We headed to Williams AZ, so we could visit the Grand Canyon South Rim once again. The last time we were at the Grand Canyon was in 1988 after a visit with Jeff’s grandfather in Tucson. We took this trip with 3 kids (Jeffrey 10, Jennifer 5 and Brian 5 months old) in tow. During […]
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While in Cottonwood Arizona for three weeks, we didn’t do as much as we had planned. We wanted to go hiking and off-roading, but due to bad weather and both of us coming down with a bad cold those activities will have to wait until another time. So not much here got checked off of […]
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At the beginning of our stay in Tucson, we thought we were lucky enough to have a new moon and would be able to see the magnitude of stars that we don’t get to see with all of the artificial light that brightens the night sky. Our thought was to go up to the other […]
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As we were leaving Big Bend to continue west on highway 67, we came across a TARS (Tethered Aerostat Radar System) site and was able to get a picture of the unmanned blimp that’s used to monitor the US border with Mexico. Once we got to the town of Marfa, we turned on highway 90 […]
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Now that Jeff has his Jeep, our next stop was back to Big Bend National Park. Shortly after entering the park, we came across a coyote. We stayed in the park at the Rio Grande Village, as we did in 2023. It’s only a parking lot, but that’s ok because it has full hookups. Wild […]
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The feature picture above shows our current 15,209-mile 2024 travel plan. The red roads in Canada indicate a route warning that the road may not be safe to travel. As we get closer, we’ll check to make sure we’ll be able to continue safely. But if you know anything at all about us those red […]
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Before heading back to Florida, we took a side trip back to Elkhart Indiana to have new captain seats installed for the motorhome. We didn’t realize just how uncomfortable the seats were until we upgraded with new ones. Now it was definitely time to head back to Florida. Our first stop in Florida was on the […]
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On to Niagara Falls to take in the fall colors and of course the falls. We toured the Cave of the Winds… … and rode the Maid of the Mist. The weather was gloomy and raining, but it didn’t take away from the beauty of the area and the falls. The next day we went […]
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Hershey Pennsylvania was a lot of fun visiting my sister Joyce and husband Bill. Jeff and Bill went to the Classic Auto Mall and had a blast looking at all of the old cars while Joyce and I had sister time and went shopping! Of course we went to the Hershey factory store. There was […]
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After Kentucky we were once again in Townsend Tennessee just outside Smokey Mountain National Park for Jeff’s high school all alumni yearly reunion. This year Jeff’s sisters Joan, Lorraine and husband Tony, Carolyn and significant other Steve and Kathi and husband Kent joined in with the festivities (brother Chris and wife Marj weren’t able to […]
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