tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65925730265881634002024-03-13T10:41:47.133-07:00Sunny DaysSunny Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05616555876049427427noreply@blogger.comBlogger314125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592573026588163400.post-52054619075578219422020-01-20T11:30:00.001-08:002020-02-29T07:47:00.261-08:00Let's Kickoff 2020<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Somehow the Vols salvaged a football team and got invited to the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville on January 2nd so we added that trip to our trek southward for the winter. Rob and Julia were all set to meet us there (but Robin's knee went out--they were missed) and then came the tailgaters group of Charley and Elizabeth, Harry and Cathy, and Carol Anne and Carey Smith and a big party came together for the bowl game. On December 29th we headed out of Nashville and we overnighted at Walmart in Forsyth, Ga, next night at Walmart in St. Mary's, Ga, then on New Year's Eve we rolled into our Gator Bowl accommodations. On January 3rd, we will make our way to our winter digs at Cross Creek RV in Arcadia, Florida. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Gator Bowl gang at the Bearded Pig for New Years Eve</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mike Cole (from our Farragut class) and his wife Helen were here from the Czech Republic </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Perfect night and perfect 4 minutes of football</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By the hair of our chiny chin chin (Vols 23-Indiana 22)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prosecco celebration afterwards </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Merry Christmas 2019</td></tr>
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Back in Tennessee in August where we enjoyed weekends at Floating Mill State Park where Leeton and Holden joined us and rode their bikes, made friends and ate s'mores. One little boy and his brother kept coming over for Holden's Gatorade and were full of tales. The youngest had been banned from electronics for the rest of his life (he was only 7!) because he had stayed up most of the night on YouTube and gotten caught. Sign of times? We lost our dear friend David Hunsucker to the ravages of Frontal Lobe Dementia --a form of Alzheimer's --so we honored and laid to rest one of our best buddies. <br />
In September we went to Knoxville for a football game and stayed, along with Robin and Julia, at the Coliseum. The game was awful (we lost to BYU in overtime and we were supposed to beat them soundly) but the RV accommodations were really good and we scouted them out for the future. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We went to downtown Nashville with Steve and Sally for the NASCAR burnout</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Knoxville for the horrible BYU game we went with the crew to Stormin' Crab</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My beautiful friends came over for a Christmas cocktail party</td></tr>
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The first 2 weeks of October were the kids fall break so we took off for Pensacola Beach for a week (Leeton got 2 darling bikini's and we found that both children have not inherited any golfing skill--Putt Putt was a disaster that may take us a few years to get over). The second week we stayed in Nashville and shopped, found crawdads, and played with Iris--the Greenlee's cat. A highlight was a cruise on the Cumberland River with Bruce and Carolyn--the kids still have their sealegs and so do we. Holden went from training wheels on his bike to riding Leeton's bigger bike. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The kids love Pensacola Beach </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So did Lolo</td></tr>
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November we cleaned house and got ready for the holidays --I played some bridge, and Fitz winterized some boats at Commodore. After a low key Thanksgiving with the kids and Brooke, time started rolling down hill. Leeton had an awesome piano recital and Holden a great Christmas program. We welcomed the Women's Club dinner group at our home with a holiday Christmas cocktail party, some of the Knoxville UT tailgaters came to our house for a BBQ dinner and the Leetons immersed themselves for a fun Christmas gathering. With new joints (ankles and hip) for Nancy, Andy and Phil the group was somewhat gimpy but we played cards, talked sports and politics and had a fun time. The Barksdale's Christmas Party was wonderful and Leeton hit down one of the piñata's. Nick got a coffee table from Santa and Fitz got a weight set. I must have been the best of all because I got a new Fitbit, new Teva's and a box of Godiva (how long will that last?!?) Leeton got real makeup, Katie a new phone and Scott, a Ring doorbell. After the Best Christmas Ever (Holden's words after he opened his metal detector) we had no rest for the weary.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Building the cookie houses were fun</td></tr>
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Sunny Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05616555876049427427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592573026588163400.post-68110309018487308542019-08-11T14:09:00.000-07:002020-02-29T07:37:47.546-08:00Wrap Up Our Hop On Hop Off Tour of America<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The map helped us with planning--the different colored dots are the various routes we took </td></tr>
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Possible Book Titles<br />
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Travels with Terry</div>
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Closing out the puzzle--What if everyday was Saturday</div>
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I have learned more the first 4 years of retirement than 4 years of college </div>
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Don't be that person: </div>
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Stay more than 1 night at a commercial freebie (Walmart, Pilot, etc.)</div>
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Start lecturing people on what you have seen and what they HAVE to see</div>
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Run the generator after midnight</div>
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Stink up the place with faulty holding tank management</div>
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Be in a hurry </div>
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5 best meals:</div>
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The Thompson's --Lobster in Maine</div>
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Bibiji's--Indian food--Santa Barbara</div>
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411--McMinnville, Or</div>
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Hamilton's - Washington DC</div>
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Martha's --Yuma, AZ--Date shake</div>
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Tips of travel: </div>
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You can take our own bed, toilet, kitchen, wardrobe (had to learn to manage the TV reception, generator, water, holding tanks)</div>
