We are at Hidden Valley Rv Park here
in Albuquerque, actually it is about 20 miles east of the town.
It is a park that one would stay in for a couple of days not weeks,it would take you about 30 min. to downtown Albuquerque. It
is a Coast to Coast, 50% membership club and ROD (not ROD Plus). The roads and sites are all dirt, it is
very windy in the area so a lot of dust is constant. I am not
one who would like to come back to this one, the water pressure is
low and your neighbors are on top of you.
If we did not have to have the brakes worked on we would be
out of here. The weather around here is hot, around 90 during the
day and 60's at night. Mike says when we get to Las Cruces
expect it to be hotter, all of this is reminding me of why we full
time so we can get out of the heat.
Mike & I went old town today and walked around,
the buildings are suppose to be as they were in 1775, just updated.
You can see more pictures of
New Mexico by clicking here
This Navajo Indian, for a tip, I could
take his pictures as long as I guaranteed no reprints could
be made.
We will
be going to the Balloon Museum tomorrow, Wish we were here
when they have their festival, maybe next year.
Until tomorrow Love Carol
August 17, 2009
Mike has found a place to do the brake
work in Albuquerque a week from tomorrow, we both will feel safer
when that is done.
Went to Arches National Park today,
All I can say is WOW
what a site, I had to make a separate page just for all of the
pictures I took (over 100) had to choose only a few for you too see. Click
Here
The town of Moab is
small, mainly tourist for the National Park and site seeing of the
area. There are lots of Adventure business's in the area to
make sure you see it all, as well as RV parks, restaurants etc.
We walked the main town which is about 1/2 mile in length, lots of
gift and T-Shirt places. The temperature today was around 85 nice
walking weather, they get some snow in the winter can't tell how
much as they are only 5000 ft. If you are coming from Salt
Lake which is about 236 miles make sure you take the time to stop.
Arches National park will take you any where from 1 to 4 hours to
tour. If you have a Jeep there are plenty of trails and there
is also bike riding along the cliffs. Love these National
parks as they have some of the best scenery this USA has to offer.
Until tomorrow or the next day, will be on the road by 7 AM
Travel safe Love Carol
August 16, 2009
We left about 8:30 AM this morning
and were only going to go until 2 PM our usual stopping time, we
ended up going all the way to Moab, UT about 400 miles today, we
both were tired when we got here so plan be is in effect. The
scenery on the way was wonderful, first it was Spanish Fork area
then the cliffs as you can see below. We decided to take Hwy 6
from Salt Lake to Albuquerque.
We had never been in this area before, Hwy 6 was being worked on but
was not bad until you turned to go to Moab, hwy 191, and that road was
40 miles of rough bump after bump, didn't care for it.
If we ever were to
come back this way I would try to avoid the above road.
Once we
got on the outskirts of Moab, we could not believe the scenery,
Mike has to make phone calls in the
morning to see about getting the brakes on in Albuquerque so we have
decided to stay an extra night and go see the sights. There
are cliffs that need pictures and a town to explore.
We are staying
in a Passport America park to see those pictures
click here
August 15, 2009
We made it to Meridian, ID to have the brakes
put on only to find out they could not get the parts. So up the road
we went. Stopped at Garraty's RV park for the night (no
discount park) and then went to Les Schwab to have the other two
tires put on. Mike is now trying to find out where to get the
brakes, it seems our coach needs 6 hole rotors, and we are having a
hard time in finding them.
We are spending the night
in a passport
America park, click to see more photos Village of
the Trees, we have been here before, and the place now
has new owners who have upgraded the park which now includes some
sites to have 200 amps. The larger rigs are going to love
this. We make this stop whenever we are going west or east, it
is about 3 hours from Meridian and is the last passport park before
heading into Utah, in fact Utah doesn't have any parks for passport
until you hit Beaver, if you are going that way which of course we
are not. We will head for Salt Lake over to Moab and try to
find a RV park along the way.
We are trying to get to
Las Cruces before the end of next week, as Mike's dad is still in
the hospital and we don't know exactly how he is doing.
I want everyone to know, if you need tires I highly recommend
Les Schwab, they are in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, CA,
Nevada, Utah and Alaska. and are easy to work with and will go out
of their way to find you your tires. They have, by the way,
about 50 tires of the 235/80 22.5 XRV if you need them for your RV.
