06 May 2010 Back in Alberta!!
And um ugh lol
So we left Arches after 10 wonderful days with our newest and dear friends, Robbie & Alice and Dick & Jackie!(miss you guys!!!) We hit the road and made some good time north bound. We stopped in Idaho Falls for a couple days. Got the rig cleaned up, did some lazing around and laundry hehe. Then blazed up to Clancy, Montana, home of the 3 pound roast dinner lol! Found a little bar that had an amazing "Prime rib end dinner" for 18 bucks. sounded good til we each got our 3+ pound chunk of meat! O.o We did our best and, well, Jack ate heartily for a few days lol. Neat little park just off the interstate. To our surprize it was very quiet. After about 10 or 11 the traffic was minimal and by the time we hit the hay it was almost non-existent. Pricey but a good spot to stop on the way home. Customs was uneventful, huzzah!! Spent the night in Nanton, AB then back on the road. We hit some horrific weather around Calgary... figgers... Rain, snow, sleet, wind... needless to say, I wanted to turn it around and head back south!! But we blazed through it, exchanged some nasty words and evil thoughts (ok well I had evil thoughts, I won't speak for Gary *insert cheezygrin here*)
So we made it to the farm outside Westlock, AB. Collected mail and sorted through 6 months of crap LOL Now we are getting everything out of storage and into our own sheds here at Gary's mom and dads farm. The long weekend is coming up and I soooo cant wait to see all my family as our "sister weekend" has gone native and we are inviting others to help us celebrate Janet's 65th birthday! I wonder how the heck i got a sister soooooo old *shrug* o well, shes amazing, so its no wonder shes my sister :) After that weekend we are either going fishing or Gary is checking on his work situation. Then, if he gets a job in the right spot then I'm back to work with the lovely ladies and Shane at Guardian Drugs in Gibbons!
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As always Dear Reader, thanks for sharing my time! love you! miss you as much as ever!!
Friday, May 7, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
19 April Still in arches!
Well thanks to the connections we have we are still in arches and still enjoying all that is here to see!! I'm here marveling in nature and my thoughts wandered without choice to my dear friend Denise who just lost her son.
In the hours we spent lost in the beauty of nature in the Fiery Furnace, ones thoughts can't help but wander to the more profound actions of the world and everything in it. I felt small... The shear beauty of where we were and the profound amazement of what "God" could create makes one ponder... why such glory and travesty in the same day...I was small,then shrank even more.
Dear reader.. hug someone close to you and remember the amazing stuff next to you. I'm almost sad it took some magnifcient works of nature to realize how amazing every person in my life has touched me. Love you miss you more than normal. p.s. pics to follow
Well thanks to the connections we have we are still in arches and still enjoying all that is here to see!! I'm here marveling in nature and my thoughts wandered without choice to my dear friend Denise who just lost her son.
In the hours we spent lost in the beauty of nature in the Fiery Furnace, ones thoughts can't help but wander to the more profound actions of the world and everything in it. I felt small... The shear beauty of where we were and the profound amazement of what "God" could create makes one ponder... why such glory and travesty in the same day...I was small,then shrank even more.
Dear reader.. hug someone close to you and remember the amazing stuff next to you. I'm almost sad it took some magnifcient works of nature to realize how amazing every person in my life has touched me. Love you miss you more than normal. p.s. pics to follow
Monday, April 12, 2010
Next Stop...
12 April 2010 Arches National Park. Well hello again dear reader! Well, we climbed all over Valley of Fire for 10 days... Over red rocks, up and down dusty sandy trails for hours on end. It is probably one of the most beautiful paces I've seen. Nature at its finest. Petroglyphs and arches all over. I highly recommend anyone that finds themselves near there to make the effort to go there and at least drive around and see all you can. It's a short drive from Vegas so I know there's alot of you that pass near it :P
From there we went to Beaver Dam, AZ for a week to clean out the sand and dust from the rig and ourselves. Beaver Dam is a little spit of a town about 10 miles into AZ from Mesquite, NV. Not much to see but we did get a good cleaning and found some geocaches (boilermaker146)
From there we headed to Green River, Utah. Another little nothing town but a cheap place to sit out some crappy weather and wait til we could get into Arches. I managed to buy ALL the rum in town :) Not much of a feat LOL the local state liquor store had 1 26oz bottle of captain. That inspired a day trip to Moab to see what all was in store for us while we will be in the park. Neat little town, kinda reminds me of Jasper townsite. Neat little, quirky shops and restaurants. Can't wait to spend a bit more time there.