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Set your own budget </div>
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Set your own pace</div>
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We plan on driving no more than 4-5 hours a day. It always takes longer than the maps say and if you get in early all the better--don't be in a hurry, enjoy the scenery</div>
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Talk to everyone that will talk back</div>
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Stay flexible </div>
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Places to stay: </div>
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RV parks, Walmart, Pilot, BLM, Rest Areas, most Casino's, Fairgrounds --haven't stayed but others have--Cracker Barrell, Pro Bass, Cabela (all these call first).</div>
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Useful devices: </div>
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Garmin for RV, phone, paper maps, kindle, jet pack, camera, sat TV, antenna, DVD player, computer and printer</div>
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Useful Traveling Apps:</div>
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Park Advisor (with a little help from Compendium, Allstays and The Dyrt), Weather/Radar/Wind Alert, Yelp, Safari/IE/Firefox, Maps(various), I-Heart Radio </div>
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Important to us : </div>
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Warm in winter, Cool in summer, Tennessee for fall, spring (kids birthdays), Christmas at home, Tennessee Football and Basketball, NASCAR</div>
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Places we liked to plan for: </div>
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Presidential Libraries (get a pass), National Parks (be sure to buy a park pass), NFL Stadiums. Not necessarily our bag but other things people did: State Capitols, Cemeteries, Prisons, Shopping, Beach--Know that every town seems to have a museum--some are great others are awful.</div>
Sunny Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05616555876049427427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592573026588163400.post-77101352354997196652019-07-22T12:06:00.000-07:002020-02-29T07:39:15.750-08:00St. LouisA nice, pricy RV park in St. Charles, MO sits about a half hour outside St. Louis, is only 3 hours from Independence and most importantly--we can plug in and run both air conditioners. It is HOT, dry and conveniently just 5 hours from home. We spent 2 nights here waiting for Hurricane Barry's wind and rain to clear out of middle TN so we can go home. The first night there we ate a great birthday dinner at Tony's on Main in St. Charles--Wed. night and it was packed. St. Louis turned out to be a delightful stop--we visited the Arch which heretofore we had simply admired from the water. They have a really good museum in the visitor center in the base. We stayed cool and spent the day. There is a lot more to do here and we will come back (free zoo, Busch Stadium, etc) maybe a good place to bring Leeton and Holden. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the middle of downtown St. Louis sits this iconic National Park</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The museum and visitors center have been added in the last few years and are really interesting</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Who knew?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the top</td></tr>
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Sunny Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05616555876049427427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592573026588163400.post-33814605331486283192019-07-17T13:13:00.000-07:002020-02-29T07:54:48.238-08:00Truman Library (with a little football thrown in)There is a lot of rain coming from the Gulf caused by a Cat 1 hurricane called Barry so while we are heading home we do not want to head too quickly. In Independence, MO is Harry Truman's Presidential Library and we love to visit those so there we go. Independence is just outside Kansas City --very cute little historic town that reminds me of Franklin, TN. It is hotter than hades so we need to stay plugged in for air conditioning--what happened to our dry, cool weather of upstate Washington? So 2 nights in at Campus RV in Independence and then on to celebrate our birthday in St. Louis.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A lot happened during the Truman Presidency which began when <br />
FDR died less than 6 mo. into his 4th term (April 1946). We took the tour <br />
and had a great docent named Jack who had lead the tours for 25 years and we were his last. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the only known authorization given by Truman to allow for the dropping of the nuclear bombs<br />
on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the war in the Pacific (he was in Europe and wanted to be home before it happened).<br />
Bomb 1 was dropped on August 6th, 2 days later the Russians decided to show up, August 9th when the Japanese still <br />
refused to surrender, we dropped bomb no. 2. For all that, the Russians still got half of Korea!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A lot came out of his time in office-- ending WWII, NATO, Marshall Plan, <br />
Berlin Airlift, Korean War.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iconic--he liked to take solitary walks but he and Bess seemed to be a loving couple</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The library opened in 1957 and he worked in this office there until his death in 1972 </td></tr>
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My FB says it is only 45 days until Football Season (YAY)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arrowhead Stadium is just 15 minutes down the road from Truman's library in Kansas City. <br />
They only do tours on the weekends so day late and a dollar short but we drove/walked around a little.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lamar Hunt was instrumental in starting the AFL in 1960's</td></tr>
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Sunny Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05616555876049427427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592573026588163400.post-58049120674061737912019-07-15T14:19:00.000-07:002020-02-29T07:53:23.990-08:00Colorado SpringsOn to Colorado Springs via Montana and Wyoming--we are rolling down hill towards home. We retraced some roads we came through last summer and came into Colorado Springs to visit (in particular) 3 places we had left on the table when we were in Denver last summer:<br />
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The Air Force Academy:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Dad was in the Army Air Corp during WWII and LOVED this place.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There we sat on the hill in the Visitors Center atop the hill</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Chapel is very unique</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here was a real treat that I had forgotten about:</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The different bomber groups sponsored the different models on the terrace of honor</td></tr>
