Deming NM

We left Gallop Sunday heading south and Doug headed for California. Doug arrived in Santa Monica on Monday and sent us a picture of grandpa holding his new grand daughter. We stayed at a Walmart Sunday night and arrived at the Dream Catcher RV park at about 10 am. This is an Escapees park and is very nice. We have met a bunch of new friends here and have signed up for some activities Like Thanksgiving Dinner, it looks like we will have about four tables of ten people. The park is furnishing the turkey and mashed potatoes and then everyone brings a dish to pass. Our table s supposed to have a meeting tomorrow to see who is bringing what. I feel a stomach ache coming after dinner.
Their is allot to see around this area and we will start tomorrow. A museum in town, the turquoise trail, rock hound state park, an old west ghost town used for western films, the largest winery in NM,  Indian cliff dwellings and Palomas Mexico to by prescription drugs. We have talked to the locals here and they say it is safe to go there as long as you are out before dark. We even have free drink tickets for a resturant over there. Margaritas and Ponchoes here we come. Till next time. Sorry no pictures.

Snow and Cold

OMG the white stuff followed me.

A couple of old friends freezing their ass.
Doug and I have been friends since grade school.

We are in a city park in Gallop New Mexico. We arrived on Wednesday.  My buddy Doug arrived Friday afternoon. Doug is on his way to California for the winter to visit his son's. Friday night a cold front moved in with a blast. When we got up it was 30 degrees and snowing with 50 mph winds shaking the motor home. The wind got so bad we decided to move to another site and try to get out of the wind. It was way to cold and windy to do much site seeing so we just drove down old Route 66 and looked at all the old buildings. We had dinner in a family owned restaurant that was built in 1947. The Indians in town paraded by our table selling jewelry while we ate. We plan to head south tomorrow and find some warmer weather. The low tonight is going to be 20 degrees. Think warm.

The Petrified Forest and Painted Desert NP

We left Williams AZ yesterday headed for New Mexico and ended up in Church Rock NM near Gallup. This used to be a state park that is now run by the City of Church Rock. It is a large complex with a large campground, I think they have close to 200 sites. We are the only ones here, our private campground. A fifth Wheel came in last night when we did but they left this morning. They have very nice heated showers with lots of hot water and electric water hookups. The campground is surrounded by high red cliffs, and their are hiking trails. They hold Rodeos and a Hot Air Balloon Festival here every year. It's about six hundred and fifty acres, just for us.
On the way here we stopped off and visited the Petrified Forest and the Painted Desert, WOW was that interesting. When the volcanoes erupted millions of years ago it buried everything instantly and killed everything. They have discovered so many Prehistoric animals here and have them on display in their Museum. The Painted Desert is beautiful and seems to go on forever.

Petrified Log

There were some big trees millions of years ago.

The colors inside the trees are beautiful.

This cat adopted Lynn

These are Petrographic drawings at the Indian Ruins from 800 years ago.

The ruins of an ancient Pueblo

The Painted Dessert

This morning it was only 16 degrees here so we are moving south as soon as my friend Doug stops by. The night before we left Williams AZ it dropped to 25 degrees and our water hookup froze solid. I had to use a propane torch just to get my hose off and turn the water off. I learned my lesson so now we are just using the water in our tank it is inside so it won't freeze unless we do. We have been using an electric heater at night and it keeps the motor home at about 60 degrees, good for sleeping. In the morning we kick on the furnace and bring it up to 70 degrees. It gets in the 60's during the day and is very sunny. Yu-all have a good week.

The Grand Canyon

Here we are in Williams Arizona just south of the Grand Canyon. The campgrounds and their facilities where closed in October so we have to stay outside the park. The other night it was 22 degrees up in the park so I think it is better to stay at a lower altitude, it was 32 degrees here this morning. Sunday we went into the town of Williams and walked around town. Williams is on old Route 66 and has really cool stores and restaurant's. We ate lunch at an old 50's malt shop that was allot of fun, man this place was old and full of antiques. We did some window shopping and talked about returning this week when more stores will be open.
Yesterday we went to the Grand Canyon and spent eight hours touring the park. We hiked the Rim Trail for about four miles and took allot of pictures. Their are parts of the canyon that where formed all most 4,000 million years ago. They have a great shuttle service that takes you all over the park and they run every fifteen minuets. We were pretty tired when we got home and went to bed about eight o'clock.

This is where we had lunch.

Lynn with the King.

Having fun on Route 66.

The Big Hole

The Grand Canyon is Awsome.

This prehistoric Dragon Fly is as big as your hand.

We are headed for the Painted dessert and the Petrified Forest tomorrow. Daily temperatures have been in the 70's here but they say a cold front is coming in this weekend. I guess it's time to head south again down into New Mexico. Stay tuned.