After that we headed into Arches National Park. We haven't seen alot yet. Took the jeep out on an interesting drive on some trails in the park and still have a couple more to see. The trails take you out to the middle of nowhere, nothing but rocks, sand and more geocaches lol. There was some sort of jeep rally here a week or so ago but we missed it. Not that my baby is geared up enough to keep up with the units we saw. Maybe next year! There's alot to see here and more red rocks and sandy trails to climb around on. Our friends, Alice & Robbie and Dick & Jackie, are camp hosts here so we have some great guides and tips from them! Cant thank them enough for helping us get in here to stay for a bit!
So we are looking at the weather for the journey north again. We haven't got any definite dates yet, but, we will be back in time for the family party on the May long weekend. Other than that no idea what the summer will bring for us! hehe We are having a hard time planning for tomorrow, lol. so you see Dear Reader, i can't see how to plan that far ahead!
So, I'll update again when there's more to tell. Miss you all!! Love and Hugs!!
From there we went to Beaver Dam, AZ for a week to clean out the sand and dust from the rig and ourselves. Beaver Dam is a little spit of a town about 10 miles into AZ from Mesquite, NV. Not much to see but we did get a good cleaning and found some geocaches (boilermaker146)
From there we headed to Green River, Utah. Another little nothing town but a cheap place to sit out some crappy weather and wait til we could get into Arches. I managed to buy ALL the rum in town :) Not much of a feat LOL the local state liquor store had 1 26oz bottle of captain. That inspired a day trip to Moab to see what all was in store for us while we will be in the park. Neat little town, kinda reminds me of Jasper townsite. Neat little, quirky shops and restaurants. Can't wait to spend a bit more time there.
After that we headed into Arches National Park. We haven't seen alot yet. Took the jeep out on an interesting drive on some trails in the park and still have a couple more to see. The trails take you out to the middle of nowhere, nothing but rocks, sand and more geocaches lol. There was some sort of jeep rally here a week or so ago but we missed it. Not that my baby is geared up enough to keep up with the units we saw. Maybe next year! There's alot to see here and more red rocks and sandy trails to climb around on. Our friends, Alice & Robbie and Dick & Jackie, are camp hosts here so we have some great guides and tips from them! Cant thank them enough for helping us get in here to stay for a bit!
So we are looking at the weather for the journey north again. We haven't got any definite dates yet, but, we will be back in time for the family party on the May long weekend. Other than that no idea what the summer will bring for us! hehe We are having a hard time planning for tomorrow, lol. so you see Dear Reader, i can't see how to plan that far ahead!
So, I'll update again when there's more to tell. Miss you all!! Love and Hugs!!
Monday, March 15, 2010
New Home Base again :)
15 March 2010 Valley of Fire... WOW is all I can say. ok but recap of last couple weeks first :)
So we spent 3 weeks in Bullhead City, AZ, across the great Colorado River from Laughlin NV. We did take in some casino fun to kill some evening time. Not being gamblers and being in a gambling area is kinda silly,. but free Captain is always a good draw LOL We did go to the Riverside casino which is owned by Don Laughlin , for whom the city was named for. It kinda looked like the original carpets... We lost some money, had some drinks.. fun was had :)
While we were there Mr. Gary decided to finish up the solar system, and we installed 6 shiny new panels on the rig. We can now sit til all hours of the night watching tv and stuffs without running the genny. It's a nice treat to not have to have the volume blaring anymore hehe.
From Bullhead, we decided to move up the river a bit and hit Lake Mead. Basically, we went upstream the Colorado river about 10 miles :) Found a nice little state park outside Boulder City, NV. Boulder Beach was home for a week. Nice little park that allowed us to totally put the solar system to a true test. All went well :) Not much to see, closer to Vegas but again, not being gamblers... Checked out the lake, its big... with water.
