk around a whole town with no one else there. Eerie.<br />Well we did see these guys but they wouldn't talk to us.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcKeEftPFwlBwwtTlRqPJsHnKJQZ3na1ohNJHITwRv3MZRmRkKaYQqLEtciL0xQWI7aPrp92ccM9ftxQ7cejALXlGUlGPtiaUyOS-AQm5fM0cqR9a13BtfUVIbK96SD_CwMDZs-4d_DBM/s1600/alien2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcKeEftPFwlBwwtTlRqPJsHnKJQZ3na1ohNJHITwRv3MZRmRkKaYQqLEtciL0xQWI7aPrp92ccM9ftxQ7cejALXlGUlGPtiaUyOS-AQm5fM0cqR9a13BtfUVIbK96SD_CwMDZs-4d_DBM/s400/alien2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408587540378099474" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfZj5FQPbRdYGERqAj_TrCIfCVJdTemjo8FVKDv7dDuO6jyUPwVTHarkCi8VrywynRLnC8XODonSZ4KX8027rIXyYfT7k_6KZ7E77NyMjtSy8wKwNOdezO6zMEhZjopStw__7jZ5BvBw/s1600/alien1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfZj5FQPbRdYGERqAj_TrCIfCVJdTemjo8FVKDv7dDuO6jyUPwVTHarkCi8VrywynRLnC8XODonSZ4KX8027rIXyYfT7k_6KZ7E77NyMjtSy8wKwNOdezO6zMEhZjopStw__7jZ5BvBw/s400/alien1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408587536621423314" /></a><br />And then there were these guys!!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvoPXM97SypWHo4dFCpdLfgj00x4wPXWSzL7XLOOC5EPmBw1_QgbY1Hf0RgGSfbiOpN08daljJUVjtSws1fAqKfBF3_dXDaaUvKwowTJX2lnnXmDqouLRZQXMIYQSJFkK2AqYUZEgSyJ4/s1600/vulture.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvoPXM97SypWHo4dFCpdLfgj00x4wPXWSzL7XLOOC5EPmBw1_QgbY1Hf0RgGSfbiOpN08daljJUVjtSws1fAqKfBF3_dXDaaUvKwowTJX2lnnXmDqouLRZQXMIYQSJFkK2AqYUZEgSyJ4/s400/vulture.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408588609757354114" /></a><br />Hope you like these pictures. <br />Spending the day here in the desert in the rv and not having any turkey dinner reminded me of all the years when the kids were little that we spent these holidays in the desert camping and having hotdogs and hamburgers for dinner. Long time ago.<br />This is the last update I’ll write on this blog. When we pass into Mexico I’m going to change blogs. The new one will be called Mexico by Motorhome. Will send new address the first time I use it.Carol and Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920669106841440178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812355723901211379.post-71413685214100395342009-11-25T19:27:00.007-05:002009-11-25T19:36:02.977-05:00Tucson, Amado, Nogales, AZWell got out of Tucson this a.m. after going out to breakfast. Stopped at the truck stop next door and got the propane tank filled. It is 1/3 of the size of the one in the Alfa. Need to pay attention to that.<br />Did buy an electric George Forman Grill so we can use that in case we need it. Had one in the Alfa but forgot to bring it. Oh well.<br />Just went 40 miles down the I-19 to a park we stayed at last year. Mountain View RV Park in Amado, AZ. It’s not fancy but the sites are nice and the laundry and restrooms are nice. We’re going to stay here tonight and tomorrow and head into Mexico on Friday early.<br />Took this as we were driving down a Tucson street – it’s for all our northern friends. Thought you’d like to see some green.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIQGFJHLBfa51fuTYGv3AVo7OqEoTs1Ams3h9Mv2w7XBlHa3QNVkkRX-NJZUgKGxpYcuTnT1USpjRJfUN-c9JCGO21XL7318cBIUFzAzRjJDt2zQXojIcguUUK-Quo5vtUINckZI1gzw/s1600/tree.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408202858919144114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 304px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIQGFJHLBfa51fuTYGv3AVo7OqEoTs1Ams3h9Mv2w7XBlHa3QNVkkRX-NJZUgKGxpYcuTnT1USpjRJfUN-c9JCGO21XL7318cBIUFzAzRjJDt2zQXojIcguUUK-Quo5vtUINckZI1gzw/s400/tree.jpg" border="0" /></a> And this is just a view from the highway. Love the serenity of it. The desert around here is beautiful.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgpYQDl14aKt8kxoiE0p1if-s3PZ9o3ze6UrBsaCnADi-bedVUbkdiFAyK1-6k-txcBLVqYIkrb6M-qq3OIus4EBw2_7Y327LodkvCd0uP9VHG3R7LvD0KSzbdwRYO8BxQbItPUbPhXE/s1600/mountain.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408202866189367954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 294px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgpYQDl14aKt8kxoiE0p1if-s3PZ9o3ze6UrBsaCnADi-bedVUbkdiFAyK1-6k-txcBLVqYIkrb6M-qq3OIus4EBw2_7Y327LodkvCd0uP9VHG3R7LvD0KSzbdwRYO8BxQbItPUbPhXE/s400/mountain.jpg" border="0" /></a>After we got settled into the campground we took a ride into Nogales just for something to do. I had forgotten that when you get south of Tucson all the road signs are in kilometers not miles.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnatP9RmHxG9o7eRedW5r6ydiZA-9WhY6p11rAN_oS4QoG5MtTKRv9l3yLpeAdqlhB5-iNa5FMwK_d2HoB0GCb7AOM7U2fknq7Q0fzQcI8ouY0YGjRUgzJ-bHxH_hCqj2J_UBIWrxsSLg/s1600/km.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408202865370124722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 393px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnatP9RmHxG9o7eRedW5r6ydiZA-9WhY6p11rAN_oS4QoG5MtTKRv9l3yLpeAdqlhB5-iNa5FMwK_d2HoB0GCb7AOM7U2fknq7Q0fzQcI8ouY0YGjRUgzJ-bHxH_hCqj2J_UBIWrxsSLg/s400/km.jpg" border="0" /></a> This is the sign from the RV Park where we stayed in 1978 when we were driving to South America. Now it is mostly live there trailers and mobile homes. Still has a couple of spaces for travelers. We stayed here 4 years ago too before going to Mexico.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh49jUz-tzy-1y-h5YLgkuG9LtFYN9KuIU6-8QKcDmS6GUu3wNJ4xA7kuDf4K92x_wmQSwsFBCK7RZqb0HRyMwZqkTev9BcUdNn0iPd1a8bgAHAFQ1GwMgk86uDj-NiA97tAF0LGyz2tts/s1600/micasa.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408203464558621874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 354px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh49jUz-tzy-1y-h5YLgkuG9LtFYN9KuIU6-8QKcDmS6GUu3wNJ4xA7kuDf4K92x_wmQSwsFBCK7RZqb0HRyMwZqkTev9BcUdNn0iPd1a8bgAHAFQ1GwMgk86uDj-NiA97tAF0LGyz2tts/s400/micasa.jpg" border="0" /></a>And while in Nogales we went to exchange some US$ for Pesos. Exchange rate today was 12.50 for $1.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLD-T1xyg2C58ytYDJ2d-Unu1HE3Oz4C0aPT74DrpwxVtxqhghTXu_6ill-RQ4PZp1bmP3i2dzV-ZGASKBI25tSt0dnbL7hCmvimzCHddZafH07rgV0f7SOO-lWSQZNMNMHrA_NhO7uNQ/s1600/money.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408203472867602882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 389px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLD-T1xyg2C58ytYDJ2d-Unu1HE3Oz4C0aPT74DrpwxVtxqhghTXu_6ill-RQ4PZp1bmP3i2dzV-ZGASKBI25tSt0dnbL7hCmvimzCHddZafH07rgV0f7SOO-lWSQZNMNMHrA_NhO7uNQ/s400/money.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Coming back to the campground we had to pass through a Border Patrol check point – dog and all.<br />And that was about it for today. Not much in the way of news or pictures but we are on the move.Carol and Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920669106841440178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812355723901211379.post-80190328894058064072009-11-24T23:52:00.008-05:002009-11-25T00:01:52.987-05:00Waiting in TucsonOh boy, another learning curve. With the Alfa we have a very big propane tank. Got to remember it is smaller here in Jennie. Ran out of propane this a.m. Had it filled before our first trip to Vegas – so guess it lasted quite awhile as we have used the furnace quite a bit on both trips.<br />Spent most of Sunday just hanging around campground. Read and watched the last race of the season.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotPpB4xiTMocjSzCXtzcFCi-Kkpw5f9YGPOsfhk-VsSeeI3iMXfqSYYESa0hjZAEIhBY9XwQXru0C4fw7SJ7wDfIxozwRJ4bUn-ikikiCOKk6Pb2BsdvhmlMGpj3wiWP84iF_4PLbR6Q/s1600/1rvpk.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407900008735134994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotPpB4xiTMocjSzCXtzcFCi-Kkpw5f9YGPOsfhk-VsSeeI3iMXfqSYYESa0hjZAEIhBY9XwQXru0C4fw7SJ7wDfIxozwRJ4bUn-ikikiCOKk6Pb2BsdvhmlMGpj3wiWP84iF_4PLbR6Q/s400/1rvpk.jpg" border="0" /></a> Staying in a campground just south of Tucson. Looks nice on the outside but leaves a little to be desired with the restrooms. At least it has Wi-fi.<br />The satellite guy Desert Satellite Systems got here before 9:30 – and replaced the controller box. Up and down went the dish, no problems. Then we asked him if he could change the satellite to the one we will use in Mexico. He couldn’t do it – only HughesNet installers can do it. And where is our Installer you ask? Well he is in Italy!! Lots of emails back and forth. We finally found a HughesNet installer here in Tucson. He came over and while he was here our installer called from Italy. Between them they got the satellite switch done. Thank goodness. All is up and working now. So enough of that.<br />Took a trip into downtown Tucson for a while Monday. Walked around for a while. Looking at some of the sights. This is the tile domed Courthouse. It was built in 1929<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgDh-ITJpB_NWbx6LqDkdk9X__YzuOLnZUxEEus3qsYOODxg_m-ZYfFHMf5KYqN8aUUFblo2ohFa2SrQ7_WuWcIPOQGP5kn21GBiXQT7A0874-i5aJw61mXOBq-M4ENGk8vzdPl9UNMzE/s1600/2court.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407900017023162098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgDh-ITJpB_NWbx6LqDkdk9X__YzuOLnZUxEEus3qsYOODxg_m-ZYfFHMf5KYqN8aUUFblo2ohFa2SrQ7_WuWcIPOQGP5kn21GBiXQT7A0874-i5aJw61mXOBq-M4ENGk8vzdPl9UNMzE/s400/2court.jpg" border="0" /></a> Just some more scenes. This is one of many fountains around the original town site.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjfhzzQcP7avo6UApnO3hXu_gTTT3XMu7CLMOJ_fsf4JxBxSWU62V9aJPJ7kDNYAadgoOCn5k3_MHjZE_nTIcpNrnYto5L68t6_XuKaqja-3XHDq51vW9G0xcBF83zmOzu5IzEZbns2eU/s1600/3fountain.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407900018741928354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjfhzzQcP7avo6UApnO3hXu_gTTT3XMu7CLMOJ_fsf4JxBxSWU62V9aJPJ7kDNYAadgoOCn5k3_MHjZE_nTIcpNrnYto5L68t6_XuKaqja-3XHDq51vW9G0xcBF83zmOzu5IzEZbns2eU/s400/3fountain.jpg" border="0" /></a> While walking around we saw this great mural – reminds me of a quilt.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqht21fbNH8wqDS3TVPECidXpenXKkahP7ooAe6RinkdU2rljNLuZsFCUrtmQUNo2fNNV7tb2gW2Hq0cK0COVIdJLUVWn-b4sTFTQD3-ame8VJ4ulypbmMpNqd6ajfqhp3UmelnW2wGOk/s1600/4mural.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407900640110249762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqht21fbNH8wqDS3TVPECidXpenXKkahP7ooAe6RinkdU2rljNLuZsFCUrtmQUNo2fNNV7tb2gW2Hq0cK0COVIdJLUVWn-b4sTFTQD3-ame8VJ4ulypbmMpNqd6ajfqhp3UmelnW2wGOk/s400/4mural.jpg" border="0" /></a>Saw this just painted on the sidewalk as we were walking by.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKJEuAsRaA1jPZBw3NxDmKnC1AQxY7NE5yWSwahTYcrk9YxaM4cHz42FK3gn-nn6sZwEaRmHaO-EIVN81TyasolIXgTc-8t9tnWlP6nEG8KAT9LGxdYN9HS9htlPF8B8N1QxhbZ8Eec8/s1600/5sidewalk.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407900642985162242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 338px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKJEuAsRaA1jPZBw3NxDmKnC1AQxY7NE5yWSwahTYcrk9YxaM4cHz42FK3gn-nn6sZwEaRmHaO-EIVN81TyasolIXgTc-8t9tnWlP6nEG8KAT9LGxdYN9HS9htlPF8B8N1QxhbZ8Eec8/s400/5sidewalk.jpg" border="0" /></a> Then these bars on a store front window think it was a gym – at least they are attractive.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNvwK2l_hMmzYPOxfScX8UaB7jo1N_XTrMOZyIKvVp26UNbAYc_Yv5JVVO10L_i1Y2X1-Dff-Pwf462r0n0IbY7jonOtIsdr_n6TV-WtLA6lgiW5URVt9ha5vq0IZI2Hat2BKQt4Hg_lE/s1600/6window.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407900645072332610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNvwK2l_hMmzYPOxfScX8UaB7jo1N_XTrMOZyIKvVp26UNbAYc_Yv5JVVO10L_i1Y2X1-Dff-Pwf462r0n0IbY7jonOtIsdr_n6TV-WtLA6lgiW5URVt9ha5vq0IZI2Hat2BKQt4Hg_lE/s400/6window.jpg" border="0" /></a> This church was down town. It was built in late 1800s.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjnikL3FQhpwV-mUNcSGe5q16Ed_pna0HXfG_nWjrFFCHBAnAK45-X8HF2DP2za1eoo8ZBuiR8RbF-RpIrJ-vJEHU-O2zP9QdZvt8pxWo9wnSdeVJGBM6Lv5Lfep2PI_2Y-Fps_GLbpo/s1600/9church.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407901368214205426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjnikL3FQhpwV-mUNcSGe5q16Ed_pna0HXfG_nWjrFFCHBAnAK45-X8HF2DP2za1eoo8ZBuiR8RbF-RpIrJ-vJEHU-O2zP9QdZvt8pxWo9wnSdeVJGBM6Lv5Lfep2PI_2Y-Fps_GLbpo/s400/9church.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcFivDypVPjVX1QLsEg9z43iwXTqJcwzuZxHdP6PUqEgY_fwt-ZgMkqh_hnWn3R-creLZr_4bShys4NXUBhy-FDTIJpxz_H5UNjcub-Cv0vDD8j5qQUh6cRMSGv6od0yZWXBE7j5z9IVw/s1600/8church.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407901365321722578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcFivDypVPjVX1QLsEg9z43iwXTqJcwzuZxHdP6PUqEgY_fwt-ZgMkqh_hnWn3R-creLZr_4bShys4NXUBhy-FDTIJpxz_H5UNjcub-Cv0vDD8j5qQUh6cRMSGv6od0yZWXBE7j5z9IVw/s400/8church.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />And this was in the courtyard. Some type of gazebo of big metal flowers.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFkiYgKUydTAWLTL4dMv5p21ViKNN6KBWWD_Y_qj8L42cSzwYQtFKNQvWFtDiuM47U3UhvjDBrwP7jmLu6s-xZjaG2y8mEZwprRDpBmoCcYFJC4b5OpNBzXlbmMJawfzvf2h6AypWNsc/s1600/7gazebo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407901361300451794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFkiYgKUydTAWLTL4dMv5p21ViKNN6KBWWD_Y_qj8L42cSzwYQtFKNQvWFtDiuM47U3UhvjDBrwP7jmLu6s-xZjaG2y8mEZwprRDpBmoCcYFJC4b5OpNBzXlbmMJawfzvf2h6AypWNsc/s400/7gazebo.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />We’ll be leaving here tomorrow morning. Depending on when we get started we might or might not cross the border.<br />Later.Carol and Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920669106841440178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812355723901211379.post-8477976037011569262009-11-22T11:48:00.009-05:002009-11-22T13:03:26.813-05:00Arizona and Internet Problems ContinueWell famous last words – “the Internet is working great.” The next morning when we got ready to leave Odessa, TX the satellite dish refused again to go down. Tried everything we tried the day before and got no where. And around that area there was no one who could work on it. Mostly we got “Huh? A what?” over the phone. Finally using the campground’s Internet located a dealer in the San Antonio, Texas area. Called him and he gave us DataStorm/MotoSats tech support number. Called them. They talked Bill into going up on the roof and fiddling with things up there. Still wouldn’t go down. So then last piece of advice. Pull the orange and red wires out of the controller box and put power to them. HUH??<br />To regress – don’t know if I mentioned that a couple of stops ago when we turned on the satellite box Bill saw a puff of smoke come out of it and smelled electrical burn smell. But nothing else happened and the dish went up and locked on so we forgot about it. Now we know what it was. Back forward. I asked tech support what they meant by put power to them and they told me “touch the wires to a 9 volt battery and the dish will go down.” Okay, Bill went up to the campground office and bought a battery, touched the wires to it and down went the dish! Good – but not good.<br />Left the campground and drove the rest of the way across Texas – gad it’s a big state. No wonder the Interstate has a speed limit of 80 miles per hour. 80!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHjjLJMi88JSSAyRio0XHMPAxF9ZCpSu3PJMODlPP8WUJOG2D3qacdAvKF7PYua4GUbku6DlcK6yrjMnuO81jyqM0iCkShjKLXej6qW6N_zCcIpj-bmdXDhv5IrwMIDa0Y79kmx_IKBP4/s1600/80mile.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406974214950184690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 352px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHjjLJMi88JSSAyRio0XHMPAxF9ZCpSu3PJMODlPP8WUJOG2D3qacdAvKF7PYua4GUbku6DlcK6yrjMnuO81jyqM0iCkShjKLXej6qW6N_zCcIpj-bmdXDhv5IrwMIDa0Y79kmx_IKBP4/s400/80mile.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Went through the “Hill Country” – interesting. Once out of that area the scenery was nothing to see, expect for the oil pumps. Straight through El Paso and on to Las Cruces, NM for the night.<br />Usually I go into the campground offices and register us. This time Bill went in with me as he wanted to ask if they knew any MotoSat dealers. Well….I’d just picked out one of the easiest places to get into from the freeway. All I checked was to make sure it had Internet service. I can tell you next campground I pick out I’ll notice if it has the word “Resort” in its name. Guess Resort = Expensive. We both about dropped our teeth when the girl gave us the price! WOW! This was another time I wish you only paid for what you used. Didn’t use the indoor pool or the hot tub but paid for them anyway. (Bill did say their bathrooms were outstanding.) Did use their Internet though and contacted our satellite installer for info on contacting someone in Tucson. He gave us a number to call and said it should be under warrantee. Sure hope so.<br />Passed over the Rio Grande just outside of Las Cruces – not much of a river here.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU4TserGT9W_95Imra4GGv4p01aBXFuEXj6EdePMmlarAZxg5r79cZb-Ne64BgMozskRoPo8ZMXg9Dr7FdYAfTWGhP4J5QlDV3kEddmppK2jAgqnGcKScGOGOc-LlEtc35CMO8sBt8wJw/s1600/riogrande.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406975073560286082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 289px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU4TserGT9W_95Imra4GGv4p01aBXFuEXj6EdePMmlarAZxg5r79cZb-Ne64BgMozskRoPo8ZMXg9Dr7FdYAfTWGhP4J5QlDV3kEddmppK2jAgqnGcKScGOGOc-LlEtc35CMO8sBt8wJw/s400/riogrande.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Surprised me. Also passed this road runner next to the highway.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgysm8npYj0h1h3gboIkMcJZvRBxqgbTQYoInLH2GIe0DmGFdWhtGUbn3jzHvGZEVXIkwhxPIax9_29-0rWkpBrFdWxB5xxEfJxnr58RcJ-jkhHvO1hMxiJwwEB7VxRO65PhA42ggRv8BE/s1600/roadrunner.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406975757317183794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 338px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgysm8npYj0h1h3gboIkMcJZvRBxqgbTQYoInLH2GIe0DmGFdWhtGUbn3jzHvGZEVXIkwhxPIax9_29-0rWkpBrFdWxB5xxEfJxnr58RcJ-jkhHvO1hMxiJwwEB7VxRO65PhA42ggRv8BE/s400/roadrunner.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Shades of Mexico we had to go through our first check point – in New Mexico.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7cZwNYhiqRuUTGfg5zOw6Rin3YzqHdY5HXMHIVgYLP-6OmTXwA9sLQ42wFMawqTf8n4ynWs1uNAy1RNVneabB2HXl3jJo51Mdr9JVn3lKqrscuc4tbb9r5D1Y_jNoSJbtMMG8Ffx5_oc/s1600/checkpoint.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406988987590734962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7cZwNYhiqRuUTGfg5zOw6Rin3YzqHdY5HXMHIVgYLP-6OmTXwA9sLQ42wFMawqTf8n4ynWs1uNAy1RNVneabB2HXl3jJo51Mdr9JVn3lKqrscuc4tbb9r5D1Y_jNoSJbtMMG8Ffx5_oc/s400/checkpoint.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />There sure were a lot of sensors set up along the road as it narrowed down to funnel everyone through the check point. Also noticed that on the other side of the interstate there were lots of sensors after the check point. (a weird thought flew through my mind – OMG what if the first owners of Jennie used drugs. Would they still be detected?) Okay so I’m strange. No alarms went off.<br />Saw lots of strange Yucca? Plants along the highway. They had all bloomed – some had one bloom others many. At first I though they were Joshua Trees – but don’t think they bloom like this.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIuoivnTKIF7Bon0OmwaQUCLkBkUAbFYfplO9ijA-bEua94x000ug-B16pthj8l1hpj-JoUHjVzXPSKZdqdbllacBagbXlIDohdPRusFKb5S56x0oyM7DWAxWwHQ9xCu3SnxnxnvqOww/s1600/yuicca.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406989623061504818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 366px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIuoivnTKIF7Bon0OmwaQUCLkBkUAbFYfplO9ijA-bEua94x000ug-B16pthj8l1hpj-JoUHjVzXPSKZdqdbllacBagbXlIDohdPRusFKb5S56x0oyM7DWAxWwHQ9xCu3SnxnxnvqOww/s400/yuicca.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />So – now we are in Tucson – The satellite guy will be here at 9:30 Monday morning. We may get lucky and just need a new box, or….there may be a short in the wiring or dish somewhere – it would cause the same problem. IF its not the box – and not a quick fix with the wiring and it turns out to be the dish itself – we’ll have to send everything back to the factory (NO NO) If it comes to that don’t know what we’ll end up doing.Carol and Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920669106841440178noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812355723901211379.post-20940117079874187312009-11-18T18:42:00.007-05:002009-11-19T20:12:27.634-05:00Windmills and Cotton FieldsThese are from yesterday, only ones I took - entering Texas and typical Texas scenery<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYi7EpO35O2YoqKbsarcnP-1Qr1q0w_DOF96Ir5ekUv0r311dgvcmbZhM0_8-NjtBPBJCjotcIpw9J62hYQHjQNbVQVu9EYs9S-wgIMnJrxvaTRMRGQpUaRWbLDqfmhwwoN8OWx911Gm4/s1600/intoTX.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405593897326420898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 278px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYi7EpO35O2YoqKbsarcnP-1Qr1q0w_DOF96Ir5ekUv0r311dgvcmbZhM0_8-NjtBPBJCjotcIpw9J62hYQHjQNbVQVu9EYs9S-wgIMnJrxvaTRMRGQpUaRWbLDqfmhwwoN8OWx911Gm4/s400/intoTX.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7f8E6g189w6PHBSF01MaqKpxwrqn5JkO2p1K6JhQBZMhreBM5M74MIbJuGSU-RysWAh9quTtN4L0_vCkHoCnNbndHtFGHDNc6oVDwViKfgQPweS3B7TBY5bo8qxyjlwrJ6cl_SmazMM/s1600/thisis-TX.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405593902033149698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7f8E6g189w6PHBSF01MaqKpxwrqn5JkO2p1K6JhQBZMhreBM5M74MIbJuGSU-RysWAh9quTtN4L0_vCkHoCnNbndHtFGHDNc6oVDwViKfgQPweS3B7TBY5bo8qxyjlwrJ6cl_SmazMM/s400/thisis-TX.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div>Again got pretty cold during the night. I thought we were going south! But today turned out to be a pretty good day – after a very bad (or so we thought) start.<br />Got ready to leave. Pulled in the step, unplugged things, put things away, stowed the satellite (put it down). Oh, oh – satellite dish did not go all the way down. Turned on generator. Tried again, put it up, put it down. Plugged in. Wouldn’t go up - didn’t go down. After playing with it a few times, put in a call to an RV repair person. While waiting for his call Bill pushed button to put it up again. It went up. Then pushed button to put it down – it went down! </div><div>So we took off - happy campers.</div><div>We are still in Texas – sure is a lot of Texas to go through. We’re taking the I-20. Went through the “Hill Country” kind of pretty.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgfrUnZjojyRPE3mKEYIih_4zjREGerSbuUNPvqjSHjwgd7P8AcNtelHOYoAgP9ywgZpYq_tGF4TY7yNMP3GrlSJN-0z5mVF4gB_lEGIQMX9fvKqFvC44ibjDQvwJD14nd28jp8nTWrg/s1600/hillcountry.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405593912808708690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgfrUnZjojyRPE3mKEYIih_4zjREGerSbuUNPvqjSHjwgd7P8AcNtelHOYoAgP9ywgZpYq_tGF4TY7yNMP3GrlSJN-0z5mVF4gB_lEGIQMX9fvKqFvC44ibjDQvwJD14nd28jp8nTWrg/s400/hillcountry.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Saw some longhorns in a pasture – but didn’t have the camera on. Then through lots of cotton fields and lots of wind farms.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZeUk8LcUY58kzy_yFdON-qVOKFO2g8y905FsREuZzlF6PVV00UV_q5zy9cIVCvRVzCb4JODeOb_wG2kFAp8J91g5ziYJ7lCN0u6keEaZXuORKjtNHGppmND9bumS1SlyIUf1DvJthUk/s1600/cotton.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405593904390916498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZeUk8LcUY58kzy_yFdON-qVOKFO2g8y905FsREuZzlF6PVV00UV_q5zy9cIVCvRVzCb4JODeOb_wG2kFAp8J91g5ziYJ7lCN0u6keEaZXuORKjtNHGppmND9bumS1SlyIUf1DvJthUk/s400/cotton.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Those wind mills are sure big.There is a tractor parked right next to it.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsAjNdnGZM5Rz9QNuInv8bzQY5Njq5pfkc8ubZnWy0Ehdojq1PY8x6QQZqdgu-uEFhIKKnla-0o0vxzk5i_IaxsMefdw2OFPcnz8BuHjbG3IR3uhaydNaPbRcUSsNM7UDL5CKs9ucF9_M/s1600/tracter.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405593919949166306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsAjNdnGZM5Rz9QNuInv8bzQY5Njq5pfkc8ubZnWy0Ehdojq1PY8x6QQZqdgu-uEFhIKKnla-0o0vxzk5i_IaxsMefdw2OFPcnz8BuHjbG3IR3uhaydNaPbRcUSsNM7UDL5CKs9ucF9_M/s400/tracter.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Especially when compared to the old wooden ones standing near the farm houses.