Leaving Lost Wages (Vegas)

The Letterman in Concert.

Thursday we just hung out at the condo and spent the day at the pool. After dinner we went down to the Strip and hit the hot spots. We watched the pirate show at Treasure Island Casino and then walked down to the Volcano show at the Mirage and then to the Cesar's Palace and walked through the building to the Robotic Statue Show. While we watched I had a 24 oz Pinacoloda and Lynn had a 24 oz Margarita then we tried to walk back to the strip and I here, honey I am dizzy. We walked it off getting home after midnight all tired out.

The Buffet

A custom chopper at the Casino

The Sirens ship at Treasure Island.

The pirates ship in the show.

The Volcano eruption at the Mirage.

A Robot Statue at Ceasars Palace.

Sea Food galore at the buffet.

Friday we went grocery shopping at Walmart and Sam's Club to stock the motor home for our next road trip. We also went to the big Bass Pro Shop and looked around. After shopping we went to the pool and worked on our tans. Friday is our last night in town and we decided to go out to dinner and a show. We went to the South Point Casino and had their Friday night sea food buffet. The buffet was very good, they had Crab Legs, Shrimp, Oysters and Clams and three different kinds of fish. I only had crab legs, shrimp, baked potato, prime rib, Boston Cream pie and a hot fudge Sunday. OK so I am fat, so what. We then went to the Letterman Concert and had a great time singing to the old tunes and watching the show. Our concert tickets got us free drinks in the casino so we sat at the bar and had a drink and played the poker machine. It took us an hour to loose five bucks. It was late when we returned to the condo but it was a great night out. We left Las Vegas about nine this morning and are now in a campground about fifty miles from the Grand Canyon. We plan to take the car and drive up there Monday to check it out. Tomorrow we need to rest up from our week in Vegas. Doug my friend from Grand Rapids is supposed to stop and visit us sometime this weekend on his way to California to visit his son's. Until next time.

Shopping and Bull Riding

Tuesday we went shopping at a very large outlet mall down the street. I bought a new pair of Merrill shoes and we had lunch in the mall. It was late in the afternoon when we returned to the Condo so we just hung out and Lynn made leftover meatloaf for dinner. My back went out after dinner so I soaked in the Jacuzzi and today it was better.
The Bull Riding Championship is in town today so we decided to take a look at this crazy sport. First we watched the young bulls bucking without a rider. They have a 25 pound weight on their back that falls off after eight seconds of bucking. They do this so potential buyers can see how the bull bucks and then they bid on them. Later they had the big bulls with cowboys trying to ride them. At this show you can buy some of the bulls for fifteen thousand dollars and then watch them perform. I guess this is a good price because more than one person wants to buy the bull so they cut cards to see who gets to buy it. I told Lynn this would be a good investment and we could keep it in my new barn. I changed my mind because I know what would happen, Lynn would turn it into a pet and the neighbor kids would be riding it. Oh well it was a good idea. We also went to a Goodwill Super Store, wow was that fun.
Tonight we went out to dinner at a restaurant called The Prime Rib. Lynn had a pork cutlet dish and I went for the large cut prime rib. We were stuffed when we finished, did I mention I need to get on a diet? After dinner we came back to the Condo and watched a Video I bought somewhere on the trip. We also went to Walgreen's and got our three month supply of our prescriptions. More fun tomorrow.

Viva Las Vegas

We arrived in Las Vegas Saturday afternoon and just hung out in the Condo. It felt so good to have all this room we did not want to leave. We both took long hot showers and relaxed in the air conditioning.
After boon docking for two weeks and conserving water the long hot showers were great. Without an oven in the motor home good home cooking is difficult so we went to Walmart on Sunday and did some shopping and sightseeing. Lynn made us a meatloaf dinner on Sunday and a Roast pork dinner tonight, boy were they ever good. Both Sunday and Monday we hung out at the pool and the Casino in the afternoon, it has been in the high eighties. Tonight we took the shuttle down to the Strip and did some sightseeing. The bright lights and fountains are beautiful and the stores and casinos are interesting places to watch people. We played a few slot machines without any luck. It's nice to be out of the motor home for awhile and living indoors. I have attached a few picture of the condo we actually have two one bedroom units that are connected. We thought we were going to have guest but that did not work out, oh well when this one gets dirty we can move into the other one. We will be here until next Saturday and then off to the Grand Canyon. It is supposed to cool off this week into the seventies, that will be nice. We have scheduled some shows and some sightseeing for the week. See ya next time

Arie Casino Fountain

Restaurant at City Center

A couple of 500 pound pumpkins

Lynn liked these stools in the rain forest cafe.

These are the pools and hot tubs taken from our condo window.

Dining room kitchen in condo

Dinning room living room.

Bathroom.

Jacuzzi bedroom.