On June 8th we drove to Mystic, Connecticut....one of my better navigation days!!!! Our friend Bill had plotted out on our map to make a big swoop around the cities of Baltimore and New York (avoiding low tunnels etc )going through Pennsylvania....this looked way out of the way and looking at the map I said oh we can go right up I-95 through New Jersey not realizing that this would take us over the George Washington Bridge through I think the Bronx!!! Besides the fact that the bridge was very old, with narrow lanes and trucks all around us with inches to spare according to my driver the toll was $18.....Art was not impressed with my decision!!!
The next day we toured the Submarine museum and the first nuclear submarine the Nautilus and then saw the Mystic Seaport in the afternoon. Both being very interesting and educational....the historical seaport actually has an active shipyard working on restoring an 80 yr old ship. There is also a fleet of small sailboats maintained for classes.
June 10th we drove to Plymouth, Massachusetts....couldn't touch the rock it was surrounded by an iron fence with a roof over it to protect it. Took a drive to Hyannis
on Cape Cod.....nice little town with a great marina port. Had a great shrimp dinner in a fish house!! The next day we took a train into Boston and did a bus tour of the city.....would have never been able to drive in this city..it was crazy!! Then took another drive on the other side of Cape Cod and saw more of the ocean and quaint little towns and beaches the next day.
On June 13th we drove to Freeport, Maine.....had a lobster dinner for my birthday dinner which was wonderful!! Followed dinner with a quick tour of LL Beans main store and was overwhelmed!
The next day we drove into Bar Harbor, Maine and camped at Acadia NP...the park was beautiful surrounded by water but not as much of a WOW factor as the National Parks on the west coast...I guess we are spoiled!!
At this point we had to make a decision to turn around and come home......we had seen a lot but I had been having increasing pain in my knee and was really struggling getting around...so Art suggested we head home to get it looked at more seriously..I did have a cortisone injection before we left!!! It lasted about 4 days......not a happy camper but I agreed.
We stopped in Ohio and had a great visit with my younger brother and his wife. We had a major storm come through with winds up to 60 miles an hour...very scarey!!!
We are in Fort Collins, Co at this point visiting kids and grandkids and will be home sometime this weekend......
It will be hard to end this great trip but we are ready to see all our friends and family.
Talk to you soon!!
Pat and Art
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
May 31 -June 7
When we arrived in Williamsburg on Monday afternoon we immediately called Art's sister Pat's in-laws, Bill and Suzie...just wanted to let them know we had arrived but they wanted to come over immediately and see us, our 5th wheel and visit!! Art had met them but I never had....we went to there house for a great Colonial dinner of Brunswick Stew that they serve in all the taverns here ( I'm sure Suzie's was the best ) ! Followed by strawberrys over pound cake...yum!!
Bill and Suzie have lived in the area about 3 1/2 yrs and two of their children and their grandchildren all live close by so they know the area well and Bill is a history buff....so he wanted us to tour the area in the way the events happened. So on Tuesday off we went to Jamestown which was the 1st permanent English settlement in 1607 followed up with dinner at their favorite Mexican restaurant which makes the very best guacamole at your table!! Then on Wednesday Bill and Suzie had medical checkups so we took a tour of the Yorktown battlefields where the decisive war of the Revolution was won and the beginning of our Bill of Rights was begun!! We met up with Bill/Suzie and took them to a restaurant that my brother had taken us to on Hilton Head called Bonefish....they have this great appetizer called Bang Bang shrimp and on Wed night they have a special price during happy hour....it is a spicy grilled shrimp that I would love to be able to make!!
Thursday and Friday we spent touring Williamsburg with Bill and Suzie....just the right mix of history and shopping.
We realized we were close to Thomas Jefferson's home Monticello that on Saturday we drove there and toured...very lovely and interesting with all his mechanical inventions!! When we got back to our campsite Bill and Suzie came to pick us up and take us to one more ice cream shop!!! This was the fourth in their area that they thought would meet our standards and they all four did!! Individual dairys with only a few family owned stores and very creamy, strong flavored ice creams...I don't think we coud have picked a favorite they were all so delicious!!
Sunday, after finishing up laundry and cleanup details we drove to a campground close to Mt Vernon and the next day we toured George's house....again a great historical moment but they had you wait in lines and go inside in groups of 20 and parade through...we felt like cattle!! And by this time we felt we were in Art's words "historied out!!"
Will post again later today or tomorrow to catch up this last week!!
Hope all is well with all.....e-mail and let us know what you have been up to!!