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdm4D6mj8KpGC1tJpAQSMPPAXv2ncg2ajcROD5ayNshyf56XuupzPFCmfKSJabtJNsXfBuYbLSu_NQ1oWNMY1TZoL8Fys8wON0BMNkiQkVtmMs8BeZtpNZhCGZZDcCfLtTEJAClk3jL-E/s1600/windmills.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405594882461193906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 370px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdm4D6mj8KpGC1tJpAQSMPPAXv2ncg2ajcROD5ayNshyf56XuupzPFCmfKSJabtJNsXfBuYbLSu_NQ1oWNMY1TZoL8Fys8wON0BMNkiQkVtmMs8BeZtpNZhCGZZDcCfLtTEJAClk3jL-E/s400/windmills.jpg" border="0" /></a>Along the way we passed a big fire off in the distance. Hope it wasn’t serious.<br />Now we are into oil country. Can see the wells pumping away and smell the refineries.<br />We’re stopped in an RV park between Midland and Odessa. Both the TV and the Internet are working great. AND the weather has warmed up considerably. Nice warm breeze. As an aside, it has been raining in Indiana ever since we left. Got out of there just in time.<br />Stopped at Flying J for gas and to eat lunch. I got a piece of lemon meringue pie to go. That’s going to be my dinner!!! Don’t know what Bill will have. </div></div></div></div>Carol and Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920669106841440178noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812355723901211379.post-47085127772770145782009-11-17T20:43:00.000-05:002009-11-17T20:44:35.434-05:00Closed highway Ramps!Tonight we are staying just west of Fort Worth. Saw the campground sign from the freeway and pulled in. Was that kind of day.<br />Very windy all day and lots of unnecessary driving. Instead of just going south and over the I-20 through Dallas and Fort Worth we thought we’d be smart and miss going through the cities. Ha silly us. Should have got the message when the first ramp we were going to take was closed! Actually Gypsy wanted to go straight through a little town but I overrode her and decided we’d go below the town and catch the road on the other side. My decision led us to the first closed ramp. Then had to backtrack. The map showed the road to be a “principal road – divided” well it turned out to be divided every once in a while. Mostly it was two lanes through small towns. The Driver loved that. Then we were in a big town with traffic lights at every corner and lots of traffic. Finally got on a southbound freeway heading for the I-20. Then the 2nd closed ramp. So we were headed right for downtown Fort Worth. All that driving and all that time (by now a couple of hours) and we were headed exactly for what we tried to avoid. THEN – found another way to get to the I-20 and just barely missed the city. We left at 9 in the morning thinking we would stop someplace and eat – well by 2:00 we still hadn’t eaten. So as I said when we saw the RV sign we pulled in. Just 250 miles but it seemed like 550!<br />At least the TV and Internet came up with no problems. But then I got to my email. Got a letter from AdSense (the ads that have been showing up on my blog and web pages.) They said, “While going through our records recently, we found that your AdSenseaccount has posed a significant risk to our AdWords advertisers. Sincekeeping your account in our publisher network may financially damage ouradvertisers in the future, we've decided to disable your account. ) ????? So they shut down my account. For the blog it was no problem. For the web pages it is a night mare. – I have to go on every single page and remove the spacer for the ad. Then save and republish the page. And I have zillions of pages. So I’ve started working on them. Take me a couple of days.<br />No pictures today - just lots of flat land. I’m just going to post this and shut the laptop down and read a book. Tomorrow will be a better day.Carol and Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920669106841440178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812355723901211379.post-74019623297838805772009-11-16T20:46:00.005-05:002009-11-16T20:59:21.522-05:00Miles and Miles and Rain and RainAnother day – another 411 miles. Yes 411 – and this from The Driver who says he doesn’t want to do over 150 miles a day. AND most of it was in the rain yet.<br />We left Hurricane Mills, KY around 8a.m. Stayed in a nice KOA there.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVILNYhiy5nn9vW7lhAFqzxFMIy8aSnGVtYIvvxVh9u-IGTxRKe8vwD59zM0Q7Auua-r7vSvjF_G9pIWe-oAemZ1L5CHDWUdt2sm0qK6ajwe5v_Jq_ZU55YZdgoX3IdGZpcDwF4dN2WCc/s1600/jennie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404883873080309170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVILNYhiy5nn9vW7lhAFqzxFMIy8aSnGVtYIvvxVh9u-IGTxRKe8vwD59zM0Q7Auua-r7vSvjF_G9pIWe-oAemZ1L5CHDWUdt2sm0qK6ajwe5v_Jq_ZU55YZdgoX3IdGZpcDwF4dN2WCc/s400/jennie.jpg" border="0" /></a>Loretta Lynns Ranch was just up the road. Next time by we’ll spend more time in that area between Nashville and Memphis. Went through the town of Jackson and wondered if that was the Jackson in the Johnny Cash song. Stopped for gas and breakfast at 9. By the time we finished eating it was raining. And rain it did for most of the day. Sometimes no more than mist other times a real downpour. Took the I-65 south. Ran into about 100 yards of dense fog as we crossed by Kentucky Lake – and out in the lake was a sail boat just sitting there in the fog. Tried to get a picture of it but it didn’t turn out. But did get one of the bushes around the water.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgey6tC5OBdvUqAPrp9KQV5PIuJzTuqpg03cG4KjwwWguvWQF82rt_UN2AjNUZMuWWsbnt8PvIwyRD-AlNY7BymMiVJoHswuETZKgghSAWxInx4tdNas24zkjYkmFAF_yJBFStLMHFkmGA/s1600/fog.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404883879285336978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgey6tC5OBdvUqAPrp9KQV5PIuJzTuqpg03cG4KjwwWguvWQF82rt_UN2AjNUZMuWWsbnt8PvIwyRD-AlNY7BymMiVJoHswuETZKgghSAWxInx4tdNas24zkjYkmFAF_yJBFStLMHFkmGA/s400/fog.jpg" border="0" /></a>Got through Memphis and over the Mississippi into Arkansas. From there to Little Rock we had some of the worst roads we’ve been on for a long time. Very, very rough. Saw a Wal*Mart and stopped and bought a new microwave. Bill took the old one out and put the new one in. It’s in in a temporary sort of way until we get home. But if it stayed in over those bad roads, it isn’t going anywhere. It has a broil and grill feature – will have to read the directions and see how to use it.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6V3l7nkMO689OLP73PqnXB9UW-DRsDmVjWh8Uai_BN9xhl-jeP5o5jjQpVCuYt1zuOAwTrcUz8gCSKlRSMwEQNhSGwQ-yZJJBChwj4Cu6vS7TwF-9sGr0ogrp1gLYnNhVupRtcjrx8Hg/s1600/micro.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404883883906168274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6V3l7nkMO689OLP73PqnXB9UW-DRsDmVjWh8Uai_BN9xhl-jeP5o5jjQpVCuYt1zuOAwTrcUz8gCSKlRSMwEQNhSGwQ-yZJJBChwj4Cu6vS7TwF-9sGr0ogrp1gLYnNhVupRtcjrx8Hg/s400/micro.jpg" border="0" /></a>Got as far as Texarkana, AR where we are staying in a real nice RV Park called Sunrise RV. It is just off I-30 and right next to a Flying J where we went for dinner before parking for the night. More about the park. Seems to be newly remodeled. Spaces are large and level. The bathrooms are the best we’ve ever seen. And there is cable TV and Wi-fi. Couldn’t ask for anything more.<br />Thought for a while we were having problems with our satellite again. Wouldn’t come on. But just had to unplug the modem for a minute for it to come back up. Was seeing red for a few minutes. But alls well now. Then just in time I remembered we were in Central Time Zone so I didn’t miss House.<br />Tomorrow into TX. Haven’t made any plans beyond that.Carol and Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920669106841440178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812355723901211379.post-72849688418027694682009-11-15T18:06:00.006-05:002009-11-15T18:19:30.358-05:00On the Road AgainWell after a lot of delays we are really on the road. The installer finally got home from all his training. Here's Jennie with her satellite stuck up. Couldn't drive that way. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqyNyeUpnGiCw0C2phLVu7UHoPCxYB8IPmOqCYtmIQwXRb88mNxq8OFEWVWpOj51IwHQ3mD9JmAO9qwTLqC1upEeWhceS4TKm8cJnneuQ3UX565-NEtdfXvFhEQC31r6h4mXAFQvHZ_o/s1600-h/viagra.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404471342364650466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 340px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqyNyeUpnGiCw0C2phLVu7UHoPCxYB8IPmOqCYtmIQwXRb88mNxq8OFEWVWpOj51IwHQ3mD9JmAO9qwTLqC1upEeWhceS4TKm8cJnneuQ3UX565-NEtdfXvFhEQC31r6h4mXAFQvHZ_o/s400/viagra.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />So we took Jennie and met him at the storage lot where the Alfa is stored. Ended up taking the satellite dish off of the Alfa<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1m4cFfwaJwfbXkekZh4bjUWQJkvFq4GWLx69MReo90GGf0rLkg0RDSoZVCW_K-MJAaAUqBoCqjP2JWxSe0t0vxTPs85VtFoWSvcpuZ43XMEH1F-37f10jEABoE4t0hy47xdvX5jz8s3Y/s1600-h/offalfa.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404471348503192946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1m4cFfwaJwfbXkekZh4bjUWQJkvFq4GWLx69MReo90GGf0rLkg0RDSoZVCW_K-MJAaAUqBoCqjP2JWxSe0t0vxTPs85VtFoWSvcpuZ43XMEH1F-37f10jEABoE4t0hy47xdvX5jz8s3Y/s400/offalfa.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />and putting it on Jennie as the parts he ordered for Jennie’s were on back order and would not be in for a while.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxq0PBwvor6jb4Y_ck80OJ5Y5KDKBWy6Tcz9O6-LnYIji51SrF0t_uGTd4Ff5YG1-NmCosUElHbc2yn3q54iX8dRwpiA00HRjUXxxVbkoAoCiNKwT4ooKfa6MHnhhjjlWAYQrucjGz8BY/s1600-h/onjennie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404471350723359618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxq0PBwvor6jb4Y_ck80OJ5Y5KDKBWy6Tcz9O6-LnYIji51SrF0t_uGTd4Ff5YG1-NmCosUElHbc2yn3q54iX8dRwpiA00HRjUXxxVbkoAoCiNKwT4ooKfa6MHnhhjjlWAYQrucjGz8BY/s400/onjennie.jpg" border="0" /></a> And there sits Alfie - probably wondering what the heck is going on.<br />To make a long story short everything is working just fine now. The Alfa will get a new dish after the first of the year.<br />As I write this we are watching TV and able to get on-line here in the campground in Hurricane Mills, TN.<br />As we were getting ready to leave this a.m. we could hear gun shots throughout the woods. Deer season began Friday. Then I looked across the street and there stood a little deer just watching us. At least he was safe there.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFv0QHy4b1HYOBS7t5LFQrNs6wEWqQQBYwNxlzZ28Fa-LzhlP5sUBYFyykVqUqNzE_epO6PNWZOf36YMHUmQH7BfOT8UI-CxlnmvjU_ZadFEzfZA5sjvHdHTVwUzb7uVJL7JWK1GY5G8Nx/s1600-h/deer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404471356073886562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 356px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFv0QHy4b1HYOBS7t5LFQrNs6wEWqQQBYwNxlzZ28Fa-LzhlP5sUBYFyykVqUqNzE_epO6PNWZOf36YMHUmQH7BfOT8UI-CxlnmvjU_ZadFEzfZA5sjvHdHTVwUzb7uVJL7JWK1GY5G8Nx/s400/deer.jpg" border="0" /></a>Not too cold this morning but very cloudy as you can see from the picture.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi07TJAXeunhx1y-Evfr9ahZhylSCFxjQF2fs56G71hsVQ_amcciV5Snj4cmU9iR1lmcBS4aSMKmN-T-Apw0XprzW8QP16jWixLBVfJ-4XyJJgDgZz8srHsv0RwqUNEr68FpEOKdCnJpAc/s1600-h/sunrise.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404472245602509122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi07TJAXeunhx1y-Evfr9ahZhylSCFxjQF2fs56G71hsVQ_amcciV5Snj4cmU9iR1lmcBS4aSMKmN-T-Apw0XprzW8QP16jWixLBVfJ-4XyJJgDgZz8srHsv0RwqUNEr68FpEOKdCnJpAc/s400/sunrise.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The Driver hooked up the car before we pulled out of the driveway – I held my breath all the way down the hill.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoeaUWrWtTBo-5W1dAnMXsYz_Xc7omPgm_EKNo9UKfj_soW6JX1OT8BuuJYI0PKF5ODnVmn-7Px4yZ7t8h1Xp17nJ2-nt4Jlk8IZNlugtdr8j2BGKp2cWQYpNU2RwLxWARGRTf7UI-sgU/s1600-h/downhill.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404471361257841538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoeaUWrWtTBo-5W1dAnMXsYz_Xc7omPgm_EKNo9UKfj_soW6JX1OT8BuuJYI0PKF5ODnVmn-7Px4yZ7t8h1Xp17nJ2-nt4Jlk8IZNlugtdr8j2BGKp2cWQYpNU2RwLxWARGRTf7UI-sgU/s400/downhill.jpg" border="0" /></a> Gypsy is sitting on the dash trying to figure out where we were.<br />Made it fine. Stopped in Columbus and had breakfast before we got on the freeway.<br />Took the I-65 all the way to here. Did 300+ miles today. Not much of note for the trip except for this tricked out black truck. Chrome all over it. And check out the “balls” hanging under the license plate.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19IkpMZ6YsDuRFg7CmqpMVjjkKHbOTz5j9HaX4Z6c_fNqwcvNEFq9oSJ3Sf0XI4-pOF8NznYnpC64gsU0ufL6oRKxritywku3ECTMPE-It1WWJppHM-5X8NwxH9rz9LHiTfeRs2_SY9I/s1600-h/balls.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404473386929128258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 358px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19IkpMZ6YsDuRFg7CmqpMVjjkKHbOTz5j9HaX4Z6c_fNqwcvNEFq9oSJ3Sf0XI4-pOF8NznYnpC64gsU0ufL6oRKxritywku3ECTMPE-It1WWJppHM-5X8NwxH9rz9LHiTfeRs2_SY9I/s400/balls.jpg" border="0" /></a> Well went to fix dinner – warmed up roast beef and discovered the microwave isn’t working any more. Nothing could coax it to heat up. Guess we’ll have to replace it – and soon. Can’t live without a microwave for five months. No way!<br />This is just an “overnight” stop. We’ll be on our way again in the a.m. Heading for Texas. Then we’ll start taking our time and checking things out.Carol and Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920669106841440178noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812355723901211379.post-1585810097195754092009-11-11T13:16:00.002-05:002009-11-11T13:20:17.254-05:00Indian Summer DaysWednesday – Not much going on. We are still home waiting on satellite system –<br />Went into Bloomington last week, 20 miles west of us, and got new glasses but they are not quite right. I can see distance and middle ground fine and close up as long as I look straight down. Not much good for reading. So back there today to see if they could be fixed. Nope – the lens was too big. Would have to get smaller frames. Picked a pair out but they did not have the lenses to fit. So got my money back and have the prescription, maybe will find some somewhere else. If not the old ones are working fine, I just have to take them off to watch TV. For some reason I can now see better distance without them.<br />At least the weather is nice, Indian Summer was here for awhile – highs in the 70s! Everything ends. Last night it went down into the 30s and is supposed to tonight too. Then supposed to warm up for the week end again. Goody. Just so it doesn’t snow for a couple of weeks.<br />Jennie sits in the driveway all ready to go. In fact last week I loaded most of the food stuff into her so now have to go out there and retrieve stuff as I want to use it. Also pulling some of my clothes out of her too. The satellite dish is still sticking straight up in the air. Bill says it’s like it took an over dose of Viagra.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwOilk2t9h6aWfPsUwmLNnGu4e3F3qn2nR1Wr_M9M5DcYVJrETDpZJAgpHgWVQI1qdaj4VuFQ06RMmMmPSehtzrjVkKz7BuHWyQu6rY_4R-HTz2FcBxATfsAXDaFWyjT874GKR5YZbdrA/s1600-h/satellite.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402912086946279826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwOilk2t9h6aWfPsUwmLNnGu4e3F3qn2nR1Wr_M9M5DcYVJrETDpZJAgpHgWVQI1qdaj4VuFQ06RMmMmPSehtzrjVkKz7BuHWyQu6rY_4R-HTz2FcBxATfsAXDaFWyjT874GKR5YZbdrA/s400/satellite.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Finally heard from the installer. He’ll be back in town by Thursday and will be out here then or Friday. Says he ordered a bunch of parts so he should be able to fix it. If not??? Well if not we’ll just tell him to take it completely off and we’ll find it somewhere else along our route. So by this weekend we should be on the road –one way or another. [Famous last words.]But won’t repack until I KNOW we are leaving the next morning.<br />In the meantime I dug out some beads to keep me occupied for a couple of days. Finished this necklace and am now working on a bracelet to match.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlRVJbDkByNzAz2K0k2Ew9wGBB_L05ZJNDU4YgFre7_1QZER80Go59WwIj56-Ia2MaJRlMe-GGFKt9lFJR7Px-PvS04BC5goNC5k9fkI74l9KH_xVjRYLLTO4VPPmaExiL8eqdynuMPYc/s1600-h/autumnbranchesnf.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402912083061986674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 375px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 384px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlRVJbDkByNzAz2K0k2Ew9wGBB_L05ZJNDU4YgFre7_1QZER80Go59WwIj56-Ia2MaJRlMe-GGFKt9lFJR7Px-PvS04BC5goNC5k9fkI74l9KH_xVjRYLLTO4VPPmaExiL8eqdynuMPYc/s400/autumnbranchesnf.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Got the first three disks of the Rosetta Stone– finally found my microphone – so might hook it up later and try again to learn Spanish – I think it is a hopeless cause. My brain just can’t work itself around those double lls and rrs and ñs. And the verbs EGADS!<br />Hear lots of gun shots off in the woods. And deer season hasn’t started yet. But according to the paper it is small game season. Rabbits and quail. The deer seem to be on the move already though, lots of them being taken out by cars.<br />Also according to the paper there is going to be Midget Wrestling next weekend. Hummmm<br />And while I’m reading the paper can’t leave out the Sheriff’s Log. “Oct 23 – 12:40 a.m. Officer advises he is out with two naked people at an apartment complex.” Wonder how that turned out. “5:57p.m. Caller reports she hit a turkey and wants to keep it.” Guess Thanksgiving dinner is taken care of for her family.Carol and Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920669106841440178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812355723901211379.post-78731310042931793442009-11-04T09:47:00.006-05:002009-11-05T15:01:28.264-05:00Still Waiting for SatelliteThe saga of the satellite installation continues! Finally heard from the installer – he said he was in the hospital with food poisoning! He didn’t have any way to get a hold of us until his wife brought him his phone and he picked up his emails! Now he is back in Florida finishing his training classes (hope one of them was on customer service.) SAID he’d be here Saturday for sure. I will believe it when I see it. I think we deserve an upgrade to the system and suggested it to him.<br />Good thing we didn’t hold our breath – got another e-mail saying he’d be here Sunday.<br />Sunday – THE DAY the installer came and finished the upgraded installation.<br />That turned out to be an optimistic thought. He came, he installed, he left. The next day the satellite wouldn’t go back down after going up. Sure glad Bill checked it before we got on the road. Frantic e-mail to installer (he doesn’t answer or return phone calls.) He e-mailed us back and said he’d have his assistant come over right away. Well that was yesterday and assistant hasn’t come – is supposed to be here today between 1 and 2. We had planned on leaving tomorrow…..Depends on what is wrong with it I guess.<br />BUT the sun is shinning – supposed to be nice for the next seven days. It’s rained 15 or more out of the last 27 days. Enough already. We are still planning on leaving Thursday, tomorrow, bright and early, rain or shine. Hopefully the weather stays good along our route.<br />AND now in the morning by 7:15 it is light out. Sure makes it easier to get up in the morning when there is day light. Of course it’s dark by 5:30.<br />There was frost on Jennie when we got up this a.m. Bill says “Time to get out of here.”<br />Most of the trees are bare now, not much in the way of color left any where. I took this out back a couple of days ago when there were still a few left.<br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBHmPCQiVML_vZDtWtXaoQxuzoHyfc7iFncw6vOLVDP1Z-lvUBNwIddgDP0gJKrslHm7_y0HHZbDNIgV-xL5u185ptWUY1fGIMhBi56co66uRkIdoZXMZvsVaxpMK7rcDga4eYDc0ELOU/s1600-h/trees.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400260806026518146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBHmPCQiVML_vZDtWtXaoQxuzoHyfc7iFncw6vOLVDP1Z-lvUBNwIddgDP0gJKrslHm7_y0HHZbDNIgV-xL5u185ptWUY1fGIMhBi56co66uRkIdoZXMZvsVaxpMK7rcDga4eYDc0ELOU/s400/trees.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This one is downtown - pretty bare there.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrb8gJAbvna0wLqrl2WKsdvjSbmT9oaIFNmHr_VKLvcz8szM-415I7lBdGxfiOGHJ9I4TbCEoFmk0IKO7dsOqYq2qMxI2At3qdgkbV85x26CmWZbv0_ORsmq1XcLljccLq1UFhmvB73V0/s1600-h/town.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400260802926170130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrb8gJAbvna0wLqrl2WKsdvjSbmT9oaIFNmHr_VKLvcz8szM-415I7lBdGxfiOGHJ9I4TbCEoFmk0IKO7dsOqYq2qMxI2At3qdgkbV85x26CmWZbv0_ORsmq1XcLljccLq1UFhmvB73V0/s400/town.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I’ve been working on my quilt, have the top portion all put together– now it’s time to pack it away and finish it next summer.<br />I already posted the pictures of the windows. Aren’t they pretty? I like to watch as the sun moves around and shines through them.<br />Couple days ago we went over to get some more stuff out of the Alfa and tell him goodbye for the winter. Looks so forlorn sitting there – at least there are no mice there (I hope.)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivXtGFSxObQ6k0OLpjuEQSVOen8xhMnUujG8kiw7r8o4Cz_2QZdRFsP1kPHDHDsssy7SAqg5EMV9EKLZpO6k1t09ZXzbr0NXUFgbZin6KP0roPOwUmuMCt6qpuiPFn5BpUXOIlQJOOQYk/s1600-h/alfa.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400260789789268434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 289px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivXtGFSxObQ6k0OLpjuEQSVOen8xhMnUujG8kiw7r8o4Cz_2QZdRFsP1kPHDHDsssy7SAqg5EMV9EKLZpO6k1t09ZXzbr0NXUFgbZin6KP0roPOwUmuMCt6qpuiPFn5BpUXOIlQJOOQYk/s400/alfa.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />We’re down to just a few things left to do before we take off. And most of them are last minute things. Jody, our friend who will be living here while we’re gone will move in when we leave. Makes me feel a lot better knowing someone is living here while we are gone. Jody, bless her heart, told me not to clean before we leave as she’ll keep the place up through the winter. Didn’t have to tell me twice. Will do some though – professional pride. Can’t let her find the dust bunnies on the fans.<br />Today will move slowly. I got most of the computer work done yesterday so the laptop is ready to go. Bought stamps so I can mail cards before we cross the border.<br />Today I’ll finish up the laundry and probably load most of the food from house into Jennie as we are going out to dinner tonight.<br />Just looked outside and it is raining – what happened to seven days of sunshine?????<br />Waiting to hear from satellite man Well today is Thursday the day we thought we would get on the road. Not to be. Still waiting on the satellite - hopefully it will be taken care of this weekend, either fixed or removed and we'll be able to head out Monday. </p><p>This is a map of where we are thinking of going - but things change every day when we get up.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV5QHWPBN5c05EsjzN7csXOq8khsXHuC1fiBugnN__ZSFDkFlGRh0SOr0451ZxPpzle4mYbGfAwhgi1SRoleSpRCJfn7nPJ31aDu6n_O3DZKvrSIvzmQluPt7t3C14D6pNP7nuoX2Oj7c/s1600-h/map-mx.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400260797954967586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 225px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 234px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV5QHWPBN5c05EsjzN7csXOq8khsXHuC1fiBugnN__ZSFDkFlGRh0SOr0451ZxPpzle4mYbGfAwhgi1SRoleSpRCJfn7nPJ31aDu6n_O3DZKvrSIvzmQluPt7t3C14D6pNP7nuoX2Oj7c/s400/map-mx.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>Carol and Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920669106841440178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812355723901211379.post-79137697633956277112009-10-26T12:01:00.003-04:002009-10-26T12:09:49.635-04:00Stained Glass windows doneFinally finished my 2nd living room window and Bill put it up today.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwPu7QrWtXYnRaZPh1lCVaDgB2C3NLuKnQuydI-s2hjkQv43u8Mz1WmfhGzDwpBXiQqCHlJ99FQecatCFontsbusfaZoxI-y8VNcg9EGDNrq_RYUTScrp8jq8XLzVYwEYGybthse5sV2I/s1600-h/liv.