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7/7-7/10 2024

Our annual RV trip with the grandkids brought us to Lancaster, PA. The criteria for choosing the campground was #1, a pool, #2, full hookups for AC and #3 a playground. ✔️✔️✔️ plus a bonus game room!
We arrived and promptly set up and then off to the pool. Late dinner then off for a night walk around the campground which was bordered by farmland with horses, cattle and some very strange noises coming across the field… very spooky sounds in the dark.

Monday morning was leisurely and then we headed to mini golf and lunch with Aunt Kim and Aunt Danni. Golf was fun and HOT and lunch was cool and enjoyable. At the golf course there was an area for feeding animals which they all enjoyed. When we got back to the campground, the horses at the farm were out and quite friendly and ready to be fed some fresh grass. Then we were ready for the pool!

After dinner we had an evening of playing with the other kids in the campground and… s’mores of course!

Tuesday we hung in the pool, fished in the creek, then back in the pool and hanging with camping neighbors for s’mores.

A great time was had by all. We will sleep well in our own beds tomorrow night!

June 10-14 2024

Well, since the air conditioner in the house doesn’t work… let’s go north and escape the heat wave! We’d talked about going back to Niagara Falls since it’s been about 25 years when we took the kids.
The Daisy Barn campground that we found was right on Lake Ontario and the perfect spot to relax after a full day of driving.

Tuesday we headed to the Ontario side of the falls to do a “behind the falls” tour and explore the town Niagara-on-the-lake. We went way down behind the falls and looked out at the massive water wall coming down. Going out to the observation deck you get a real feeling of the amount of water that plummets over the falls… forever… it’s always flowing! Mind boggling!

The town Niagara-on-the-lake was well worth seeing. Not as touristy as the falls and situated right on the Niagra River. On the way there we had to stop at one of the wineries that make Ice Wine. Apparently there are only 3 places in the world that make it. Very sweet and syrupy, just had to try it!
Back to the campground to hang with Harley and watch our first sunset on Lake Ontario!💖

Wednesday was spent on the NY side of the falls, walking around the Niagara State Park and then hopped on the Maid of the Mist, which we had never done before.

Once we were duly soaked and cooled off for the day we headed back to the RV and hung with Harley for the evening.
Thursday hadn’t been planned so we explored the local park with Harley. We went to Wilson-Tuscarora State Park where we walked the trails, checked out the marina and went back for our final sunset.

Paul made friends with the couple next to us and we shared our last campfire with them, trading stories and enjoying the evening. That’s what it’s all about!

It seems appropriate that my first post for the 2024 season is 6 weeks behind the times! This past 6 months have been stressful, but filled with blessings, one of which is the practice of taking one day at a time and be present in the moment, no matter what that moment is bringing.

So in the moment we have been, with a bit of time to look back and reflect….

Merlefest 2024, 4/23/24 to 4/30/24…

Our first trip this season when without a hitch. On the way down to Wilkesboro, NC, we stopped in Natural Bridge, VA at Stone Bridge Equestrian Center as part of the Harvest Host group. Just beautiful!

We have arrived at MerleFest which takes place on the Wilkesboro Community College campus. We are parked in a different lot this time so we ventured out to get the lay of the land and see how far the main stage is…

This campus is built on the side of a mountain so the students must be in great shape. We are grateful that the shuttle service starts tomorrow!

Each music day ends at the dance tent… one of my favorite places. We remained outside the tent to be a bit more cautious but, dance we did!

Thursday night the festival hosted one of our faves, Old Crow Medicine Show. THEY WERE ON FIRE! Such a great show. Back at the camping lot, We camped next to one of the vendors from PA, wonderful couple, working hard to make the tie dye business work for their family. We enjoyed their company and stopped at their booth many times to check in. If you are at a festival, look for Love, Laugh, Tie Dye. Some unique patterns and apparel items.

The following pics are of the traditional sand sculpture that is constructed during the festival. Such craftsmanship involved in a simple medium. It’s pretty cool to watch the progress every day!

After 4 days of non stop music, we headed home on Monday. We stopped at Shenandoah Caverns for the night as part of Harvest Hosts and stayed in the corner of their lot, parked by the fields. So quiet and peaceful. We did take a tour before they closed and then enjoyed the peace and quiet. We walked around the massive property before heading in for dinner.