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Garden of the Gods is a beautiful red rock garden.<br />
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Sunny Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05616555876049427427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592573026588163400.post-60290512083317650302019-07-13T22:01:00.000-07:002020-02-29T07:53:57.255-08:00Glacier National ParkGetting to Glacier is not the easiest but you want to see it (and it is worth it). After a night on the road at the Smelterville, Idaho, Walmart, we drove into Columbia Falls RV about 2PM. It was a beautiful drive -- much like the Columbia River Gorge. The mountains were covered with velvet like moss and there were a lot of farm animals--cows, horses, goats--lots of animal farms, no crops were seen. The days are extremely long--sun-up 6am- dark about 10pm. Early Saturday morning we head into the park and Go-to-the-Sun Road--a 52 mile road full of vistas, hikes, waterfalls, wild flowers, snow and critters. <br />
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I have found my new favorite flower--Beargrass --we are told we are in luck, these flowers only bloom every 5-10 years and this is a banner year. <br />
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We went all the way east gate and then up to Many Glaciers. This is actually a place and we had great debate about the pronunciation of "Many". Here we saw a moose swimming across Sherbourne Lake. This is my first moose and I was thrilled. Then we turned around and came back to the top of the summit--Logan Pass. Here they have a couple of goats were posing for pictures. <br />
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Saturday we slept in and then headed to a 5 mile hike to/back Avalanche Lake. <br />
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Avalanche showcased giant cedars and a beautiful lake with a waterfall thrown in if you weren't star struck enough. The crowd was almost 100% American--no foreign language was spoken but could have a lot of Canadians since we are so close to the border. Many families--we are missing the kids. Honestly, there were probably a dozen people who came up to Fitz wearing his Tennessee Hat that said they were also from Tennessee, one couple is from Maryville--they were on their way home from Alaska!<br />
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Sunny Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05616555876049427427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592573026588163400.post-61766269749611057592019-07-04T15:59:00.000-07:002020-02-25T11:18:06.379-08:00The TurnNick and my brothers play golf and I see Mount Vernon, WA, as "the turn". We are more than half way through our trip and we have gone as far north and west as we plan to do in the RV. Northwest Washington State was supposed to be a week for us to rest and relax and get ready to head home. It turns out that this area has a lot to offer and we ended up seeing and doing lots of things. Anacortes is the boaters/loopers base in the Northwest. A lot of marinas and islands--we headed there first thing and checked out the ferry schedule. We decided to go later in the week when the weather promised to be warm and sunny to the San Juan's and Friday Harbor. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We took the 9am Ferry to the San Juan's into Friday Harbor (past the Orcas and Shaw islands)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Took the trolley tour around the island and this is Roche Harbor on <br />
the back side of the Island (past the Lavender farm)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Went to take the 4pm return ferry and it was backed up--turns out they<br />
had a bomb scare and had to call the sniffing dogs out</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No worries--we found a nice little bar overlooking the waterfront talked to a man that name dropped Robert Mondavi as he owns Laird Family Winery in Napa Valley and waited for the all clear<br />
we got back to Anacortes around 9pm</td></tr>
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Along the way we found a charming little burg called LaConner that had a lot of art, bars, and music.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found this little jewel along the roadside--just like Craig's at home</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loved the LaConner waterfront on the Skagit River--think the owners are grandparents?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LaConner was full of parks</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This park was for Dirty Biter who hung out at the LaConner Bars for 12 years</td></tr>
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The one real rainy day we went to the movie--Yesterday (best movie I've seen in a long time). Then we went to Sedro-Woolley (yes, that is the name of the city) and the Logger Rodeo which featured the Chainsaw Carving. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Chainsaw Carving was truly amazing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He's doing the dab (for Holden)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the end of the day they would judge the pieces done and then auction them off<br />
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We traveled an hour south to Everett, Washington and toured the very neat Boeing Plant tour. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The mural on the super secret factory doors is the largest mural in the world. Boeing is the <br />
largest employer in the state of Washington--no wonder they are concerned with<br />
the troubles of the MAX 8 (a 737, not built here) and the federal budget</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We saw the planes of the future as well as the building of the 747 and the 777</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Customers pick out different specifics for their planes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 777 doesn't use the aluminum skin--it uses a much lighter polycarbonate</td></tr>
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Then on the night of the 3rd we went to nearby Big Lake where they had fun fireworks in a Norman Rockwell setting. On the 4th Mount Vernon does the fireworks. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At a local lake the families came to see fireworks--it doesn't get dark here until 10pm!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes-4th of July and I am freezing. The nice people were sitting with shared their blankets.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty here too.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was an excellent stop</td></tr>