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396940470271085842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwPu7QrWtXYnRaZPh1lCVaDgB2C3NLuKnQuydI-s2hjkQv43u8Mz1WmfhGzDwpBXiQqCHlJ99FQecatCFontsbusfaZoxI-y8VNcg9EGDNrq_RYUTScrp8jq8XLzVYwEYGybthse5sV2I/s400/liv.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh4mOiQ9vXUX1owbQBoCmslG_LevCVHoXZHH8SXl_Zdfeg3Gnsbs7qr1cKl6SfNRb0EWjAaz8Jcn28vgu3oHDUYafPC862rn-fuYJ2ZggSlsSb3SEbQuXwZFyQFZviC4Vr7IxZtkDomic/s1600-h/billwindow.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396940465421824322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh4mOiQ9vXUX1owbQBoCmslG_LevCVHoXZHH8SXl_Zdfeg3Gnsbs7qr1cKl6SfNRb0EWjAaz8Jcn28vgu3oHDUYafPC862rn-fuYJ2ZggSlsSb3SEbQuXwZFyQFZviC4Vr7IxZtkDomic/s400/billwindow.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />They are both 20 x 40<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTaofFHVp3axvqxhYAmQxbNHQd9Kmwq7hZr-oC4w2778-B5v3bYPWgqdZV5khCS2EzePEJTagNibjXATiAthyphenhyphen0ytkQhjWeCo5oVM1ltxl_YJNWtW0L-XwyIIjFB_SA2JH2XphHGBgEA3o/s1600-h/livwindow.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396941206080992402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 377px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTaofFHVp3axvqxhYAmQxbNHQd9Kmwq7hZr-oC4w2778-B5v3bYPWgqdZV5khCS2EzePEJTagNibjXATiAthyphenhyphen0ytkQhjWeCo5oVM1ltxl_YJNWtW0L-XwyIIjFB_SA2JH2XphHGBgEA3o/s400/livwindow.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />When the afternoon light comes through them they are spectacular. Even if I say so myself.Carol and Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920669106841440178noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812355723901211379.post-38733484240743153162009-10-25T12:11:00.011-04:002009-10-25T13:19:28.577-04:00Lazy Fall DaysWow had just finished posting the last blog (and it took me a while to get it done as I messed up with the pictures) when the power went off. Good old Brown County – not a week goes by that the power doesn’t go off at least once. At least as of yesterday we didn’t have to boil our water anymore.<br />Bill went to move my car, the convertible, into the garage for the winter and the mice have been in it again. Even with it filled with mothballs. What a freaking mess. Hope they’re all out of it now that it is inside and covered.<br />It is so strange I’ve been getting up later and later. I wake up and look towards the window and it is dark so I go back to sleep. Today at 8:15 it was still dark out. Will be glad when the time changes.<br />The last couple of days we have had heavy rain and lots of wind so most of the leaves have come off the trees. Glad we went to the park when we did. But the colors got better between the time we went to the park and before the wind and rain came. Did get some nice pictures as we were driving into Columbus. The storm moving through in the background.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiGJVBQ09xGSlzaAUagCAf0UqbuOdfsAjSgMbuxTNEeDUF1I_SbRT_n7XyX_okIKSFXG5wNoh6DmUjpnykWX8qYScm4wyceAAFu6HKD2ViFqdKW089jdSmgm1Kkb53eNYGPyTgmp8wd-M/s1600-h/storm.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396583354699590514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiGJVBQ09xGSlzaAUagCAf0UqbuOdfsAjSgMbuxTNEeDUF1I_SbRT_n7XyX_okIKSFXG5wNoh6DmUjpnykWX8qYScm4wyceAAFu6HKD2ViFqdKW089jdSmgm1Kkb53eNYGPyTgmp8wd-M/s400/storm.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7RPayFN8USglLWpmCmCWDfvOgnUpeL2pj36BxN5DH5FwCxaiTMsGRwW0aL1ibr_bUR-7uf2-ModcMO6q2pcMl0SHUPEwkB9RLN-sf_KLmqU1Zz4TUrAaDg7bzwuHytec3oNE3sLr2HZ4/s1600-h/trees.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396585265901375842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7RPayFN8USglLWpmCmCWDfvOgnUpeL2pj36BxN5DH5FwCxaiTMsGRwW0aL1ibr_bUR-7uf2-ModcMO6q2pcMl0SHUPEwkB9RLN-sf_KLmqU1Zz4TUrAaDg7bzwuHytec3oNE3sLr2HZ4/s400/trees.gif" border="0" /></a> The tree on the left has been trimmed so the power lines can pass through it.<br />Our little town of Nashville, IN is packed with people even in the rain.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zfDdzZQRpG4goMsMYqO4VL2W0-QD9FxL39ydFmtZRPKxylKLqZ-k6vgH9skVLDfwGnoouHMDVYkoVN9DCnXtAGWnrMBVhZ9DZM_o-wgg2zj_YWC5EWmUvBuihRRPyEe0H8ux3AGD4GA/s1600-h/traffic.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396583323798389634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zfDdzZQRpG4goMsMYqO4VL2W0-QD9FxL39ydFmtZRPKxylKLqZ-k6vgH9skVLDfwGnoouHMDVYkoVN9DCnXtAGWnrMBVhZ9DZM_o-wgg2zj_YWC5EWmUvBuihRRPyEe0H8ux3AGD4GA/s400/traffic.gif" border="0" /></a><br />All the parking lots are full and it is hard to even walk down the sidewalk.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4w3iC00jei8GBm9L2DfSd-_nePg-o-_5qtKKhQ6VnyxcGWray6rMq94d8Jjm4v6ardl_UczhlxWqeUXRUARXQa1t5CyNlVsnStQ5S4n_qHHvXT8IudOqz2E4SGzOmHhDh_tVir9WnUw/s1600-h/people.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396583301922960050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4w3iC00jei8GBm9L2DfSd-_nePg-o-_5qtKKhQ6VnyxcGWray6rMq94d8Jjm4v6ardl_UczhlxWqeUXRUARXQa1t5CyNlVsnStQ5S4n_qHHvXT8IudOqz2E4SGzOmHhDh_tVir9WnUw/s400/people.gif" border="0" /></a> He sits on the corner playing music as long as there are people walking by.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUu3cZNgf3qao3NHDh2_v0t-ZJWbqIqIP45gsr5kotJEY8pY4YDJzBs9ESbOtv-fFkyvxvuHcGtBRVl7i0qZ0gA2NPoAr-o7fZMcL8HAFJgywT-x6IzQg4UQ5EVYrDVAFexU8nPg4svgU/s1600-h/music.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396583278219523730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUu3cZNgf3qao3NHDh2_v0t-ZJWbqIqIP45gsr5kotJEY8pY4YDJzBs9ESbOtv-fFkyvxvuHcGtBRVl7i0qZ0gA2NPoAr-o7fZMcL8HAFJgywT-x6IzQg4UQ5EVYrDVAFexU8nPg4svgU/s400/music.gif" border="0" /></a><br />Some of the stores put out really nice decorations for each season.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8MIYfqxc9oijuapgueobzJk074AZuUoPaIWiPN3dPR-tveRxvNQxtXnzCRrVNiKbBadYJf_tfS9JywfBnWA6TSgdHC36xeihI0V8DMAFwWMrkQ-CykdGgu4hPUN8a9WBYq3FS3BiKKRE/s1600-h/flowers.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396581126008120850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8MIYfqxc9oijuapgueobzJk074AZuUoPaIWiPN3dPR-tveRxvNQxtXnzCRrVNiKbBadYJf_tfS9JywfBnWA6TSgdHC36xeihI0V8DMAFwWMrkQ-CykdGgu4hPUN8a9WBYq3FS3BiKKRE/s400/flowers.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYVmb9VmCwYNID3IkQTM7EXtGz66FF1Aqn_c1NZbzGjucapjVcOmaxznpKCbCG5WtwenM5D5c70lQ-4fosOa8qjACQEesLwPd80U36A_8AVG0D1jE0SKkyInEGpiFPELBdJmyZrVXdD8k/s1600-h/decorations.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396581109547016354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYVmb9VmCwYNID3IkQTM7EXtGz66FF1Aqn_c1NZbzGjucapjVcOmaxznpKCbCG5WtwenM5D5c70lQ-4fosOa8qjACQEesLwPd80U36A_8AVG0D1jE0SKkyInEGpiFPELBdJmyZrVXdD8k/s400/decorations.gif" border="0" /></a><br />Went home a different way this time so of course had to take more pictures. This little creek is usually dry; you can see how much rain we had.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnNM2avmHpjj5Wzg1MbpcJ1_JRz5J6NO2VmcJ6isKLfp26R8_9fZMIQmVIRxPE4ewVeM-Fqgpi2v9Z3oznAaPprAYRrbRSXd0o2b5G0tvb6h-0L7cqheYwhrJlPOWtI0nZQIsN3LhHP5w/s1600-h/waterfall.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396572319254118210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnNM2avmHpjj5Wzg1MbpcJ1_JRz5J6NO2VmcJ6isKLfp26R8_9fZMIQmVIRxPE4ewVeM-Fqgpi2v9Z3oznAaPprAYRrbRSXd0o2b5G0tvb6h-0L7cqheYwhrJlPOWtI0nZQIsN3LhHP5w/s400/waterfall.gif" border="0" /></a><br />And I love the old abandoned buildings scattered around the woods.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69FNTOUMw8nrCk_f06eUmhdqIjFU_5Ie6RyrAC1B3jS6kQB-9A4yrE0Z58UZdZGzN-E94NopvG0s2dGWhSjTe-dSA7KYb5yhOVH3PipdwrcXd3OhXJzZBA8h4zZxh74QAFW_eii_VCPM/s1600-h/oldhouse.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396585246068798146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69FNTOUMw8nrCk_f06eUmhdqIjFU_5Ie6RyrAC1B3jS6kQB-9A4yrE0Z58UZdZGzN-E94NopvG0s2dGWhSjTe-dSA7KYb5yhOVH3PipdwrcXd3OhXJzZBA8h4zZxh74QAFW_eii_VCPM/s400/oldhouse.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS2OO8vRCO2THyX8Xen_64UMmuMsVkTkppjl3JI0h00pFasQWxVdPr_BGAm2a3RwYsLztMGZjCs_yq-O3Z0YyJ482T30UXFLWCrQA4PV4tzl8zcRcZ0U-hqpYf_CdyRKOpVBo2hnZizXI/s1600-h/old-barn.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396572344566124594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS2OO8vRCO2THyX8Xen_64UMmuMsVkTkppjl3JI0h00pFasQWxVdPr_BGAm2a3RwYsLztMGZjCs_yq-O3Z0YyJ482T30UXFLWCrQA4PV4tzl8zcRcZ0U-hqpYf_CdyRKOpVBo2hnZizXI/s400/old-barn.gif" border="0" /></a><br />We’ve had more company out back. This deer is nicknamed Bitchy as she won’t let anyone else get near the corn when she is there.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChHuJSwAnupZI-6k7xX_4qAmxYX_vUJs2S2ONqBWCZYMEBqCO-BmeUT8xHqtI8TbCY2ztImsOffmwRBpeJq4TOuZk8PIO60HXwEw5A3z0KAmdAxhZ3jECX54p7tMFz2Xqg8hXTRmw9m0/s1600-h/bitchy.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396581056700142418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChHuJSwAnupZI-6k7xX_4qAmxYX_vUJs2S2ONqBWCZYMEBqCO-BmeUT8xHqtI8TbCY2ztImsOffmwRBpeJq4TOuZk8PIO60HXwEw5A3z0KAmdAxhZ3jECX54p7tMFz2Xqg8hXTRmw9m0/s400/bitchy.gif" border="0" /></a><br />Then later he came by. First time I’ve seen him this year. He is limping.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAV_9zPI-QA_MQkn9u4c89KmwJBfD3SzoJg1VRuxnWNTP5mAAIBhqRekTfGEfuxW2gcovFO8f90ctPBFNhBq6oRAui32La9PT2gSS0hrIqdKrvg3gE4Ia5taPeP7g1qV7Nqq26ZwP5aPs/s1600-h/buck.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396581077059681506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAV_9zPI-QA_MQkn9u4c89KmwJBfD3SzoJg1VRuxnWNTP5mAAIBhqRekTfGEfuxW2gcovFO8f90ctPBFNhBq6oRAui32La9PT2gSS0hrIqdKrvg3gE4Ia5taPeP7g1qV7Nqq26ZwP5aPs/s400/buck.gif" border="0" /></a><br />And then these fellows came to check things out. They are hard to get pictures of.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKozMBiKbDJZi0aLcVKUe9ns-6cxzBg-kQmVjfvYkcRD2_l7nVRig0slsux2XMXGX9tiIgfTn4hksNRvWaC6jIw3FNfsPYerYpfYJklkSJdsVfru5GkbdGiwJONpp6_1AYVNTp-Z5SjeQ/s1600-h/turkey.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396572302046492914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 284px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKozMBiKbDJZi0aLcVKUe9ns-6cxzBg-kQmVjfvYkcRD2_l7nVRig0slsux2XMXGX9tiIgfTn4hksNRvWaC6jIw3FNfsPYerYpfYJklkSJdsVfru5GkbdGiwJONpp6_1AYVNTp-Z5SjeQ/s400/turkey.gif" border="0" /></a><br />A view from the back porch.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkhJPtTn0FDkVCKhzPmj3P_iW4KI2sndoShSLkULQtaz21v5yjcPV18rl17LLM_GfZpZXIEALJE8wPl9ThAsxzrIlC72OUfrNKSc1SR2NC-P-QWrPwcPxb1k_qaBqFxxj2zpuxZ3E470U/s1600-h/viewback.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396572283015837266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkhJPtTn0FDkVCKhzPmj3P_iW4KI2sndoShSLkULQtaz21v5yjcPV18rl17LLM_GfZpZXIEALJE8wPl9ThAsxzrIlC72OUfrNKSc1SR2NC-P-QWrPwcPxb1k_qaBqFxxj2zpuxZ3E470U/s400/viewback.gif" border="0" /></a>The weather warmed up for a couple of days and that brought out the lady bugs. Just a few of them on the Jeep. Don’t know how they get in the house but they do. They love to hang from the chains for the fans. Ick.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNRHMyGfQkc0gjzpS9Jqol-GK1hCq7EhnMbRmazTKdNRyjvStQnhsgQTnUKIwBVs-FlrukxcdSr2iCUsnfHQIoo5zReB-KDlwv94FTkEeWB7j3RKbWQtxjMqm9bsnTOvuEK9m-k_qi-Mk/s1600-h/bigs.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396581043176695058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNRHMyGfQkc0gjzpS9Jqol-GK1hCq7EhnMbRmazTKdNRyjvStQnhsgQTnUKIwBVs-FlrukxcdSr2iCUsnfHQIoo5zReB-KDlwv94FTkEeWB7j3RKbWQtxjMqm9bsnTOvuEK9m-k_qi-Mk/s400/bigs.gif" border="0" /></a><br />And have been working on a bedspread I am making for our bed. Have most of the blocks done but still need the borders. Its not put together yet. Just laid the blocks out to see if I had enough.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRdlp_xaQWnOsfcNPWLxGhVPdz_q68xS8-OusQF2-g8iBT_3src98XXRjkjQbeBvQAmDqOf08Sptt4ZvDeoQaFU7tPfo_cGYsmQAPOMVL3JQHP1zB8FcdIUq8Gajsq3eSJKoWKSxMfm-s/s1600-h/bedspread.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396572268675844722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRdlp_xaQWnOsfcNPWLxGhVPdz_q68xS8-OusQF2-g8iBT_3src98XXRjkjQbeBvQAmDqOf08Sptt4ZvDeoQaFU7tPfo_cGYsmQAPOMVL3JQHP1zB8FcdIUq8Gajsq3eSJKoWKSxMfm-s/s400/bedspread.gif" border="0" /></a><br />We are still waiting for the guy to come and install the satellite on Jennie he was supposed to be here yesterday, Saturday, and here it is noon Sunday and no call or anything from him. Bill is fit to be tied – well we both are! We are getting antsey to get on the road. </div><div>We have been having a discussion about keeping this blog up or starting a new blog when we get into Mexico. I say that the name of this blog is Roaming the USA so I need to start a <em>new</em> blog for Mexico named maybe - Motorhoming in Mexico. Bill says it will just confuse people that I should just change the name of this one. But I can't change the web address. I will also be keeping the <a href="http://www.movingon1.com/">www.movingon1.com</a> web site up to date with Mexico travels. Not sure what I'm going to do yet. </div></div>Carol and Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920669106841440178noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812355723901211379.post-58706464226890673392009-10-20T09:35:00.014-04:002009-10-20T11:00:10.278-04:00Nature's Wonder of ColorsWe have actually had a couple days of sunshine! Will wonders never cease! BUT it has been cold as a witches t*t! Been down in the lower 30s at night and only getting to upper 40s during the day. Brrrrr. Today though it is supposed to get to 60 something and tomorrow the low 70 with rain. So there goes fall. Still haven’t reached the peak color on the trees but all the rain and wind has blown a lot of the leaves off already.<br />I’ve finished my window so just waiting to get it put up. Went into town in the a.m. for groceries – on the way in we noticed that all the fields were covered with FROST!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFiV8AXKrwqXNhBD6vozAHZv0PeTgsmzLZ_JtdEF07Hr-VwHPizuSinTFHijz5dcbkoVY51VVg0qX9WF_xyQVd3RMuv_4hZ1t8jv75Xa51G_bAcN88_elMQA2wfc3NURljLjgenVkC3HY/s1600-h/frost.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394677471282198562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 283px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFiV8AXKrwqXNhBD6vozAHZv0PeTgsmzLZ_JtdEF07Hr-VwHPizuSinTFHijz5dcbkoVY51VVg0qX9WF_xyQVd3RMuv_4hZ1t8jv75Xa51G_bAcN88_elMQA2wfc3NURljLjgenVkC3HY/s400/frost.gif" border="0" /></a>Yep it was cold at night. Got home and am trying to pull all the paper work we need for this years trip to Mexico together. Think I have it, will makes copies then we are good to go.<br />Not much else going around here at the house so we decided to take a ride up in the park.<br />This is a picture of the horse farm right down the hill from us.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSt-hYMIv04I-gePdU9FHTM0L93ZMAOffpbKyRjtFqKkhaDK4FWtrzvDOIvdaX8bfrcavqz7kOFMhXbHU8xlntTLb7AwHydf3m5L6S9ttz6KsVPa8xBmIIaNlh_AYy5RwiAD-2Ymkzc0/s1600-h/horsefarm.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394677502103839954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSt-hYMIv04I-gePdU9FHTM0L93ZMAOffpbKyRjtFqKkhaDK4FWtrzvDOIvdaX8bfrcavqz7kOFMhXbHU8xlntTLb7AwHydf3m5L6S9ttz6KsVPa8xBmIIaNlh_AYy5RwiAD-2Ymkzc0/s400/horsefarm.gif" border="0" /></a>Had to go by the burned down Little Nashville Opry to get to the park. What a shame. Really hurting the little town as it drew about 2000 people a weekend here for the shows.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiijO7Xr41PtfbeVLaxZBhK8GDrDrN5v8OryMZ8TVHpjMAOYCQTyXSqFyWaQvDAOgaf03Bdi6fUPrVt52P8Ri099IBCi8x5_mgeLIxJmLuuwmEeXJlMTOU6iaCK_9rwg50wGEiTq7J5CM4/s1600-h/nashville-fire.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394677517941671858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiijO7Xr41PtfbeVLaxZBhK8GDrDrN5v8OryMZ8TVHpjMAOYCQTyXSqFyWaQvDAOgaf03Bdi6fUPrVt52P8Ri099IBCi8x5_mgeLIxJmLuuwmEeXJlMTOU6iaCK_9rwg50wGEiTq7J5CM4/s400/nashville-fire.gif" border="0" /></a>Then to the park.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDE2ESB8Ql1JeX-Y6oHD_JvFVgJsvhY2QywfyHYjlJrPSySSVopEwYjiqz8mBpCRn-6DmPQ2uEBMKMlZj-twru9ng__DDITxqGr-sb_yZHrLBITZ0OB1aNbUp0yKXJYbfaXK8G8U63VkY/s1600-h/park1.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394677533804496562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDE2ESB8Ql1JeX-Y6oHD_JvFVgJsvhY2QywfyHYjlJrPSySSVopEwYjiqz8mBpCRn-6DmPQ2uEBMKMlZj-twru9ng__DDITxqGr-sb_yZHrLBITZ0OB1aNbUp0yKXJYbfaXK8G8U63VkY/s400/park1.gif" border="0" /></a> The Brown County State Park is over 15,000 acres and was opened in 1929.Just some of the trees with the sunlight on them.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUXv6f5F6hbURfuOkKkpWxRdLmmRGlYOHJ6ZybSWg_MPhyiaTWqMib7iWSxCgJ810uBQ6INNqJjHgyzjV2G5p4xp5s-sZu79UpAqfKBN5-7CtPA7iy4a7Ail5gtHQvsJ3xJ1dDQwkz838/s1600-h/park2.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394682845257715474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUXv6f5F6hbURfuOkKkpWxRdLmmRGlYOHJ6ZybSWg_MPhyiaTWqMib7iWSxCgJ810uBQ6INNqJjHgyzjV2G5p4xp5s-sZu79UpAqfKBN5-7CtPA7iy4a7Ail5gtHQvsJ3xJ1dDQwkz838/s400/park2.gif" border="0" /></a>Stopped here at a nice playground but it was empty. This area has lots of tulip trees.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAdWkbDJ0cdZhN2-Sq8QcJTFRxPZZWKVnNBiQt_a0BnEJG87C1QFvQkMM5DDuPsBRlkdPTp9OOSsO9SJjYZ0R9Z9QZbLNAd1dhh_654w9fX_YdpE9lSuKyp2Ls1CpI6rRpnvqqGXJEc4s/s1600-h/park3swing.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394682862673749266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAdWkbDJ0cdZhN2-Sq8QcJTFRxPZZWKVnNBiQt_a0BnEJG87C1QFvQkMM5DDuPsBRlkdPTp9OOSsO9SJjYZ0R9Z9QZbLNAd1dhh_654w9fX_YdpE9lSuKyp2Ls1CpI6rRpnvqqGXJEc4s/s400/park3swing.gif" border="0" /></a>On down to Ogle Lake – couldn’t resist taking pictures there. Some of these trees are Yellowwoods.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfr5bS2TmJcZ8Wjy-aQ6Smy1ONvE1ZTdfjZ6Mx2fgBQZ-V_sQEt382kIsx2upwGbYom0F2GH7Dey1mo_eyReXhVRwvOIvFoB0BojhOaOBi-dBTkmNM3gb-0L9YurCZ2kzGnlKXx0pSTD0/s1600-h/park5lake.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394682903929053490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfr5bS2TmJcZ8Wjy-aQ6Smy1ONvE1ZTdfjZ6Mx2fgBQZ-V_sQEt382kIsx2upwGbYom0F2GH7Dey1mo_eyReXhVRwvOIvFoB0BojhOaOBi-dBTkmNM3gb-0L9YurCZ2kzGnlKXx0pSTD0/s400/park5lake.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJdftglJJYq2_MX3EAmK4g64jmIS4Vq9kR70t_Y2mjADhiMZbyQHOAZCbEjo8c_yQySuUqkuitesHrOBaY-yK0ad2QG06VGdsy-Hhe0bn335KlJrsi_YMlrldvjx85zQksCjooMxQWRg8/s1600-h/park4lake.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394682885657180962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJdftglJJYq2_MX3EAmK4g64jmIS4Vq9kR70t_Y2mjADhiMZbyQHOAZCbEjo8c_yQySuUqkuitesHrOBaY-yK0ad2QG06VGdsy-Hhe0bn335KlJrsi_YMlrldvjx85zQksCjooMxQWRg8/s400/park4lake.gif" border="0" /></a>He is just sitting there enjoying nature.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyHu_nYihwKXtKRtA3Srlo32YHw179-m5S_3FWzU4mRaijgJcfzE7aCy5PWj1G2PQNJtzcq7v4-v0jN0HCaMyRjynaGbgIyDxMlK3k3QUm1AlhqtfsDrPtctZc6eYEDnukNfoEG3LF2Ls/s1600-h/park6man.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394696868560061986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyHu_nYihwKXtKRtA3Srlo32YHw179-m5S_3FWzU4mRaijgJcfzE7aCy5PWj1G2PQNJtzcq7v4-v0jN0HCaMyRjynaGbgIyDxMlK3k3QUm1AlhqtfsDrPtctZc6eYEDnukNfoEG3LF2Ls/s400/park6man.gif" border="0" /></a><br />Just a picture of the road, liked the colors and shadows.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQ3CbEcRn-3pWPl4ncDY9mjQs_S4WYpz2vXdREGRRQ76yK3DsWEz0TIT5oh6TYvHrAPXTmuz8sD0f1HQ18OVICFX0Y-r_6-i9gjFasy7oNj9FaiQNWcMBYHXpQ3fTYuP2jRKP75k1gYE/s1600-h/park7road.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394691721943588258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQ3CbEcRn-3pWPl4ncDY9mjQs_S4WYpz2vXdREGRRQ76yK3DsWEz0TIT5oh6TYvHrAPXTmuz8sD0f1HQ18OVICFX0Y-r_6-i9gjFasy7oNj9FaiQNWcMBYHXpQ3fTYuP2jRKP75k1gYE/s400/park7road.gif" border="0" /></a><br />A couple of the really colorful trees around.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjch6oRL3_P3kZuUV8HrfsxU7ENjaG3HsnWz2bcthZrZBGp7G7zcX1FkX0o-fDC6IXhAEl4AtX7vLhysLBxYhDruJacZbBxA_hqHRSiQixOzydiOKlbvrjtGaMKOlWDapfmHOqPm210bUg/s1600-h/park8orangetree.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394685057215397954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjch6oRL3_P3kZuUV8HrfsxU7ENjaG3HsnWz2bcthZrZBGp7G7zcX1FkX0o-fDC6IXhAEl4AtX7vLhysLBxYhDruJacZbBxA_hqHRSiQixOzydiOKlbvrjtGaMKOlWDapfmHOqPm210bUg/s400/park8orangetree.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH-oePdJYCPe50PPzBcknPDZjkvEEeGdfb9Nas3gMSM284FcJ7Di6PmUAhUzK4F3QUxaXhyjVTN0TH9M2MvLfA9zrN4WFu7Bvd5osfN1bbCGmP7BDBRBZVH-VTqhx9eG26LK8o0O598KY/s1600-h/park9.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394685076781175522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH-oePdJYCPe50PPzBcknPDZjkvEEeGdfb9Nas3gMSM284FcJ7Di6PmUAhUzK4F3QUxaXhyjVTN0TH9M2MvLfA9zrN4WFu7Bvd5osfN1bbCGmP7BDBRBZVH-VTqhx9eG26LK8o0O598KY/s400/park9.gif" border="0" /></a>Looking down over the park.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhobDKtRPxXW_UAk-wB8KvDb2bAVy2OCzZsWc8ONK87HH20nx2hfqL-l6MQCdVpx4dPm4MDRmQv_Z_0GZaWTEoUdBjeA7dAQd-vATGeJ7jLzWKXPqVGLT6qkPfKgUXZKM9znSRXElSwq9s/s1600-h/park10view.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394685093749274818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhobDKtRPxXW_UAk-wB8KvDb2bAVy2OCzZsWc8ONK87HH20nx2hfqL-l6MQCdVpx4dPm4MDRmQv_Z_0GZaWTEoUdBjeA7dAQd-vATGeJ7jLzWKXPqVGLT6qkPfKgUXZKM9znSRXElSwq9s/s400/park10view.gif" border="0" /></a>Leaving the park through the double covered bridge.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEBajCCC7syj4GOTJRHcAGumCpEuGnfOz4wcn9wWZV6ZaUso3zlWy0nkYGUrLUgtzK6FVW9LeUj03vTvgyY3ws9Mj_wsTk2urPqEtz08Oi6VfBUTePIcfIgQGYj512wbkVGJERol-7K64/s1600-h/park11bridge.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394685114166056306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 289px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEBajCCC7syj4GOTJRHcAGumCpEuGnfOz4wcn9wWZV6ZaUso3zlWy0nkYGUrLUgtzK6FVW9LeUj03vTvgyY3ws9Mj_wsTk2urPqEtz08Oi6VfBUTePIcfIgQGYj512wbkVGJERol-7K64/s400/park11bridge.gif" border="0" /></a>Some of the tourists and the little trolley down town Nashville. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQd7sW86tMm8mLOGG_XYZBIEa25tiytn2ntApTGcdxunclogKhwdkVgwecjz-LZNOxtOiCUTsOa6MDlLi3Z1GUkMDKYIEt-q46kcPdcrQOKc8PeiFi83ZGb9T_LYO-DRG1s8xj5fmTx8/s1600-h/train.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394688616893540130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 309px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQd7sW86tMm8mLOGG_XYZBIEa25tiytn2ntApTGcdxunclogKhwdkVgwecjz-LZNOxtOiCUTsOa6MDlLi3Z1GUkMDKYIEt-q46kcPdcrQOKc8PeiFi83ZGb9T_LYO-DRG1s8xj5fmTx8/s400/train.gif" border="0" /></a>The road up to the house<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTRok08WTwwLXxGelFAQtw2C9BlLhjZSK6g-ntF-Wp__y08GMy-6zZW2ZnSpRk4MhXh0rr0LKplh5tLN9dF0YuCkWpo_zoPuQ1j4qGhT3Hqgmn_eZd-Q2GIiR3oO_2PeSm9xBYJU3_i6s/s1600-h/roadhome.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394688592358097314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTRok08WTwwLXxGelFAQtw2C9BlLhjZSK6g-ntF-Wp__y08GMy-6zZW2ZnSpRk4MhXh0rr0LKplh5tLN9dF0YuCkWpo_zoPuQ1j4qGhT3Hqgmn_eZd-Q2GIiR3oO_2PeSm9xBYJU3_i6s/s400/roadhome.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-aVI2JA-hl76ogzDcQ52dT4TaOSqdG69wthGrIOTU_DOCBncvboy2-KNAG8oPFZV92OvH5MCZM4WN6XSH0xSnz9gY_IRjlWUM-nkk55R-tdR-QarprPn5x_TkBC94kEasrzyvFDL7a4/s1600-h/home.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394690191842671938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-aVI2JA-hl76ogzDcQ52dT4TaOSqdG69wthGrIOTU_DOCBncvboy2-KNAG8oPFZV92OvH5MCZM4WN6XSH0xSnz9gY_IRjlWUM-nkk55R-tdR-QarprPn5x_TkBC94kEasrzyvFDL7a4/s400/home.gif" border="0" /></a><br />We bought more corn so the deer are out back again but not until after they ate all the leaves and flowers of both big geraniums out front. I’ve already cut down the roses for the year.Carol and Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920669106841440178noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812355723901211379.post-76011613364975232692009-10-16T17:31:00.002-04:002009-10-16T17:37:10.268-04:00Cold outside, Hot inside<div>Ah life in the country. Yesterday we didn’t have water for a good part of the day. No sooner had we got it back then a water company pulled up and we got instructions on NOT TO USE THE WATER – well not really – we can use it but have to boil it until Monday. Glad we have lots of bottled water on hand.