Jim Thorpe, 5/15-5/17/24

After MerleFest, we didn’t really have any trips planned… so we got busy planning. We didn’t tow our car to MerleFest, in fact we haven’t towed it since the transmission smoked up on 4/12/2023… in Texas… day 10 of a 70 day trip…

Paul assumes that the car kicked into drive when we hit a pothole ( oh yes, they are everywhere, not just in PA)! So he built a brace out of 2x4s and we towed it to Jim Thorpe, PA. Not too far but far enough to see if things are working as expected. THEY DID! And we were able to bike, camp, and tour the town with the advantage of a car. All systems go.!

Above are pictures from our biking day. Gradual uphill to the lake and downhill to the campground 😁. As you can see it was overcast but a good day for biking.
This was a quick trip to test out the car and happily we are set for our next adventure… stay tuned!

Saturday, June 10
We left Lake Michigan, hugged our new camping buddies goodbye, Sheila and Tim, and headed off for Wakeman Ohio. We stayed at a restaurant in Wakeman Ohio as part of the Harvest Hosts chain. When we arrived the host showed us where to park behind the restaurant and storage area along a creek bed by the trees. We relaxed for a little bit, cleaned up and then went in to have some dinner. They had a musical duo that entertained us with live music from the classics. It was a nice evening, good food, decent music, and a pleasant atmosphere.

Sunday, 6/11/23
We decided to set the alarm at 7:30 (for real) so we could get a good start on the day. We got up, decided to go to the local coffee shop, thinking that we might get breakfast there, but they only offered breakfast treats. So we went back to the RV for some breakfast with the coffee we purchased and then proceeded to maneuver the RV out from behind the storage area. Once again, Paul is a master at that! After saying goodbye to the owner, Darlene, we headed out to central Pennsylvania. Route 80 is a wonderfully maintained road which we took from Wakeman Ohio all the way through northern Pennsylvania. Somewhere along the line this morning, Paul asked if we should just go all the way home today, which would be 500 Miles! We try never to do 500 miles in one day!
Once we stopped for lunch, we talked about heading straight home and decided that we could handle it. so we hit the road with a mission after our last gas stop in Hazen Pennsylvania and booked it home an additional 287 miles. This is giving me plenty of time to think about our trip and our last day on the road.

There is a statistic that when you go on vacation, you spend the first three days decompressing from home/work life and you spend the last three days gearing up to go back to home/work life. You should always take two weeks of vacation so that you really feel like you’re rested for a full week. We took that to heart when planning a 10 week trip!
Here lies the bubble… We have been in an RV bubble for 70 days and I’ve really enjoyed that little bubble. No political nonsense, no hearing of violence and such, just being in the moment and meeting amazing people along the way.

Of all the things that we’ve done and seen, for Paul, the vastness of the Rocky Mountains stick out as a favorite place. The beauty, the changes in weather occurring minute by minute, and chill in the air, the 77 peaks above 12,000 feet and being able to say that we drove up to 12,200 feet, it’s something that he’s going to remember. For me, it was the bats coming out of Carlsbad caverns that sticks in my head. In that moment in time , we were stressed out about the car transmission blowing up, towing the car to Las Cruces and I really forced myself to focus on what was in front of me. As we got closer to the cave opening, the swirling of the bats was mesmerizing. The sound that they made as they’re creating their own breeze and the clicking of their wings as they flew off into the night was just simply amazing . I think for both of us, our other favorite spot was camping on the bluff over the Pacific Ocean, it was truly magical. The icing on the cake was being able to spend some time with Jen and Nate and just hang with them, visit a few local places, and just enjoy each others company.

it’s been a ride, an amazing joy filled, incredible ride. Even with the car transmission issue, we have made the best of it, made changes when needed and have really enjoyed each other. We are proud of what we have accomplished. Even the night before we left when we decided to change our route, my spreadsheet came in handy so that I could cancel reservations as I made new ones . People think that a spreadsheet makes the plan rigid but we have proven otherwise. It is just a lot of information in one place. There have been many times we haven’t had cell service so all those addresses were at our fingertips to plug into the RV GPS.

We arrived home safely today at 7:10 pm after 9+ hours on the road. 22 states, 11 National Parks, 7800 miles on the RV, 6700 miles on the car (6515 on the new transmission), 70 days out and about and home a day early!

Our RV travel map so far…

Above all, we are grateful and blessed and thrilled that you’ve come along on this ride with us!
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Sometimes I feel like we are in a time warp in the RV. The GPS says will get there at 3:30 and sometimes it’s 5 o’clock when we actually arrive. I’ve attributed that to bathroom break, lunch break, Harley break, but the day we left Lincoln Nebraska we were truly in a time warp.