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Whoo--we left Mt. Vernon more tired than we came.Sunny Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05616555876049427427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592573026588163400.post-44285165659777981662019-07-04T15:28:00.001-07:002020-02-29T07:16:17.488-08:00SeattleWe checked into Trailer's Inn RV Park in Bellevue, Washington-- the home of Bill and Melinda Gates and most of Microsoft. While the traffic was bad, that is the only negative I can relate. The RV Park was tight but convenient and clean. Seattle has a lot to offer so we settled on 3 things we most wanted to see--Pike Street Market, the Space Needle, and Chihuly Gardens. Conveniently, Chihuly and the Space Needle are next door to each other. Also within short distance is MoPop (Museum of Popular Music)--right now they were showcasing Pearl Jam. We skipped this but if we had had more time.....Queen is next up and that would have been a must see. We took the monorail from the Space Needle area to Pike Street Market and found their delightful waterfront. This was a great stop! Next up--a week in northern Washington where we will take a breathe, do laundry, restock the coffers and take in the 4th of July.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I wore my Apple Sweatshirt to tease all the Microsoft-ers in the town</td></tr>
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Sunny Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05616555876049427427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592573026588163400.post-39536026211888056922019-07-02T09:52:00.000-07:002020-02-25T11:11:18.883-08:00Oregon Pt. 3 PortlandIt just has to be said: Portland is a mess. The absolute opposite of Salt Lake City (the last big city we were in). On every street we saw someone living on the sidewalk. In every rose filled park, there were homeless having arguments -with police hovering. The smell of marijuana was pervasive. We stayed at the Fairgrounds and rode the tram in (it took about an hour and only cost $5) and we were glad we didn't spend anymore time there than we did. The city was clean and roses abound but the people were dirty and scary--not a suit in sight. We took off for Seattle early Tuesday morning and ran into the worst traffic we have had since Los Angeles. <br />
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Sunny Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05616555876049427427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592573026588163400.post-88500955874535210442019-07-01T23:21:00.000-07:002020-02-25T11:09:11.857-08:00Oregon Pt.2McMinnville and Cannon Beach are now on my list a small towns worth driving to. We have terrible weather--mist with occasional rain with highs of 60-ish. The wine and food in McMinnville and the art and clothes in Cannon Beach are great (and welcome relief to the dirt and hikes of the National Parks of Utah). Cannon Beach itself is dark brown sand with few pebbles (as opposed to the sandy white sand of the Florida gulf coast). The whole Oregon coast is full of entertaining small villages --Seaside and all the way to the state border at Astoria with lots of beaches, restaurants, hotels and family fun. <br />
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Sunny Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05616555876049427427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592573026588163400.post-23663701717315908262019-06-30T13:30:00.001-07:002020-02-25T11:07:20.551-08:00Oregon-pt.1Our Anniversary was spent at the Walmart in Hood River after traveling through the Columbia River Gorge. Then past Portland to the charming little town of McMinnville. Our RV park sat next door to the Air Museum where Howard Hughes' plane, the Spruce Goose was housed. Wine or another air museum--I, of course chose wine, it was a tougher call for Terry but in the end he choose the wine tasting for our time here as well. It was cold- people were in winter coats--it is late June!!! The wine tastings, particularly good at Willamette (rhymes with damnit) Valley Wines, were clustered in town and it seemed they all started to taste the same after a couple. We did go to the beautiful Brooks Winery which had a view of Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Hood and 2 others. Anniversary Dinner was spent at Restaurant 411 in town and featured yummy candied bacon and dill pickle soup. Friday afternoon we went to a street festival with lots of locals and talked to a Mother and son from Virginia traveling from Yellowstone to Seattle and another man who had come to UT for the Oregon/UT football game. Saturday morning we left for Cannon Beach and the drive up Hwy 101. There was a parade at Tillamook (home of the Tillamook Dairy a big dairy on the west coast, think Purity Dairy). The 2 hour drive took about 5 hours but once we found the Pacific Ocean it was beautiful--big rocks and a true robin's egg blue. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Gorge looked like mountains covered with velvet</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">McMinnville, OR (they said it was named after the TN home of Jack Daniels)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cloudy sunset in McMinnville--notice the winter coat</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was good wine-first introduced to us by Robin and Julia <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great anniversary dinner (a little late)--43 years!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brooks Winery had good wine, good people watching and a beautiful view</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flowers too.</td></tr>
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Sunny Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05616555876049427427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592573026588163400.post-81924088898112895332019-06-21T11:16:00.003-07:002020-02-24T10:41:42.553-08:00Salt Lake CityWe took off Sunday for the 5 hour drive from Arches to Salt Lake City. It will be nice to leave behind the sand for pavement. Most of the way was on a 2 lane Hwy 191 and we didn't hit interstate until we were outside Provo--it was a long trek for the driver. Pony Express in North Salt Lake was a terrific stop--centrally located for the sites we wanted to hit for our 1 day tour of Salt Lake. The state capitol, the Mormon Tabernacle and the Great Salt Lake were our main attractions. First, the city was sooo clean and after 2 weeks in the sandy National Parks this was a welcome relief. Downtown was full of darling homes with pretty gardens, lots of men in white shirts and suits and beautiful young ladies in dresses. They all seem to work for the Mormon Church. Ol' Brigham Young built quite the religious complex. Next to the Tabernacle sits the Beehive House and the another big house that housed his 27 wives and 56 children (the numbers change according to where you look but it seems more than 1 wife at a time is a little overwhelming). <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Their state capitol sits on a bluff overlooking Salt Lake City</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brigham Young was probably this big for all he did</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My mama used to say if I had a pretty little church to go to I would go!</td></tr>
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We headed to the Salt Lake which was very big, dense and interesting. This was a great stop. <br />
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Tuesday we leave for a 2 day drive to the Oregon coast. The first stop is the fairgrounds in Jerome, Idaho -- perfect weather followed us there and we plugged in for 10 bucks--Terry was fascinated by the horses and I tried to get over the smell of horse poop. Next will be a Walmart in Mt. Hood (for our 43rd Anniversary), and a drive through the beautiful velvet mountains of the Columbia River Gorge. Then on Thursday into Portland and Olde Stone Valley Wineries in McMinnville, OR--unexplored territory</div>