<br />Its been raining most of the week and in the low 50s during the day, tonight its supposed to get down to 35! And today we have “drizzles” which means it is still wet out. And cloudy so the Internet is off and on – mostly off. The trees were really pretty the beginning of the week and since then we’ve been waiting for a sunny day to go to the park. At the rate it is going before the sun comes out the leaves will be gone.<br />But I must go back in time to Sunday. Don’t know if I mentioned it or not but we had company for dinner Sunday. Bill cooked. First he made wonderful spaghetti sauce (took all morning) then he breaded and fried Melanesia meat. Then put prosciutto, cheese and sauce on top of the meat. Then it goes in the oven for the cheese to melt. Well…..he put them on cookie sheets – but – one cookie sheet had one side that didn’t have a lip on it and the sauce ran off into the bottom of the oven. We were all standing around talking when suddenly the kitchen was filled with smoke. Opened the oven and <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>FIRE</strong></span>. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393314735108708018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 108px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguqEXxBgCp1Gvw4I8ckxyynW0O0_ww2P7PMg0e9LIcUu6wv76EQj0YW0qXy02cw5D5qvPccARekNiLIRfAaUHFLPqtr_Hx7iuumNHT1X3ngSYRqffZyWg1uChch0lZyzbUQgn13TZeWjM/s400/fire_10.gif" border="0" /> this is not real , just a clip art<br /></div><div>Wow – as we watched it got bigger flashing out of the oven and up over the front of the range. By now the kitchen was filling with black smoke. We turned on the fans and opened all the doors. Bill got the fire out without any real damage – just a mess. Changed the meat to another pan and finished cooking it. Smoke cleared out pretty quick and we ate as scheduled. Really good. So Monday I cleaned the oven – not a big deal as it is self cleaning and needed it any way. Think I’ll buy another cookie sheet with all four sides with a lip.<br />Had the septic tank pumped yesterday, have decided to do it every six months, whether it needs it or not. Don’t like cleaning up that mess when it stops up. </div><br /><div>Other than that – I’m working on the 2nd side of my window. Just have to solder it and clean it and patina it and polish it and it will be done. Also have started to work on this years section of the web page. For this years trip to Mexico. Not much to put on it yet. </div>Carol and Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920669106841440178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812355723901211379.post-58361004536392421502009-10-11T11:08:00.007-04:002009-10-11T13:14:51.498-04:00Sunshine and ColorsTuesday - Woke up to rain this a.m. – so what’s new? Lots of the trees are starting to get their color. Will take pictures first sunny day……<br />Wow the sun was shinning as we drove into Columbus. Just a neat barn and field on the road to Columbus.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLrN2LYR-qX7xe-bM4jV669eQsW6t6uNv0AIVEXju-WgOj2zvtnYATCqJ6H_aa8LlQu0bXoUnAwSIsDYm1zWX61WkUFXUBU-1_IoDhJg5R5OPB4GopwN0e1pFqneroa4fRkNaxnNZNxKY/s1600-h/barn.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391360671962789698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 294px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLrN2LYR-qX7xe-bM4jV669eQsW6t6uNv0AIVEXju-WgOj2zvtnYATCqJ6H_aa8LlQu0bXoUnAwSIsDYm1zWX61WkUFXUBU-1_IoDhJg5R5OPB4GopwN0e1pFqneroa4fRkNaxnNZNxKY/s400/barn.jpg" border="0" /></a>Have been answering letters from my website about our driving our motorhome to South America 30 years ago <a href="http://www.movingon1.com/">http://www.movingon1.com/</a> it is always a pleasure to receive them and a surprise that so many people read and respond to it. It certainly was a “trip of a lifetime.” When I think back about it I’m amazed we did it and with no big problems.<br />We both talk about doing it again – but the years are passing quickly.<br />Also had a purchase from my jewelry site. I’m always surprised that anyone finds it. And pleased that they like my work well enough to purchase something.<br />Worked on my window while it was raining. Got the entire center of it done and soldered, now comes the hard part the four pieces for the side borders. The hard part of it is cutting them without the darn glass breaking any old direction it wants to go. So how do I solve that – I ask Bill to cut it for me then I close my eyes and hold my breath. That seemed to work for the first one. I should be able to finish it by next week and we can get it up before we leave. Also made a couple of quilt squares for a Sampler Quilt (all the squares have a different pattern and different material.)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4TV-4oz9TOMgE7P-8FVanr4tMgPk0kWP37Q5BEOB-2VpYceeF5lgAlIZwZn3KJq64AwDykn0QHV3RwQzTCBSxKrumQ1O9R2Hj6XJR5UJCz3xBhyphenhyphenPKaJJ6jPmdqso6mbuPuK6pfWfyA6k/s1600-h/quilt.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391374457722964882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4TV-4oz9TOMgE7P-8FVanr4tMgPk0kWP37Q5BEOB-2VpYceeF5lgAlIZwZn3KJq64AwDykn0QHV3RwQzTCBSxKrumQ1O9R2Hj6XJR5UJCz3xBhyphenhyphenPKaJJ6jPmdqso6mbuPuK6pfWfyA6k/s400/quilt.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />No rush to finish it.<br />Sunday - Surprise we are on our 2nd day of sunshine – count them two whole days without any rain. Wow. And with the cooler weather the trees are getting really pretty. A couple of pictures from the road from our house into Nashville.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzFC2idG0CJ3QrTYz97XsOPa2RGCDsC86_-JS0PPCphXZ017O3BCjA1Jrg6XW6MycN3bNXwSIYODsTLORtkrJuPuNNML0Dg13qh547yHLe1743Tz8XpAaBJ2Xe5YEqRSERvSZqsClU2g/s1600-h/roadhome.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391360662892294738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzFC2idG0CJ3QrTYz97XsOPa2RGCDsC86_-JS0PPCphXZ017O3BCjA1Jrg6XW6MycN3bNXwSIYODsTLORtkrJuPuNNML0Dg13qh547yHLe1743Tz8XpAaBJ2Xe5YEqRSERvSZqsClU2g/s400/roadhome.jpg" border="0" /></a>This is Bill's favorite tree.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-NTZfyYIYPN0LU0g6kstHPgB41PcAT8adWhg2qnzGcW-HnzEHr682OVQbfgz5UT9l1622V0x9a2s0T7BfVRHWWD4uRRk_VdLKdJA3Fwsd3obw-9gnm-mDP95zTdD1j5wzWiKo7l6BCg/s1600-h/BILLSTREE.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391361913715850034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 336px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-NTZfyYIYPN0LU0g6kstHPgB41PcAT8adWhg2qnzGcW-HnzEHr682OVQbfgz5UT9l1622V0x9a2s0T7BfVRHWWD4uRRk_VdLKdJA3Fwsd3obw-9gnm-mDP95zTdD1j5wzWiKo7l6BCg/s400/BILLSTREE.jpg" border="0" /></a>Brought Jennie back from the RV doc. I followed in Willie - Bill brought her home the short way - through the twisty turny road this time. Sure can't do that with the Alfa.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcsRgbvKNMrU1oPD2nFsJVTiTqmo7bE5W0LsrcqWuEzfWjZari6wxC1GbaidptuRMwOGOZ6MBlK2ZFLokU4PP0kxvpiVPuoc6LD9WCExQDrtA0x8AYsMDDx00i1MK_RBvF-1Dm0dYY6Bw/s1600-h/followjennie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391360657763968082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcsRgbvKNMrU1oPD2nFsJVTiTqmo7bE5W0LsrcqWuEzfWjZari6wxC1GbaidptuRMwOGOZ6MBlK2ZFLokU4PP0kxvpiVPuoc6LD9WCExQDrtA0x8AYsMDDx00i1MK_RBvF-1Dm0dYY6Bw/s400/followjennie.jpg" border="0" /></a>Had the two solar panels installed and everything checked out.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPUkRI_unWvtlBjI0fe8PSXYiEnvGlANJhVqfVIGMgGiefDj-EpFLr3pUzjqFWMQKFLdRC0MYbbf06tXrsTEjGmUc-OVbTJACixB2nwT_U0du6h2QTSXpEkJQ__X7_K291m21wUaJIpYs/s1600-h/jenniesolar.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391360106488655698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 284px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPUkRI_unWvtlBjI0fe8PSXYiEnvGlANJhVqfVIGMgGiefDj-EpFLr3pUzjqFWMQKFLdRC0MYbbf06tXrsTEjGmUc-OVbTJACixB2nwT_U0du6h2QTSXpEkJQ__X7_K291m21wUaJIpYs/s400/jenniesolar.jpg" border="0" /></a>She is in tip top shape and rearing to go. I made some small curtains for the two small windows up where the bunk used to be. The sun would come in through them right into The Driver’s eyes. Can’t have that.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZReu0FXYmrUiKwCpeMI3RnTgoIhFk2i43dDwUGdgdmW2EqodBKFAdW9uVdIOLXWcMx-ST_Ftyglx0nJYLNDwE5Fd9tQ7CgWXRingF5oGUclHmfww1EaooPfXduUrg_SjwKPoLtKnpMCQ/s1600-h/vDSC05256-(7).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391360100550011154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZReu0FXYmrUiKwCpeMI3RnTgoIhFk2i43dDwUGdgdmW2EqodBKFAdW9uVdIOLXWcMx-ST_Ftyglx0nJYLNDwE5Fd9tQ7CgWXRingF5oGUclHmfww1EaooPfXduUrg_SjwKPoLtKnpMCQ/s400/vDSC05256-(7).jpg" border="0" /></a>He is also doing a few minor things we discovered needed doing. i.e. edges on some shelving to keep things from sliding off, tacking down the plastic carpet covers in driver and passenger area, made a protective arch to keep the outside hose bib from being knocked off – all just little stuff. The only big thing needed to finish is the Satellite!!!!! Nope it’s not done yet. He is supposed to be here the 17th or maybe the 24th sure hope so.<br />Making a shopping list of things we want to take with us to Mexico – things we can’t buy there such as – good dill pickle slices, baked beans, sandwich spread, salad dressing and wine vinegar. Bought the newest <em>Mexican Camping</em> book by the Churches it just came out. Lots of good information in it.<br />Here are a couple pictures looking off the back deck. Gets prettier every day.<br />He/she is a loner<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZvjV3Z9S5sDm8DfIW4CYN5MZRDiBrQSXaPmC1TYov0mxNde82N6XLuQf0kGgccODC0iuDGBYtZf46NDJ1jgBWoPG6f9swAsxJY5pUcJD-4-SSbfc-U67cHFmDhfL-ZiuFhuV8cAvYg_M/s1600-h/deer1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391361917589196450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZvjV3Z9S5sDm8DfIW4CYN5MZRDiBrQSXaPmC1TYov0mxNde82N6XLuQf0kGgccODC0iuDGBYtZf46NDJ1jgBWoPG6f9swAsxJY5pUcJD-4-SSbfc-U67cHFmDhfL-ZiuFhuV8cAvYg_M/s400/deer1.jpg" border="0" /></a>Some of the trees in the hills.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcRF5u_tXKV0XZYVaSU1mdRcYYwphrjTMEotXFrX2V9EOkU38W2PRZuxSzq6d33TZzUMNDhjJZxFsn9FH9ya0jpn6I7N8SN8wQYTY50IRVqZAU6ayMIJ64Mr7n2UVEbOzieRJAhrNt0M/s1600-h/outback2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391361936367889666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcRF5u_tXKV0XZYVaSU1mdRcYYwphrjTMEotXFrX2V9EOkU38W2PRZuxSzq6d33TZzUMNDhjJZxFsn9FH9ya0jpn6I7N8SN8wQYTY50IRVqZAU6ayMIJ64Mr7n2UVEbOzieRJAhrNt0M/s400/outback2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38xgJ8UvaGJabwxKlpKMdyn57BQvoNkiyw5vBrVTtrRYOo_-BCy53FQ7t9lOwnXHmGB6n7rPBHtMKYRk7dnVx_SMu52slMNdNHAyfm44Y7eR9gktuOn1CFVz31m3kAOLqbrxHT3FrPDI/s1600-h/outback.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391361925620030626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38xgJ8UvaGJabwxKlpKMdyn57BQvoNkiyw5vBrVTtrRYOo_-BCy53FQ7t9lOwnXHmGB6n7rPBHtMKYRk7dnVx_SMu52slMNdNHAyfm44Y7eR9gktuOn1CFVz31m3kAOLqbrxHT3FrPDI/s400/outback.jpg" border="0" /></a>Guess this is why we like it here. And we have zillions of baby fishes - Koi and Gold fish<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxu8pGmIJ6tiTKGqo3h7OzC7rY9i0-wJctuPezd7cdaHuvF4dcn2eZUvpsY26kMEemjPsuj_4JQweGfSb2g1owaJ-phdqP8hgm2EtpGtBi9snc1cYS_6d88ZSfCq2WaNpNE18oYJFdqg/s1600-h/fish.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391374461361263922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxu8pGmIJ6tiTKGqo3h7OzC7rY9i0-wJctuPezd7cdaHuvF4dcn2eZUvpsY26kMEemjPsuj_4JQweGfSb2g1owaJ-phdqP8hgm2EtpGtBi9snc1cYS_6d88ZSfCq2WaNpNE18oYJFdqg/s400/fish.jpg" border="0" /></a>Carol and Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920669106841440178noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812355723901211379.post-12846694393762491032009-10-05T10:32:00.003-04:002009-10-05T10:46:56.557-04:00The dear deer!Took Jennie over to the RV doc yesterday and left her there. Getting the solar panels put on and a couple of minor things fixed: a new window latch, check roof, check all appliances etc. Mostly routine maintenance stuff. Didn’t see Alfie while we were there as the lot was being re-blacktopped and we couldn’t get to him. Hope he didn’t know we were there. Jennie will stay there until some time next week. Alfie will spend the winter there (no mice in the area.)<br />Bill put the US and Mexico maps on the back of Jennie. Shows where we’ve been (not just in her but since we’ve been motor homing.) He also put up our web site address.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHZLafrija9rVJEJvnfxTFzrwCLg4YtwLZI53Wo2lYnXTopOf9g1WDS1IREBO1FDCFStDIaFBl7pPVSwXGU4u5i2EiFROP24pbmghbkMzz9HnOEa8AiK5VkXaCeJIxZWbGnVyaututbwA/s1600-h/1map.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389124810909063890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 341px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHZLafrija9rVJEJvnfxTFzrwCLg4YtwLZI53Wo2lYnXTopOf9g1WDS1IREBO1FDCFStDIaFBl7pPVSwXGU4u5i2EiFROP24pbmghbkMzz9HnOEa8AiK5VkXaCeJIxZWbGnVyaututbwA/s400/1map.jpg" border="0" /></a> No one seems to make the map for Canada any more - still searching the web trying to find it. Maybe will have to get it made for us. We have one we had made of South America but will put it on the Alfa.<br />Guess I’ll have to make sure I keep the web site up to date as we travel in Mexico. (Guess that means I should finish last years trip.)<br />Still haven’t got the satellite and Internet problems fixed. Seems like the installer is in Miami for the next two months and only home on weekends. NEVER pay for anything up front. He says he’ll be here Oct 24th to fix everything. Sure hope so as we’ll be leaving not long after that.<br />Just as info – the fire department has said the burning of the Little Nashville Opry was arson. And they are looking for the person who did it. Hope they find him/her.<br />Been trying to catch up on a few things I’d left half done. Mainly my 2nd window. Have all the flowers done and am now working on the background. Probably will get the bottom half done today. Set the sewing machine up but just did some minor mending. Don’t think I should get working on a quilt that I won’t be able to spend much time with. There’s a lot of work to do outside before we leave but it’s been pretty cool out. And raining – but just one night – with lots of thunder that shook the house. Cleared up enough that I got to go outside and try to salvage some of the plants the deer have been feasting on. They ate every leaf and bud of all the roses so I just cut them back for winter. They even ate the geraniums – first time they did that.<br />So how did we solve that problem – we bought corn for them to eat. And they really took advantage of it. They are so pretty to watch.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVIYI4x5j0xMMWcQqiI7BfAR17tn6rE_02EV70PYQXMl4V_9EWWw0hvnsWAK4pfxdWbwjrfLc4h8G8FaEORv6MWv8HMaNSzIi7D3Es6jZlESULu8hfm88e5KOvaKCexTeAQVc-ylIDVs4/s1600-h/4deer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389124834650120914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVIYI4x5j0xMMWcQqiI7BfAR17tn6rE_02EV70PYQXMl4V_9EWWw0hvnsWAK4pfxdWbwjrfLc4h8G8FaEORv6MWv8HMaNSzIi7D3Es6jZlESULu8hfm88e5KOvaKCexTeAQVc-ylIDVs4/s400/4deer.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXsAtBITtVh-DWmUMZDe0kG65dmfmvwCMzLI0zni_N7MXAGObcQXenBrX-qFJio95LjXRWOFwdfVc2jgavW6kbyELdmRGIbTBHI7Lb5ASZgtD2DwOKh3QrdOjZMPcY1XJ40y7zWfPGws/s1600-h/5deer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389124835666683778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 392px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXsAtBITtVh-DWmUMZDe0kG65dmfmvwCMzLI0zni_N7MXAGObcQXenBrX-qFJio95LjXRWOFwdfVc2jgavW6kbyELdmRGIbTBHI7Lb5ASZgtD2DwOKh3QrdOjZMPcY1XJ40y7zWfPGws/s400/5deer.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDkA94XEFGSWwOb4DgpR4DMYcVcqFXrF6iwEwT4rZfbM79-GSnqu3oTWMNLC_WmxJs-jk9iX8KdkbTVRWL4qU7k1ck6nFb4YLyNsLF5ymBkd_jfmGAuaXAnhV6RMAKxxZh0LUpwjj8jOw/s1600-h/6deer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389125711366411298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 305px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDkA94XEFGSWwOb4DgpR4DMYcVcqFXrF6iwEwT4rZfbM79-GSnqu3oTWMNLC_WmxJs-jk9iX8KdkbTVRWL4qU7k1ck6nFb4YLyNsLF5ymBkd_jfmGAuaXAnhV6RMAKxxZh0LUpwjj8jOw/s400/6deer.jpg" border="0" /></a>Have gone into town a couple of times since being home. Some of the trees are just now starting to color. Have had a couple of pretty cool nights. By next week they should really start turning. Lots of decorations for Halloween up already - saw this at one of the little farms that sells pumpkins –<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_Sd7CyxteijDygu5Zqqzp1pkGH-Y9tWHuVFatBLEoNjzaYO8ktWUffI3LokFDyPIfMoRH__tLFU2ErFeQ8AwOWfVawHsm-lh1RUZlW0-qrosh2mBSo70lWwInPtPPj44AyHN_oReD8I/s1600-h/2hay.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389124815274670338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 382px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_Sd7CyxteijDygu5Zqqzp1pkGH-Y9tWHuVFatBLEoNjzaYO8ktWUffI3LokFDyPIfMoRH__tLFU2ErFeQ8AwOWfVawHsm-lh1RUZlW0-qrosh2mBSo70lWwInPtPPj44AyHN_oReD8I/s400/2hay.jpg" border="0" /></a>interesting use for hay bales.<br />Also took a ride over to show the covered bridge to a friend. It’s always a nice ride and a neat view.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDhdvb4LLZfpYgnljE8sixX4s29FOTfMBm-JIprtKz3y9YDUBqWCYO96m5fsv7J_B8xNyIR3zxjkz4MW-iu1fgF0r5lBtYzKq503cSnYX19M5Yg_xLMhQLGeooR12zJONBhtzN2wRdBss/s1600-h/3bridge.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389124825093734002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDhdvb4LLZfpYgnljE8sixX4s29FOTfMBm-JIprtKz3y9YDUBqWCYO96m5fsv7J_B8xNyIR3zxjkz4MW-iu1fgF0r5lBtYzKq503cSnYX19M5Yg_xLMhQLGeooR12zJONBhtzN2wRdBss/s400/3bridge.jpg" border="0" /></a>That’s about it for so far. While we're home I removed the data storm location information. Will start it back up when we hit the road again.Carol and Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920669106841440178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812355723901211379.post-51084515668140611912009-09-30T19:10:00.004-04:002009-09-30T19:20:16.617-04:00Back Home in IndianaWell – it’s Wednesday the last day of September – where has this year gone?<br />We are home, got here late yesterday afternoon after a marathon drive of 450 miles. NEVER AGAIN!!! Of course that’s what we say every time we do that.<br />Haven’t written much about the last three days of travel after leaving Golden, Co. through Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois and into Indiana and that’s because there really isn’t too much to write about. Well I take that back…corn, beans, cows, corn, corn, wind, corn, beans, cows, corn. That’s about it. Well guess I can elaborate on it a little.<br />After spending a very cold night in Golden, Co we got an early start north towards Nebraska. We decided to go through Nebraska on the I-80 ‘cause we already knew that the I-70 through Kansas was a boring drive. Little did we know. The drive north/east on the 76 was a hint of what to expect. The road itself was the type of concrete road that is done in sections, almost like riding on a train track. Click, click, click. One thing I know for sure the glass tiles are on really good, not even one popped off. And that road was enough to shake one’s fillings loose. On the eastern side of the road was prairie with some cattle off and on. The western side was corn, beans and some dairy farms. Every time we passed a dairy farm we knew which way the wind was blowing. We’d get about ¼ mile up the highway and the smell would hit us. It would just go away and then we’d pass another farm.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtJCJ9vxPGoBhnlOYaxTPqg4DnLkuhx9wsQme1Jy5BeDl-HlDcrqXuqClRHxuz6hcqVgcX58dM564NnzkAhVw19VI8CB1I9aNbdCmgz59Gla309EJH-tY4p0-kePJD1lxjs9g8ttlZQE/s1600-h/3barn.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387402578346699298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 260px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtJCJ9vxPGoBhnlOYaxTPqg4DnLkuhx9wsQme1Jy5BeDl-HlDcrqXuqClRHxuz6hcqVgcX58dM564NnzkAhVw19VI8CB1I9aNbdCmgz59Gla309EJH-tY4p0-kePJD1lxjs9g8ttlZQE/s400/3barn.jpg" border="0" /></a>Lovely. But we did get a little variation. We passed a sugar processing place. Mill? Plant? Anyway it was spewing brown stuff out of a big pipe onto the ground. There was a big pile of it getting bigger all the time. Kind of interesting – until the smell hit us. How could anything to do with sugar smell so bad. But then we passed another dairy so……<br />Also passed a little town named Lliff – that’s right Lliff – wonder how you pronounce it? Wonder why they named it that? Stopped for gas in a very old Flying J in Julesburg, CO. One of the first ones I guess. Then into Nebraska. Stayed the night in North Platte.<br />Another pretty cold night. About an hour into the day the WINDS started to blow. And blow they did for two days. I thought we’d get a respite from the weather by stopping in Fort Kearny to go to the museum about the area. Bad idea. I asked Gypsy to take us there. Off the highway we go – turn right, turn left…..oh, oh there was nothing there. Then we saw the museum, it was closed. Luckily there was a place we could turn around without problems. Back onto the highway with the winds. We did go under the Great Platte River Road Archway Monument that is 30 feet high over I-80. I think I remember seeing it in a Jack Nicholson movie. Meanwhile, Jennie was shaking and bouncing from side to side. Bill was hanging on with both hands. Check out the flag from the wind<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipe-Ut5Z_FJx_ypkesjH3XioCFQ2MjEedLBTCpV9mYLQLtt7SqHS-56JoRP9o_0vVUcYBmzkP8LcL0ULk5cCqV1LUfhZZwEsC-Uq6Kivjpth8MifnceZAe1QuN02viXg3GqR2PNiIQBFs/s1600-h/1wind.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387402563321658018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 356px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipe-Ut5Z_FJx_ypkesjH3XioCFQ2MjEedLBTCpV9mYLQLtt7SqHS-56JoRP9o_0vVUcYBmzkP8LcL0ULk5cCqV1LUfhZZwEsC-Uq6Kivjpth8MifnceZAe1QuN02viXg3GqR2PNiIQBFs/s400/1wind.jpg" border="0" /></a>Only did 140 miles that day before we stopped just outside of Grand Island, NE. Had to laugh there was a sign in the campground office that said, “If the winds ever stops blowing in Nebraska every one will fall down.” Kind of a neat campground – they make and deliver to your rig good pizza. Guess what we had for dinner?<br />Wind blew all night, really kept the temps down. According to weather channel it was blowing between 25-40 with gusts up to 50. Yep!<br />Next day was the same. More wind. Bill made the comment he knew why Nebraska was so flat. I asked why. He said, “The wind had blown all the hills away.” Makes sense to me. As for scenery – corn, corn, sorghum, corn, corn, beans, corn – well you get the picture. Finally turned south and still had wind into Iowa and then into Missouri. Got as far as Kansas City and stopped.<br />Next morning the wind had let up – or stayed in Nebraska and Iowa so off we went again. The only thing that broke up the day were all the NASCAR trucks we saw – they were heading towards Kansas City for this weekends race. Tried taking pictures of some of them as they roared past but usually just got blurs. That's the #29 not one of my favorite drivers. Oh well.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXVl10OozoNaHvyNxeeB5vdSAvmEXqPCuEyVWU45s2IG5iVrutA-o-1bKJaagjtlbHolWv0g5Ni2EPKVoyC9wFyn0mz7li9NqecnbEU0NBrXK-DjPc8SsxEp7sscBW9MGn62Iwpayrun4/s1600-h/2nascar.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387402572206534594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 271px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXVl10OozoNaHvyNxeeB5vdSAvmEXqPCuEyVWU45s2IG5iVrutA-o-1bKJaagjtlbHolWv0g5Ni2EPKVoyC9wFyn0mz7li9NqecnbEU0NBrXK-DjPc8SsxEp7sscBW9MGn62Iwpayrun4/s400/2nascar.jpg" border="0" /></a>Didn’t see the #18 hauler but did see quite a few of the others.<br />The day turned into a marathon run as I mentioned before. We just kept driving and driving. Into Illinois then into Indiana – no point stopping there. The little road leading towards Nashville.