Thursday, July 12, 2012
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Day 24 6/29/10 Las Vegas to Placerville
We took the long way home along 395. It is so beautiful especially when we got into California. When we got to Lee Vining the gas was $4.00 a gallon, needless to say we didn't stop there to fill up. Our new truck has perform perfectly and the gas miles was 22 miles per hour which isn't bad for a big truck. We stopped off at Topaz Lake for dinner. It was beautiful. I think most of the time I talk about restaurants, but sometimes that is the highlight of the day, especially going thru Arizona and Nevada. I am not a desert person and love my California. Arrived home at 10:00 and the house was so clean, thanks to Nicole and Jeff.
Our total trip was over 7,000 miles. Would I do it again, probably not but so glad I did. I have only 5 states in the US that I have not been to: Alaska, North Dakota, Michigan, Connecticut, and Louisiana. For future travel my idea is to fly to destination, rent a car and see the area more closely. Hope I have not bored everyone to death. Will post pictures soon.
Our total trip was over 7,000 miles. Would I do it again, probably not but so glad I did. I have only 5 states in the US that I have not been to: Alaska, North Dakota, Michigan, Connecticut, and Louisiana. For future travel my idea is to fly to destination, rent a car and see the area more closely. Hope I have not bored everyone to death. Will post pictures soon.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Day 24 6/29/19 -Las Vegas to Home
Left Las Vegas around 9:00 and took our time returning home. We took the long way home stopping off in Tonapah. Mom's sister (which she never knew) is buried there in Tonapah. I found the grave right away as I have been there before. I felt a connection to this little girl and don't know why. As I was walking to the truck there was a bouquet of silk red roses just lying on the dirt with no graves there, so I did a thing my mother would have also done, I put the flowers on Andja's grave. Don't know how long it will stay there as the wind was really blowing. There was a vase with faded flowers there but these looked so good.
We went over to the recorder's office to see if I could get a copy of her birth/death certificate. The dates I have do not match as to what was on the headstone. Close but not correct. I know this happens all the time and wanted to see if I could get some help since I was in the area. Talked to a nice girl in the office and she said I needed to go to the state and obtain the records.
We were going to stop off at Yosemite, but since we didn't have any reservations and the 4th of July week was coming up we figured it wouldn't
We went over to the recorder's office to see if I could get a copy of her birth/death certificate. The dates I have do not match as to what was on the headstone. Close but not correct. I know this happens all the time and wanted to see if I could get some help since I was in the area. Talked to a nice girl in the office and she said I needed to go to the state and obtain the records.
We were going to stop off at Yosemite, but since we didn't have any reservations and the 4th of July week was coming up we figured it wouldn't
Monday, June 28, 2010
Day 23 Monday 6/28/10 Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam and Las Vegas
Got up early and didn't have to worry about showering (no showers there) and I slept in my clothes I was wearing today. Jonny had gotten up in the middle of the night as someone was snoring. I think he thought it was me, but I don't snore. It was nice having the tent all to myself. I just may like camping - nah!! We went back to the area we were in yesterday and the view looked different in the morning, than it did in the evening. What a wonder of the world. If I was 20 years younger I think I would have taken the donkey ride to the bottom of the canyon, but I wasn't going to chance dying, really I didn't want to hurt the animal.
We drove for 200 + miles to Las Vegas stopping off and viewing Hoover Dam. There is a major construction of roads and bridges in this area. Everyone has to go thru a security just to drive over the dam. We were asked to look in the back of our truck. The policemen asked what we had under the blanket, and when Jonny told him dirty clothes he didn't need to look futher. Probably got a wiff. Then drove to Las Vegas, this is probably one of the ugliest areas on our entire trip. Once you get to Vegas its not bad but the area between Hoover Dam and Vegas is bad. Why would anyone want to live there.
Met with an friend for dinner that Jonny was in the Navy with Samuel Adams. He was very nice and recognized Jonny right away, We stayed at Circus Circus as it was cheap. The room was very nice and quiet. I think we are heading home tomorrow. I am so anxious to do laundry and to wear something different, and get on the scale. Sam took us to a very nice Asian buffet and really over ate, even the desserts were good.
We drove for 200 + miles to Las Vegas stopping off and viewing Hoover Dam. There is a major construction of roads and bridges in this area. Everyone has to go thru a security just to drive over the dam. We were asked to look in the back of our truck. The policemen asked what we had under the blanket, and when Jonny told him dirty clothes he didn't need to look futher. Probably got a wiff. Then drove to Las Vegas, this is probably one of the ugliest areas on our entire trip. Once you get to Vegas its not bad but the area between Hoover Dam and Vegas is bad. Why would anyone want to live there.
Met with an friend for dinner that Jonny was in the Navy with Samuel Adams. He was very nice and recognized Jonny right away, We stayed at Circus Circus as it was cheap. The room was very nice and quiet. I think we are heading home tomorrow. I am so anxious to do laundry and to wear something different, and get on the scale. Sam took us to a very nice Asian buffet and really over ate, even the desserts were good.