The night before we left, Paul set his alarm on his phone, so we could wake up at 7:30 and get a good start to the day. We were driving less than 300 miles but we didn’t want it to take all day. We both woke up a couple times throughout the night but looked at the time and went back to sleep until the alarm went off at 7:30. We got up, got dressed, I took Harley out in the morning, and when I came back in, and I looked at the clock on the microwave it said 10:02! Wait, what!?! It’s 10 o’clock!? Evidence that there was actually a time warp! In the back of the RV Paul’s phone said 8 o’clock, but in the front of the RV it was actually 10 o’clock! Somehow his phone went back two hours! We hustled up, still in disbelief, and got everything put away and started on our journey to Iowa. We booked it through Eastern Nebraska and western Iowa! We took a quick break about an hour away from our destination and we made it to the alpaca farm by 4:30. Two other Harvest Hosts members arrived about the same time, great timing!

Iowa is much like eastern Nebraska, very green and filled with baby corn plants! In Iowa, when turbines decorate some of the hilltops and they were turning slowly and peacefully in the gentle wind. I’m sure when Paul sees them on the hills he’s thinking “oh no is it windy area”.

The alpaca farm was very cool, run by Pat and Norm and their daughter, Lisa. Chickens running about, several different varieties of peacock in different cages and a couple dozen really cute alpacas and two llamas. Apparently the llamas will keep away any harmful critters that may attack the alpacas. The chickens eat all the bugs and parasites that the alpacas are susceptible to, It’s quite a nice little ecosystem they have going there. There’s even a donkey and a horse, and a potbelly pig to round out the critter mixture.

The hosts invited us in for wine slushy’s, and then we got to hear some of the stories about how they got to where they are today. We hung with a nice group from Minnesota, North Carolina, and us from Pennsylvania.

In the morning we headed to our last respite stop, the eastern shores of Lake Michigan. I was hoping the weather would be cooler because Nebraska, and Iowa or hot and humid. We arrived at covert beach and campground, which is right on the shores of Lake Michigan. it was perfect! Three nights of rest and relaxation so that we have the energy for three driving days to home. Our campsite was nestled in a small area of the campground in the woods. Call during the night and breezy and 60s during the day. My kind of weather!

The first evening, we walk to the lake and took a deep breath of fresh air coming off the water. It was pretty breezy, and there were a lot of waves coming into the shore. I was excited after two months of being in warm weather with very few exceptions, I got to wear my sweatshirt again . we had plenty of time to relax, sleep in, I gave Paul a haircut (it was a little unruly after 10 weeks), and we found a really nice dog beach for Harley to play in the water.

A couple days before we headed to Michigan, I had hit a sizable, pothole dead on! I was really surprised that my tire didn’t blow up at that moment. I checked the pressure a few times and it seemed to be holding air and then Paul noticed a bubble on the outside wall of the tire. When we got to Michigan, he noticed a second bubble forming, so I guess it’s time to get a new tire so that I can make it home. Friday morning Paul did some research, thanks to the lovely woman next to us who had cell service. He Found a place that would put on the tire the same day, and it was a very reasonable price! Win win! Paul headed out to get a new tire put on while I spruced up the RV for the last couple days of our trip.

On Friday night, June 9, a motorcycle rider/camper moved in next to us and Harley was immediately endeared buy them. The couple was from Michigan about two hours away, and was trying out a new trailer tent that they towed behind a motorcycle. We really enjoyed their company and we hung out with him for the evening. We walked down to the lake to catch the sunset for the first time, and it did not disappoint!

Back to the campsite, a wonderful fire with our new friends, a perfect way to end our respite.

Friday 6/2/23

We left the Rocky Mountains as it drizzled lightly. Once we got out of Estes Park, the road followed the river through the valley. It was winding around the mountains, so thankfully we didn’t have to go over them. A really pretty drive… even in the rain.

Eastern Colorado is much like Nebraska, it turns out. Lush green fields and rolling hills, one minute gray and cloudy, the next minute blue skies, then rainy again. We are headed to Scottsbluff, Nebraska for the night.

On the way, we stopped at Scott’s Bluff National Monument. This was a landmark for the early settlers that traveled on the Oregon, California and Mormon trails across the plains. Below are pictures from the top of the monument…as you can see, the skies changed while we were walking the ridge.

