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Homeward Bound – Saturday 9/25 – The Challenger has Landed Again

vandentravels — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 22:11:15 +0000

The Challenger has landed again. We’re at our winter home! We’ve decide to spend a few nights here before we drive back to Omaha. Pool is perfect temperature, we spent a couple hours there before retreating into the motorhome for the rain. The sun is shining & it’s raining!

Spent last night in Carrizzo Springs TX – no internet, no TV, but it was cheap and the only RV park we could find. Left this morning – dark & foggy. Not fun, but it was good to beat the heat.

Homeward Bound – Thursday 9/23 – Marathon TX, Big Bend NP

vandentravels — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 22:05:28 +0000

Having the RV washed and waxed seems to have created a huge rain magnet. We’re seeing rain for the first time in months. Parked the RV at a campground in Marathon TX and drove the car to Big Bend National Park.

It looked like the last 1,000 miles of desert we drove through. We continued into the park and found mountains – very pretty. Didn’t rain on us, motorhome on the other hand saw it’s share of showers.

Homeward Bound – Wednesday 9/22

vandentravels — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 21:56:28 +0000

Returned from Carlsbad and picked up RV. Overnighted at Van Horn KOA. Way too hot for me.

Homeward Bound – Tuesday 9/21 – Carlsbad NM

vandentravels — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:14:54 +0000

Had an awesome visit to Carlsbad National Park today. It’s off-season so very few people — like having the caverns to ourselves. We walked down through the natural opening, then did the Grand Room tour. Spent a couple of hours in the cavern – it was really magical.

Homeward Bound – Monday September 20, Guadalupe National Park

vandentravels — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:08:36 +0000

Dropped the RV off in Anthony, TX for a spa treatment. Stopped in Guadalupe National Park on our way to Carlsbad. Temperatures much cooler.

Homeward Bound – Tucson, Las Cruces

vandentravels — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 20:57:26 +0000

Enjoyed our weekend in Tucson, although temperature was well over 100. I don’t know how people live here. Left early Sunday morning to avoid some of the heat. Arrived Las Cruces NM around lunch time and spent the afternoon cooling off.

Homeward Bound – Friday 9/17 – Tuscon AZ

vandentravels — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:58:16 +0000

We’re now in our 9th day of travel and have been less than 850 miles. We’re enjoying the leisurely pace, but not the dessert heat. The last couple of days, we’ve been on the road early to avoid traveling in the heat. Arrived here in Tuscon about 10 am. We’ll be spending the weekend at a resort here. It’s a beautiful place, several pools & hot tubs. Lots of shade to enjoy the afternoon. I think I’ll head out and read for a while.

Homeward Bound – 9/15 – London Bridge

vandentravels — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:05:38 +0000

Lake Havasu, AZ. We now know London Bridge is not falling down.

Heaing Home – Tuesday 9/14 – Needles CA

vandentravels — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:51:40 +0000

We’ve moved again. We’re now at the Needles KOA for two nights. Six days on the road and about 700 miles. We went to Oatman today. It was fun. We had Navajo Tacos for lunch, walked through the gift shops and watche the gun fight.

We had been there before on our Harley’s when we rode Route 66 – but we were in a hurry.

Oatman is an authentic old western town with burros roaming the streets and gunfights staged on weekends. The burros are tame and can be hand fed.Oatman’s “Wild” Burro’s are the descendants of burro’s brought here by the miners late 1800 hundred – when the miners no longer needed then were turned loose. Each morning they come into town looking for food. They wander the streets and greet the tourists. Shortly before the sunset they will wander back to the hills for the night.

Heading Home – Still in Barstow

vandentravels — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:37:21 +0000

Sunday, we moved to the Barstow KOA. We went to Calico Ghost Town – a real waste of time and money. They should call it Calico a Rebuilt Mining Town full of shopping.

Monday, we went to Death Valley National Park. We went to Bad Water, 320 degrees below sea level. We enjoyed our day despite the heat.