As we look back on 2011 we realize how much we have done, how much we have seen, and how many miles we traveled. It was an ambitious agenda, to say the least.
One year ago, on Jan 1, 2011, we were at Glamis North KOA, near Niland, California, working on the campground, Pat in the office and restaurant and David building and fixing stuff on the facilities. Exactly one year later, Jan 1, 2012, we find ourselves in the exact same place, albeit in a new home, doing pretty much the same things. Ah, but what happened in between will take a lot of pictures and writing to explain.
January, February, March, April, and May have been fairly well covered in previous blog entries. It's June, July, August, September, and October that have been only marginally explained. Without a long explanation, let's just say that we had a lot of computer "issues" while traveling, and the speed of our travel and the way too busy schedule we kept just didn't make blogging all that convenient. Hope this catches things up for you.
June 2, 2011 - we left Glamis North KOA and headed out for the summer. This KOA closes for the summer and (almost) noone stays here as it gets way too hot. Our first stop was the General Patton Museum, just a few miles east of Palms Springs CA and at the gateway to Joshua Tree National Park, which we also toured.
From Joshua Tree NP, we moved on to sites along old Route 66 which took us to Williams AZ for an Escapees Head Out Program to tour the Grand Canyon and the Williams area. After the Grand Canyon, we headed for Phoenix where Dave, Molly and Annie waited while Pat went to Minnesota for grandson Gregory's graduation.
Dave, Pat, Molly and Annie at the start of Route 66 (in Arizona). June '11
Old Route 66 is mountainous, windy, with steep canyons flanking the narrow roadway. We really needed our smaller, 21', trailer for this road. Could never have done it with a 36'. June '11
Downtown Oatman AZ. Oatman pretty much consists of whatever is on both sides of the highway, and at that only for a few blocks. Can't get lost in this town. June '11
Wild burros sighted along historic Route 66. June '11
Williams AZ, gateway city to the Grand Canyon, south rim. June '11
One view of the Grand Canyon. June '11
Indian hoop dancer performing at the Hopi House, south rim Grand Canyon. June '11
Ancient cliff dwelling near Sedona, south of Williams. June '11
This is in Bodie ghost town, a CA state park. Doesn't belong in this sequence, but I can't find a way to delete it. Live with it. June '11
Some bighorn sheep we saw along historic Route 66. June '11
Oak Canyon, between Williams AZ and Sedona AZ. June '11
Pat flirting with one of the cowboy/gunmen at the Grand Canyon Railroad Station in Williams AZ. June '11
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