Chimney rock is another landmark that early settlers used. This can be seen from 23 miles east and going west!

From the monument, it was a quick 20 minute drive to Papa Moon winery and cidery. Today happens to be their first “Fermented Friday” of the season where they had live music. The ciders were unusual and every one that we tasted was really great. Paul stuck to the maple bourbon cider while I tried a few small pours of margarita cider, raspberry and pineapple. Delish! We hung around the fire pit and talked to a lot of locals, shared stories and experiences. A fun night!

Saturday, June 3
We left Scottsbluff , Nebraska and headed north to Alliance, Nebraska.

We have a surprise for you…We finally made it to Carhenge! Stonehenge made out of cars (by a British artist). Only an hour from our starting spot and a good place to stretch our legs. Who says Nebraska is boring?!?

Once we left, Carhenge and the GPS had us make a left-hand turn, we drove directly east for 174 miles. Western Nebraska is very grassy and hilly. We drove on route 2 through the Sandhills which were covered by lush grass. One of the things we saw along the way were 133 and 154 car coal trains…glad we didn’t get stuck at the railroad crossing! We drove for miles surrounded by green and every so often we would see a farm house or small cluster of homes. Surely a different lifestyle from us but it seems it could be a bit more peaceful and probably hectic but in a different way.

We stopped at Kinkaider Brewery Restaurant in Broken Bow, Nebraska as our Harvest Host for the night. It was a hopping place from the time we pulled in till it closed. We went in to have dinner, great food and superb staff. I had a drink called “it tastes like snozzberries”. Thanks Willie Wonka for that one!

We parked in the gravel on the side of the parking lot and once the place closed, all you could hear was the cows in the fields.

Sunday 6/4

Going from broken Bow to Lincoln, Nebraska, rolling hills of green corn fields as far as the eye can see. Nebraska is the cornhusking state, dontcha know! Our GPS actually had us turn on Cornhuskers Highway😉

I jest but this country is so varied and so amazing! We really appreciate the green hills and farmland after being in the desert for a month. Harley appreciated the grass once we got to Pawnee Lake State Park, just outside of Lincoln, Nebraska. She got used to doing her business on sand and gravel but here is a taste of some home territory!

The first picture is the first night’s sunset through the trees at Pawnee Lake.

Monday 6/4, we slept in… a much needed rest after 3 days of driving (even though they were less than 250 miles each). A hearty breakfast was had and we headed to Lincoln to check out the historic Haymarket district. This is where the early settlers would buy hay for the horses and other supplies for their journey. There were some really old buildings, well preserved, with many fine restaurants and shops. one shop was everything Nebraska, red and Cornhusker!

After exploring we headed to the grocery store one last time then back to the park to take a walk by the lake. Harley found a large turtle on the path in the above picture. Tomorrow is a long driving day so send Paul some good vibes! We will land in West Branch, Iowa at a Harvest Host …Frerich’s Alpaca Farm. 😁

5/29-6/2/23

Our last night with Jen and Nate was around the campfire, enjoying each other’s company. Thankfully we will see them again in September for Jeff and Becca‘s wedding. Yay! I love it when all the chickies are together.

Monday morning, Memorial Day, we were supposed to go to Black Gunnison Canyon National Park in Colorado but the mountainous road to get there seemed a little too daunting so we decided to tackle Norwood Hill… no problem! Slow is the key word!
We are headed north to Palisades and are staying at a Harvest Host, Potawatomi Trading Post.

We got there in plenty of time to check out the trading post, explore Palisades and find a couple wineries that were dog friendly. We grabbed dinner at a winery and hung out in the shade for a bit.

Tuesday, May 30th we headed to South Denver and stayed at another Harvest Host, Front Range Inn, in Lakewood which is a southern suburb of Denver. They had a huge parking lot and by the end of the evening, five other RVs were there sharing the space with us. It was a great place to have a late lunch with delicious food and very friendly locals. We headed to a store for a few supplies then found a really nice community park about a mile away and took a long walk around the area with Harley. She needed to get some energy out after the days travel.

Wednesday we headed to RMNP, a.k.a. Rocky Mountain National Park. It was only an hour and a half drive, so we have plenty of time to explore the park once we set up at Manor RV park. Our site was backed up to a raging river, and the first wildlife we saw were the Elks standing in the river and across on the other side. The below pictures are taken standing behind our RV.