Sunny Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05616555876049427427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592573026588163400.post-28694843646473509542019-06-15T17:21:00.000-07:002020-02-25T11:03:47.059-08:00Arches and Moab<div style="text-align: right;">
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As the crow flies, Arches is 150 miles from our camp at Lake Powell--by road, 250 miles on a two lane heavily traveled Hwy 191, so we traveled the 5 hours from Lake Powell to a new BLM camp site. We traveled through Winslow, AZ of Eagles fame and because we lost an hour and ran into a lot of road work we pulled into Sand Flats (a misnomer) Recreation area around 4pm on Wednesday afternoon. Let it be said there is a thin layer of dirt on EVERYTHING in the RV and car. We will not recover from this until we leave for Salt Lake City on Sunday. The camp site costs $20 a night --pretty costly for no services-- to park and on top of one of the prettiest mountains in the area. Since we have been here, we have found several BLM Campgrounds--first come first serve that probably cost the same. It was still inexpensive, the only limitation we found for us was that you could only run your generator between 8am and 8pm so we needed to be there 2 hours in the morning, then 2 hours in the evening. It was windy enough at the time that the air conditioner didn't get used much. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We were here 4 nights and had different neighbors each night<br />
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Thursday at Arches we drove the entire park and saw the magnificent arches and windows. We toured the village of Moab which is sort of a tired little dusty town with nothing but restaurants, hotels and adventure centers. Biking, rafting, ATV-ing are huge here. I busted my knee on one of the hikes and judging from the resulting scar I should have gone for stitches but not.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We thought it weird that we had not seen arches like this in any of the other parks</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think people gathered at the arches to commune with God</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Salt Valley was real green because of the unusually rainy spring </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There are over 2,000 arches throughout the park</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Balance Rock looked like it was about to fall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fins in this park are large, thin walls of rock </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look closely --this rock formation is called the Parade of Elephants</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love how they explain </td></tr>
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Friday we took the Ranger guided hike of Fiery Furnace (2 miles round trip over pretty rigorous terrain). Ranger Monica was full of information and we added to our lexicon--cryptobiotic soil. This is the crusty bacteria that grows on top of the sand to allow plants to grow --it is the difference between this place and arid deserts like the Mojave. They have had a lot of rain so everything is still real green. During the hike through the Fiery Furnace, Ranger Monica gave us a note card and a pencil and told us to write down thoughts -- I wrote Scat (I saw some large animal poop, twice), pools (there were very pretty pools holding water and was probably the reason for the large animals through the canyons), and something else I don't remember. I asked Terry what he wrote: God gives us beautiful land and the responsibility to take care of it. I like his thoughts better. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This fooled you into thinking Fiery Furnace would be an easy hike<br />
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Sunset at the Sand Flats Recreation was really the best we've seen in a while. We met a cute couple from Durango, Co that were camping there too. They were a couple of years out of Fort Lewis College in Durango and bicyclers-think Lance Armstrong. They were fun to talk to. <br />
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Saturday we had the choice between going to Canyonlands National Park about an hour away or go white water rafting. About 30 years ago the Barksdale's neighbors, Bernie and Dale Schwid (who were about 30 years older than us) were on vacation and were said to be rafting on the Colorado River. Both of us said "how cool" so now we have a chance to be like the very admirable Schwid's --we took it. Our trip was OK--we took the mid-day trip 11-4, the water was up so it was more drifting down the river than rafting the rapids but we had a few opportunities to get wet. We had Mel as our guide and a family from Missouri (parents and 4 boys--17,15,13 and 10 years old) traveled with us so we had a lovely day. <br />
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Sunny Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05616555876049427427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592573026588163400.post-55979254069028918732019-06-15T16:20:00.002-07:002020-02-24T10:32:28.335-08:00Lake Powell3 hours from our BLM at Zion sits Lake Powell, a man-made lake created in 1963 on the Colorado River with the building of Glen Canyon Dam. All the houseboating magazines use this beautiful lake as their cover pic. It is 226 miles long and the second biggest man-made lake in America with Lake Mead created by the Hoover Dam as the biggest. This has always been on my bucket list and it did not disappoint. We stayed at Wahweap RV at Lake Powell Resort --on absolutely beautiful land. High rent district after our BLM! A 2 hour boat tour on the lake was truly awesome. It started out a little rough in that the captain started off with all the things they would normally do but because the usual boat they use for our tour had broken down we wouldn't be able to do. However, we had a lovely tour through Antelope and Glen Canyons. Every thing here is HUGE--6 lanes at the boat launch, a brown rocky beach a quarter of a mile from the parking lot, a large marina and resort. We are here before?!the crowd. <br />
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Sunny Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05616555876049427427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592573026588163400.post-58079888486966557602019-06-12T17:32:00.002-07:002020-02-24T10:29:03.487-08:00Bryce CanyonSaturday we left out for the 2 hour drive to Bryce Canyon National Park. It was downright chilly when we got there--it is about 20 degrees cooler in this canyon than at Zion. There is an 80 year old tunnel through the mountains (Zion-Mt. Carmel tunnel) which gives a shortcut to Bryce Canyon. This road is lined with ranches and prairie land. Hoodoos, fins, and spires are new words to our lexicon. These make up Bryce Canyon Amphitheater which is like a mini Grand Canyon in grandeur. We hiked the Rim Trail (2 1/2 miles, again the Fitbit loved it) and saw the most magnificent rock forms. On the way back the long horned goat were on tourist duty and posed for pictures. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Located in the middle of southern Utah, Bryce will be hard to get to but worth it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a Hoodoo--a tall, thin totem pole of rock topped by hard eroded stone<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4 or 5 Hoodoos equal a Fin</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This fella (his family was nearby too) held up traffic but posed for pictures</td></tr>