Day 22 Sunday 6/27/10 Grand Canyon
I couldn't write about yesterday as we did not have a wi-fi service. We brought a tent with us just in case and we used it. We went to church in Flagstaff (a pretty town). It was a big young ward with lots of babies. The chuch building was different than any I have ever been in.
After church we changed our clothes and drove to Sedona. Very pretty town with lots of red dirt. They make a big deal about the red dirt and make t=shirts using the dirt to color the shirts. I remember when the kids were little doing eveything I could to get the red dirt out of their white shirts. The town is an arties town and it must be a spiritual town, in an area of 3 blocks I saw Palm Readers, and Taro card readers.
After a good lunch we drove to the Grand Canyon. I was there 43 years ago and still don't remember how massive it is. When we were there before I think we were at the North Rim. Jonny was sick then and we just stopped, looked over the side and left. This time we took lots of pictures (still haven't figured out how to post them). We stopped off at a hotel on the entrance of the park to see how much a room was. It wasn't even a nice hotel, and they wanted $150, and it was next to the ice machine and soda machine. If I was going to spend that much money I sure wouldn't want my room in that location. When we entered the park the ranger asked in anyone in the car was 62 or older (Jonny loves when he is carded). The fee for getting into the park was $25 but since we are old we got a card for $10 and it lets us in all federal parks for free. What a deal and it is good for our life time. Our only other option was camping. As most of you know I am not a camper but I really enjoyed it. It was only $18 and we were right in the middle of the action. We had to go to bed at 9:00 as we had no lights and nothing else to do.
About 4:00 a.m. Jonny got us as someone was snoring too loudly. Can't figure that one out as I never heard anyone snoring. I slept in until 7:00 and was really rested. Jonny slept in the front of the truck and didn't sleep well at all. Don't know why he didn't use his earplugs.
After church we changed our clothes and drove to Sedona. Very pretty town with lots of red dirt. They make a big deal about the red dirt and make t=shirts using the dirt to color the shirts. I remember when the kids were little doing eveything I could to get the red dirt out of their white shirts. The town is an arties town and it must be a spiritual town, in an area of 3 blocks I saw Palm Readers, and Taro card readers.
After a good lunch we drove to the Grand Canyon. I was there 43 years ago and still don't remember how massive it is. When we were there before I think we were at the North Rim. Jonny was sick then and we just stopped, looked over the side and left. This time we took lots of pictures (still haven't figured out how to post them). We stopped off at a hotel on the entrance of the park to see how much a room was. It wasn't even a nice hotel, and they wanted $150, and it was next to the ice machine and soda machine. If I was going to spend that much money I sure wouldn't want my room in that location. When we entered the park the ranger asked in anyone in the car was 62 or older (Jonny loves when he is carded). The fee for getting into the park was $25 but since we are old we got a card for $10 and it lets us in all federal parks for free. What a deal and it is good for our life time. Our only other option was camping. As most of you know I am not a camper but I really enjoyed it. It was only $18 and we were right in the middle of the action. We had to go to bed at 9:00 as we had no lights and nothing else to do.
About 4:00 a.m. Jonny got us as someone was snoring too loudly. Can't figure that one out as I never heard anyone snoring. I slept in until 7:00 and was really rested. Jonny slept in the front of the truck and didn't sleep well at all. Don't know why he didn't use his earplugs.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Day 21 - 6/26/10 Snowflake & Flagstaff
Left Albuquerque at 9:00 a.m. anddrove 476 miles today. Went to the Snowflake temple. It is very beautiful but out in the middle of no where. Don't know what people do there for work. We had lunch at Arby's which we haven't eaten at in years. The only other place to eat was McDonalds, or pizza. Not one resturant I would find.
There is a new upscale housing tract by the temple and I am sure most of them are mormons. Beautiful, gigantic homes. This part of Arizona and all of New Mexico is not very pretty, Nevada even looks better. When we came into Flagstaff the scenry changed dramatically. It is very pretty. There was a big beer brewfest in town and it took us a long time to find a room. We were able to walk to a small diner for dinner, and I had some really good liver/onions yumm!!!
Friday, June 25, 2010
Day 20 6/25/10 Amarillo - Alburquerque, NM
Left Lincoln Arkansas around 9:00 and went to Amarillo, it only took 2.5 hours. Since Jeff used to live here we were familiar with the area. Jonny especially likes "Jorges" and the fried avacodo's. We took our time in Amarillo doing some shopping and looking for some boots for Jonny, (no luck). Then got back on the road and travelled for 5 hours to Alburquerque NM. While going thru Texas it was so boring and flat, I decided to doze off. When I woke up and saw hills, I knew we were not in Texas any longer. Went to the Alburquerque temple at 6:00. This is the first temple we had no trouble finding, and it was right on a main road not in a sub division. It is a larger temple and nice area. When we came out it was dark and we could see by the lights that Alburquerque is very large. Had trouble finding a hotel but I hope tomorrow we will be able to see this area and not just get up and drive thru. I know Jonny wants to get home, but I am still not ready yet, Was so sorry to hear my good friend George Strayer died today. I will miss him.
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