Art and Pat
Bill and Suzie have lived in the area about 3 1/2 yrs and two of their children and their grandchildren all live close by so they know the area well and Bill is a history buff....so he wanted us to tour the area in the way the events happened. So on Tuesday off we went to Jamestown which was the 1st permanent English settlement in 1607 followed up with dinner at their favorite Mexican restaurant which makes the very best guacamole at your table!! Then on Wednesday Bill and Suzie had medical checkups so we took a tour of the Yorktown battlefields where the decisive war of the Revolution was won and the beginning of our Bill of Rights was begun!! We met up with Bill/Suzie and took them to a restaurant that my brother had taken us to on Hilton Head called Bonefish....they have this great appetizer called Bang Bang shrimp and on Wed night they have a special price during happy hour....it is a spicy grilled shrimp that I would love to be able to make!!
Thursday and Friday we spent touring Williamsburg with Bill and Suzie....just the right mix of history and shopping.
We realized we were close to Thomas Jefferson's home Monticello that on Saturday we drove there and toured...very lovely and interesting with all his mechanical inventions!! When we got back to our campsite Bill and Suzie came to pick us up and take us to one more ice cream shop!!! This was the fourth in their area that they thought would meet our standards and they all four did!! Individual dairys with only a few family owned stores and very creamy, strong flavored ice creams...I don't think we coud have picked a favorite they were all so delicious!!
Sunday, after finishing up laundry and cleanup details we drove to a campground close to Mt Vernon and the next day we toured George's house....again a great historical moment but they had you wait in lines and go inside in groups of 20 and parade through...we felt like cattle!! And by this time we felt we were in Art's words "historied out!!"
Will post again later today or tomorrow to catch up this last week!!
Hope all is well with all.....e-mail and let us know what you have been up to!!
Art and Pat
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Well, I always wondered about reporters who had deadlines and now know I couldn't have taken all the pressure!! One brother says where's the blog??? He was looking for it on Sunday...didn't buy my explanation that I wrote two last week!!
On Thursday, May 26th we left Charleston early to drive to the Croatan National Forest where we were fortunate to get a campsite because it filled up early afternoon. We were midstate North Carolina on the coast by the Neuse River. Everyone has there own idea of what a forest is....our back yard is more of a forest!!! But the rivers in the area are huge and put the American and Sacramento rivers to shame...some we can't even see the other side! We had some great visits with people from the area as I think most of the campers were from within a 25 mile area...just came to fish, go to the beach and kick back!
We were 10 miles south of New Bern, NC which was founded by Swiss and German immigrants in 1710 and thus named after Bern, Switzerland. This being their 300th anniversary they had a year long celebration going on...Bern means bear and so they had about 50 bears located around the town as part of a challenge this year on who makes the best bear. Lots of variation and talent seen as we walked around and toured the area...took a tour of the governor's Palace and other historical sites. Also the birthplace of pepsi cola...discovered by a pharmacist. Lots of history!!
Day trip to Fort Macon in Atlantic Beach across the Intercoastal Waterway which was built below ground level as several previous forts had been lost due to erosion from wind and shifting beach...
then on to Beufort, NC which was another of the first settlements in NC with lots of history and on ocean bay with great marina restaurants, shops, historical homes etc..
We had a couple of great meals in New Bern but I was disappointed that the restaurant that had been suggested to us by a couple we met camping in Asheville, SC did not have the Monte Christo sandwich she had told me was the BEST she had ever had!! When asked the waitress gave us this vague answer that oh that was only on the menu every once in a while...could be 2-6 months!! She never even offered to ask the chef....but the dinner we had there was top notch and I just didn't have the energy at the time to ask for the manager or the chef and make a request or point out that the waitress could have cared less about my request!!
We drove to the outer banks on Sunday and there was a campsite available in one of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Parks but it was only 10 ft wide and barely long enough for our truck and 5th wheel so we passed and just drove around the Nags Head area and then went to the Wrights Brothers National Monument in Kitty Hawk...one of the most impressive monuments we have seen!! Left the outer banks and spent Sunday night at a Wal-Mart parking lot as it was too late to find a campsite and we were driving on to Williamsburg, VA, a short drive away the next AM.
And that is where we are now...will write about our visit here next...but just a warning I might be gushing about what a beautiful area THIS is!!!!