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Our BLM parking place turned out to be a real winner. It was the first time we stayed out for 3 days and even though the reviews on the Park Advisor App were positive we have a pretty big rig to do this. The wind was really blowing, especially on our last night there. On Saturday night we had a lot less neighbors than on Thursday night --around 30 different campers-- no tent campers made it through the wind on Saturday night. 3 nights on the land and we only filled our gray water tank to half and we took nightly showers, the downside was that we had no cell or TV service because we were so far into the boonies. We just brought out the cards and books. Success!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This Hemp RV showed up on Friday down the road</td></tr>
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Sunny Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05616555876049427427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592573026588163400.post-81507205787926024072019-06-10T16:21:00.000-07:002020-02-24T10:26:04.397-08:00Zion<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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We left Nashville with the adventuresome spirit and now are ready to take on the Northwest USA! The RV started right up as did the Honda at the storage facility and we drove them to Main Street Casino and RV to make sure all the systems were go and to stock up with groceries. The generator needed a little TLC but otherwise all was good to go. One last night at Fremont Street and on Thursday morning we headed to Zion National Park, 2 hours north of Las Vegas near the Virgin River in SW Utah. 4 new tires (sitting on the dry for 2 months in 100 degree weather was not good for tires) and 6 hours later we pulled into a fabulous BLM ( meaning free, Bureau of Land Management land with no services--just legal pull over and park) this was located about 20 minutes out of Zion. The weather is hot (95) during the day and breezy and 65 at night. We compare this to "anchoring out" on the boat--our cup of tea. We drove to Zion bright and early Friday morning and seems we timed it exactly right. Nice weather but no crowds. There were enough people to talk to (lots of families including grandparents and babies) and the sites were spectacular. John Wesley Powell discovered this land for America in the 1869, the Piute and Hopi Indians were there before that. We hiked the river bed (the Virgin River runs through the vast canyons--sometimes as rapids, other times a peaceful stream), up to the Narrows entrance and to the Emerald Pools. The flowering cactus and the various wild flowers were in full bloom and made for a beautiful day. We have noticed that all the National Parks are breathtaking and unique. Our Fitbits love us, recording about 25,000 steps which is 2 1/2 times a brisk active day for us. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The flora was in full bloom throughout the park--locals attribute this to a very rainy Spring</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fitz was the king of the mountain</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The expanse was really beautiful</td></tr>
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Sunny Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05616555876049427427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592573026588163400.post-92011560614923372392019-06-05T10:00:00.000-07:002020-02-24T10:23:51.015-08:00Home for Spring! Why would anyone want to be anyplace else in April and May than Tennessee? The blue birds came back to have their babies in their bird house. The Cardinals are still banging into the picture window fighting with their reflection and Iris (the cat from next door) greeted us with enthusiasm. Leeton turned 9 and Holden 7 --Lord they are growing up and losing teeth. Reconnecting with your friends is always fun--the older we get the more appreciative we are of our luck to have friends we have known for 50 years that take us back in. Terry was able to work with Craig Abingdon on a car he is restoring (fun for him), I worked on setting up the last piece of the tour America puzzle (Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Montana, then home) and we set up the house for being gone the first two months of the summer. Crunch time came to leave out and on Tuesday Nick took us to the airport to fly into Las Vegas (100 degrees!), pickup the RV, and head out to the Utah National Parks. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy Birthday!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leeton is a soloist at the chorus recital</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Field Day with Katie and Holden was fun</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big birthday party at Center Hill</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sounds baseball with Terry and Julie</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My girlfriends catch up--all had an exciting winter</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nick is now with Staples and will take us to the airport</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leeton rocked at the Talent Show<br />
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Sunny Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05616555876049427427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592573026588163400.post-38234827994315000882019-04-05T11:58:00.000-07:002019-08-09T11:44:01.114-07:00Las Vegas (part deux) and Hoover Dam, then HOMEWell we wrap up this chapter of our western trip with a return to Vegas, the Stratosphere and Fremont Street in the downtown. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Fremont Street Experience was great people watching</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The good--these guys were really good!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ugly--we saw these guys getting out of their car (in makeup and bathrobes) and Fitz asked them if they were<br />
performing that night. A little while later we saw them in performance mode! The people have to stand in those black circles and I guess they live on tips from picture takers.</td></tr>
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Hoover Dam was explored and then we had to close up the RV for storage for a couple of months. The Main Street Casino in Las Vegas Downtown is quite the deal (if you don't need a swimming pool) and very convenient to the Fremont Street Experience and the cheap bus service to the strip. We thought it would be a little noisy because it is right beside I-15 but we had no problem. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Colorado River caused a lot of problems for those downstream in the 1800's so after a lot of <br />