So being bored with that we are now at Valley of Fire . A beautiful Nevada state park. Actually its spectacular!!! I actually have taken some pictures. The downside to beauty is lousy Internet. So once I get this posted I'm going to make a serious effort to sort through my pics and get some added in the right spots!
So Dear Reader, I promise you, this week I will update the whole blog and add pictures where needed (Gary says so LOL) I still miss you tons! Enjoy the reading *hugs*
So we spent 3 weeks in Bullhead City, AZ, across the great Colorado River from Laughlin NV. We did take in some casino fun to kill some evening time. Not being gamblers and being in a gambling area is kinda silly,. but free Captain is always a good draw LOL We did go to the Riverside casino which is owned by Don Laughlin , for whom the city was named for. It kinda looked like the original carpets... We lost some money, had some drinks.. fun was had :)
While we were there Mr. Gary decided to finish up the solar system, and we installed 6 shiny new panels on the rig. We can now sit til all hours of the night watching tv and stuffs without running the genny. It's a nice treat to not have to have the volume blaring anymore hehe.
From Bullhead, we decided to move up the river a bit and hit Lake Mead. Basically, we went upstream the Colorado river about 10 miles :) Found a nice little state park outside Boulder City, NV. Boulder Beach was home for a week. Nice little park that allowed us to totally put the solar system to a true test. All went well :) Not much to see, closer to Vegas but again, not being gamblers... Checked out the lake, its big... with water.
So being bored with that we are now at Valley of Fire . A beautiful Nevada state park. Actually its spectacular!!! I actually have taken some pictures. The downside to beauty is lousy Internet. So once I get this posted I'm going to make a serious effort to sort through my pics and get some added in the right spots!
So Dear Reader, I promise you, this week I will update the whole blog and add pictures where needed (Gary says so LOL) I still miss you tons! Enjoy the reading *hugs*
Monday, February 22, 2010
20 Dec to 22 Jan hehe slacker post...
Feb 22nd
Wow... guess I should have taken some blog/journal lessons from my dear sister Marilyn lol.
Sooo... where were we last... We spent Christmas and new years still in Quartzsite. Uneventful little town. The big show came and went. Tons of junk to be seen. More rocks than most mountain ranges have I think! We spent some time touring around a bit but there really isn't alot to see in the desert. I'm not sure if I'm alone here but when I thought 'desert' I thought sand and cactus and more sand! Well here it is the Sonoran desert... so its rocks and dirt and cactus and more rocks and dirt!! I still have not seen a roadrunner so as far as I'm concerned the only one in existence is in the cartoons *meep meep* Gary claims to have seen one but go figger.. no picture LOL
While we were sitting in Quartzsite, Gary was researching something to alter/repair/upgrade on the 5er and found an neat little web site. He told me to "check it out, sign up and tell them we'll be there around the 14th of Jan" The site is Montanaowners.com. A great little find for us! So I joined up and off we went to The Circling of the Montanas! Our new friends Dick and Jackie took a group of us out to the Desert Bar. It's only open weekends from noon til sunset. Carved into the mountains out of the remnants of an old mine is this little country bar. Cheap drinks and burgers and some great live music! A great time was had by all! We made alot of new friends and got some great ideas about mods for the rig! It sort of got Gary motivated on making us more self sufficient when we go boondocking (dry camping). We are just in the middle of getting the final stages ordered up! We got the BIG batteries and the inverter/charger system, now we just have to get the solar panels and were set!
So we spent almost 3 weeks with the circle group, just outside of Quartzsite on BLM land. After the was done for us, we moved slightly north for a week at Cattail Cove, just outside Lake Havasu City, AZ. beautiful spot, I'm sure we will go back there. Nice little campground on the banks of Lake Havasu. We kept in contact with a few others from the circle and had made plans to meet up nearer Lake Havasu City to watch a weekend of fireworks display. It's part of the Lake Havasu City WinterBlast and Western Pyrotechnics Convention. So we found ourselves boondocked outside the city on more (you guessed it) rocks and dirt and cactus!