Our best to all, Pat and Art
On Thursday, May 26th we left Charleston early to drive to the Croatan National Forest where we were fortunate to get a campsite because it filled up early afternoon. We were midstate North Carolina on the coast by the Neuse River. Everyone has there own idea of what a forest is....our back yard is more of a forest!!! But the rivers in the area are huge and put the American and Sacramento rivers to shame...some we can't even see the other side! We had some great visits with people from the area as I think most of the campers were from within a 25 mile area...just came to fish, go to the beach and kick back!
We were 10 miles south of New Bern, NC which was founded by Swiss and German immigrants in 1710 and thus named after Bern, Switzerland. This being their 300th anniversary they had a year long celebration going on...Bern means bear and so they had about 50 bears located around the town as part of a challenge this year on who makes the best bear. Lots of variation and talent seen as we walked around and toured the area...took a tour of the governor's Palace and other historical sites. Also the birthplace of pepsi cola...discovered by a pharmacist. Lots of history!!
Day trip to Fort Macon in Atlantic Beach across the Intercoastal Waterway which was built below ground level as several previous forts had been lost due to erosion from wind and shifting beach...
then on to Beufort, NC which was another of the first settlements in NC with lots of history and on ocean bay with great marina restaurants, shops, historical homes etc..
We had a couple of great meals in New Bern but I was disappointed that the restaurant that had been suggested to us by a couple we met camping in Asheville, SC did not have the Monte Christo sandwich she had told me was the BEST she had ever had!! When asked the waitress gave us this vague answer that oh that was only on the menu every once in a while...could be 2-6 months!! She never even offered to ask the chef....but the dinner we had there was top notch and I just didn't have the energy at the time to ask for the manager or the chef and make a request or point out that the waitress could have cared less about my request!!
We drove to the outer banks on Sunday and there was a campsite available in one of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Parks but it was only 10 ft wide and barely long enough for our truck and 5th wheel so we passed and just drove around the Nags Head area and then went to the Wrights Brothers National Monument in Kitty Hawk...one of the most impressive monuments we have seen!! Left the outer banks and spent Sunday night at a Wal-Mart parking lot as it was too late to find a campsite and we were driving on to Williamsburg, VA, a short drive away the next AM.
And that is where we are now...will write about our visit here next...but just a warning I might be gushing about what a beautiful area THIS is!!!!
Our best to all, Pat and Art
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Charleston, SC
Left Hilton Head and my brother and his wife on Monday morn...waved as we passed by their hotel...had said our goodbyes after dinner the night before!! Sad as we don't see them very often...
Fortunately after they dropped us off on Sun eve we decided to put the awning up, chairs and table away etc because just as we finished a storm came up with wind, lightening and thunder...it was like a fireworks display!! Very warm and humid but a heavy rain!
Arrived in Charleston after only a couple of hours and set up the campsite in a great county park within 15 min of downtown..price was similar to any RV park but the campsites are huge and the park has a climbing wall, a huge splash pool, dancing water fountains for the little ones and best of all for Molly (our dog) a huge 2+ acre dog park with beach access to a lake. Had lunch and decided we could make it into town for a Grayline tour....Charleston like Savannah is a beautiful town filled with historical beautiful homes but bigger and on a peninsula with great downtown parks on the water and marinas.
On Tuesday we went back into town to tour on foot by ourselves...very easy town to navigate...and Art took a lot of pictures. Rained intermittently but we didn't melt!! Later on, checking his camera he realized the settings had been wrong so went back to retake them this AM. Tues afternoon Molly got to go to the dog park...she had a ball...goes into the water midknee but if she steps into a spot one inch deeper she scares herself!! Funny to watch...and there are dogs there all the time because it is a county park and people buy a year pass for $15 I think.
After retaking some pictures of this beautiful city this AM we toured the Charleston Museum...looked pretty small as we entered but that was deceiving..it was large and had a great variety of displays!! This afternoon we are catching up on laundry chores etc because tomorrow we leave and will be going to a forestry campground in North Carolina and need to get in before the big holiday weekend!! This is a 1st come campground so hopefully we get a site...as all other RV parks are booked up for the most part. And we will be roughing it...no wifi or cable tv etc....just electricity.
Forgot to tell you that in Savannah I tried shrimp and grits which is on every Southern menu...I had been warned as most people not from the South don't seem to like them but I thought they were good with the shrimp sauce that was on the grits and the grits were smoother (not gritty) than I had been told..sort of like mashed potatoes which are only good because of the butter or gravy that you put on them!! Then yesterday I had fried green tomatoes which Art shared with me as it was like a side that I ordered...we both thought they were great....isn't anything that is fried??? Anyway I plan to try anything new to me at least once...will let you know if I get food poisoning!!