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_NviJ4p9KG40xZmvultQmQGXbSl7gTpnBeSQSiNwqT2S4iFdw5VIlD1vsrq3r84bFArm4mNQU1o7D-mwlbgOZ-65i_b1m_3p2IkaWP5mAKP_oJpDKjoiEmwD-VPwcc2s5xeWrCz2Gtc/s1600-h/4town.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387402591482968994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 294px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_NviJ4p9KG40xZmvultQmQGXbSl7gTpnBeSQSiNwqT2S4iFdw5VIlD1vsrq3r84bFArm4mNQU1o7D-mwlbgOZ-65i_b1m_3p2IkaWP5mAKP_oJpDKjoiEmwD-VPwcc2s5xeWrCz2Gtc/s400/4town.jpg" border="0" /></a>So soon we were home. We were on the road for 24 days and traveled 3900 miles in Jennie. And even more in the Jeep. Jennie was getting around 7.6mpg – the Alfa get around 8.5. Some places gasoline was cheaper than diesel, others it was more expensive. We paid lowest $2.14 per gallon all the way up to $2.99 a gallon.<br />We know a couple more things that we have to do in Jennie, but just minor things. We managed not to get in each others way too much. I only cooked three meals in her – so didn’t really give that a good test. Worked out okay though. Except every time we open the refrig something wants to come out. Missed my washer/dryer. But all in all it worked out okay. Bill says she is a dream to drive. No problems at all and we went up to 11,000 feet crossing the Rockies. No over heating. No problems towing Willie.<br />Today we’ve spent cleaning and doing laundry and catching this up. Tomorrow we take Jennie in to get the solar panels installed and hopefully get the satellite stuff fixed.Carol and Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920669106841440178noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812355723901211379.post-8697728870911359982009-09-28T21:55:00.014-04:002009-09-29T19:38:40.751-04:00Snow in the RockiesFriday a.m. we hit the road again. These are just a couple of pictures from the campground where we stayed - Arch View. The schoolhouse was used in the TV movie “Riders of the Purple Sage.”<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbvEm4x3AFHMSPOItT5-j1Lpjc6PtpS6oHRA94qYTmpB8bTWojslAT0AVRKumUvQHjEnfIqGTWA9LmQH8RTH_xLHZyp-lBY_L3GPq0B-Zc2C8fo4qsohPKh2CHiXdjwonpWzN-jscivI/s1600-h/1school.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386702735202105522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbvEm4x3AFHMSPOItT5-j1Lpjc6PtpS6oHRA94qYTmpB8bTWojslAT0AVRKumUvQHjEnfIqGTWA9LmQH8RTH_xLHZyp-lBY_L3GPq0B-Zc2C8fo4qsohPKh2CHiXdjwonpWzN-jscivI/s400/1school.jpg" border="0" /></a>The teepees are just for fun.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8XjV-yGFgwOdA6V7wJiFH16dtj_KdsGwjB0ay4F-80qJ2T1800TNDMn3fP0sEzru11Zri81i1HIRI5oQ8BO0KsfQCie1M1Azs4L6AGHBh34Kh-f8cKB1kIZkSL4eRkMhwg_GHHf1Z-mc/s1600-h/2rteepee.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386702744851934786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 327px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8XjV-yGFgwOdA6V7wJiFH16dtj_KdsGwjB0ay4F-80qJ2T1800TNDMn3fP0sEzru11Zri81i1HIRI5oQ8BO0KsfQCie1M1Azs4L6AGHBh34Kh-f8cKB1kIZkSL4eRkMhwg_GHHf1Z-mc/s400/2rteepee.jpg" border="0" /></a> Back north from Moab to the I-70 and then east. Again some strange moonscape scenery.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHsNTLjgqu8b7e3JMHulEUV5aX2pDohs1Su2oYLOiemS6tnBd3Ge5AmU2fBupHdiIGx5QDtgWCugFratDbJCoG92xASHKqV1lNTLUJpBFk6NIRamDJhpODHR800t1v-N-ghJ2uedpY-Tk/s1600-h/3-I70.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386702748595316482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHsNTLjgqu8b7e3JMHulEUV5aX2pDohs1Su2oYLOiemS6tnBd3Ge5AmU2fBupHdiIGx5QDtgWCugFratDbJCoG92xASHKqV1lNTLUJpBFk6NIRamDJhpODHR800t1v-N-ghJ2uedpY-Tk/s400/3-I70.jpg" border="0" /></a>All the folds on this rock make it look like drapery –<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkTl2-ESKhqrW0JIi8u4srhmu5cN_E2cWpBovTQwwEDgT91b-RM8-81u3CYRWD6IKj4Mnf_neVhYdNlYAK9CI4tZfPl4C59I711reXI-AWNoMdHtz6jfGLySGAVuKHR5xoqXnbvtjCPBE/s1600-h/4weird-formation.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386702759288525234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkTl2-ESKhqrW0JIi8u4srhmu5cN_E2cWpBovTQwwEDgT91b-RM8-81u3CYRWD6IKj4Mnf_neVhYdNlYAK9CI4tZfPl4C59I711reXI-AWNoMdHtz6jfGLySGAVuKHR5xoqXnbvtjCPBE/s400/4weird-formation.jpg" border="0" /></a>and when seeing this one it almost gives the appearance of being made of velvet.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXvGmCSfElyxncgpVP1BPht9S6GQtz6Mp3e44oN_itBjNXFLW0GqHOVhmWqfQnBatsrf1lf00nvPUoxs9PUE84jXw0fBaeozM2Mt6kqUHIAUEIdO0IMO3V-KP8aqK3D3QRMbRwVWvMbSY/s1600-h/5velvet.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386702764668474834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXvGmCSfElyxncgpVP1BPht9S6GQtz6Mp3e44oN_itBjNXFLW0GqHOVhmWqfQnBatsrf1lf00nvPUoxs9PUE84jXw0fBaeozM2Mt6kqUHIAUEIdO0IMO3V-KP8aqK3D3QRMbRwVWvMbSY/s400/5velvet.jpg" border="0" /></a>Then out of the rocks into agricultural land. Lots of farms. This one though is a vineyard. Lots of wineries up here. Didn’t know they grew grapes in Colorado.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsXn0TsjEe1kM2ESrvZsprFIMWLmyRTL2neI8bDxe1Th6eryPUddv-FPk9CAwtlKQvSY45h5MEzG9Vh-DBiqF2bTbPiggHkpvWeRnj7KFerhwFe8S2QXx21vOwU2JDSt1aCXf7oQnAZY/s1600-h/6grapes.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386703995478072402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 308px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsXn0TsjEe1kM2ESrvZsprFIMWLmyRTL2neI8bDxe1Th6eryPUddv-FPk9CAwtlKQvSY45h5MEzG9Vh-DBiqF2bTbPiggHkpvWeRnj7KFerhwFe8S2QXx21vOwU2JDSt1aCXf7oQnAZY/s400/6grapes.jpg" border="0" /></a>All this time we have been climbing higher and higher. Heading up to almost 11,000 feet.<br />Got lucky with this shot – doesn’t it look like a chess piece?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOOnEPL7Q4WsbtMm0vc19i97_gUeRtiNVY7myuLuMvIEBaJJCUab5xv3jGWA5zRfDg5PFnwd76sNTkcZ-TGQFnttugX6XdFKMTyovFWTyyFb4O8V9B2UDLYDfIyI7WNKUOjC5dWWJYARc/s1600-h/7chess.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386704001009411074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 371px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOOnEPL7Q4WsbtMm0vc19i97_gUeRtiNVY7myuLuMvIEBaJJCUab5xv3jGWA5zRfDg5PFnwd76sNTkcZ-TGQFnttugX6XdFKMTyovFWTyyFb4O8V9B2UDLYDfIyI7WNKUOjC5dWWJYARc/s400/7chess.jpg" border="0" /></a>Stopped and had a leisurely lunch by the river.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4xdCrPnFChzrvD86hHiSbbxaxvbZx2ppInRtaJcwQYlxz3W2RxX_f5R9ZjIEGJP6n9mrp2qXQt7RAPFRw75MI1JnjgSL6xiplLKqS2d2pGEdjmSprQ17hbE5snc0STmBaMvQ_YqXYKY/s1600-h/8lunch.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386704005611380722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4xdCrPnFChzrvD86hHiSbbxaxvbZx2ppInRtaJcwQYlxz3W2RxX_f5R9ZjIEGJP6n9mrp2qXQt7RAPFRw75MI1JnjgSL6xiplLKqS2d2pGEdjmSprQ17hbE5snc0STmBaMvQ_YqXYKY/s400/8lunch.jpg" border="0" /></a>There was a guy there fishing when we first got there. Guess he didn’t like our company as he picked up his stuff and split. Or maybe the fishing wasn't any good.<br />This road is really interesting. Not enough room in places to build the east and west roads side by side so the westerly road is built above and to the side of the east bound road.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvVeKJiegCdMyK-C8qBtja8tOfT66inNDK1Nt7GaChRm-PStMSGFvlvmbvWLBCq87QYAwDDF7MTg9TZpLoW6Grz87WH63BuLntvTgcvYn8qveIJAqDk0U8z2dM0Mpxyvrxd58DSqvoheI/s1600-h/9roads.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386704013473569362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 289px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvVeKJiegCdMyK-C8qBtja8tOfT66inNDK1Nt7GaChRm-PStMSGFvlvmbvWLBCq87QYAwDDF7MTg9TZpLoW6Grz87WH63BuLntvTgcvYn8qveIJAqDk0U8z2dM0Mpxyvrxd58DSqvoheI/s400/9roads.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkwE0rb3Nb-RBECbTJfeXtCoiUgKbJ9trnNJJI2M1a4oA3D6TpthRu8uxGfCncezZ0yf41rRqw4IsvK6tKFKog8NH6AnAL1f_EpcLmXRiTFqE79HZWdr7dxdEKVGkd7tzCB5E54Tkntc/s1600-h/10roadhigh.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386704021629405458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkwE0rb3Nb-RBECbTJfeXtCoiUgKbJ9trnNJJI2M1a4oA3D6TpthRu8uxGfCncezZ0yf41rRqw4IsvK6tKFKog8NH6AnAL1f_EpcLmXRiTFqE79HZWdr7dxdEKVGkd7tzCB5E54Tkntc/s400/10roadhigh.jpg" border="0" /></a>Quite an engineering feat. Then we went through the first set of tunnels.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQk_JVIej2ScpF1AZK4r7-uUW3wBWMKtzos-RRbb1LEEdqxWkbgSNOg2TUc0oMh3b5pn3sgaxH1QuQq94Mw8zTR6M8gOvqn1UHBJCvrmQBE2kgmgT8rm6zo7VH-xPlmrD3BC31UDUgYRE/s1600-h/11tunnels.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386705761636275954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQk_JVIej2ScpF1AZK4r7-uUW3wBWMKtzos-RRbb1LEEdqxWkbgSNOg2TUc0oMh3b5pn3sgaxH1QuQq94Mw8zTR6M8gOvqn1UHBJCvrmQBE2kgmgT8rm6zo7VH-xPlmrD3BC31UDUgYRE/s400/11tunnels.jpg" border="0" /></a> Inside the tunnel.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLYjJZmSqgUqpPjMWbpJy7h7E1LX2IR4X3iQJZj9IdYRlw4Peai9AKD7uYWbuN9DTJTCj-pfiD3HZQSeBknZ2rU3ZLcODFeIMvQQQvhCSMq3xNstAakOYMNYXAiLUqwl23odyMbCMSpi8/s1600-h/12intunnel.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386705764451906210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLYjJZmSqgUqpPjMWbpJy7h7E1LX2IR4X3iQJZj9IdYRlw4Peai9AKD7uYWbuN9DTJTCj-pfiD3HZQSeBknZ2rU3ZLcODFeIMvQQQvhCSMq3xNstAakOYMNYXAiLUqwl23odyMbCMSpi8/s400/12intunnel.jpg" border="0" /></a>And down off the east bound road between it and the river is a bike path. These people were going down hill but saw lots of them pedaling up hill.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTmUMYT-cyvRCFTXuwCIkPYIf4r6jCHXocIoXEsnvDVurRhg1NiJ-VyQXsSOehw_5cCzQZqRnP72Gye4zyPW9bWDdD14fSHWxg-Dvu2BJjWUQXBoCPXiMw_WcyGbTHjH5MIxAjtI1yrM/s1600-h/13bikes.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386705778382738242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 297px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTmUMYT-cyvRCFTXuwCIkPYIf4r6jCHXocIoXEsnvDVurRhg1NiJ-VyQXsSOehw_5cCzQZqRnP72Gye4zyPW9bWDdD14fSHWxg-Dvu2BJjWUQXBoCPXiMw_WcyGbTHjH5MIxAjtI1yrM/s400/13bikes.jpg" border="0" /></a> At 9000 feet yet. Must have good legs and lungs. The scenery was really beautiful. Saw one person in a canoe or kayak in the river heading for some rapids. He was out of sight too fast to take a picture. We were also seeing lots of aspens that had turned yellow. The hills looked like patch work quilts – the greens and yellows. So pretty.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgur5EfCR_09YtCbf5fQG2sgLxEHjKIWEQK4nA1Xd8DwvdPbqoOvQyt6uIqaVAXFvaJ9nA59boFLTOeY388fFOLRI3aJ3NarQUbgEimd7D-5RbTQAvFkMRinpcBWLgiCMWI549DlSitWfc/s1600-h/13a+apsens.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386705770011967154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgur5EfCR_09YtCbf5fQG2sgLxEHjKIWEQK4nA1Xd8DwvdPbqoOvQyt6uIqaVAXFvaJ9nA59boFLTOeY388fFOLRI3aJ3NarQUbgEimd7D-5RbTQAvFkMRinpcBWLgiCMWI549DlSitWfc/s400/13a+apsens.jpg" border="0" /></a>Since we’d been in Colorado we’d been seeing signs that said all truckers had to carry chains from Sept 1 to May 31st.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7X9PI_fi6Kpu-6nNxzp0SLEXYIICbldRGuBDXKgHsCL0C9BcyNa4RznWKTeOSkB6XYZ-1NDKBzWvTC4BPiRlTAytXZgNiUbeJaWJjE7HYKitypBApd3uTP7bT4r9e0xNDHUehhnhIO2A/s1600-h/15chains.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386707375545216610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7X9PI_fi6Kpu-6nNxzp0SLEXYIICbldRGuBDXKgHsCL0C9BcyNa4RznWKTeOSkB6XYZ-1NDKBzWvTC4BPiRlTAytXZgNiUbeJaWJjE7HYKitypBApd3uTP7bT4r9e0xNDHUehhnhIO2A/s400/15chains.jpg" border="0" /></a>Chains? In September? Then we went around a corner and these beautiful snow capped mountains came in view. We both said WOW – then started to discus the snow. “Was it there all year?” or “Was it fresh snow?” If it was that meant that it had snowed recently – in September! Wow!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRolMBL05vwWfWURKtW6HMtZ9w4hWu-Uk1ggDRhvW6jy8jtMGLut3zTq9mOBOh9KvS65-u9uH9HWI0frEWtrgk6B0WCX2r2TcFclADchnUlylqAlUf_jySV9N_uZ2KzoqmBUiZ6XS6-8/s1600-h/14snow.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386705781796797778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRolMBL05vwWfWURKtW6HMtZ9w4hWu-Uk1ggDRhvW6jy8jtMGLut3zTq9mOBOh9KvS65-u9uH9HWI0frEWtrgk6B0WCX2r2TcFclADchnUlylqAlUf_jySV9N_uZ2KzoqmBUiZ6XS6-8/s400/14snow.jpg" border="0" /></a>We were steadily climbing up towards Vail Summit which is 10,666 feet. Jennie was performing like a champ. Just chugging along, not getting hot, not complaining.<br />We kept climbing. The snow level kept getting closer and closer to us.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyF3SCRX0sSKxp50QdfqcaxabL9ax5X41zzR8S8zsq7ex9jloz6YPIKawcBXZ7OZOP-kJX0oIouv47nqBZY4UiR2HyZXvTvQnsMgzZd4Np3MxuFnDQyQ8DgbFTISCuMBP-aKlukCDEKOw/s1600-h/19snow.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386707394673230690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyF3SCRX0sSKxp50QdfqcaxabL9ax5X41zzR8S8zsq7ex9jloz6YPIKawcBXZ7OZOP-kJX0oIouv47nqBZY4UiR2HyZXvTvQnsMgzZd4Np3MxuFnDQyQ8DgbFTISCuMBP-aKlukCDEKOw/s400/19snow.jpg" border="0" /></a> Lots of snow on the ground below us.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7TwVVClr1SqRgb5BjFzF0dA9tDjOeN3FuOrWnQyFJxYT0tmyrwmA_OkKZVlgYO_196ktudt-pOWqVPT84R3w-GIgpj0hXcdprrHDkfeJsHpOI5ev-DAjNafLjLVHP3xf-RZJzIj0-VI/s1600-h/17snowclose.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386707382111694898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7TwVVClr1SqRgb5BjFzF0dA9tDjOeN3FuOrWnQyFJxYT0tmyrwmA_OkKZVlgYO_196ktudt-pOWqVPT84R3w-GIgpj0hXcdprrHDkfeJsHpOI5ev-DAjNafLjLVHP3xf-RZJzIj0-VI/s400/17snowclose.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Soon it was right next to us. Snow on the ground just off the highway.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9TaST4HamLTd-KYeONqkROjjalrWGYl01K46H_qPIrQmQFr5MOczhWs5oLOlKVAj3AbRqICKdgD7JqHgd0yFQTQopQOpu03UgS60lE5JrJtjAWOoDQdOVtLlUg4TmgbMXu92niNMG1Vo/s1600-h/18closer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386707390620831746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9TaST4HamLTd-KYeONqkROjjalrWGYl01K46H_qPIrQmQFr5MOczhWs5oLOlKVAj3AbRqICKdgD7JqHgd0yFQTQopQOpu03UgS60lE5JrJtjAWOoDQdOVtLlUg4TmgbMXu92niNMG1Vo/s400/18closer.jpg" border="0" /></a>Soon snow was all around us and we headed towards a tunnel. After we came out of the tunnel we could see a storm over the mountains in the distance. Hoped we weren’t headed that way.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zuivizCPM_kzyuHO3ThxPvfZUZpLdeWVfvz_-0znMqeRef_105VPZGWQpEkP858rhh8F4WlOo3_BnYaehfqhyphenhyphen9qfreNib2rN3iZ_uNzTBRNky9ccrFnsKa87yZF4VowE4DuI0LaYt1Q/s1600-h/20storm.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386707397109330562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zuivizCPM_kzyuHO3ThxPvfZUZpLdeWVfvz_-0znMqeRef_105VPZGWQpEkP858rhh8F4WlOo3_BnYaehfqhyphenhyphen9qfreNib2rN3iZ_uNzTBRNky9ccrFnsKa87yZF4VowE4DuI0LaYt1Q/s400/20storm.jpg" border="0" /></a> As we neared the Eisenhower Tunnel the mountains were covered with snow.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKN75pwwsvUQ45I3xU0m8JUmiPD_6NGqMvvZvV4oEX-JnbYm_xrv-OhBXXUfPQLIW4lIvAy4aqr4EPPOrpksWdLfd52LEck9ocUYSaZ6k_zjGxe83gQIis7Qa6OeaMFxy7du4EMaCziO4/s1600-h/21summet2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386708940827811938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKN75pwwsvUQ45I3xU0m8JUmiPD_6NGqMvvZvV4oEX-JnbYm_xrv-OhBXXUfPQLIW4lIvAy4aqr4EPPOrpksWdLfd52LEck9ocUYSaZ6k_zjGxe83gQIis7Qa6OeaMFxy7du4EMaCziO4/s400/21summet2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The Eisenhower – Johnson tunnel was built under the Continental Divide and at an elevation of 11,158 ft above sea level, it is one of the highest vehicular tunnels built. And it’s pretty long too. That answers the question of why I didn’t see a sign announcing we were crossing the Continental Divide.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXZhTwENbEZYxwpEt23jz8lR1DY3S5qhS-o3oG6drdFWRr7iDNbMiEQoHyDvZWfOj_Zf5SzaTaN1pI5jJUpLMvllA-k1JyGKZVmy9YMor8Fdna7RJa5kjsVBw6Ctpck7kWCrRSrp90qoU/s1600-h/johnsontunnel.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386708942706190962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXZhTwENbEZYxwpEt23jz8lR1DY3S5qhS-o3oG6drdFWRr7iDNbMiEQoHyDvZWfOj_Zf5SzaTaN1pI5jJUpLMvllA-k1JyGKZVmy9YMor8Fdna7RJa5kjsVBw6Ctpck7kWCrRSrp90qoU/s400/johnsontunnel.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Going down the eastern side of I-70 were some pretty sharp grades. One section is a 6% grade for five miles, and CDOT (Colorado Dept of Transportation) goes to great lengths to make sure truckers know this. There are signs all along this stretch that say things like "6% Grade / Truckers Stay in Low Gear", and after a brief flat section there is sign that says "Don't Be Fooled / Still Another Four Miles of 6% Grade / Truckers Stay in Low Gear." There is one runaway ramp.<br />I’ve always wondered how it feels to be in a truck that has lost it brakes, going down a curvy 6% grade and the sign says the runaway ramp is ONE MILE away. Got to be an awfully long mile. Brings to mind all kinds of trucking songs.<br />Anyway we ended up spending the night at the bottom of the grade in Golden, Colorado. Just stayed in the campground – someday will have to go back and nose around that area some.<br />I asked about the snow and the campground lady said they had snow on the ground in the campground a week ago. It got cold enough at night but glad the weather was clear.Carol and Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920669106841440178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812355723901211379.post-86634329273189920412009-09-27T18:02:00.016-04:002009-09-28T17:57:53.628-04:00Island in the Sky CanyonlandsMore of our drive through Canyonlands National Park. This part of it was all on paved road. Again there are no words to describe it adequately.<br />We drove through the “Island in the Sky” portion of the park.It's called that because it is isolated from the surrounding land by steep canyons formed by the Green and Colorado Rivers.<br />Here is a view of the Green River<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCoP40e77kv9bgmTgo_FuLxXzru5v_jFpHthbEAhRnCpO8whOstocENkB2mSsywqeDe_AvmHm78MwpFnDROk9eJ6RPuvkETfFP2EFl-yCSmmoMJsor9N0D0DP66de9vhMxpmfi-eDrMHs/s1600-h/1grriver.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386271604278628546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCoP40e77kv9bgmTgo_FuLxXzru5v_jFpHthbEAhRnCpO8whOstocENkB2mSsywqeDe_AvmHm78MwpFnDROk9eJ6RPuvkETfFP2EFl-yCSmmoMJsor9N0D0DP66de9vhMxpmfi-eDrMHs/s400/1grriver.jpg" border="0" /></a>Different layers of rocks.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8cndREePKBLV0eOXfluI-hLy2mFCdfnyb1PshnTqp9Y5qflFrw4djYNpnrUjRcNIeQ6XX3ZUlNFq4pL2yr6y28ezkFSi7NtXXAcIrRABfCkKYkBiSsKuxTJkJElRnUK20xJD0trgrJs/s1600-h/2cliff.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386271616873511906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8cndREePKBLV0eOXfluI-hLy2mFCdfnyb1PshnTqp9Y5qflFrw4djYNpnrUjRcNIeQ6XX3ZUlNFq4pL2yr6y28ezkFSi7NtXXAcIrRABfCkKYkBiSsKuxTJkJElRnUK20xJD0trgrJs/s400/2cliff.jpg" border="0" /></a>This big rock is called the Whale Rock. Kind of looks like a whale the way it raises out of the brush.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Ff7B5z_PCaGWDsiFicTQmY3eXKplkZYxvA-KUNJSBQhzBFEkuNBB0EdXO53udEI-bG4ecQvOYtcJxTmnIIlECbpKthx_xblUVYEhK1ovgCZTFYJpX31ZgkfzjmtLEJkipwFzuu82-eM/s1600-h/3whale-rock.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386271639335618338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Ff7B5z_PCaGWDsiFicTQmY3eXKplkZYxvA-KUNJSBQhzBFEkuNBB0EdXO53udEI-bG4ecQvOYtcJxTmnIIlECbpKthx_xblUVYEhK1ovgCZTFYJpX31ZgkfzjmtLEJkipwFzuu82-eM/s400/3whale-rock.jpg" border="0" /></a>Another view of the river way down there.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGub35eBPcLrfS56wV0jUqo4dkA-2TbiesrFi-ZnZWbXCwpuzynusO3sMXHl45OZJvg9QHhRkSAQ6wPEch7RQL3PHkKtZclZSCsn-deCv8wHD9i9ElDAZ0WZY1oRDcrE-8TyNR7Icdr58/s1600-h/4view.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386271647398989218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGub35eBPcLrfS56wV0jUqo4dkA-2TbiesrFi-ZnZWbXCwpuzynusO3sMXHl45OZJvg9QHhRkSAQ6wPEch7RQL3PHkKtZclZSCsn-deCv8wHD9i9ElDAZ0WZY1oRDcrE-8TyNR7Icdr58/s400/4view.jpg" border="0" /></a>Some of the varied vegetation<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz34x5-Jubb6AhAZkxNbyb_kINeR17833bM8-u7BRcajKXu3WrHRH1lcSfIlV0oFD5lKOJAixbzq3DsE3IqOVAtJmXB8Z-CoAjFAccSGRTjXatZkDEqbj6KF7ayFme2RKNfN_EiQl2qP8/s1600-h/5vegitation.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386271665109389474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz34x5-Jubb6AhAZkxNbyb_kINeR17833bM8-u7BRcajKXu3WrHRH1lcSfIlV0oFD5lKOJAixbzq3DsE3IqOVAtJmXB8Z-CoAjFAccSGRTjXatZkDEqbj6KF7ayFme2RKNfN_EiQl2qP8/s400/5vegitation.jpg" border="0" /></a> Different colored rocks and bushes.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaaK7Uiv3jUYy1GCM69xRMIWSCd6Vklx1H-ZLjdxM4CN_I3T8XG6RGh5Hu26iFp8F3D3O6yxP9w1ztQ7ySSoH-kO6cxwdmnnUr2aucVlAeFngGmbKsZxPUJQkNN4FirmNoyYIhd_h5ipY/s1600-h/10view.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386272094337140594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaaK7Uiv3jUYy1GCM69xRMIWSCd6Vklx1H-ZLjdxM4CN_I3T8XG6RGh5Hu26iFp8F3D3O6yxP9w1ztQ7ySSoH-kO6cxwdmnnUr2aucVlAeFngGmbKsZxPUJQkNN4FirmNoyYIhd_h5ipY/s400/10view.jpg" border="0" /></a>The mountains in the background are 35 miles away.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7CCu56wW6LbJZOl9XUPTVBQdQERMhTZ9D6vrpYx3cSzyUGLFS6HZOCKGQCG0AarBFldcJWLdA8RfzmNz6RBvsRF5E2YNcZ99vsnTVKMs4wQTeZwZe8Su0ENdiKMkgaJ-Wh7nI0yovPRk/s1600-h/6grand.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386272021422153298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7CCu56wW6LbJZOl9XUPTVBQdQERMhTZ9D6vrpYx3cSzyUGLFS6HZOCKGQCG0AarBFldcJWLdA8RfzmNz6RBvsRF5E2YNcZ99vsnTVKMs4wQTeZwZe8Su0ENdiKMkgaJ-Wh7nI0yovPRk/s400/6grand.jpg" border="0" /></a>This area is called Grand View – not hard to tell why.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwOhZoGrq4upAiNJm8qqGZkRRSPd5XwteaUH5IzvN0TwOO4JWJwAfGlmEqw16IR2Ryfz8gB4ONLl72gRG5Yb2eoGiLiEeuQGPrm2YmJYrv4pbB3zDkQBuINRkoc4AfJGfV2dKd29pTPq0/s1600-h/7grand.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386272028542129762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwOhZoGrq4upAiNJm8qqGZkRRSPd5XwteaUH5IzvN0TwOO4JWJwAfGlmEqw16IR2Ryfz8gB4ONLl72gRG5Yb2eoGiLiEeuQGPrm2YmJYrv4pbB3zDkQBuINRkoc4AfJGfV2dKd29pTPq0/s400/7grand.jpg" border="0" /></a> A picture of some of the fences that are all over the park. They are made from the dead trees.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuqstGyVDGjmoPLEfzg_VHfK4PetAQ7HNQFSLt02t-j8sNm9-tnRJJwPDPi8Muic8mOUR4u5w-xXAuwvUCvMUWQ-77wyEXJIsTSCkFrftefjg-jDOYStVUmKdtAf-bQLzhHGlyDyGcMJY/s1600-h/8fence.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386272045306184162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuqstGyVDGjmoPLEfzg_VHfK4PetAQ7HNQFSLt02t-j8sNm9-tnRJJwPDPi8Muic8mOUR4u5w-xXAuwvUCvMUWQ-77wyEXJIsTSCkFrftefjg-jDOYStVUmKdtAf-bQLzhHGlyDyGcMJY/s400/8fence.jpg" border="0" /></a>Some more scenery – no explanation necessary – from the Grand View area.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqY6RsF28UgtlcCctQF9b7RGu6Q6L5sshDNChXixsAkdENKMc88zdM-2B1yq6vWy-EAxMfpKee0D4osP1uXfgkDlHV_jXD78G_04xFNq_LCKwmUkzQ1hwSB5lXzEJ0M_8ogqoC1lt2jNc/s1600-h/16.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386272820981246770" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfcumzi8vp1FFc28r4XI8Uti2DsduU6q4imGr5_sJ8HVfB1KhOjOiQbzMKTTDWZYb-1GzM6e7ipVxady6GqVKkDL-siOu_ocr94KA2x_fqhETKdMKNcyHwc31HDePh0h7em5MOheHKOM/s400/14.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZjKjacRW_Xq5Jbf948hCj_VWDVYDnSMy-_YJ49Rdk2jshkahvVT_VA73R6dQl-S99-t2G2epFPSHomxGS4gVCZRuAljggEodRnUiO5cBAS4XfsZtBZs13p1jg7FXd5EXAsBVlF2eF5k/s1600-h/13.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386272534434081138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 291px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZjKjacRW_Xq5Jbf948hCj_VWDVYDnSMy-_YJ49Rdk2jshkahvVT_VA73R6dQl-S99-t2G2epFPSHomxGS4gVCZRuAljggEodRnUiO5cBAS4XfsZtBZs13p1jg7FXd5EXAsBVlF2eF5k/s400/13.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfWKM6fFKS5MPjqiW0cljMjFcOYOsCFbDuva6FRZzCho9z9E7vOF4FhHlXiFnxwDeqSB0gBu9Q3P0w3olCcNZSC0byf_8CIciuufOYryUdOTYmQEoNO185A2Wvt74l3xmt4z-4kIRcJ4M/s1600-h/12.