Finally pulled up camp in Goodland, Kansas!

Well, for the most part the last two days have been driving days.  We left Moab UT on Friday morning and headed to Colorado on hwy 70.  The weather was nice until we hit thunder and lightning just past Vail.  The road construction made for a tiresome drive for Ron, but he's in his element driving.  (Fine with me!)   We made it the 330miles to Central City, CO and the KOA Campground by mid afternoon.  The small town has casinos and some restaurants, so we decided to treat ourselves out.  It was a nice time, and the campground was crowding up with Labor Day vacationers.  Got an early start Saturday for the 236 miles to Kansas.  We traveled the smaller hwy 36 thru farmland to see mile after mile of fields.  The campground here is adequate and clean.  Took a dip in the pool and we're looking forward to homemade breakfast given by the camp hosts every morning.   ~TC


Big climb ahead, oops don't mind the bugs!

So is it named or not?

Walking dogs along Colorado River

And onto the long, long road to Kansas

Arches National Park

Skyline Arch

Balanced Rock

 

Landed in Moab, UT...

So last two days have been a trek thru Utah.  Stayed in Richfield, UT last night, and moved on to Moab today.  Most of our travel has been on two lane roads from farmland to gorgeous vistas, one right after another.  Visited Arches National Park today, FREE entry for my disabled veteran.  Moving on to Colorado tomorrow.  It will be a long drive due to the holiday weekend, most places are booked from here to Denver.  So to avoid Walmart parking lots, we have to go 325 miles to Central City, CO...keep ya posted!

 

Happy Campers!

Met a fellow traveler, on her way to Nebraska and she took our pic


 

On the Road, Finally!

Well, I know everyone has been anxiously waiting for an update, so here goes.

First day we traveled to Sorensen, Ca in the high Sierras.  NO CONNECTION!  Hence, no updates.  We spent two nights in peace and quiet with no phones or TV, it was refreshing.  The air was quite thick with smoke from the Yosemite fires.   Monday was spent going to the Grover Natural Mineral Hot Springs about 12 miles from our campground.



Ron soaking it up

Smoky view from above hot springs

Monday we decided to make the long trek across Nevada on the Loneliest Highway in America, highway 50.  Still very smoky well into Nevada. 

View of Loneliest Highway smoke

We landed in Ely, NV for the night at a nice KOA. 

I've had this sled for over thirty years. I remember when we picked up Frank, Caroline, Eddie, and  Mary at the airport and this cardboard box with small wings came down the luggage chute. Frank had made a homemade box that looked as if he spent hours building it. The small wings were the handles on the sled. We had a cabin in the local mountains that got snow in the winter so I asked Uncle Frank if anyone had a sled they would like to get rid of and he brought Diane's to California. We took it to the cabin and used it for years. When we moved from L.A. to Clovis it came with us. We used it in our mountains here for a while and then it ended up in the garage. Well, I didn't package it as well a Uncle Frank, but here it is wrapped and tied on the back bumper of the RV ready for its trip back to Rochester and Diane.

Washing it up, drives better clean!

Well, we are five days from leaving.  We are so excited, even the dogs can't wait.  Just preparing last minute details and the shopping lists.