Our Next Chapter!: Come to Arizona they said..its warm they said, it doesn't rain they said......forgot to mention snow

I have a bit of free time today and thought it would be a good time to blog.
Today we drove to Bowie, AZ as we continue toward Texas. We got to the RV park early so I know the next two weeks will be busy and I have an afternoon to write and post some pictures.

I last wrote about Sequoia and the bears. What a fun time that was. I still think about it.

We left that area and headed to Arizona stopping near Barstow. On our way to Havasu we saw a big dust storm outside of Needles ( where I was told Snoopy's brother Spike lives) Anyway we had missed a 30 car pileup near Bakersfield a few days before this so we were very cautious when driving through Needles.

I had been to Lake Havasu in 1985 or 87 but David had never been there! I was shocked at how much it had grown . Houses and stores everywhere! We spent a beautiful weekend there in a warm and sunny spot with lovely sunsets.We did some organizing of some things in our storage compartments and we actually threw out a lot of things we were not using.

We headed to Williams, Arizona so that we could spend some time at the Grand Canyon! How awesome it was. We really feel blessed to be able to see so many National Parks and places of beauty while we are traveling. We spent some time driving and walking on the old Rte 66 and browsing around the stores, train depot and the town of Williams. We drove up to the canyon one afternoon and we were planning to go the next day too! Guess what? SNOW AND WIND! We decided to stay in Williams another day so we could visit the canyon again. When we finally did get back up to the park, the ranger told us it was good we had decided to stay away. The prior day there were white out conditions and we would not have seen anything. There are some of my pictures that you will see the snow still on the ground. No words can really describe the Grand Canyon...you must all go there if you have not been.

Leaving Williams we decided to go to "take it easy on a corner in Winslow, Arizona! What fun that was! The little corner is actually a facade of a corner building but there is a little diner and the town pipes some music into the area! A few other people were there doing exactly the same thing as us! Just a fun thing to do!

We took a scenic ride down toward Rimrock and Sedona what a beautiful ride! Then we met up with Cre and Al Spiller ! I worked with Cre at MMH and we had a lot of fun catching up! They invited us to their home and we watched a sunset from the roof top deck! Had a delicious dinner and dessert and shared so many memories and great conversation! We met them in the morning at Montezuma's Well and took a nice informative hike with Sophie. Then they drove us to Sedona and they were our tour guides, showing us coffee pot rock, the Chapel, Snoopy rock and the airport view ( vortex area) we had lunch at a nice grill and returned back to our RV. The next day I had a head cold and just didnt feel great so Dave and I just went to see Montezuma's Castle National Park . Dave went up to see Al and Cre for a short time too. All in all it was a great couple of days. We hope some day to visit again! Thanks for being such great hosts!

Sunday we left for the Phoenix area and stayed in Apache Junction. Here we drove to Queen Creek and got to see Pat Burr ( another MMH friend) her sister Rita and their mom. Pat had a house built and has been our in this area for about 2 years. What a beautiful house and pool. Another evening of great memories, food and conversation! The next day we met Rita and Pat for a little shopping some lunch and more great times. Pat and Rita came to see the RV and we just chatted for hours! It is so nice to get to see friends and family on the road! Again we may be back in the area some time!

Until then friends...farewell until we meet again!

On our ride today we saw fields and fields of cotton and some of it was being harvested. There were little cotton balls all over the side of the road. It really is funny the things you see when traveling.

Now we are on the move to Texas and hope to be there by the weekend! On our ride today we saw fields and fields of cotton and some of it was being harvested. there were little cotton balls all over the side of the road. It really is funny the things you see when traveling. It will be a push to do that but we are up for the challenge! More to come in December!