Home Again, Finally !!!!!!

Finally made it home, Saturday PM...long drive, but sooooooo good to be home again.   River is rising, but after the news about sand bagging..everything here is good.

I wish I had green grass and sunshine, but I will take this any day..........Many thanks to Trish and Andy for keeping the driveway open, checking the house and taking care of the mail. I couldn't do it without them !!!
I can't wait to see everyone again...I am SO HAPPY to be home again !!!

Kinsley Kansas

HAPPY "ST PATRICKS DAY" BIRTHDAY SANDY !!!!

Yesterday we drove as far as Tucumcari , New Mexico. Some of the scenery coming out of New Mexico was beautiful .

 We spent the night in a small RV park on Historic Route 66. Back in the 20's, Route 66 was the only east/west road that stretched from Chicago IL to Los Angeles Ca, a total of 2448 miles. I still remember my folks driving this road on our way west, that was back in the 50's. I'm sure everyone has heard of "Get your kicks on Route 66". Unfortunately, with the new freeways, all of the towns are suffering from lack of tourist trade. We did find a fantastic little restaurant, they had the BEST green chili chicken taco soup I have ever tasted. Wish I could have bought a gallon of it.  I sent the restaurant an email, asking if they would share their recipe.
Today, all we did was drive...long, long miles, through the rest of New Mexico, Texas, the panhandle of Oklahoma and almost 1/2 way across Kansas. There was nothing to take pictures of...the land is flat, there were some feedlots with lots of cattle close to Dalton TX , but that was the most interesting thing we saw all day.
Tonight, we are in the little town of Kinsley, KS...From what I have seen, it is about the size of Lester Prairie or less, (maybe closer to the size of Biscay) Camp ground only has 29 spaces, the Internet works !!  But, the TV only has 1 channel. Temp was close to 80* when we got here, but windy,  they are saying 20 degrees colder for the weekend.
Tomorrow, we will try and make it as far as Lincoln, Nebraska, which isn't far from Omaha and Council Bluffs on the Iowa border, so we are getting closer every day.

Humphreys Peak

We left Camp Verde AZ this morning, starting the long journey home. There is still snow at higher elevtions, we ended up unhooking the jeep and drove seperately to get through the pass. 7000 feet and 7% grade. The highway patrol came up behind us while re-hooking the jeep to the motorhome, he didn't like where we had stopped !!!! He was nice enough, just gave us a warning.
I wanted to stop in Winslow AZ, "Standing on a corner in Winslow AZ"  byThe Eagles "Taking it Easy"... for everyone too young to remember..go to you tube !!
We lost an hour today while crossing into New Mexico, we are now on daylight savings time, once we cross out of New Mexico, we will be in central time zone again...so there goes another hour.
We are spending the night in a Walmart parkling lot in Gallup, New Mexico..we quit early today, everyone is tired. Tomorrow on to Tucumcari  NM, or farther..just depends on which road we take, and how far we want to drive...we are not in a hurry, but still are anxious to be home.

Finally, pictures !!

I have been having trouble connecting to my blog, and inserting pictures.  The signal strength we have at our site is extremely low.  Today, laundry day..so will try and get something done on the computer at the same time.

 This is Distant Drums RV park..we are in the middle of the picture, at the end of the street. With the mountains around us, you can see why I have trouble connecting. 

We drove into Sedona yesterday, beautiful drive with great views.














Jerome, the mile high copper mining town, went from boom to bust..from over 15,000 in the 20's to 50 people in the 50's..Jerome became the largest ghost town in America. Today, it has become a tourist attraction, full of shops in the old buildings. It is gradually sliding off the side of the mountain, parts of it has collapsed and have slid 225 feet downhill. They told us it is still moving at the rate of an inch every 5 years.

My favorite..a bordello and pizzarea

Montezuma Castle, Well and Tuzigoot

We have been trying to visit the 3 national parks that are close by..
Montezuma's Castle.... It's not a castle, and it wasn't built by Montezuma, it is actually a Sinagua five story 20 room dwelling built into the cliff, 100 feet above the valley, and could only be accessed by ladder. Just imagine trying to carry fire wood, water and food up and down, guess you didn't have to worry about unexpected company or salesmen.

Camp Verde AZ

Finally made it to Camp Verde, we held over in Goodyear while the snow and storms went through over the weekend. We ended up unhooking the jeep, and I drove it through the mountains to get here.   My internet connection is very poor, not enough power to download pictures, may have to walk up to the office to do that. There is still snow up here, roads were clear, but it is laying along the side of the road and on the mountain tops. Cool, but sunny. We are staying at the Distant Drums campground, nice cement spots, beautiful scenery. We can take a free shuttle from here to the casino, about 2 miles away.  We are on the Yavapi Apache indian reservation, nice thing...no state or city tax here. Took the shuttle to the casino tonight, Tuesday is prime rib night, everything was very good, a very nice buffet, ate too much again !!!!