After the fun of all that we headed to Bullhead City to refresh lol! Get some laundry done and have lots of unlimited HOT showers! Dry camping is easy on the budget but hard on the water supply. So here we sit for a couple of weeks. Gary just put the order in for the solar panels so we will be here until the arrive and probably till they get installed. This means I must climb up on the roof of the rig lol
Bullhead City, AZ... across the Colorado river from Laughlin, NV. We haven't checked out too much around here. We did go to one of the casinos briefly... *yawn* Not really our cup of tea but the free drinks are umm well watered down and free LMAO
We've toured a little bit but I'm seeing this year is the year that we get the trailer sorted out. We've upgraded, moved, shuffled and added on so many parts, this is feeling more like a home and less like an RV everyday! And THEN dear reader, i WILL get pictures up :) i promise!
So I leave you again, hopefully not for as long... Love you miss you xox
Wow... guess I should have taken some blog/journal lessons from my dear sister Marilyn lol.
Sooo... where were we last... We spent Christmas and new years still in Quartzsite. Uneventful little town. The big show came and went. Tons of junk to be seen. More rocks than most mountain ranges have I think! We spent some time touring around a bit but there really isn't alot to see in the desert. I'm not sure if I'm alone here but when I thought 'desert' I thought sand and cactus and more sand! Well here it is the Sonoran desert... so its rocks and dirt and cactus and more rocks and dirt!! I still have not seen a roadrunner so as far as I'm concerned the only one in existence is in the cartoons *meep meep* Gary claims to have seen one but go figger.. no picture LOL
While we were sitting in Quartzsite, Gary was researching something to alter/repair/upgrade on the 5er and found an neat little web site. He told me to "check it out, sign up and tell them we'll be there around the 14th of Jan" The site is Montanaowners.com. A great little find for us! So I joined up and off we went to The Circling of the Montanas! Our new friends Dick and Jackie took a group of us out to the Desert Bar. It's only open weekends from noon til sunset. Carved into the mountains out of the remnants of an old mine is this little country bar. Cheap drinks and burgers and some great live music! A great time was had by all! We made alot of new friends and got some great ideas about mods for the rig! It sort of got Gary motivated on making us more self sufficient when we go boondocking (dry camping). We are just in the middle of getting the final stages ordered up! We got the BIG batteries and the inverter/charger system, now we just have to get the solar panels and were set!
So we spent almost 3 weeks with the circle group, just outside of Quartzsite on BLM land. After the was done for us, we moved slightly north for a week at Cattail Cove, just outside Lake Havasu City, AZ. beautiful spot, I'm sure we will go back there. Nice little campground on the banks of Lake Havasu. We kept in contact with a few others from the circle and had made plans to meet up nearer Lake Havasu City to watch a weekend of fireworks display. It's part of the Lake Havasu City WinterBlast and Western Pyrotechnics Convention. So we found ourselves boondocked outside the city on more (you guessed it) rocks and dirt and cactus!
After the fun of all that we headed to Bullhead City to refresh lol! Get some laundry done and have lots of unlimited HOT showers! Dry camping is easy on the budget but hard on the water supply. So here we sit for a couple of weeks. Gary just put the order in for the solar panels so we will be here until the arrive and probably till they get installed. This means I must climb up on the roof of the rig lol
Bullhead City, AZ... across the Colorado river from Laughlin, NV. We haven't checked out too much around here. We did go to one of the casinos briefly... *yawn* Not really our cup of tea but the free drinks are umm well watered down and free LMAO
We've toured a little bit but I'm seeing this year is the year that we get the trailer sorted out. We've upgraded, moved, shuffled and added on so many parts, this is feeling more like a home and less like an RV everyday! And THEN dear reader, i WILL get pictures up :) i promise!
So I leave you again, hopefully not for as long... Love you miss you xox
Saturday, December 19, 2009
catch up post
Dec 17th
So we finally moved again! Andrew flew back to Canada last Friday and arrived so some pretty cold weather. Since we no longer need to wait for the bike to get repaired, we moved on. Kevin is graciously storing the bike for us. Thanks Kev!
We landed in Quartzsite on Tuesday afternoon. It was one of Gary's destination choices so here we are. The RV park he found borders on BLM land and allows atv's and stuffs. It was the choice since Andrew could ride right out the door and hit the dirt blazing. Well on arrival its not quite what the website said lol We inquired as to rates and were told the monthly plus power was probably our best deal since we were going to stay 2 or 3 weeks. Imagine our surprise when we realized the monthly sites are 55+ and she thought Gary was 55! I nearly died laughing! Its definitely a good deal though. So we will use it as a base for now to scout out the dry camping areas around here and possibly touch base with people we know that are in Yuma.