homework they found the best place in the 1400 mile long river to control the flow.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Dam was built in the 1930's in stacked blocks of concrete--enough concrete to make a side walk <br />
around the earth at the equator--and it only took 5 years to build.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lake Mead took 6 years to fill and it is the largest reservoir in America--50 ft. deep and 120 miles long</td></tr>
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We arrived just in time to see the Vols to lose to Purdue in overtime in the sweet 16 in the NCAA. We are extremely sad to see the season of Grant Williams, Admiral Schoefield, Jordan Bone and company to come to an end--it was a fun time. Closing up the RV proved to be a little easier because of our boating experience. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Stratosphere offered a great view of Vegas </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iconic sign welcoming all to Vegas<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loved the Statue of Liberty in the Golden Knights Shirt --they love their hockey team here <br />
and are looking forward to having the Raiders football team in 2020.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leaning building/hotel--figure this is a big V for Vegas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elegant shopping mall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seriously?!?</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TCtjImGzy_s/XKejJdh4U2I/AAAAAAAAJGg/lR8bTEPm8l831FXG68EvBNVH93SWnc0IwCLcBGAs/s1600/Water%2Bfeature.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TCtjImGzy_s/XKejJdh4U2I/AAAAAAAAJGg/lR8bTEPm8l831FXG68EvBNVH93SWnc0IwCLcBGAs/s400/Water%2Bfeature.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Bellagio water feature was really something.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The 3 hour flight into Nashville showed us how long it had been since we had been on a plane. We were sure glad to see Nick down at the baggage claim. Home for 2 months--could not have come too soon. Regroup.</span></div>
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Sunny Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05616555876049427427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592573026588163400.post-18662132031031805342019-03-29T22:08:00.000-07:002019-08-08T09:46:07.790-07:00Sedona50 years ago my mother and daddy visited Sedona and mother came home and declared Sedona the most beautiful place she had ever seen. I concur. We rolled into Dead Horse State Park late on Monday evening and then spent the next 2 days exploring this fascinating place. Not only is the setting gorgeous, they have art, mystical/energy vortices, elegant clothing shops, and interesting people. They also have some of the highest price restaurants that neither of us wanted to try but might if we ever return. <br />
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The red rock is sand stone (not red clay like east TN) so it doesn't stain your clothes.<br />
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Pueblo village that has been preserved from the 14th Century</td></tr>
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Sunny Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05616555876049427427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592573026588163400.post-27298449466531777212019-03-29T21:20:00.000-07:002020-02-24T10:21:54.060-08:00Boondocking then on to the Spectacular Grand CanyonAfter we watched the Vols (men--we won't talk about the ladies) win in the NCAA and advance to the final 16 we left out for the Grand Canyon, Sedona and Dead Horse Ranch RV. We found a beautiful prairie near I-40 to boondock. This is camping with no services but no cost. It is reminiscent of the quiet coves on the waterways we used to love on the boat. There has already been a small dust storm with tumbling tumbleweeds--cool. Tomorrow we will go to the Grand Canyon and the RV Park and then visit Sedona. <br />
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fixed a T-bone and drank one of the bottles of wine from California</td></tr>
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Sunny Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05616555876049427427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592573026588163400.post-89857664795322261512019-03-22T12:26:00.002-07:002020-02-24T10:20:05.748-08:00March Madness in Las VegasWe pull into Sam's Town KOA RV Thursday in time to do a couple loads of laundry and catch the shuttle to the Las Vegas Strip for an afternoon to scope out the territory. The first thing you notice is that everyone is wearing their college school colors--this is the first full day of March Madness and Tennessee is well represented. The slots and the blackjack are not as attractive to us as in years past but the fabulous hotels and the sports bars can pleasantly fill up our time here. Nick gave us a Las Vegas discount booklet for Christmas and we have already used it to our advantage to get a 2 for 1 dinner at Paris. I won't be cooking much in Las Vegas. Tennessee plays Friday morning we will be watching.<br />
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Sunny Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05616555876049427427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592573026588163400.post-18956852977894990162019-03-20T18:42:00.000-07:002020-02-24T10:20:18.766-08:00Sequoia National ParkRedwood vs Sequoia Trees: these tall, straight, beautiful trees are in the same family but are different species. The Redwoods grow mainly on the California coast, get their moisture from the fog and air, have a shallow root system, they are slimmer than Sequoia. The Sequoia only grow on the western bluffs of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, get their water from the snow pack on the forest floor and have a tap root that grows deep to collect this water and keep them from falling as easily. Sequoia's are bigger in diameter but just as tall. Their bark is spongy and thus they are poor conductors of fire, so fire doesn't kill them off--that would be wind, insects and getting so tall they topple over. As a matter of fact fire management for these forests is important because this helps the pine cones whose seeds burst open and provide nutrients for new growth. Before 2000, fires were banned for almost a century so we almost lost these trees. We traveled to Visalia, Ca. to overnight in the local Walmart parking lot, detached the car and drove up to Sequoia National Park. Because a small percent of the park was open, we saw all that was open in an afternoon. We started out in shorts and t-shirts and ended up in sweats as we climbed in elevation. <br />
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This great afternoon brought us back to the RV in time to walk over to KFC where I found a box of chicken there now costs $26! I refused to spend this much so we walked to the grocery and bought some fried chicken for our dinner--we decided once a year we could eat this unhealthy! But we did have a funny occurrence--when the teen working in the deli saw my Apple Sweatshirt he said--OMG is that a vintage Apple Shirt and when I explained to him that it was indeed a relic of selling the Apple Computers back in the early 90's. He said that it was a collectors item and would I consider selling it to him. I turned him down and came home and googled it! Kids watch your dad, I am the owner of a collectors item!</div>