We had plenty of time to explore the park. Apparently you need timed tickets to enter the park until 2 pm. Lucky for us, it was after 2 so we went in and drove the Trail Ridge Road, 48 miles to Grand Lake on the southwest side of the park. We got out a few times to take a short walk to the overlook and it was snowing, windy and really cold!! We grabbed our fleece jackets before starting out but should have grabbed the winter jackets and put on long pants! 🥶

Up at the Alpine Visitors center, the ranger told us the weather changes every 10 minutes… she wasn’t kidding!

The Alpine Visitor Center is the highest visitor center in the National Park system!

Depending on which direction you looked, there were different views of the weather. The roads were piled high with snow along the edge, and a cliff with no guide rail on the other… pretty freaky! I can do the skywalk over the Grand Canyon but these roads made me really anxious!

Once back at the RV, we strategized our route for tomorrow. #1 long pants, #2 more layers!
Harley came with us today but tomorrow’s plans include walking some of the lake trails which are not dog friendly.

Thursday, we slept in a bit and got going around noon. We drove south to Lily Lake and did the stroll around the lake. It started to drizzle as we got out of the car but this time we were prepared. Rain jackets on ✔️, long pants ✔️, hiking boots ✔️, layers✔️… ready for the day!

We passed through Estes Park on our way to the NP entrance and it was snowing! June 1st!

We then entered the park at a different entrance to travel on the road that was more likely to give us a view of the wildlife. We walked the path at the Alluvial Fan and were amazed at the raging waters falling over the boulders. With the help of binoculars and direction from another visitor, we saw big horn sheep on the rock cliffs, and many herd of elk in the meadows and a moose!

As you can see, the skies are blue again!

Back to the RV for a bite to eat, play with the dog and re-energize before we go back to the park for some more lake walks.
Bear Lake was accessible without a timed ticket after 6pm so off we went!

Then Sprague Lake for sunset…

Nature is simply spectacular.
These next 3 pictures were taken 2-3 minutes apart…

Back to the RV and getting ready to see what Nebraska has in store for us!

In the last post we left you at Antelope Canyon! That afternoon we also visited Horseshoe Bend, which we have seen before but it was a dog friendly trail and only 4 minutes away!

We then tried to find a back way into horseshoe bend as described by the campground brochure… 4 wheeling in the Honda Fit isn’t quite what the car was designed for!

On Wednesday 5/24/23, we headed to Colorado 😁 by way of monument valley! The pictures don’t do justice to the vastness of this valley and the beauty of the rock formations.

We drove up through Utah and then headed directly east. Winding through mountains and red rocks of Utah.

Just after the last picture was taken, the “traffic” (3 cars were ahead of us), came to a holt and it appeared that a tractor trailer flipped over on the road!
It was actually a truck towing a camper which was towing a trailer with 2 ATVs , a boat and a kayak!

Apparently it started to swerve and lost control. Everything was turned over, crumpled and the camper was strewn about like cardboard, blocking both lanes! Tragic… but they all walked away from the wreckage and were taken for medical evaluation. Well, this happened 9.5 miles from our destination, Jen and Nate’s house.

Oh SO CLOSE, yet so far. The 5:30 arrival time turned into an 8:30 pm arrival, but we got a 3 hour break, and we had a bathroom to use, and arrived in one piece. 👏👏👏

Wednesday to Monday morning we visited, hugged, hung out, hugged, went to Ridgway for the first farmers market of the season, hugged, went to Ouray and Telluride for the day and really enjoyed hanging with our favorite Coloradians!

Sad to be leaving on Monday but oh so happy to have spent 5 days here! 💖

It’s hard to believe we will be home in two weeks! Seeing all the spring flowers here makes me want to dig in the garden!

Next stop, Monday and Tuesday at Harvest Hosts in Colorado then Rocky Mountain National Park.

Enjoy your holiday! !

5/23/23

Spectacular!

We traveled about 20 minutes in the tour jeep through Antelope wash. Sometimes, during rainy season, the sand in the wash and canyon is 10feet higher than what we saw. After a 13 year drought, the rains have started 6 weeks early this year.

When it’s raining the water comes through the weeping eye (4th pic).

The desert wild flowers are in bloom!

If you love the textures and shapes of nature, Antelope Canyon is a must see!

Off tomorrow to see Jen and Nate 😁 by way of Monument Valley 😀

What?!?

