We got home on Monday, October 3rd after a week in Austin with our wonderful niece, her husband, their son and their sweet dog.  We kept ourselves busy as they were at work and at school.  We had good lunches out and enjoyed going around Austin in their big red Texas truck.  In the evenings…

This Meteor Crater was just a couple of miles off the road east of Flagstaff so we went to check it out. They say it is the world’s best preserved meteorite impact site.  It crashed to Earth 50,000 years ago and is quite a sight to see.  They did a very good job with the…

We took Harvey to the Dodge dealer in Flagstaff on Monday morning.  The new gas tank took several days to arrive and then the dealer had to install it.  On Friday, four days later, the gas tank was fixed and the noxious odors were gone.  Then we were ready to head east.  More about that…

It’s been almost two weeks since my last post.  We’ve been busy exploring the Big Five National Parks in southern Utah and a few State Parks.  Wifi accessibility has been spotty at best but we sure have been taking lots of photos! We stayed in Kodachrome Basin State Park, serene and full of wonderful spires…

I was very impressed with the grounds at the San Diego Zoo.  Some of the plants and trees are grown for the animals to eat.  The animals are still in cages or limited space though.  This was the beginning of an extreme heat wave.  As we headed east in California to Joshua Tree National Park…