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Sunny Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05616555876049427427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592573026588163400.post-29373729835380007072019-03-19T18:48:00.000-07:002020-02-21T08:42:59.117-08:00Yosemite National ParkIt is still the winter season in the Sierra Nevada Mountains so a lot of Yosemite National Park was closed but the main visitors center and everything in Yosemite Village was open. The waterfalls were spectacular and the Ranger walk took you through the Native American life--added bonus was that there was no crowd. As a matter of fact, there were very few people in our RV Park (the people watching was fine--there was a couple tent camping in front of us with their teenage granddaughter--they were so cute and the teenager was terrorized because there was ZERO cell reception--she kept looking at her phone, standing on picnic tables etc. --ZERO). We decided to make a long day of it on Monday. This worked.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Muir and Teddy (my second favorite president) did more to create the National Parks than anyone</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">El Capitan, 3300 ft. in elevation, was amazing, they said to look for little specks on the<br />
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Sunny Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05616555876049427427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592573026588163400.post-35564682708966652892019-03-16T22:43:00.000-07:002020-02-21T08:18:40.946-08:00San FranciscoSaturday we took Sue to LAX, watched as the Vols lost to Auburn in their last SEC regular season game, and did a little housekeeping to get ready to head north. We also sprung ahead on our clock--Daylight Savings time--not sure what clock to believe now. Via I-5, Los Banos Walmart, and the Golden Gate Bridge, we are due in Marin RV on Monday. This RV park is located 10 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge, beside the Larkspur Ferry that will take us into San Francisco so we won't have to drive and park. It also is right at the gateway to Sonoma and Napa Valley to we just head north on HWY 101 and in less than an hour we are in wine country. <br />
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Monday we went to the Presidio Park and Golden Gate Park, ending up on the beach with a fabulous sunset and cocktails at The Cliff House. Tuesday we rode the ferry across SF Bay (again we happened to see whales playing), where we got on a Hop On Hop Off bus and took a tour of the highlights of the city. It was really cold (but sunny) and so we headed inside at the wharf for a warming lunch of shrimp and crab chowder and clam chowder. We went to the wharf looking for the men that threw the fish at the market. Imagine my embarrassment when I was told we had the wrong city--that is Seattle. Oh well, we will be there this summer. Nob Hill and Russian Hill were cool, the Tenderloin Section was sad with the homeless lining the sidewalks, and the Embarcadero that housed my first employer -Levi Straus-- was good to see, we want to go back to Chinatown, and still have to get a sundae at Ghirardelli Chocolates. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the middle is the tallest bldg. in SF<br />
--it is empty because there is inadequate foundation and it is leaning--law suits abound</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hop on Hop off tour showed us some great bldgs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Haight - Ashbury (famous for Vietnam era riots) <br />
Ashbury was Haight's nephew way back</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of weird and neat museums</td></tr>
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Wine country was soooo fun. We had been told that Sonoma was a little more down to earth than Napa so that is where we went Thursday. After stopping in at the Visitors' Center we went to the farthest north in Sonoma County and came back along Hwy 12 and had our choice of Wineries (and Olive groves). We first stopped at St. Francis Winery, took a walking tour of the fields and then settled in for wine tasting. YUM! Then we went to Bruce Cohen's Winery and Olive Grove. Bruce has been the manager for the Doobie Brothers for 46 years and in the 70's bought this farm. Really good Cabernet Sauvignon and Olive Oils. We then had to go get food and went into Sonoma for some Mexican food and headed home. It was a wonderful (sunny and warm) day. We went to bed early!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sausalito is a super village just down the street from our RV home</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seals are supposed to be abundant here but all we saw was this cute statue in Sausalito<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sonoma Visitors Center is where we started on our wine tour</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The farms were wall to wall in Sonoma County</td></tr>
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Friday we rode the ferry back to SF (met an older lady aboard and she was fun--had a lot of tips on where to eat, talked about raising her 5 children in the area, and asked if we were from one of those "red states" --we assured her we were. I think she shivered like she was delightfully scandalized). San Francisco is 49 square miles and has 43 major hills so it is very hard to walk the city. So a must do task in San Francisco is to ride a cable car because they are relics of old rather than the most efficient way to get around, they are rather expensive to ride so we wanted to pick our ride carefully--we rode up to Nob Hill and walked down to Chinatown. Russian Hill with the crookedest road, and our hot fudge sundae led to: check, check, check, plus my Fitbit reports 20,000 steps and 2 happy dances. We left early to get back to watch the Vols play in the SEC Tournament but the town was winding up to be quite the party. Apparently St. Patrick's Day is big here. <br />
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Muir Woods--National Park within a half hour of the RV is a redwood tree forest. We made reservations (long, involved process) to park?!? there between 1-1:30 on Saturday before we knew that would be during the second half of the Tennessee/Kentucky semi-final in the tournament. Oh well, we gave it up to the Lord and went to the forest. The Vols pulled out the win without us, Florida lost to Auburn in the other semi, and the forest was lovely. A good day all the way around. Tomorrow we leave for Yosemite and see if the Vols can beat Auburn for the SEC Tournament Championship. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back in the early 1900's Theodore Roosevelt decreed this a National Park.<br />
John Muir was the first president of the Sierra Club dedicated to conservation.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Totally mind-blowing--they were beautiful</td></tr>
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