Travelling ramblings – 2014/15
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| Our home for the next 4 months or so - 9 1/2 feet for two people and a dog! Sometimes less is more! |
Week one
Well, here we are again – back on a winter trip to points
south! I noticed that last year I barely
posted – I promise to be better on this trip.
As you can see, we have downsized our living accommodations. Seeing as we are outside most of the time
anyway, and hope to get off the beaten track a bit – we decided to put the
camper on the back of the truck and try it out for this year. It’s a great camper – and so far (this IS only week one) – so
good! It’s kind of cozy, don’t you
think?
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| Kipper's spot |
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| a place for everything and everything in its place |
Our trip started on Friday, November 14th from
our driveway by Water Valley. One left
turn, one right turn and straight south til we find the sun and sand.
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| All the essentials - toolbox, camera, golf clubs, satellite dish . . . |
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| Kipper's ready to roll |
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| and we're off . . . |
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| Heading down the road! |
It was a frosty day when we left – can’t remember the
temperature now, but it just got colder as we headed south on Hwy 2. Our first stop was Lethbridge where it was
-24 degrees Celsius overnight. Brings a
whole new meaning to that word “cozy”!
We have a good furnace tho, and a little electric heater so we were just
fine. Good enough that Bev kicked ass at
crib – that title will be determined at the end of the trip.
An early start on the 15th got us in to
Pocatello, Idaho for another frigid overnight stop – the temps were about the
same – like I said, “cozy”.
I tapped these flip flops together three times and . . .
nothing happened - still in Pocatello. I must be doing something wrong!
Next stop,
St. George, Utah – the land of the red rock and white steeples. We have just loved stopping here in the past,
and it was no different this time around.
We usually stay in a beautiful state park outside of town, but it was
extremely windy out there, so we opted for a park in town – nice and convenient
for shopping, etc. for two nights.
Then the fun started – travelling through the magnificent
Zion national park – just can’t get enough of it! Please forgive me for posting so many pictures - I can't help myself!
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| Tunnel in Zion - if you are overheight, you have to book your time to travel through the tunnel. The rangers will stop traffic coming the other way - you drive right down the center |
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| In we go - sure hope nobody's coming! |
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| Inside the tunnel |
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| That looks like an interesting road for another time! |
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| Lake Powell |
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| From the dam on Lake Powell |
Because we aren’t pulling the fifth wheel, we
took a new route – through Page, Flagstaff, Phoenix and to Casa Grande. This was a long, full day of travelling –
which was topped off by sitting in the rush hour traffic of Phoenix – I swore
we would never do that again – but, never say never. We got into Casa Grande about 7 p.m. – tired,
hungry and CRANKY . . . ahh, the fun has just started! A good night’s sleep at Doug and Linda’s and
some of that Arizona sunshine soon fixed that.
Doug and Linda are great hosts and we enjoyed our three days with them.
And that, my friends, brings us to the end of week one! Highly uneventful – but we like it that way!
Stay tuned – week two coming soon!
Arturo y de Beeb
