April 2022 The Petrified Forest is quite a large area to take in. I skipped some sights the first time, and thought I’d return to take them in. I also noticed a trail down into the painted desert which I wanted to hike. So, I hope to interest you in my second adventure into the Petrified Forest. Driving further along the road through the park, the next new stopping point is an archaeological site. Puerco Pueblo. A.D. 1250 Puebloan people…
April 17, 2022 Staying as long as I did in Winslow, Arizona, gave my wrist more time to heal and strengthen and me time to take in more sights in the area. About an hour’s drive east of Winslow, is Petrified Forest National Park. I definitely wanted to spend some time there I drove by the cities of Holbrook and Joseph City. It wasn’t until I wrote my blog about Winslow State Park and the Mormon settlement that I learned…
April 16-25, 2022 Meteor Crater is located a half hour drive west of Winslow off of Interstate highway 40. I have never paid any attention to it in the past, thinking it was just another tourist trap type thing. You know, a big deal made out of something that’s pretty insignificant. However my son, Mathew (the traveler) and his family are going to make a point of stopping there this summer because of my grandson’s interest in Space. 🛸 That…
April 16-25, 2022 Near the Visitor Center’s parking lot, I saw a sign that said “cemetery “and an arrow pointing into the field by a path. I am always intrigued and interested in old-time cemeteries. So I ventured further to take a look at the first plaque and was surprised to discover that it was an early Mormon settlement cemetery! The introductory plaque Three cities and a fort were built by the Little Colorado River at the end of this…
April 16-25, 2022 The Park – The Sites Homo’lovi State Park is located just east of Winslow, Arizona. I had stayed here 2 years previously, during my trip back to Wisconsin. It is located in a wide open, grassland area with gentle hills. The whole area around Winslow does get quite windy. During the time I was there, on two separate days, the winds were in the 20 to 40 mph range. And on one day we had gusts that…
April 16-25, 2022 “Well, I’m Standing on the corner in Winslow, Arizona 🎶 And such a fine sight to see. It’s a girl my Lord in a flatbed Ford slowing down to take a look at me! Come on baby, don’t say maybe 🎶 I got to know if your sweet love is going to save me We may lose, and we may win 🎸 Though we will never be here again So open up I’m climbing in 🎶 Take…
I want to record my travels from Arizona back to Wisconsin. I took in some really neat sights on the way to share, as well as just what the roads and scenery look like along that path. So this will be a first in a series of “Catching Up “ Leaving Krazy K, Camp Verde. Once I flew back to Arizona, I needed to get from the airport to the north side of Phoenix where my truck had been undergoing…
After sleeping on my favorite couch at Nathan’s I got up to see him off to work and visit with the girls before they got on the bus at 6:30 a.m. They have morning chores with all the bunnies 🐇 (and now baby chicks and two baby ducks! ) It’s a busy but relaxed morning, because they’re up by 5:30 a.m. And “who let the dogs out? Who? Who? ” 🎶 Me! 😅 🙄 The rabbits are great, but the…
Hello everyone! I thought I would bring this up to date before I filled in all the experiences on the way. I am currently in Chilton, Wisconsin and will be heading to Waupaca and parking my RV tomorrow. Sunday night I stayed at Meramec State Park, Missouri. It was a really nice campsite but the roads to get back to it were so hilly and curvy that it was probably the hardest drive for my truck yet! Oh my goodness!…
In my present campground I’m going to jump in with this post , even though it is chronologically out of order, ( I mean really who cares 😅) because it is short and interesting by itself! Often there will be these big, and I mean big rigs, in the campgrounds. They don’t have the regular motorhome look, they have the semi truck in the front. They are impressive. Well there is one in the campground here at Homolovi State Park…