Monthly Archives: October 2001

Laughlin, Nevada Heading Home…

Oct 30 It’s always bittersweet to return to a house that doesn’t move! I’m torn between wanting to dig in my heels and holler…Noooooo…and hardly being able to wait until we get there! This lifestyle is such a joyous way … Continue reading

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Flagstaff, AZ Oak Creek Canyon

When we arrived at Flagstaff it was early afternoon so we took a little jaunt over to Oak Creek Canyon. The leaves have mostly fallen…leaving only the skeletons of branches to frame the high cliffs and pillowing the ground with … Continue reading

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Church Rock, NM

The Zuni Indian Tribe   The ‘Red Rock’ country is so beautiful it stopped us in our tracks. We just pulled into the ‘Church Rock’ State Park, near Gallop NM, instead of hurrying on our way. And when we arrived … Continue reading

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Albuquerque, NM A Wealth of Tires

Today we had FOUR new tires put on the RV…One because it needed it and THREE for mental health insurance! We went to the Albuquerque Balloon Festival here one year…What a sight! It still amazes me how precisely they can … Continue reading

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Visiting the Poindexter’s

October 23 Oklahoma City Windy We are pinned down by wind again! This happened at the beginning of the trip. The weather channel is talking about winds up to seventy miles per hour. With a tail wind like that we … Continue reading

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Alma, Arkansas Ozark Mountains

The Ozark Mountains have such a soft pallet of colors. We got off the Interstate and had a leisurely drive. We are getting anxious to get home but still…we took the “road less traveled.”

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Little Rock, Arkansas It’s called WHAT?

We joined our dear friends, Joe and Diane, and their daughter Jennifer for lunch at a fantastic restaurant and then we took a drive through some of the glorious Ozark scenery that surrounds this part of the country. We ended … Continue reading

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Little Rock, Arkansas E.R.

Today we had our first medical problem while on the road. My left ankle was swelling for no apparent reason. Before my anklebone completely disappeared it seemed prudent to see a doctor…so we headed for the local E.R. It gives … Continue reading

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Memphis, Tennessee ‘Graceland’

  Rick and I were going steady the summer after high school graduation. He had a job with the Del Rosa Hot Shots, a forest service fire fighting crew, and he could seldom get home. I spent that summer moping … Continue reading

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Memphis, Tennessee The Blues

  On Beale Street…where blues music was born…that sound still floats out of the doorways of little saloons and big restaurants like ‘Wet Willies’ and the ‘Rum Boogie Café.’ And the big daddy…’B. B. King’s Blues Club. It was fun … Continue reading

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