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386272527943348466" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiw8SstR053K1CE9ipCGJa0Jnd35Mjns-NEGWuvpoVSAtIwH-8NwbhDPpmGyqBPEK4GVQGP3GSwOXiVahtXdh-DTyOYMpa0aw3YJa7wCpBbf9vSMD7AGoNDI9D2qLm_nHzgRygsk6j6OQ/s400/9view.jpg" border="0" /></a>Leaving the Park<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4DJGPExhOeiTtoDAGvwEGhdDJ3k6CXn5MgFqSIcKTBuErrjV75N0lLTzle1l6Lju7hMUrwLFLAtuxvzrjcI9IOAztkvr-8qt6qlCtJp3Vfv3-FapVb0e180Gxb5utnEeaYGk8ojZVpE/s1600-h/18leaving.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386272844488967938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4DJGPExhOeiTtoDAGvwEGhdDJ3k6CXn5MgFqSIcKTBuErrjV75N0lLTzle1l6Lju7hMUrwLFLAtuxvzrjcI9IOAztkvr-8qt6qlCtJp3Vfv3-FapVb0e180Gxb5utnEeaYGk8ojZVpE/s400/18leaving.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU8TIKIlKsNo4oDcg4PNVDlpjzJzfmqE5Rhyeyij6cYj60IiscVuA154KpJpeZyYtc8SO31BkrI40SzuKRZfwxBhB8gHu-wZOOvSMbRw54xtz7TUugYi5vWKKznsGIEGUee5v6Tr4xFAo/s1600-h/17.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386272830665095730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU8TIKIlKsNo4oDcg4PNVDlpjzJzfmqE5Rhyeyij6cYj60IiscVuA154KpJpeZyYtc8SO31BkrI40SzuKRZfwxBhB8gHu-wZOOvSMbRw54xtz7TUugYi5vWKKznsGIEGUee5v6Tr4xFAo/s400/17.jpg" border="0" /></a> End of a wonderful day and drive. Even the weather was perfect. Only in the high 70s.<br /><br />This part of Utah is so interesting. Something for every one. From boat rides on the Colorando River, to Sky Diving and lots of hiking trails.Carol and Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920669106841440178noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812355723901211379.post-24993828845506537562009-09-27T15:13:00.012-04:002009-09-27T15:37:50.775-04:004-wheel driving in WillieThursday morning we drove into Moab and put gas in the Jeep and had a good breakfast. We had plans for the day – or any way I had plans for the day that I managed to convince The Driver he wanted to do too. We were going to take Willie on a 4-Wheel Drive Trail! I had picked up a list of some of the drives around here when we were in the Visitor’s Center the day before.<br />There was Chicken Corners Trail – it gets it name because the area guides are reputed to allow “chicken” passengers to walk, rather than ride, past the narrow, sloping section of the trail. Hum – nope don’t think so.<br />Next was Poison Spider Mesa Trail – don’t even like the name.<br />Then there was Moab Rim Trail – sounded interesting. Till I read on “this is not a sneaky trail; you know what you are in for in the first hundred yards, as it starts up a steep rock slope with a harrowing drop off to the left. Watch for black spots (tire rubber) and gouges in the rock (made by trailer hitches or underbelly parts) to follow the trail. Again not for me. Getting too old for that foolishness.<br />Next was The Gemini Bridges Trail – remember to click on pictures to enlarge<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinK-cvcdz1qDXongwXBi7OcrvROXghVWdX3jF6rr1kdhJiEFhWgtZawx1130_8JotytxNgosmfusHbZ0s8XRv4YfFjyIpj1AIgbfg6zmsEkp-rm7BF0Xz4CyHleMSeNA3QRAex4TW1lz0/s1600-h/1gbridge.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386228012857733314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinK-cvcdz1qDXongwXBi7OcrvROXghVWdX3jF6rr1kdhJiEFhWgtZawx1130_8JotytxNgosmfusHbZ0s8XRv4YfFjyIpj1AIgbfg6zmsEkp-rm7BF0Xz4CyHleMSeNA3QRAex4TW1lz0/s400/1gbridge.jpg" border="0" /></a>I read about it – sounded good – also said “easy”. Now that’s for me. So off we went.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsFt8oCY2KSPRRaIG1yGSHyMbH_jzH62jJVoJ9LDkflxP7_9brmQbUXlEXSOOxbV_Xv-GUpuotKvf3PHFjIUqofqxAa95VIS_dvbpB7-zUIlZaracahCyXZTEJ0bfBRW8S-_U9zZHl9U/s1600-h/2begining.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386228016959134386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsFt8oCY2KSPRRaIG1yGSHyMbH_jzH62jJVoJ9LDkflxP7_9brmQbUXlEXSOOxbV_Xv-GUpuotKvf3PHFjIUqofqxAa95VIS_dvbpB7-zUIlZaracahCyXZTEJ0bfBRW8S-_U9zZHl9U/s400/2begining.jpg" border="0" /></a>Up the side of the cliff .<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8o-fVOrCQgd1rjWyK1Exx1_aTsx8eZ_hVEfyt7I2Spdal9zPIn89wPw7N22Te06j0h5oNQ9unLabJGIX5ECfc9RJgtzp6rxqn05-Rqs7rXLqAjqZEepXoMrn98JWCYxiXg6Zj_JbA88o/s1600-h/3thereisroad.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386228028123710146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 304px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8o-fVOrCQgd1rjWyK1Exx1_aTsx8eZ_hVEfyt7I2Spdal9zPIn89wPw7N22Te06j0h5oNQ9unLabJGIX5ECfc9RJgtzp6rxqn05-Rqs7rXLqAjqZEepXoMrn98JWCYxiXg6Zj_JbA88o/s400/3thereisroad.jpg" border="0" /></a>There goes the road in front of us.<br />And I mean literally on the side of the cliff.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY0_ZhbWIpzyClwCL3rqs5mcG5thkKAznMW6aW4h9Tgbi3b84mK8_4xXc05ro8kJb3XMGTp3rcsF0a5nS4RyDeneaqi-W9_6u7xJeVurzBb6tr4IzOZe77en9gaEvKEHdVlaAG4v3LhGQ/s1600-h/4corner.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386228030666015186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY0_ZhbWIpzyClwCL3rqs5mcG5thkKAznMW6aW4h9Tgbi3b84mK8_4xXc05ro8kJb3XMGTp3rcsF0a5nS4RyDeneaqi-W9_6u7xJeVurzBb6tr4IzOZe77en9gaEvKEHdVlaAG4v3LhGQ/s400/4corner.jpg" border="0" /></a>Yep that's a drop off in front - better make that curve.<br />Over rocks, through loose dirt up and up. I was hanging on to the “Oh Shit” bar and The Driver was enjoying himself.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvRWAwmdvR6dzLfItGa8vBa4X0MjpGpknIHFONMShaxqt52-IwveCnM_RRF6cCWSVK2NFv4X03xqQV5c6-rp1KIN-kDB04sXM0n0u9DGuB0n3BmS-1j81zlRZHELV5LeJl87HKToTymw/s1600-h/5highwaybelow.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386228037532341842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvRWAwmdvR6dzLfItGa8vBa4X0MjpGpknIHFONMShaxqt52-IwveCnM_RRF6cCWSVK2NFv4X03xqQV5c6-rp1KIN-kDB04sXM0n0u9DGuB0n3BmS-1j81zlRZHELV5LeJl87HKToTymw/s400/5highwaybelow.jpg" border="0" /></a> See the highway below (way below) us?<br />Just rough enough to make it interesting but not dangerous unless you do something really stupid.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcckriqgSIt1tx5MGIIuDADJX2KCLtzwkpJkzokuj6IhF6G7fCRr5HGSa88hf-tYHQDyoeHTGZz_O3AXA6oPUWDh0TMGGsyNTqA13fHnyV6PyvrxuR3FUA9rOVONgf_zOdK9YoNBcjgGs/s1600-h/6edge-of-road.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386229068800349362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 336px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcckriqgSIt1tx5MGIIuDADJX2KCLtzwkpJkzokuj6IhF6G7fCRr5HGSa88hf-tYHQDyoeHTGZz_O3AXA6oPUWDh0TMGGsyNTqA13fHnyV6PyvrxuR3FUA9rOVONgf_zOdK9YoNBcjgGs/s400/6edge-of-road.jpg" border="0" /></a>There is a valley between the road and the other cliff you can see.<br />Willie was in 4x4 drive and seemed to be enjoying it too.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijn6bkkKp-6zAOa0kM8ALAARBhsSBez5Co_M_iLu9i-TNsbsvbtEBaEfjUx6c-Wpxi-dMDUtr8WBJSZvTW2DMDRU7NMWS7si4NbSNvYoRmzXKetYbMEABISY79RcpDFh-2nLEChI2vOw0/s1600-h/7roadupthere.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386229072286370066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijn6bkkKp-6zAOa0kM8ALAARBhsSBez5Co_M_iLu9i-TNsbsvbtEBaEfjUx6c-Wpxi-dMDUtr8WBJSZvTW2DMDRU7NMWS7si4NbSNvYoRmzXKetYbMEABISY79RcpDFh-2nLEChI2vOw0/s400/7roadupthere.jpg" border="0" /></a>Been a long time since he got to play in the dirt. Soon we were up the cliff and the road leveled out quite a bit. Was not a drive on the highway though still pretty rough as you can see from some of the pictures.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNUsrBAAtM8JhhegdxjxpH4-bXWVovSa4HcBf5993S1C0kujcXjGcq21beQRif2vxTMMkKNJpBMOZaZRYjKb2O8tdxaqj014kZDHgptvM0AP_gtdv5w4wb_3P0OlmgA7kZnwivvrHFK-A/s1600-h/9scenery.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386229081934269298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNUsrBAAtM8JhhegdxjxpH4-bXWVovSa4HcBf5993S1C0kujcXjGcq21beQRif2vxTMMkKNJpBMOZaZRYjKb2O8tdxaqj014kZDHgptvM0AP_gtdv5w4wb_3P0OlmgA7kZnwivvrHFK-A/s400/9scenery.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijSP2rQJzfqEP9NwMA5M5Q1wqZ-qVmEY2p6thhilAhIYHpQk9PKn3UEziCaWQ2ydKxUG1pJpuCYxznXHcIK3nuvdi8h7Q9wfWcuuOv38Photzs_MYwSrhvV-Af6oXqhUUmfu0jRdPs9Ro/s1600-h/8scenery.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386229073622509858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijSP2rQJzfqEP9NwMA5M5Q1wqZ-qVmEY2p6thhilAhIYHpQk9PKn3UEziCaWQ2ydKxUG1pJpuCYxznXHcIK3nuvdi8h7Q9wfWcuuOv38Photzs_MYwSrhvV-Af6oXqhUUmfu0jRdPs9Ro/s400/8scenery.jpg" border="0" /></a>Here is more of the road after it leveled out a bit. Still rough but no drop offs.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmZ3fS44lt8vSRZKHLGNpO8gpYrF4p1gXeaB06nK7eT5Askk2DfbmCf1zZKMQA-WnFS8oonin-Ph3fUsxCEM93uCuF0AS-cbLAAu-zOo4LU2WTesOZCYpHyCDjVKf0pkOEnZh6HB4jpfI/s1600-h/10road.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386229086446149538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmZ3fS44lt8vSRZKHLGNpO8gpYrF4p1gXeaB06nK7eT5Askk2DfbmCf1zZKMQA-WnFS8oonin-Ph3fUsxCEM93uCuF0AS-cbLAAu-zOo4LU2WTesOZCYpHyCDjVKf0pkOEnZh6HB4jpfI/s400/10road.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYU9Y_eUk2slNv_R5hJmmPNq7edRT5-8YNLrAlMpP8XQdKIUEj53DFaoxeSnuvWVUzx4yPk3nlvMkGegxneT8K-62NEfixUl-4ySxL9kAKuR6Y1OOtks8KoRKuHwGB35VLKj3zI54I08/s1600-h/15road.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386230954596619586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYU9Y_eUk2slNv_R5hJmmPNq7edRT5-8YNLrAlMpP8XQdKIUEj53DFaoxeSnuvWVUzx4yPk3nlvMkGegxneT8K-62NEfixUl-4ySxL9kAKuR6Y1OOtks8KoRKuHwGB35VLKj3zI54I08/s400/15road.jpg" border="0" /></a> That isn't brick it is groved rock.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYgZZ2UeC4596tGMe38NJVS8nCWteJe1GxEt7ZmsIlPs25EDGTGv_dYnEayp4fIrl4uunduBmcgRKLKMWtRxp0OHdgxbq7MPoDL8cJOqoHMmny9whuXvb7-wJuOxt4Vt0lZVJBiyH3RG0/s1600-h/14road.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386230949331612418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYgZZ2UeC4596tGMe38NJVS8nCWteJe1GxEt7ZmsIlPs25EDGTGv_dYnEayp4fIrl4uunduBmcgRKLKMWtRxp0OHdgxbq7MPoDL8cJOqoHMmny9whuXvb7-wJuOxt4Vt0lZVJBiyH3RG0/s400/14road.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZvvLL5PXYaG7qCZF4p_1zhSiSFi02p_hcrLbBb0LEHIxfz8kHmVDV32j-OG7TBQo-yHMB_jYqUV4DpLUYm4a2QlmkgqM_WtpeixcFQwA8hRmsenyhEkChYjr7-UBNl_aQH8dNgzj4WeA/s1600-h/13road.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386230945093598002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZvvLL5PXYaG7qCZF4p_1zhSiSFi02p_hcrLbBb0LEHIxfz8kHmVDV32j-OG7TBQo-yHMB_jYqUV4DpLUYm4a2QlmkgqM_WtpeixcFQwA8hRmsenyhEkChYjr7-UBNl_aQH8dNgzj4WeA/s400/13road.jpg" border="0" /></a> And the views – magnificent, beautiful, wondrous – need to check the Thesaurus to find more descriptive words. Lets see “mind blowing”, “amazing”, “incredible” still doesn’t do it justice. The sky was a brilliant blue and the rocks red, red. On a photo it would look retouched – no I didn’t retouch anything. So here are the pictures.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqc5AMvUXTjujsT3i5mfrqftRd4gZIZ4Y6881MjFykGTigjgG1FVt6KWrgGzKp7A2YObJ-jcoB63XRxADJvRL4iqm0hu0TCoMchA7oTT1V1_yAHUNcLQnuYomLzsBUHZlKgiSegHxDKOY/s1600-h/12willie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386230937468425218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqc5AMvUXTjujsT3i5mfrqftRd4gZIZ4Y6881MjFykGTigjgG1FVt6KWrgGzKp7A2YObJ-jcoB63XRxADJvRL4iqm0hu0TCoMchA7oTT1V1_yAHUNcLQnuYomLzsBUHZlKgiSegHxDKOY/s400/12willie.jpg" border="0" /></a> There's Willie<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD6wyrku6joUBq6zzkYmzC7LdCg45FeGzcDnuwGQ2QURFV9MMkwRAVN8Zk3YQLsa4BRJ-gj7r1QpAhcTGT27kSjDpxL_HHIssIcWZsEfXJWyoPkfKCz7DHA86FbpywGxy4Hl1oDNuuNO4/s1600-h/11see-forever-35miles.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386230936222188130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD6wyrku6joUBq6zzkYmzC7LdCg45FeGzcDnuwGQ2QURFV9MMkwRAVN8Zk3YQLsa4BRJ-gj7r1QpAhcTGT27kSjDpxL_HHIssIcWZsEfXJWyoPkfKCz7DHA86FbpywGxy4Hl1oDNuuNO4/s400/11see-forever-35miles.jpg" border="0" /></a> The mountains in the left corner of the photo are 35 miles away<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglB-Ekm_6RKvVmVgqNdzHZcry586X5EWP3DRMsOaSvy0tnFpCHv9WJD19y0U8ENbXKMoA7arZfqjVqu2ggC77pA2zvIQC7_QLa_1_Kj-MCSkEE-PRVcRo9r98XTxWQyWTqdeoRn08vEHs/s1600-h/17scenery.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386231596743483698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglB-Ekm_6RKvVmVgqNdzHZcry586X5EWP3DRMsOaSvy0tnFpCHv9WJD19y0U8ENbXKMoA7arZfqjVqu2ggC77pA2zvIQC7_QLa_1_Kj-MCSkEE-PRVcRo9r98XTxWQyWTqdeoRn08vEHs/s400/17scenery.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT0yudYZogsHa96C7_rLK2F0_3qScBSRTOh9aIJIbqFTmm8W7ZlAdVVuNumr2sLbEppyluOkVygOK-XyD0XctSE_tUJoTy7ejb5jnSkVHmZE23ZcLDy8CvM4fjLVCUW8oJ8nXUk_iEG-E/s1600-h/16scenery.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386231590414567378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT0yudYZogsHa96C7_rLK2F0_3qScBSRTOh9aIJIbqFTmm8W7ZlAdVVuNumr2sLbEppyluOkVygOK-XyD0XctSE_tUJoTy7ejb5jnSkVHmZE23ZcLDy8CvM4fjLVCUW8oJ8nXUk_iEG-E/s400/16scenery.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Wish you could have been there - something to add to every body's "bucket list."Carol and Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920669106841440178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812355723901211379.post-59979871398341135562009-09-26T10:00:00.013-04:002009-09-26T10:47:09.637-04:00Arches National ParkGot to Moab around 3p.m. Got set up then took a drive into town to get a couple of groceries. Got that done then ordered a pizza from Pizza Hut while it was getting ready we went to the tourist center and picked up a couple of maps for 4 wheel driving and of course some souvenirs. Then back to pick up the pizza. Ate dinner and read for awhile then Bill surprised me by suggesting we go to Arches Park for sunset. Didn’t have to say that twice. Got my protesting toe into some tennis shoes and I was ready to go. At the ranger booth for the park they exchanged our Golden Age Passport for their new card – called Senior Pass. Another $10 saved. We were here about four years ago and toured the whole park so this time we went right to the Window Arches area. Not much talking in this post just pictures. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385776021235794354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic6mVDb9dDcpQ1CGr1mbXOYY2UF0y5ZECnHi3XdUu5UB6q3UDvG_e-ljpO7vb1EjIw8tWnlfVgu9chGU40OI-1VK50o08oILu3-f5IO0QqCm_FlWfePe9Dj985tNz3WFHN3Wkbg9Hn81I/s400/1archespk.jpg" border="0" />Passed some beautiful formations, especially with the setting sun shining on them.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtu5onCv9-L3vcn03iit7OwXN3cFsPElwlcFBs5pMwgeTQcxtWJwX_n_cXWZcf34ZVOs4HX9WlAYjSXC_zj8vkiUoyW8-ZehR5s2PD-KCdldgcaoM2EkPfLw4HnmwAPadxyW2Zmt1xaEY/s1600-h/3butte.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385776700543379154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtu5onCv9-L3vcn03iit7OwXN3cFsPElwlcFBs5pMwgeTQcxtWJwX_n_cXWZcf34ZVOs4HX9WlAYjSXC_zj8vkiUoyW8-ZehR5s2PD-KCdldgcaoM2EkPfLw4HnmwAPadxyW2Zmt1xaEY/s400/3butte.jpg" border="0" /></a> One in particular was really neat as a near by formation called the Three Gossips was silhouetted on it.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdqEImkKRNEVA4-SyMnJzZD0KgfB332TEKvbKY7mLjpjRGQFkp87xmxp81_ruSorZZ2g8SY5M1yYwDNy-gPuQKBO9lQDSx-zKQzizph523VR7hINYp61a2sYHzLq9xOcEXBJMut6vciWs/s1600-h/2shadow.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385776690849516450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdqEImkKRNEVA4-SyMnJzZD0KgfB332TEKvbKY7mLjpjRGQFkp87xmxp81_ruSorZZ2g8SY5M1yYwDNy-gPuQKBO9lQDSx-zKQzizph523VR7hINYp61a2sYHzLq9xOcEXBJMut6vciWs/s400/2shadow.jpg" border="0" /></a> I’m getting pretty good taking pictures from a moving car! Passed the Balanced Rock<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh50UmBezON2dSMXHcWLYflpZR1TzZ9I85kcINs61cXhnJLxhppNqgMUwPdtLITOkbFRAwbvBoAdyJ8dgEezFXs4XPc0IrOlZYpnr7-YKsfFponYppQH8ToFB0JdnuCP5QuqNKQJbuf55s/s1600-h/4balance.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385776703764664418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh50UmBezON2dSMXHcWLYflpZR1TzZ9I85kcINs61cXhnJLxhppNqgMUwPdtLITOkbFRAwbvBoAdyJ8dgEezFXs4XPc0IrOlZYpnr7-YKsfFponYppQH8ToFB0JdnuCP5QuqNKQJbuf55s/s400/4balance.jpg" border="0" /></a>and turned towards the Windows Section. Surprisingly there were quite a few people still there. I went trotting up towards the rocks, trusty camera in hand. Bill remained me to be careful of my foot but didn’t say anything else, just kept up with me. And wouldn’t you know while looking up I stubbed my foot and tripped. Got up quick and hoped he didn’t notice it. In this area there are three different windows. This smaller one North Window<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_QNSo1mYrwIctOgwLDNvhyHpkZhvzlOsT1nvlVtXYkpSnf6tHfjD61YUJ3tEbvKMda7zhm8YQmPQPMX4pRUDIsOUSjKqUk-QC7X3645MJ_DHIcy0t3_L-LpAVH2np80Ac68etwWgHho/s1600-h/6hole.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385776718653561410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_QNSo1mYrwIctOgwLDNvhyHpkZhvzlOsT1nvlVtXYkpSnf6tHfjD61YUJ3tEbvKMda7zhm8YQmPQPMX4pRUDIsOUSjKqUk-QC7X3645MJ_DHIcy0t3_L-LpAVH2np80Ac68etwWgHho/s400/6hole.jpg" border="0" /></a>The main big one South Window<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNlggThfX1At278KZtdo91gGDQ2wsASzqQd7j_lkhHTyeYngnEYqDXqSON1IQYz16aPdg4BTGr03O7mwy-OnDtL_ULKFuDYk8LMlRhp7W10H3ld88YSJD5VaRrYIZk2mSjYTjkDOJJTc/s1600-h/5window.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385776708645956594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNlggThfX1At278KZtdo91gGDQ2wsASzqQd7j_lkhHTyeYngnEYqDXqSON1IQYz16aPdg4BTGr03O7mwy-OnDtL_ULKFuDYk8LMlRhp7W10H3ld88YSJD5VaRrYIZk2mSjYTjkDOJJTc/s400/5window.jpg" border="0" /></a>And the Turret Arch – I think it looks like a key hole.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY9K0eFmhyphenhyphenf-9BmFEHMUda6D2lsnMmuPyIoVu01ahDNHArqUrw6GjEKmy2rkM7_7PM1E9ftZ_1HFYEY08ufQ8d9gB2Voo7Zfefj1nl-Y44Y6smyyFKbA0RlAbOzEDoVvF4ihKyQDweyYQ/s1600-h/9keyhole.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385778153066491970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY9K0eFmhyphenhyphenf-9BmFEHMUda6D2lsnMmuPyIoVu01ahDNHArqUrw6GjEKmy2rkM7_7PM1E9ftZ_1HFYEY08ufQ8d9gB2Voo7Zfefj1nl-Y44Y6smyyFKbA0RlAbOzEDoVvF4ihKyQDweyYQ/s400/9keyhole.jpg" border="0" /></a>Getting a little closer to the main window – my pet peeve is people who stand right in front of a beautiful scene and take a zillion pictures of themselves – then keep standing there while looking at the pictures they just took – GRRRRRRRR. I’m getting pretty good at photo shopping them out of my pictures. One or two okay but five minutes and 25 pictures. Enough of that – it was too pretty there to be annoyed.<br />So some pictures of South Window.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiIv8lacLWP4VCBpWjriuNQyPcWNEaCQeTHhjJfuje1DWq_HcYX9vBHucXkopNdb2wlzVjHN_Ufa6ZCRqklD5ohE8zUdnKUJdsPUNxBejeZ0oIXgmO1_oaoxTK1Ovt3LJG1y78MmDQuA/s1600-h/7window2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385778137263094882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiIv8lacLWP4VCBpWjriuNQyPcWNEaCQeTHhjJfuje1DWq_HcYX9vBHucXkopNdb2wlzVjHN_Ufa6ZCRqklD5ohE8zUdnKUJdsPUNxBejeZ0oIXgmO1_oaoxTK1Ovt3LJG1y78MmDQuA/s400/7window2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdoHKrpAV55sONLUx31lUlQIW7Kg6RJ7Aza7SzMaVRjQLHE_MfzvogqM03XJKQacQtJLK3CidT3-QAQV7SnEmKqslKe_pKdPZ4cVnoj4PH6pepqS8ZGuaDk0T4Z437Ygv5k985V0s67IQ/s1600-h/8window3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385778145162226658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdoHKrpAV55sONLUx31lUlQIW7Kg6RJ7Aza7SzMaVRjQLHE_MfzvogqM03XJKQacQtJLK3CidT3-QAQV7SnEmKqslKe_pKdPZ4cVnoj4PH6pepqS8ZGuaDk0T4Z437Ygv5k985V0s67IQ/s400/8window3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />And one even has The Driver in it. It was very windy up there – gusty enough to move me.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL6xIZzbD38Y4pDAEpDnLo3UrztuKZ7L6KCmTjw8F3BQ_l96lcnEVJeRhoUHt3KwmBSafaijd0KcYpA6SKQe7N2z6PkAlXw6CTLTKey68V-Ml5ryq9oIwaZZ6K-BcRiqHFEJrTs0Zv8Ks/s1600-h/10driver.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385778156873635266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL6xIZzbD38Y4pDAEpDnLo3UrztuKZ7L6KCmTjw8F3BQ_l96lcnEVJeRhoUHt3KwmBSafaijd0KcYpA6SKQe7N2z6PkAlXw6CTLTKey68V-Ml5ryq9oIwaZZ6K-BcRiqHFEJrTs0Zv8Ks/s400/10driver.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKsle863BfM8Cew4jrZHT-0JPqHFeb2MjLZhYHKJLV-eQIT9G4HEGrG245yC32-HuuVmViPAKsvdlIhisGpP11Nm8jKosFhCikDGVoMeGHFNBxro9MWqIIx_TkXYXiUwstMs2DdWjf9ts/s1600-h/13window5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385779966582874690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKsle863BfM8Cew4jrZHT-0JPqHFeb2MjLZhYHKJLV-eQIT9G4HEGrG245yC32-HuuVmViPAKsvdlIhisGpP11Nm8jKosFhCikDGVoMeGHFNBxro9MWqIIx_TkXYXiUwstMs2DdWjf9ts/s400/13window5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVnq2jUfkxH6kvKhT8ATC2VuZl0Gc6hLGrLvvtiXlMnuXXckU_oCszziZQQkUQ3wyQZQK9p9_o9rvGyfnLaQL1IC91EIX5wm8gtHgPf6vSqpPyRQ4X_SQysmVrKKVGBQ6lgJ0FCjOzc0/s1600-h/12through-window.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385779964230706194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVnq2jUfkxH6kvKhT8ATC2VuZl0Gc6hLGrLvvtiXlMnuXXckU_oCszziZQQkUQ3wyQZQK9p9_o9rvGyfnLaQL1IC91EIX5wm8gtHgPf6vSqpPyRQ4X_SQysmVrKKVGBQ6lgJ0FCjOzc0/s400/12through-window.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3PdCDCKc9eQsBe63x1TvySrOSBN8fgGfEY8ZWN6pfLm0t5EHsyiLkFad-WrNQ2Y1dq9OfwMzSUBteN_FNuGtIwsq9vbidboBkOVF92XBxlggoehJOcLokl1BqJkwxfGeUDiM65NYk5x4/s1600-h/11window4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385779956866037234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3PdCDCKc9eQsBe63x1TvySrOSBN8fgGfEY8ZWN6pfLm0t5EHsyiLkFad-WrNQ2Y1dq9OfwMzSUBteN_FNuGtIwsq9vbidboBkOVF92XBxlggoehJOcLokl1BqJkwxfGeUDiM65NYk5x4/s400/11window4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Turned around and looked the other way and managed to get this sunset one.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIToVgMx4FGHc38HlAFwNwcgzTbzEKmFAmh-o96H9XL8sJ6KjBUSU1JCCt7iiQm8Fvm81ElYuuMKEGcngMcJ4-ROFMsJeU2_GNxu-TJ50RQkfJb9NwXoXvE0b5Fo2IRT7AdF87FvsEF2U/s1600-h/15windowset.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385779983348592130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIToVgMx4FGHc38HlAFwNwcgzTbzEKmFAmh-o96H9XL8sJ6KjBUSU1JCCt7iiQm8Fvm81ElYuuMKEGcngMcJ4-ROFMsJeU2_GNxu-TJ50RQkfJb9NwXoXvE0b5Fo2IRT7AdF87FvsEF2U/s400/15windowset.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw6Wl1MbMgRL5eI90YgvycQpgWwC2KcSJk7aM-33P_iCQrWjTg4f5780hyphenhyphendBBAOcn55BB0_9knC2YFcBDNe0AsWdKPVsBc5izXSLPqED2uBd-soPnKic6M9ao7v6HqnBxtkgdFOe6mcqU/s1600-h/14sunset.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385779978581049346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw6Wl1MbMgRL5eI90YgvycQpgWwC2KcSJk7aM-33P_iCQrWjTg4f5780hyphenhyphendBBAOcn55BB0_9knC2YFcBDNe0AsWdKPVsBc5izXSLPqED2uBd-soPnKic6M9ao7v6HqnBxtkgdFOe6mcqU/s400/14sunset.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />As we were driving out took more pictures that I want to share.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2n0IXz8AD4VkUgehizw8ClAariNOhLdtYRRvDo9TVepei1_qsYohaOMb_GPLBwOgMDILZpnNe0kX1Y7TZx5QhJZy7bmLRdm3XNoCZuh3tG-yIeC0ei73w0lStB1ryiEnkg5me_bTigGc/s1600-h/16rocks.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385786227700629330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2n0IXz8AD4VkUgehizw8ClAariNOhLdtYRRvDo9TVepei1_qsYohaOMb_GPLBwOgMDILZpnNe0kX1Y7TZx5QhJZy7bmLRdm3XNoCZuh3tG-yIeC0ei73w0lStB1ryiEnkg5me_bTigGc/s400/16rocks.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Can you see the sliver of the moon in this one?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuoUuA6lXFW07f3QNLeyplnRnQC9LgqVXtusiCU7J9lERG9T_gP8deScNK5Di0CX0aL-M2HqKheAtmfqo_AhgyBLWTzftTZbAm664CmOZyWmtU1grCSn5Jkbj9Q3W_cO6v_wA8egqXqJY/s1600-h/17rocksmoon.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385786234623823186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuoUuA6lXFW07f3QNLeyplnRnQC9LgqVXtusiCU7J9lERG9T_gP8deScNK5Di0CX0aL-M2HqKheAtmfqo_AhgyBLWTzftTZbAm664CmOZyWmtU1grCSn5Jkbj9Q3W_cO6v_wA8egqXqJY/s400/17rocksmoon.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This is one of the most magnificent areas around. In fact I was checking the Thesaurus for better words – splendid came up but that isn’t strong enough. Glorious is closer.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnpygPeug3xuMdYnd_dFAxESBmMxuTKG95HVLxnO_xEtP6O9xa_A_zKeWgeVN2c5ePnXaNy8q0rpZvvC1P58AqHSp8ocT6H43jd9YXAIGG21AE0ormttewXSyCDwOKtHgRSSZA2QMjeAg/s1600-h/20.