Dec 19th
Still slacking on the whole picture taking. We have taken a few but I'm really bad at getting them on here. We checked out the town a bit. It looks like a huge fair ready to happen. I'm not sure what all to expect come January but I think every rockhound on this continent that can, will be here! The vendors are trickling in slowly... I think i'm glad we will only be here for a bit when its fully loaded. That's alot of old people looking at rocks.. wondering if the fossils are long lost family? lol All kidding aside, it will be a majorly busy place to be sure! I think i need to do a bit more research as to what exactly is around here so i have more to share! For now we are just mainly relaxing! Gary is puttering on the trailer (like a little old man should teehee) and i have got alot of reading and stitching and enjoying the sun a bit more lately.
Well, hopefully we will be doing more so that i have something exciting to post here for your enjoyment! If not, then I'll keep you up to date on our boring little lives!
Happy holidays and stay warm, love and hugs as always xox
So we finally moved again! Andrew flew back to Canada last Friday and arrived so some pretty cold weather. Since we no longer need to wait for the bike to get repaired, we moved on. Kevin is graciously storing the bike for us. Thanks Kev!
We landed in Quartzsite on Tuesday afternoon. It was one of Gary's destination choices so here we are. The RV park he found borders on BLM land and allows atv's and stuffs. It was the choice since Andrew could ride right out the door and hit the dirt blazing. Well on arrival its not quite what the website said lol We inquired as to rates and were told the monthly plus power was probably our best deal since we were going to stay 2 or 3 weeks. Imagine our surprise when we realized the monthly sites are 55+ and she thought Gary was 55! I nearly died laughing! Its definitely a good deal though. So we will use it as a base for now to scout out the dry camping areas around here and possibly touch base with people we know that are in Yuma.
Dec 19th
Still slacking on the whole picture taking. We have taken a few but I'm really bad at getting them on here. We checked out the town a bit. It looks like a huge fair ready to happen. I'm not sure what all to expect come January but I think every rockhound on this continent that can, will be here! The vendors are trickling in slowly... I think i'm glad we will only be here for a bit when its fully loaded. That's alot of old people looking at rocks.. wondering if the fossils are long lost family? lol All kidding aside, it will be a majorly busy place to be sure! I think i need to do a bit more research as to what exactly is around here so i have more to share! For now we are just mainly relaxing! Gary is puttering on the trailer (like a little old man should teehee) and i have got alot of reading and stitching and enjoying the sun a bit more lately.
Well, hopefully we will be doing more so that i have something exciting to post here for your enjoyment! If not, then I'll keep you up to date on our boring little lives!
Happy holidays and stay warm, love and hugs as always xox
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Well, it's another day without snow LOL I feel somewhat sorry for all of you braving winter! We are still at Lake Pleasant waiting on Andrews bike. I think another week in this area then probably heading to Quartzsite area. There's some great trails around here for Andrew to explore and I'm happy where ever we land. The weather has been most cooperative but we are expecting some rain this week. I won't whine hehe it isn't snowing at least! :)
I think about Marilyn and Mum every morning here. There alot of little birds that I have no clue what they are. I think I saw chickadees lol but the rest are just little brown things or little grey ones hehe. I dont have a bird book here to look them up, but they sure love Jacks leftovers! Stll haven't seen a roadrunner yet though :( I should get better at the whole picture taking thing so I can post them and maybe one of you lovely readers may know what they are.
So, nothing exciting or new here lol I guess I should try to get some pictures since it's looking to be a lovely sunny day! Love and Hugs!
I think about Marilyn and Mum every morning here. There alot of little birds that I have no clue what they are. I think I saw chickadees lol but the rest are just little brown things or little grey ones hehe. I dont have a bird book here to look them up, but they sure love Jacks leftovers! Stll haven't seen a roadrunner yet though :( I should get better at the whole picture taking thing so I can post them and maybe one of you lovely readers may know what they are.
So, nothing exciting or new here lol I guess I should try to get some pictures since it's looking to be a lovely sunny day! Love and Hugs!
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