Rocky Brown Owner of the store in Baker City will be happy
to get them for you his number is 541-523-3679, even if you don't
buy from his store you can call and he will make sure of where you
can purchase tires for your rig. Their site is
http://lesschwab32.reachlocal.net/default.asp
We seem to
stop every day around 2:30 P.M. which is ok with me. As I am
ready to just relax and enjoy the evening. Don't know where we
will end up tomorrow but when we get there we will stop and enjoy.
Until Tomorrow Love Carol
August 14, 2009
Traveling down the I-84 we stopped at a rest stop, Mike noticed
the rear tire on the passenger side was low, thank goodness we had
an air compressor (we had bought one from Wal-Mart about 1 year ago
for those just in case times). It took an hour to get the tire
up to pressure and by the time we got down the road 20 miles it was
low again. We stopped into Baker City to eat and to look
at it, Les Schwab said he could get us in right away so off we went.
The town of Baker City is small and looks like a quaint town to stay
in. It is on the Oregon trail and there is a lot of hiking and
things to do in the area.
While Mike stayed with the
tech who was looking at the tire, I went into the office and asked
if they had the Michelin tires that we wanted for the rig, our tires
are over 7 years old and they really need to be replaced, I had been
looking for about 1 year for the tires, and no one had them.
Les Schwab found 4 that could be delivered the next morning, and we
could pick up the other two in Boise, ID about 2 hours away,
since we are going that way we could do that. So finally we
are going to get those new tires. I will feel so much safer
now. Boise, Id haven't stayed there so will let you know how
that turns out. Until Tomorrow (By the way take a look at the
park we stayed in at
Baker City, OR worth the money.) Love Carol
August 07, 2009
Every night I have been playing Nickel Nickel. It is a fun
Rummy game, 11 nickels and a quarter, you play with 3 decks of cards
the first hand you are dealt 3 cards, keep in mind all of the jokers
and deuces are always wild. Since you start with 3 cards that
makes the 3's wild, whoever can lay their hand down without a
discard can say "pay me" you each give that person a nickel.
You then get one turn to see if you can lay down as many points as
possible, the next hand you are dealt 4 cards which mean the 4's are
now wild. This goes on until you end the game with the K's as
wild. Whoever has the lowest score wins the quarters. It
takes about 1 hour to play so we usually play two games a night.
I was told here at Travel Inn RV park any day that has a "y" in it
they play. Below are my playing friends. Dan, Gloria, James,
Jennifer, Hettie, and me. The next picture is of Jerry,
Dorothy, Norma (Jerry and Norma are the activities Directors here at
the park).
Below are pictures of inside the clubhouse, the coffee is
always on, so Mike is a very happy camper as he puts a dollar in the
donation box and can have coffee all day long. Next to that is
the puzzle area, where you will find over 100 different puzzles to
work on, there is always someone working on one or two. Click here to see
pictures of the park
August 07, 2009
Plan B has now come into effect. Mike's
father is gravely ill so we will be heading to Las Cruces, NM.
on Tuesday. It will take us about 5 days since I can only go
about 300 miles a day, the trip is around 1720 miles. We will
use our passport America along the way so hope to take pictures to
give you some idea of these parks.
Mike thought we would go down there around Nov.
but with his father back in intensive care, we feel now is the time
to go. We have been trying for 5 years now to go down the 101
to stay along the California coast line and get some wonderful
scenery. But it will have to wait another year.
If all goes ok we will head for Indio around
Christmas, since I want to be there among so many of our friends
that we made last year.
We have been having a lot to do here at Elma,
every night there is something going on, card bingo, nickel nickel,
entertainment and the all you can pancake breakfast on Saturdays are
wonderful. I have not missed a night of fun. Mike
usually stays at the RV playing his games except of course, Texas
Holdem night. We both played and lost, just to play again was
fun. There is also a lady's tea every Thursdays we bring
something to eat & show our crafts, of course gossip a lot, no men
are allowed until 12:30 PM that is when we all are finished with our
lunch and what is left the men get. They are lined up at
12:29, it is so funny to watch you would think we women don't feed
the guys.
Just realized been so busy around here forgot to
take pictures, sorry will have some soon.
Everyone travel safe when you go north and we hope
to see you on down the road.