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385786250027934418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnpygPeug3xuMdYnd_dFAxESBmMxuTKG95HVLxnO_xEtP6O9xa_A_zKeWgeVN2c5ePnXaNy8q0rpZvvC1P58AqHSp8ocT6H43jd9YXAIGG21AE0ormttewXSyCDwOKtHgRSSZA2QMjeAg/s400/20.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaxkWtUml4-23KQ1nrE4sxWv5K7bI3zitRvLpc9PFCpckcB3GRMH8x8wfnUmHjreDHHcxyG-qBoa8VTlFUfeUdVMI8ssfEA4GroN4jgrXIkKDztpGR3MQbr5FpGJ4RmTBFGqSHtwEQ2ds/s1600-h/19.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385786247005878786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaxkWtUml4-23KQ1nrE4sxWv5K7bI3zitRvLpc9PFCpckcB3GRMH8x8wfnUmHjreDHHcxyG-qBoa8VTlFUfeUdVMI8ssfEA4GroN4jgrXIkKDztpGR3MQbr5FpGJ4RmTBFGqSHtwEQ2ds/s400/19.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNx995m5Pdhr3T_JX1G63ciZ-RR1bvO3D54KTxPvuzmRrlcQCBrjXMsFfEyfHnIhpXKE6bZoVFoPSHqFY9DG8CTcskGj1Gtlk6RxxURzIVi2LoNpwc3GvD9_TBBY5kP5iPftK2M5RU4FY/s1600-h/18sunset.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385786238250077266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNx995m5Pdhr3T_JX1G63ciZ-RR1bvO3D54KTxPvuzmRrlcQCBrjXMsFfEyfHnIhpXKE6bZoVFoPSHqFY9DG8CTcskGj1Gtlk6RxxURzIVi2LoNpwc3GvD9_TBBY5kP5iPftK2M5RU4FY/s400/18sunset.jpg" border="0" /></a>Tomorrow some pictures of your 4 wheel drive adventure and Canyonlands National Park. </div></div></div></div>Carol and Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920669106841440178noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812355723901211379.post-79793231306960111592009-09-25T20:07:00.010-04:002009-09-25T20:43:38.179-04:00Leaving Las VegasLeaving Las Vegas Tuesday morning turned out to be a bigger project then we thought it would be. The Driver had arranged to have Jennie’s oil and transmission fluids and filters changed at a place right next door to the RV park. So we got up and packed up and left the park. We were going to leave Jennie to get the work done have breakfast and go back and pick her up and be on our way.<br />We started towards the restaurant but pulled into a tire place?? Bill jumped out and went inside??? He came back out and told me to get out of the jeep as they were going to rotate the tires. No problem, it was just unexpected. So we waited while that was done then went to breakfast. We like to eat at the Blueberry Hill restaurants in Vegas - not fancy just a lot of good food.<br />Back to the shop where Jennie was. Bill got out and talked to the mechanics. Everything was fine with Jennie now. Mechanic said she must have the same oil and tranny fluid she had put in in 1997! Both were like paste. Now she should be happy. More talk with mechanic. Then Bill came back to me and said we were going to get new brakes on the Jeep. When they rotated the tires he looked at them and didn’t like what he saw. Okay – we were in no hurry any way. Jennie was backed out and Willie was pulled in. I sat in Jennie and read a book. Ended up getting both front and back brakes.<br />So at 11:30 we finally got on the road.<br />Have you ever noticed when driving through the western states that there will be an exit to a town sign<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7jXVIvHaXr1L0IDKzubGey0iYEri6w-CoBwTM6c7_r3OBAWxdlFhWIAfH5wKq1-ult9aDsC7LBzz31O8iIl9onfyD52SsdNZlhMOy2XsgKPJOmNMckhcAMnpoAdVcAXOni64TulGE4U/s1600-h/1townname.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385561410180203362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 282px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7jXVIvHaXr1L0IDKzubGey0iYEri6w-CoBwTM6c7_r3OBAWxdlFhWIAfH5wKq1-ult9aDsC7LBzz31O8iIl9onfyD52SsdNZlhMOy2XsgKPJOmNMckhcAMnpoAdVcAXOni64TulGE4U/s400/1townname.jpg" border="0" /></a>and there is no town any where in sight. And if there was why would any one want to live in that area? Nothing but rocks and little bushes for miles and miles.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjip8LVbxlE_wYqKjoQRyZt80NktPfbdpF9WZJUwwi6sQBZEju0l5PLOqCsl_kkx4bM3lXpSSlG6lirvr5POZTNHw-eDsFgvQ6jrYYw8EVRjzKBmLwWNHi55hbU_BDcooF6irBWo7o4ero/s1600-h/2where.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385561412481964898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjip8LVbxlE_wYqKjoQRyZt80NktPfbdpF9WZJUwwi6sQBZEju0l5PLOqCsl_kkx4bM3lXpSSlG6lirvr5POZTNHw-eDsFgvQ6jrYYw8EVRjzKBmLwWNHi55hbU_BDcooF6irBWo7o4ero/s400/2where.jpg" border="0" /></a>Just wondering. Another "Why?" town.<br />We passed through Mesquite on the NV/AZ border. Looks funny the side of the highway the town is on is all nice and green<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6LFPck9IRbLFQ_OFaJ5MOhz9mbBycSPrZjWVc9lp_4zspAMfgj4QuKSy-OjqLVyjCY3f6mWrEhWfJXRyT6soc7xaqN1Mas9ka1DhOMoDFIqN8nB1tkclV1YLs2H2VGcGFs3fveyJOPPY/s1600-h/3green.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385561420674885842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6LFPck9IRbLFQ_OFaJ5MOhz9mbBycSPrZjWVc9lp_4zspAMfgj4QuKSy-OjqLVyjCY3f6mWrEhWfJXRyT6soc7xaqN1Mas9ka1DhOMoDFIqN8nB1tkclV1YLs2H2VGcGFs3fveyJOPPY/s400/3green.jpg" border="0" /></a>the other side of the highway is barren hills.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiyhxMoQm_veS3-O8EfedZN38krwgw3B1yTJMIiP2rt-ybuQrmEg3rZih4f3Vd9TFMakIg-n0km6QYC4oQl_SIAQmHXqwttR76Hm7Ebjk8e7aHZWokTFSYfjKVdBMesQneu5VEXPx65ck/s1600-h/4brown.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385561429423755010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiyhxMoQm_veS3-O8EfedZN38krwgw3B1yTJMIiP2rt-ybuQrmEg3rZih4f3Vd9TFMakIg-n0km6QYC4oQl_SIAQmHXqwttR76Hm7Ebjk8e7aHZWokTFSYfjKVdBMesQneu5VEXPx65ck/s400/4brown.jpg" border="0" /></a>Amazing what a little water can do.<br />Down through the Virgin River Canyon – that is sure an ugly piece of real estate.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM6vV6vNLbjM16_JKIqAWeJ2E15KC-Td6STESDKW3NLTIO3VPkAZXelC2CgcZw-hMXDtgvedy7o0R3Dw2NT_0II8snD75r3CjUI3ytdl1YDi1vUYbIvjJ_NoTTQ2zqN4HJnYpPYxnltyg/s1600-h/5virgin.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385561436704216274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM6vV6vNLbjM16_JKIqAWeJ2E15KC-Td6STESDKW3NLTIO3VPkAZXelC2CgcZw-hMXDtgvedy7o0R3Dw2NT_0II8snD75r3CjUI3ytdl1YDi1vUYbIvjJ_NoTTQ2zqN4HJnYpPYxnltyg/s400/5virgin.jpg" border="0" /></a>Passed by a fire beside the road. Lots of police and fireman working on it.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxbqxZWO1bmmKaVUkWy1u6a3z4pIF30ci5Y068ZF2rVQTwJbdPk9JvWTAEtgoId-tfI-aRWV93vZkKJQgpd7Ou4IIjJQem8sTbiSgyhA9U6Znw6LmUaalw2c8dnFqDkBQ0EqfdYpnOBGQ/s1600-h/6fire.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385562245757848210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxbqxZWO1bmmKaVUkWy1u6a3z4pIF30ci5Y068ZF2rVQTwJbdPk9JvWTAEtgoId-tfI-aRWV93vZkKJQgpd7Ou4IIjJQem8sTbiSgyhA9U6Znw6LmUaalw2c8dnFqDkBQ0EqfdYpnOBGQ/s400/6fire.jpg" border="0" /></a>Looked like they about had it out. Don’t think there was much there to burn anyway.<br />Then into Utah. Scenery started to get prettier.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVYu3bDjLZIHBBwWRom1xa4pemUGLY4xBl_70JMJ_z66k1lspr5Qu-8RopWi0KrpDpOGiSgPRNc-QRXWYMFKChXyOQYwYkwQrF8BXH2viMgQFzoeUigkxZf9GFhP698ZZxN1K1hCdOtLw/s1600-h/7utah.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385562252388572722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVYu3bDjLZIHBBwWRom1xa4pemUGLY4xBl_70JMJ_z66k1lspr5Qu-8RopWi0KrpDpOGiSgPRNc-QRXWYMFKChXyOQYwYkwQrF8BXH2viMgQFzoeUigkxZf9GFhP698ZZxN1K1hCdOtLw/s400/7utah.jpg" border="0" /></a> I just love Joshua Trees. They have such great shapes. We passed through Saint George, it looks like it is still growing. We stopped at a rest stop just before Cedar City. Had a snack and got out and stretched a little.<br />We continued on through Cedar City and were going over a very rough stretch of highway when there was a terrible thumping and banging and jolting from the back of Jennie. "What happened?" from me. "We lost a tire tread," came the calm reply from The Driver as he slowed down and pulled to the side. The tread had come off the left rear outside tire.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkMPbfHtFpk3L_JQeCTXGCLbO65lxs2Dv178I0w8Oyvwvboe_aZu8YxXrRaViAy6gdCseia81FrGUqt76h1nh0uo03xkauVtuhtjW_3MNXXdZgtiz7PFpq1qJQrTBSy17Taq7lfvRCrI/s1600-h/9tire.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385562266536819506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkMPbfHtFpk3L_JQeCTXGCLbO65lxs2Dv178I0w8Oyvwvboe_aZu8YxXrRaViAy6gdCseia81FrGUqt76h1nh0uo03xkauVtuhtjW_3MNXXdZgtiz7PFpq1qJQrTBSy17Taq7lfvRCrI/s400/9tire.jpg" border="0" /></a>He got out and checked. No real damage to anything just some black marks on her pretty newly polished paint<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ph7wU6yhTmDMnFrGw11kQFUdwnIdocu5JCTxlUOFUav5HqQBtOC0tu3icQIgH1aF8fK29spZqAxfybR8eTQIqb9qL_1dK5Hoy1qFBjEgPxZkDaw4dda2V3P3rJSIvUySLHtOuVD_Zsc/s1600-h/8marks.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385562254088641282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ph7wU6yhTmDMnFrGw11kQFUdwnIdocu5JCTxlUOFUav5HqQBtOC0tu3icQIgH1aF8fK29spZqAxfybR8eTQIqb9qL_1dK5Hoy1qFBjEgPxZkDaw4dda2V3P3rJSIvUySLHtOuVD_Zsc/s400/8marks.jpg" border="0" /></a>and the inside tire was fine. Luckily we were just at the outskirts of the town and were able to slowly get to the next off ramp and call around to find a tire. One place in town had the right size. So we plodded through town to the store and had the tire replaced. And we were lucky as we had forgotten we were into the Mountain Time Zone and it was almost 5:00 – a few more minutes and they would have been closed. So except for the marks on Jennie’s side and a piece of metal that came off of one of the exterior doors no damage done. Thank goodness.<br />After a very expensive stop (now she has all new tires) we were on our way again. By then we were fighting a strong head wind all the way into Beaver, UT where we spent the night in a nice KOA. Up at 6000 feet it was also starting to get cold. Had to turn the heater on for a while.<br />Off and running Wednesday morning. We picked up the I-70 just outside of Beaver and kept on it right across Utah. One stretch of it for 110 miles has no services.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-LdaEOebqIS46li5Qd8p5di69sBLZQRZYCx5G8IZ8FcZbRJ1w0lELmUouD1BAFAXKAW8vBoUD1LEUGlmVSZr9gQOy7RB9r83d8tUvECrS7gEV8DJOZIEoz6pclcdNYAkivQoRTemXRsY/s1600-h/10noserv.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385566716021805186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-LdaEOebqIS46li5Qd8p5di69sBLZQRZYCx5G8IZ8FcZbRJ1w0lELmUouD1BAFAXKAW8vBoUD1LEUGlmVSZr9gQOy7RB9r83d8tUvECrS7gEV8DJOZIEoz6pclcdNYAkivQoRTemXRsY/s400/10noserv.jpg" border="0" /></a>That’s a pretty long stretch with no stations. Really a nice drive though. Lots of varied scenery. From forests to red mesas<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibYFt7cJIDNnAsvAyC_p3vYCt6CWTxEjQGrE1iTBOtEW3Z2U3AvlREo05ZYqFR1NdsL77chJDbTQpTBCV7JiDv55wQT2W0Si-hxwb57E7L5nx3BR_ayoTvWWe2H8e-Rxxd4t7sLNPcuNo/s1600-h/13red.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385566730500325922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibYFt7cJIDNnAsvAyC_p3vYCt6CWTxEjQGrE1iTBOtEW3Z2U3AvlREo05ZYqFR1NdsL77chJDbTQpTBCV7JiDv55wQT2W0Si-hxwb57E7L5nx3BR_ayoTvWWe2H8e-Rxxd4t7sLNPcuNo/s400/13red.jpg" border="0" /></a>and some really weird domes<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAsOoJ2sO1vGpjXZnVrn1LXG88RDSamkZT19vxow5qEzidDtoHkc26aJ8RMEhEqGo9-TwtKqh_23hyphenhyphensMJVsZLjBiyz4eEUv9kHgv9dLVFxx43S0AwuEQ3DDXHmCsnaapMm9M4QndkWZDg/s1600-h/11redrock.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385566720994508178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAsOoJ2sO1vGpjXZnVrn1LXG88RDSamkZT19vxow5qEzidDtoHkc26aJ8RMEhEqGo9-TwtKqh_23hyphenhyphensMJVsZLjBiyz4eEUv9kHgv9dLVFxx43S0AwuEQ3DDXHmCsnaapMm9M4QndkWZDg/s400/11redrock.jpg" border="0" /></a>to gray rock mounds jutting up out of no where<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxO1_5xLwXM-_HbD-aZOCNX3reb5JukaLI-RrHoFX4xpOuGeX2RvtL7QFheSw6Fsnju5xNLM6SK7M7vmDHF451z6_fdV2BVr-3GRba5a2iji2RNbV2TP6BiVacsUFrOtNLGBwcbhfTSxg/s1600-h/12gray.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385566729122111986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxO1_5xLwXM-_HbD-aZOCNX3reb5JukaLI-RrHoFX4xpOuGeX2RvtL7QFheSw6Fsnju5xNLM6SK7M7vmDHF451z6_fdV2BVr-3GRba5a2iji2RNbV2TP6BiVacsUFrOtNLGBwcbhfTSxg/s400/12gray.jpg" border="0" /></a>and yellow domes popping up throughout the desert.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin5afyzNKHSdziriP9a64x7daUvU5kNZOyxLofBxL4KHc9N3CaQ0g6FnseitIaRTGS7uu6xav-Mh1iLzyPHry-44MR_NgYPhnVsJKemjaZfAFeYMn1RmXAsfsIhV0ApgYy6kXLxearYRo/s1600-h/14yellow.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385566741788619890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin5afyzNKHSdziriP9a64x7daUvU5kNZOyxLofBxL4KHc9N3CaQ0g6FnseitIaRTGS7uu6xav-Mh1iLzyPHry-44MR_NgYPhnVsJKemjaZfAFeYMn1RmXAsfsIhV0ApgYy6kXLxearYRo/s400/14yellow.jpg" border="0" /></a>Some of the trees are already bright orange or yellow.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVub5sWHOAoYW_PHs02_6CsIvIipergHQSFucxCD0sR4QGG_XFTpf9cdPRBW-30hRZlD452_Pbxum-RuauYs-8r91i99qk8Lq4KwUF-gD9sReZZ2tQnK74UIaxx-RXSLA4B4lZ5twT7U/s1600-h/16tree.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385568511489719842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 316px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVub5sWHOAoYW_PHs02_6CsIvIipergHQSFucxCD0sR4QGG_XFTpf9cdPRBW-30hRZlD452_Pbxum-RuauYs-8r91i99qk8Lq4KwUF-gD9sReZZ2tQnK74UIaxx-RXSLA4B4lZ5twT7U/s400/16tree.jpg" border="0" /></a>Lots of farming going on – according to the signs - melons. That surprised me.<br />We dropped off of I-70 to go south to Moab, UT. Love that area. Spent two days there.Carol and Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920669106841440178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812355723901211379.post-65512287881148585162009-09-23T17:15:00.019-04:002009-09-23T18:03:32.930-04:00Last of Las VegasAs I mentioned Monday came and went and we were still in Vegas. All the walking the night before got my toe hurting enough to upset my stomach. Bothered me all night so decided Monday a.m. to stay another day. I took it easy during the morning. Catching up on what is going on in our home town in Indiana. Lot of new from there and not good for the town. One of Nashville’s best attractions was the Little Nashville Opry – BIG country stars have been performing there every summertime Saturday night for a very long time.
<br />We have seen George Jones and Randy Travis there. And were going to see Loretta Lynn in November. But….. It burnt down Saturday evening the 19th. It has been in operation for over 30 years. Quote from their web site
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<br />“From the building’s humble beginnings as a sawmill and later an indoor horse arena, The Little Nashville Opry was transformed by four local couples interested in bringing top-quality entertainment to the South-Central Indiana area, already a popular tourist destination.”
<br />Sure hope they will be able to rebuild it.
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<br />Also the weather has been terrible there – rain, rain and more rain. Sure glad we got that new roof.
<br />By Monday afternoon I was feeling pretty good so later in the day we took another trip to “the other side of town.” First The Driver got to go to his favorite toy store – Harbor Freight – ugh I hate the way it smells in there. But he found what he wanted so he was happy.
<br />After that we drove again to The Strip and parked at the Paris. Walked through there – again it was pretty busy – guess there is money for gambling. While in Vegas we didn’t give a cent to any machine or hotel. It’s weird to walk through the casinos now – no clank, clank of coins coming out of the machines. No coins are used at all any more. Only tickets or bills. Ha – not mine. Used to be when we walked through the casinos I would almost always play any coins I had in my wallet. Of course always lost them but it was never too much. Now they get nothing from me.
<br />We just looked in the windows and walked over to Ballys so we could take the walk over Las Vegas Blvd to the Bellagio. I love to see what they do in their conservatory for each season. Was not disappointed – it is all decorated for autumn –just beautiful. Just walking through the hotel to get there was an experience. Some of the big glass leaves hanging from the ceiling in the shopping area.
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw68d07Sxns3d_kPCto_Uee4jS5Aw7RS6Un5GJX3i1NLQ_kpQ3bbn7_ufJ7cg3guQjOvgqzw8kyBqJ3uI2Eq9r2E93whNW0kIKkQpUG825nICUj_BBRYClqI6YyGPTgNwYKJNywB2ryCM/s1600-h/bel1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384774991122509298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw68d07Sxns3d_kPCto_Uee4jS5Aw7RS6Un5GJX3i1NLQ_kpQ3bbn7_ufJ7cg3guQjOvgqzw8kyBqJ3uI2Eq9r2E93whNW0kIKkQpUG825nICUj_BBRYClqI6YyGPTgNwYKJNywB2ryCM/s400/bel1.jpg" border="0" /></a> And the floors with all the mosaic flower baskets.
<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkLLe8SIbfj3r2RIaAlLA_UcgzWbuHpQ1Rhu8Bh34KnUl5zNq4_9aWoZexyAEo2zXUNLg35JQrkHe5GkAtilb6CSMZ53aN3u93cf1c8C47lugeUKZdbbD3ctkDZwB6bqKP3bpIJal4dGA/s1600-h/bel9-floor.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384775465369704898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkLLe8SIbfj3r2RIaAlLA_UcgzWbuHpQ1Rhu8Bh34KnUl5zNq4_9aWoZexyAEo2zXUNLg35JQrkHe5GkAtilb6CSMZ53aN3u93cf1c8C47lugeUKZdbbD3ctkDZwB6bqKP3bpIJal4dGA/s400/bel9-floor.jpg" border="0" /></a>A big scarecrow welcomes you in.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiio_ONfwtuB1d3RT89ZQr30vw35B4jJTMhxznSMYARAXCErbZqWbBK5duDaUyBOMw0Q4VEElSwn77cdR9czwC5m9by8mXDWL6snNa_6C1k-eSkKEOFqi6AHTIH5LuBW23_nt4wpD1CaAQ/s1600-h/bel8-atri.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384775452313151794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiio_ONfwtuB1d3RT89ZQr30vw35B4jJTMhxznSMYARAXCErbZqWbBK5duDaUyBOMw0Q4VEElSwn77cdR9czwC5m9by8mXDWL6snNa_6C1k-eSkKEOFqi6AHTIH5LuBW23_nt4wpD1CaAQ/s400/bel8-atri.jpg" border="0" /></a>There is a covered bridge
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9rf5rAIDZCVGEHlHiLzhD9PzI3mi1_DDy8vbPrzVyQDtS6g3jCi_ofyrmSozpEFRUuyyHtSi2U_V1DOZHNcnWalLrdS5eJ87NdmTProHuVLjRl5lm-PRWu2FA322IOQJtlN_qycKCv4U/s1600-h/bel7-bridge.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384775442790107298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9rf5rAIDZCVGEHlHiLzhD9PzI3mi1_DDy8vbPrzVyQDtS6g3jCi_ofyrmSozpEFRUuyyHtSi2U_V1DOZHNcnWalLrdS5eJ87NdmTProHuVLjRl5lm-PRWu2FA322IOQJtlN_qycKCv4U/s400/bel7-bridge.jpg" border="0" /></a> A minature city on a lake with a water feature
<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384775002919510674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizIUf7sYcAWorPHLkhr1ZfbuBdOhQ7th0WRm7l-VLbQejdtVuAuOxpNand4PL08Yc_ux4uT9SmQ6mTC1JRIcNZVqU_0GSYOj1zWIwGrFplkrsnHUIFvzeGvDzXdxsXSqX_lCJjxcHvl-I/s400/bel2.jpg" border="0" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCdrkUUrVohHExlDEjYIueG3qtUXsrCgPS9Y6nIz6N_toJgGQAuhC4YMcQ6BbgNkiDx8OWMIc0AwYmL3CzoGB-iT3WYH6ugtoj22TiWUpiLgG-GlZSEq0TItaIwsQjAJGOjjvW_pIsHEM/s1600-h/bel2a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384775020305585570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCdrkUUrVohHExlDEjYIueG3qtUXsrCgPS9Y6nIz6N_toJgGQAuhC4YMcQ6BbgNkiDx8OWMIc0AwYmL3CzoGB-iT3WYH6ugtoj22TiWUpiLgG-GlZSEq0TItaIwsQjAJGOjjvW_pIsHEM/s400/bel2a.jpg" border="0" /></a>A couple of trees with faces – this one talks
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYy7IJkIlHpUIQsW03mOOoub3uvFi4byRS6rm1i3oDWx8SK3HJqm1IvX1jyK2MQ8WH5iiQd9fTKUOOm_0ds6nHJSAg7ont2_pmZehyphenhyphen_00gFC6hqcDYnIDs4jtAWFSQIeVSjPVR8CWn0Ac/s1600-h/bel3-tree.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384775027883747554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYy7IJkIlHpUIQsW03mOOoub3uvFi4byRS6rm1i3oDWx8SK3HJqm1IvX1jyK2MQ8WH5iiQd9fTKUOOm_0ds6nHJSAg7ont2_pmZehyphenhyphen_00gFC6hqcDYnIDs4jtAWFSQIeVSjPVR8CWn0Ac/s400/bel3-tree.jpg" border="0" /></a>This one is just neat
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBG2yOmEEOO_4b_VnsAiKhKK4HNA1shVsOHHFqFcMJo4CpUuMtn5H2ioi7ssonG1sXXfTjWziiz-fpLF5HHV7vfhuWEg4JPfAO741GzAkGwMWiDcUG0auX30nvnefJxmfi3gYx0WKEAi4/s1600-h/bel5-face.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384775423268827778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBG2yOmEEOO_4b_VnsAiKhKK4HNA1shVsOHHFqFcMJo4CpUuMtn5H2ioi7ssonG1sXXfTjWziiz-fpLF5HHV7vfhuWEg4JPfAO741GzAkGwMWiDcUG0auX30nvnefJxmfi3gYx0WKEAi4/s400/bel5-face.jpg" border="0" /></a>These trees have water pumped to their tops and it constantly flows down around them.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-WuTQ0mYbwiK1viumqsURJuvAnRDzzcYv-I-ryFTzIQ17JZqWAJSgfY9NoSiMR_BRlR0a63Jc9yIJvahfm8c6oV8nFAMmTIlLEpLJMGGtJRPhHhv2C5EpryftI6uOmcuos-bpYGJbOjo/s1600-h/bel6-water.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384775429808037778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-WuTQ0mYbwiK1viumqsURJuvAnRDzzcYv-I-ryFTzIQ17JZqWAJSgfY9NoSiMR_BRlR0a63Jc9yIJvahfm8c6oV8nFAMmTIlLEpLJMGGtJRPhHhv2C5EpryftI6uOmcuos-bpYGJbOjo/s400/bel6-water.jpg" border="0" /></a>And flowers (real ones) everywhere
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisHiwOe5wf6tEtK5-jORNmyGgJx49QjlR7goD47Ne4_JZhm2bcMVIjDGfbqBgPEhw_FSmLlwr0Xj0bS2fHmVwqd8RDXzcWBkwEcZxMGV2lmfdaGpHd5g4zWHvksKfDuwatMTsXL89dmOQ/s1600-h/flowers.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384776149167078386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisHiwOe5wf6tEtK5-jORNmyGgJx49QjlR7goD47Ne4_JZhm2bcMVIjDGfbqBgPEhw_FSmLlwr0Xj0bS2fHmVwqd8RDXzcWBkwEcZxMGV2lmfdaGpHd5g4zWHvksKfDuwatMTsXL89dmOQ/s400/flowers.jpg" border="0" /></a>After checking out everything there we went to the chocolate shop to drool over all the goodies. Just one of their trays.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJDJRMCBiMjBUSBYQe1rFLoUr-safkbqNTlHdX_e0Yk3Z95QGCoRVGiVIzMVx-uW6zFkJu_oaiRHRQ3ZIgCOfe4YmRB94utGXxXJtHvqNOimtFKcuwAM_bxB1XVUUXAFTjSoqPzFIrcc/s1600-h/bel4-choc.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384775035457765986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJDJRMCBiMjBUSBYQe1rFLoUr-safkbqNTlHdX_e0Yk3Z95QGCoRVGiVIzMVx-uW6zFkJu_oaiRHRQ3ZIgCOfe4YmRB94utGXxXJtHvqNOimtFKcuwAM_bxB1XVUUXAFTjSoqPzFIrcc/s400/bel4-choc.jpg" border="0" /></a> Then we walked back across the street along the Bellagio’s lake side. Just as we were passing the dancing waters started up. So we stopped to listen and watch.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsk6BVR07xxHIE7CrFc_v6EAlqrpcBS_z143ePA2RXAN06cQqCERF5vOfqP4fMdDRGoIywqOoKjdXUDRErcnN81ItRTBuwtlFpT8AEXtVbmHxiHpvNzccTupvKPbNHq2z9mR4ZU8odts0/s1600-h/bel10-lake.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384775865974473186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsk6BVR07xxHIE7CrFc_v6EAlqrpcBS_z143ePA2RXAN06cQqCERF5vOfqP4fMdDRGoIywqOoKjdXUDRErcnN81ItRTBuwtlFpT8AEXtVbmHxiHpvNzccTupvKPbNHq2z9mR4ZU8odts0/s400/bel10-lake.jpg" border="0" /></a>From there a great view of Paris
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCqqqif86N5CRiyh8gAZmXStF2HskIDf6PCW8fi0baSeN1DyYHequo_0bGwfR4QuezWR-QCzBYpLpW1MoQUpwwtUtf-RGb7jOHyytXeWCwbOBYUchdSfzqgba5O5R1v4iifC-EPZx4ct0/s1600-h/view.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384776158107416258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCqqqif86N5CRiyh8gAZmXStF2HskIDf6PCW8fi0baSeN1DyYHequo_0bGwfR4QuezWR-QCzBYpLpW1MoQUpwwtUtf-RGb7jOHyytXeWCwbOBYUchdSfzqgba5O5R1v4iifC-EPZx4ct0/s400/view.jpg" border="0" /></a>Then back to the car – this is a view of the LV copy of the Arch of Triumph that is right where you wait for your car to be delivered.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr17ogbkv35req4EGno4rbKsU09mhien2YWnrX2oq1-JQe1y3Yp1S6lqPlwTq4G3AKPIH_d7NyZvyjp7RbNTTY3tOClf6F4Yy43wpasRrJ-CddYIkNNsWBZ8i3wyKEGYK4K9RqYvoJLEQ/s1600-h/view2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384776166095317586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr17ogbkv35req4EGno4rbKsU09mhien2YWnrX2oq1-JQe1y3Yp1S6lqPlwTq4G3AKPIH_d7NyZvyjp7RbNTTY3tOClf6F4Yy43wpasRrJ-CddYIkNNsWBZ8i3wyKEGYK4K9RqYvoJLEQ/s400/view2.jpg" border="0" /></a>Last year when we were here I took a lot of pictures of the new City Center buildings. They started building them just after we moved from Vegas in March of 07 –all of the buildings are expected to be open for business by December of this year.