Sunday 5/21

I forgot to tell you, in my last post, one of the most important things about the skywalk. It is on the Hualapai (pronounced who-wala’-pay) Indian reservation. There was much controversy about building a tourist attraction on this sacred ground. At the skywalk, there are replicas of the sweat lodges, tipis and hogan houses.

I really love how the Native American culture respects nature. They only use wood that comes from trees that were not struck by lightning. They feel that if a tree is struck by lightning, it has lost its spirit and purpose. The doors of the hogans also faced eastward, so that they could always be reminded of the blessings of a new day dawning. There were native Haualapai chanting and singing as we walked around the area that told of some of their history.

Guano point was one of the skywalk shuttle stops where, in the 40s to the 60s, they would harvest the bat guano and sell it for fertilizer and make up! When Dad’s in the 50s told their teenage daughters to get that makeup sh@# off their face they meant it… literally!

We also found out that the lovely orange flowers along the roads and dotting the hillsides are called Globemallow. The Haualapai translate this as “sore-eye flower”. The leaves and stems have tiny hairs on them and if you touch you eye, it’s painful and causes an infection. The shuttle bus driver told us she picked a whole bouquet and ended up at urgent care. She then found out what the Native Americans call it!

As we leave Meadview, we are surrounded by Joshua trees, forests of them everywhere. They seem smaller and a bit more bushy than the ones in the National Park.
The manager/owner of the RV park told us to take a side road instead of going all the way to rt 93. It was a two lane paved side road that is surrounded by mountains 360°. Simply astounding! We traveled through flat plains of farmland leading up to the surrounding mountains.

We often think of the early settlers, and what they must’ve thought when they come across these mountains, Grand Canyon, the Rockies, no wonder they settled in middle America to farm! There were free range, cattle and cattle guards on the road every few miles. The Globemallow orange flowers were prolific up on the hillside.

After gassing up in Kingman, we turned onto the Historic Route 66. In The 50s and 60s it was called “the mother road”. Families would cruise down the highway listening to rock and roll!

We came across some entertaining red signs along Route 66 so I did a Google search…

“From the 1920s to the early 1960s, Burma-Shave signs entertained generations of Americans with what writer Frank Rowsome Jr. called “the verse by the side of the road.”

Burma-Shave signs were red with white lettering. Each of the small roadside signs had a line of poetry, and each sign was placed about 100 feet apart so that the poems could be read in sequence by passing motorists. The final sign was the Burma-Shave name touting its “brushless shaving cream.” Burma-Shave signs said that men who used the product could score with women who wanted a clean-shaven man: “His face was smooth/ And cool as ice/ And oh Louise!/ He smelled so nice.” Facial hair could never snare a lady fair, according to Burma-Shave: “With glamor girls/ You’ll never click/ Bewhiskered/ Like a/ Bolshevik.””

Very Entertaining! We saw several including: “if you don’t know / who’s signs we are/ you haven’t driven / very far” ; “30 days /has September /April, June / and the speed offender” and the one that made me laugh out loud…“Don’t lose /your head /to save a minute /you need your head/Your brains are in!”😂

After turning off Route 66 we came onto a horribly bouncy, pothole ridden interstate 40. After bouncing awhile, the road got better. At noon we came up and down the mountains through pine tree forest! Haven’t seen them for a while. Here are some pictures from this travel day.

In the third picture, the rocks seemed pink and coral and the reflection on the clouds made the clouds look pink.

Monday 5/22

We slept in a bit today, yesterday was a particularly long travel day and the auto-levelers didn’t work when we got to Page, AZ campground. Not good, especially when you have 2 weary drivers. From here on out, all but 1 day is under 300 miles, some under 100 👍. When I planned the trip I was being kind to us in estimating the miles for the travel days near then end of this adventure… of course not realizing we would be driving separately… but a good planning strategy!

We headed out to Lake Powell to explore the area today. This is Wahweap Native American territory. We took Harley and walked on the docks of the Marina. Beautiful day! Breezy and not hot 😊. We drove around the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, the dam and checked out the campground there. Seemed like every site was reserved in the campground but many had full hook ups… for future reference!

We stopped at The Dam Bar and Grille for apps before heading back to the RV. Nice dog friendly outdoor patio. We chilled at the campground and Paul suggested we do some rock climbing to see the sunset… sure!?
We climbed up the red rock cliffs by the campground to see the sunset!

The campground is on the left of the sunset picture.
Tomorrow is Antelope Canyon, in Navajo country. Get ready for some amazing pictures!