<br />Here are some pictures of just some of the buildings.
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibFB6lM_C4aXjEp5GTRaYoHugUEPrX9gaqGNELRA71Y1x1KPWFeLQqeMnLgNO5JVr8qZmvB4eG5vroEZNPraGw1uT8fvqQIFqmFDHt7DWQGTfwfbTEhuHGUMCn0O81FZqc7o0Tc_P_IM8/s1600-h/cc2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384775883904964690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibFB6lM_C4aXjEp5GTRaYoHugUEPrX9gaqGNELRA71Y1x1KPWFeLQqeMnLgNO5JVr8qZmvB4eG5vroEZNPraGw1uT8fvqQIFqmFDHt7DWQGTfwfbTEhuHGUMCn0O81FZqc7o0Tc_P_IM8/s400/cc2.jpg" border="0" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin6nzAuckRTv6uJQACWDgHztGV86yg5i1oOgLZ9NUY8NzOpdLs9E5DG1TXnFRqhWsZlb2ATuqwRdGWXVWhCtIzeqhjUOuclW-tbcEoT70ESg5QbNhLHtAcmGhZAo6uOrtfWrXJwaTS5f4/s1600-h/cc1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384775871331012706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin6nzAuckRTv6uJQACWDgHztGV86yg5i1oOgLZ9NUY8NzOpdLs9E5DG1TXnFRqhWsZlb2ATuqwRdGWXVWhCtIzeqhjUOuclW-tbcEoT70ESg5QbNhLHtAcmGhZAo6uOrtfWrXJwaTS5f4/s400/cc1.jpg" border="0" /></a>It is changing the face of the Strip. And they just started hiring people to work there. The only problem is when the construction is finished 8000 construction workers will be laid off. Its worth going to the web site to see it. <a href="http://www.citycenter.com/">http://www.citycenter.com/</a>
<br />Just thought I’d throw these in – I think they are pretty – these bushes with the orange flowers are planted all over the place.
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<br />Next post - Leaving Las Vegas - wasn't there a movie by that name? But we're leaving by auto.
<br />I have posted three times in the last few days - </div>
<br />Carol and Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920669106841440178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812355723901211379.post-50800003766172061832009-09-22T22:43:00.015-04:002009-09-22T23:20:52.976-04:00Visiting The Strip in VegasSunday afternoon we headed over to our youngest sons house to tell them good buye as we planned on leaving the next morning. Visited for a while then we headed back to The Strip ‘cause ever since Treasure Island decided to call themselves TI and become a more adult oriented venue – back when we were still living here - I’ve wanted to see the new Siren show. So off we went last night.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1GV17vx3CcW4uq6PljAoRb-tv0Zceb7ceYGwmNOPn2gHx2LTaaP0l1AKWTjPFML3E8eNXNHzj11mLnK9vFa9uHb6FKFoa6dLc7xOewQPGYB95m_SuzjymitpXHj3MFw77buJRQx2LV0M/s1600-h/1TI.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384491637803008066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1GV17vx3CcW4uq6PljAoRb-tv0Zceb7ceYGwmNOPn2gHx2LTaaP0l1AKWTjPFML3E8eNXNHzj11mLnK9vFa9uHb6FKFoa6dLc7xOewQPGYB95m_SuzjymitpXHj3MFw77buJRQx2LV0M/s400/1TI.jpg" border="0" /></a>Well do not waste your time if you haven’t seen it. We valet parked at the TI and walked through the busy lobby and casino – yes busy. Then through the crowds lining up to watch the show. We got a pretty good place to stand and watch. The scantly clad sirens came out first (of course I took pictures - some are a little blurry cause of the zoom needed)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisD3AyTEzHDhlaG0LjZ2jiGvYDY0DMWflH9pUEkaM-_FPKA-8xnqDBo6NodABzSoEQq-wYrTjbTFm3LC1giFKyIcZr_WQyETxz5GUO_eumpkZhEN66Sjp9_ebP53Pl05UxWd4PC_JVbFU/s1600-h/2asirens.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384494835081778162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisD3AyTEzHDhlaG0LjZ2jiGvYDY0DMWflH9pUEkaM-_FPKA-8xnqDBo6NodABzSoEQq-wYrTjbTFm3LC1giFKyIcZr_WQyETxz5GUO_eumpkZhEN66Sjp9_ebP53Pl05UxWd4PC_JVbFU/s400/2asirens.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie-MPAavyUxC14zMBpuTuLAmy6Z9WcY8qzhK1-wYZJbuTmPHY5cHZq7AcuPe_deKlIS_trzggN2qUmxUClpqMg6WPHhl0yXlk4kBXJBgT_sQd2PB6zYzZ5mKUGRJu_3tICsB0xb01xY90/s1600-h/2sirens.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384494841741689202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie-MPAavyUxC14zMBpuTuLAmy6Z9WcY8qzhK1-wYZJbuTmPHY5cHZq7AcuPe_deKlIS_trzggN2qUmxUClpqMg6WPHhl0yXlk4kBXJBgT_sQd2PB6zYzZ5mKUGRJu_3tICsB0xb01xY90/s400/2sirens.jpg" border="0" /></a>and started screeching (singing?) Could not understand a word and not because it wasn’t loud enough. Then the pirate ship sailed up – that was neat. Then the pirates started to take off their clothes??????<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSQpy_MTRKBrpZAPsn1ipoqdVGH9DaivH-7OslrpYICth2SZDhkmxAXXtIUW-8vvwfBYmvV1UYfV2IAazJm8A8XybBJ8JAl7bQre9OBvRMEKhrre1z80IbxTiMCdjcBcTgclLhnoAWGwA/s1600-h/4pirates.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384494856448666066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSQpy_MTRKBrpZAPsn1ipoqdVGH9DaivH-7OslrpYICth2SZDhkmxAXXtIUW-8vvwfBYmvV1UYfV2IAazJm8A8XybBJ8JAl7bQre9OBvRMEKhrre1z80IbxTiMCdjcBcTgclLhnoAWGwA/s400/4pirates.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8X_AC_4VWiseashGx7cBc7yuUCkCwuD6VMd-uMudd16cipyrkxfB-x1tadC387H3HP8cspBKE5cz2bJ1Ffmj2n8Zta8wSg8gTHzTjcNu80VFBbr-WmobdfUV-cSyFREnVxyV1GTBuJZc/s1600-h/3pirate.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384494850144369218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8X_AC_4VWiseashGx7cBc7yuUCkCwuD6VMd-uMudd16cipyrkxfB-x1tadC387H3HP8cspBKE5cz2bJ1Ffmj2n8Zta8wSg8gTHzTjcNu80VFBbr-WmobdfUV-cSyFREnVxyV1GTBuJZc/s400/3pirate.jpg" border="0" /></a> And that had what to do with the show???? Finally there were a lot of fireworks and explosions and fire<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj88eYtWJY5AxVVY1oFFagV50RizFMpmyWOqhXqFAST3UjamatAZhd7yJeKGhxIS7OeO54RBM4dvJBUCj0SpOydW-pf0iZih0HRZ99WWX8Gb3t0uASxbdNMJai1xOTsM3SscpFwpK8aVh0/s1600-h/5fire.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384494869756663090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj88eYtWJY5AxVVY1oFFagV50RizFMpmyWOqhXqFAST3UjamatAZhd7yJeKGhxIS7OeO54RBM4dvJBUCj0SpOydW-pf0iZih0HRZ99WWX8Gb3t0uASxbdNMJai1xOTsM3SscpFwpK8aVh0/s400/5fire.jpg" border="0" /></a> They are watching the sirens get ready to shell them<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJSWmekV8W1v3krrl5dHOLjlGj7EioqVGTeCUZ2Q7T76cH444TsxFPKdDr0HyD64sJXXoIW3nHELISZlIXH0EuLYvasPgUZl7xg57CLYh2IuluBCSyL_9gf295JTA5bEm4Dpd6cRh3ww/s1600-h/7pirates.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384496106148243922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJSWmekV8W1v3krrl5dHOLjlGj7EioqVGTeCUZ2Q7T76cH444TsxFPKdDr0HyD64sJXXoIW3nHELISZlIXH0EuLYvasPgUZl7xg57CLYh2IuluBCSyL_9gf295JTA5bEm4Dpd6cRh3ww/s400/7pirates.jpg" border="0" /></a> Keeping the pirates minds (eyes) busy so they can sink them<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1oX6hp5NjU5OVncyCpFaYwgHTfI12_1_iKV3ThMUmvjXgBHHMPS1azNC4FJPSBHpXWz55IZtRb3kCd0FX1Zbzfe7t5DNjwLCQnsGUGeWAko6vYoRnbWUtTAxOxjc_3oVqdGNw2ZDf4qA/s1600-h/6sirens.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384496100392507682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 310px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1oX6hp5NjU5OVncyCpFaYwgHTfI12_1_iKV3ThMUmvjXgBHHMPS1azNC4FJPSBHpXWz55IZtRb3kCd0FX1Zbzfe7t5DNjwLCQnsGUGeWAko6vYoRnbWUtTAxOxjc_3oVqdGNw2ZDf4qA/s400/6sirens.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7DPat7J17wFyHueOW2YlAWfXhp73d9WehkpjIbcLMvXPm_5dJgGzF3KCtBJ5ZD-jruNtsqIXycgFNkOzgpsvQdXwiWhGndU-bayNM5ycg_MoPA3gOFCeEtLbaBo6My-Bdj6aICsuytA/s1600-h/9hit.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384496115735125122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7DPat7J17wFyHueOW2YlAWfXhp73d9WehkpjIbcLMvXPm_5dJgGzF3KCtBJ5ZD-jruNtsqIXycgFNkOzgpsvQdXwiWhGndU-bayNM5ycg_MoPA3gOFCeEtLbaBo6My-Bdj6aICsuytA/s400/9hit.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />and the pirate ship sunk.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ShRBvFAE3V5Wr7EBKpfTpb5yXNiyYRuUfTdGe2B08FBVgD4s2p6_ZSFjPC_k7rPgo-3TSIMa_hpfzkDog-JmCQzwO9p86ruUkBsVFiA7Geg7eNEId-La5Pp8AUHH6cYgmSnzdpfybG0/s1600-h/10sink.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384496119130947298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ShRBvFAE3V5Wr7EBKpfTpb5yXNiyYRuUfTdGe2B08FBVgD4s2p6_ZSFjPC_k7rPgo-3TSIMa_hpfzkDog-JmCQzwO9p86ruUkBsVFiA7Geg7eNEId-La5Pp8AUHH6cYgmSnzdpfybG0/s400/10sink.jpg" border="0" /></a> Some how the pirates ended up on the sirens ship and they were dancing and singing.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ipGPATV5Y3wtLRoktxRuy8LCEGMkOnAUpAF1OpyPp6P6W3WE5ol16vLs-sxiMIkLOSQIkzv9Jngy7jgMYCN9xgEgOs_nJS_QZEjGKA9-jP3hz4zsERA8rliLyhTQwipQKRsYsvOodl4/s1600-h/11win.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384496127707689410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ipGPATV5Y3wtLRoktxRuy8LCEGMkOnAUpAF1OpyPp6P6W3WE5ol16vLs-sxiMIkLOSQIkzv9Jngy7jgMYCN9xgEgOs_nJS_QZEjGKA9-jP3hz4zsERA8rliLyhTQwipQKRsYsvOodl4/s400/11win.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Oh well. Guess I’m just too old for a T & A show. I liked the old pirate show. The best part of the show were the fireworks at the end.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-L9LnA9mkf8yOelGRQyD-g8MWURh0J-X-qO8P2SSYCcqGFmcrwK6Awd55-BJZ-Hu46LxMtltA32o5zBQnDrKbBPih0uLUkyrnQdjjaPvQXv5JuIkWtHukyT8TqauUf5ghcjQgI8vcR6k/s1600-h/12endbest.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384491651033242674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-L9LnA9mkf8yOelGRQyD-g8MWURh0J-X-qO8P2SSYCcqGFmcrwK6Awd55-BJZ-Hu46LxMtltA32o5zBQnDrKbBPih0uLUkyrnQdjjaPvQXv5JuIkWtHukyT8TqauUf5ghcjQgI8vcR6k/s400/12endbest.jpg" border="0" /></a>After the show we walked across the street to the Venetian. What a pretty place. From there we watched the Volcano at the Mirage, across the street, erupt.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKnGmInVEvOfOMnnQeCwO62gifASeeI1b6r_ORXjehCSyGQpP8oZaro4Upltn7_ncntcPWC-mgBblPOXSChj7Ku_yfRXPLujJPfvEAm31KTR91tjDS5jbH4GcoxiCPymI7ZBB5WBj_B3Q/s1600-h/14avol.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384491643323807042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKnGmInVEvOfOMnnQeCwO62gifASeeI1b6r_ORXjehCSyGQpP8oZaro4Upltn7_ncntcPWC-mgBblPOXSChj7Ku_yfRXPLujJPfvEAm31KTR91tjDS5jbH4GcoxiCPymI7ZBB5WBj_B3Q/s400/14avol.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOuNdhHilNg7CSqVS-tBYuKWcVGbNjIuZu-4iPF9G980SzxWdHd2oJ3zeW3iLjAoMmQqlM4uOxYRbZ2u4kIhwbIcbUMnNRmOpo1T04Ew4EyzFJTtoXmzGEZQI3Yw7kNPjt7_Lfm9osK5U/s1600-h/14bvolend.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384492688198847154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOuNdhHilNg7CSqVS-tBYuKWcVGbNjIuZu-4iPF9G980SzxWdHd2oJ3zeW3iLjAoMmQqlM4uOxYRbZ2u4kIhwbIcbUMnNRmOpo1T04Ew4EyzFJTtoXmzGEZQI3Yw7kNPjt7_Lfm9osK5U/s400/14bvolend.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxLi1a6OzHnQ-3u_neEL0u8b_Qgxdh5R5gWFx6OLduRwDE6HykCUpBxtXRLHxYBFiE5nCf50ERKgWWOalxanW2jR5X6L_Vw91XLdDujf_PLN-ikrgMP6Twcp3rK_0fZ5TJjquoZx2epvg/s1600-h/14volcano.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384493471204519362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxLi1a6OzHnQ-3u_neEL0u8b_Qgxdh5R5gWFx6OLduRwDE6HykCUpBxtXRLHxYBFiE5nCf50ERKgWWOalxanW2jR5X6L_Vw91XLdDujf_PLN-ikrgMP6Twcp3rK_0fZ5TJjquoZx2epvg/s400/14volcano.jpg" border="0" /></a>Amazing – a pirate fight and a volcano all within a couple of minutes. Then we watched the gondoliers paddling around in the canals of the Venetian. Singing their romantic songs to their passengers.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT0tfK7s4sjgK1r8IZ1LMF38gv7f2wuqA5argRiNWOwNYT-Jfp0G29qbZ1A2nMC4OMsTpkTtmCCX-qHQxumk2F0v53acV2xYb4wpc-fNelvETPSG1PiAZIAvhv1Q2CVHo-4vwBLI-ZxH8/s1600-h/15venboat.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384492681440559634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT0tfK7s4sjgK1r8IZ1LMF38gv7f2wuqA5argRiNWOwNYT-Jfp0G29qbZ1A2nMC4OMsTpkTtmCCX-qHQxumk2F0v53acV2xYb4wpc-fNelvETPSG1PiAZIAvhv1Q2CVHo-4vwBLI-ZxH8/s400/15venboat.jpg" border="0" /></a> Looked like it would be fun.<br />Just walked around admiring the all the shops and their different goods for sale. One place has a lot of “objects de arte” made out of carved wood. And they look so real as you can see by this carved wood golf bad. It looks like leather.<br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1SKinEzbGzOOBTqdlT6O0KzezCzDYjKH9DB97p29jInGdvXMdNVqz4UYia4eyq_uMD3f5F9GNOMlzjqJ6j_3eCBeALUTByFI2qKI2Vps2Q186GPZwYvMOoPQ8sJ_enB9aaWdhZuKR3cQ/s1600-h/wood.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384488758338916546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1SKinEzbGzOOBTqdlT6O0KzezCzDYjKH9DB97p29jInGdvXMdNVqz4UYia4eyq_uMD3f5F9GNOMlzjqJ6j_3eCBeALUTByFI2qKI2Vps2Q186GPZwYvMOoPQ8sJ_enB9aaWdhZuKR3cQ/s400/wood.jpg" border="0" /></a>Then the pastry shops – yum – everything looks so good.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXNAeth8go-JmTMJsCzn1os1UJ3lu-1btF4rWqVc7ayRilsC5-kJIS9kVZVtaCZPW-k6lMU8V1GCuRYOgHsnGPSt6OjOD9OLqAJHM_uBTDXB6m7L3YGPCBmnCvoLCiSQdhMuEfqTrwNs4/s1600-h/16food.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384492677839765122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXNAeth8go-JmTMJsCzn1os1UJ3lu-1btF4rWqVc7ayRilsC5-kJIS9kVZVtaCZPW-k6lMU8V1GCuRYOgHsnGPSt6OjOD9OLqAJHM_uBTDXB6m7L3YGPCBmnCvoLCiSQdhMuEfqTrwNs4/s400/16food.jpg" border="0" /></a> Only bought croissants though. In the main square of the Venetian –<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNuPnoC4VfLLHB96W_5fIiz9pTZSnFrcc7AVUgUJld0qVi-cxXa-5EC9bwn3ecr58RmEv_eZUpgM8z5W_-aRX7P85HNi7L1BvkKRNXhzF4MWoYVGzmw7Q_J854szQUMXjn9vPyZqWgGm4/s1600-h/16inside.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384493461386680610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNuPnoC4VfLLHB96W_5fIiz9pTZSnFrcc7AVUgUJld0qVi-cxXa-5EC9bwn3ecr58RmEv_eZUpgM8z5W_-aRX7P85HNi7L1BvkKRNXhzF4MWoYVGzmw7Q_J854szQUMXjn9vPyZqWgGm4/s400/16inside.jpg" border="0" /></a> Saint Marks Square there are a bunch of restaurants and almost always entertainment of some kind. One thing I really like there are the decorative lights –would like to try making some.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0wpSYhAUD8xXxCYmFyhjJWnPAgBP3egQbdYv2sjG84AJrqIc-4BYX2lFQIu-gAwfbkiBA1GXgV8BT92uyk9awvbR0aOCWpU37be7JzMY4L4WPiyy_ZxBDG0Tq31MjGEN_d5X2PVs2jO0/s1600-h/15alite.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384491659182544562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0wpSYhAUD8xXxCYmFyhjJWnPAgBP3egQbdYv2sjG84AJrqIc-4BYX2lFQIu-gAwfbkiBA1GXgV8BT92uyk9awvbR0aOCWpU37be7JzMY4L4WPiyy_ZxBDG0Tq31MjGEN_d5X2PVs2jO0/s400/15alite.jpg" border="0" /></a> From the Venetian we wandered into the Palazzo and checked out the autumn decorations (would you believe they are fake trees and flowers) – shame on them.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixtEnTumuZ8FCPvHl2fLamMmtFnzIeFwEM2E32674exZYiAVqcnu9Uy-02KgOcFGk7w80C8G9qVLUedQkRQLTA9_TMi0WVhCN1jlq7OEbUD9tV0rB7v4Fm8aKQvD3gOZebGOPij0YtEV8/s1600-h/17palazzo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384493451809021762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixtEnTumuZ8FCPvHl2fLamMmtFnzIeFwEM2E32674exZYiAVqcnu9Uy-02KgOcFGk7w80C8G9qVLUedQkRQLTA9_TMi0WVhCN1jlq7OEbUD9tV0rB7v4Fm8aKQvD3gOZebGOPij0YtEV8/s400/17palazzo.jpg" border="0" /></a>But they were pretty. Also checked out the windows of the very expensive shops and came across this window – Mr Potato Head?????<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTbHMhxQ1EdzDPsaI2agZhA_ZDgFtbYPi_ole4vfe5udq6NjiI8XEqz_L2_ctmgDNepaZfaZtdqVf-ntaZX1uoMgWQpxgqMmpR-gp6-cSpSkOHxM-NLQqBSbdNulmlvqq3k1FcVRYMLU/s1600-h/18spud.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384488762126321170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTbHMhxQ1EdzDPsaI2agZhA_ZDgFtbYPi_ole4vfe5udq6NjiI8XEqz_L2_ctmgDNepaZfaZtdqVf-ntaZX1uoMgWQpxgqMmpR-gp6-cSpSkOHxM-NLQqBSbdNulmlvqq3k1FcVRYMLU/s400/18spud.jpg" border="0" /></a>Okay – Vegas is Vegas.<br />By then my toe was very angry with me so we headed back to the car and just drove down the Strip. Some of the buildings are so pretty at night.<br />The Palazzo<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJoEmxQa1kSq-wRt23b1tl3qKAS_ysJb2EWmNSjaQwkGMCnN_nKLpxFibrnA9cSs1C9FRLYe9W0kHpS0UQG21ZAx0uuwBuhaB9F3SiOYY1BKYkqfH5651AdoFH_Ma2axAkxxrbJM9vhbE/s1600-h/13across.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384488749347445250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJoEmxQa1kSq-wRt23b1tl3qKAS_ysJb2EWmNSjaQwkGMCnN_nKLpxFibrnA9cSs1C9FRLYe9W0kHpS0UQG21ZAx0uuwBuhaB9F3SiOYY1BKYkqfH5651AdoFH_Ma2axAkxxrbJM9vhbE/s400/13across.jpg" border="0" /></a>Caesars Palace – it never quits growing.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic97FiqpF6Y4DNFutsNoezZCbTiyWwPi69JAXjoCxfN4Lywu12kl2NSuOPdi7hTvIkZ0wbwD53pWqn__9Rl4pVOGNT5IZJSuUtuR6ZQY2CMJ8qzJsTfSYsVXUhG8f9qIFafyAZAMxKNlU/s1600-h/19ceaser.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384488741548631890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic97FiqpF6Y4DNFutsNoezZCbTiyWwPi69JAXjoCxfN4Lywu12kl2NSuOPdi7hTvIkZ0wbwD53pWqn__9Rl4pVOGNT5IZJSuUtuR6ZQY2CMJ8qzJsTfSYsVXUhG8f9qIFafyAZAMxKNlU/s400/19ceaser.jpg" border="0" /></a>And the old fashioned light of the Flamingo<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipi3Jxt5jmFyT5CztICiCKkgYtIupkRkg5R4eOgOM_qKpBsyUGSiC-NEXmHBWhJFJnvE2M4quj2fHtLoxcO7WGPOuEd85p1umMbv4gSp5LMy7TOCwhlZXTHG1TfBX2vR5B1Jk3wuxo_ms/s1600-h/20flamingo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384488731585834226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipi3Jxt5jmFyT5CztICiCKkgYtIupkRkg5R4eOgOM_qKpBsyUGSiC-NEXmHBWhJFJnvE2M4quj2fHtLoxcO7WGPOuEd85p1umMbv4gSp5LMy7TOCwhlZXTHG1TfBX2vR5B1Jk3wuxo_ms/s400/20flamingo.jpg" border="0" /></a>One weird thing we noticed while on the Strip the temp gauge in Willie registered 95 by the time we were a couple of blocks off The Strip the temp was down to 88. The lights, the people and the traffic sure make a difference. </p>Carol and Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920669106841440178noreply@blogger.com0