On Monday we will drive in to Williamsburg, VA where we have made reservations due to the popularity of the area...we will be visiting Arts brother-in-laws sister and her husband who are lucky enough to live there!!!
Fortunately after they dropped us off on Sun eve we decided to put the awning up, chairs and table away etc because just as we finished a storm came up with wind, lightening and thunder...it was like a fireworks display!! Very warm and humid but a heavy rain!
Arrived in Charleston after only a couple of hours and set up the campsite in a great county park within 15 min of downtown..price was similar to any RV park but the campsites are huge and the park has a climbing wall, a huge splash pool, dancing water fountains for the little ones and best of all for Molly (our dog) a huge 2+ acre dog park with beach access to a lake. Had lunch and decided we could make it into town for a Grayline tour....Charleston like Savannah is a beautiful town filled with historical beautiful homes but bigger and on a peninsula with great downtown parks on the water and marinas.
On Tuesday we went back into town to tour on foot by ourselves...very easy town to navigate...and Art took a lot of pictures. Rained intermittently but we didn't melt!! Later on, checking his camera he realized the settings had been wrong so went back to retake them this AM. Tues afternoon Molly got to go to the dog park...she had a ball...goes into the water midknee but if she steps into a spot one inch deeper she scares herself!! Funny to watch...and there are dogs there all the time because it is a county park and people buy a year pass for $15 I think.
After retaking some pictures of this beautiful city this AM we toured the Charleston Museum...looked pretty small as we entered but that was deceiving..it was large and had a great variety of displays!! This afternoon we are catching up on laundry chores etc because tomorrow we leave and will be going to a forestry campground in North Carolina and need to get in before the big holiday weekend!! This is a 1st come campground so hopefully we get a site...as all other RV parks are booked up for the most part. And we will be roughing it...no wifi or cable tv etc....just electricity.
Forgot to tell you that in Savannah I tried shrimp and grits which is on every Southern menu...I had been warned as most people not from the South don't seem to like them but I thought they were good with the shrimp sauce that was on the grits and the grits were smoother (not gritty) than I had been told..sort of like mashed potatoes which are only good because of the butter or gravy that you put on them!! Then yesterday I had fried green tomatoes which Art shared with me as it was like a side that I ordered...we both thought they were great....isn't anything that is fried??? Anyway I plan to try anything new to me at least once...will let you know if I get food poisoning!!
On Monday we will drive in to Williamsburg, VA where we have made reservations due to the popularity of the area...we will be visiting Arts brother-in-laws sister and her husband who are lucky enough to live there!!!
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Made it to the East Coast
Well we have reached the opposite coast this week!!! WAHOO!!!
Missed my Sunday posting.....busy and sometimes wifi connection is NOT what the parks promise!!!
Left Nashville and it's rain and flooding the Sunday of my last posting and drove to the Smokey Mountains. Driving through Knoxville, TN and then entered what one of my brothers described as the "tackiest place on earth!" Pigeon Fork and Gatlinburg, TN would be a great place to take your kids to......Dollywood, street after street of gift shops and things for kids (anyone before high school age) to do endlessly!!!
We camped in the Smokey Mountain, NP and did go back into Gatlinburg as their was an Arts and Crafts loop that we drove around and stopped at about 10 of the 100+ shops that very few had some worthwhile handmade things to see...there also was the Arrowmont Arts and Crafts school that had no students at the time but we viewed a gallery of some of the instructors work painting, photography, pottery etc
In another building Art saw the woodturning workshop and some of their work..the school had a catalog of classes that were weekend to week long classes over the year.
We did meet a couple of interesting people that we will have stories to tell you about!!
Asheville, NC and a tour of the Biltmore Estate on Wednesday....made the Hearst Castle that we've been so impressed with for years look like a cottage!! Amazing what people do with their money??? Then the next day we took a trolley tour of Ashville.
Saw a lot of beautiful neighborhoods...saw the house which Zelda Fitzgerald had died in with 5 other women due to a fire...she was there because it was a psychiatric sanitarium at the time! The city had a lot of small health institutions in the neighborhoods as people came for the air quality for consumpiton (tuberculosis) at the time,,,,,
On Friday we arrived at probably the nicest RV park we will ever encounter!! It was on Hilton Head, SC....check out the site We had a site backed up right on the water/marina and loved just watching the boat activity and nature. Spent the weekend touring Savannah and Hilton Head Island with my brother Mike and his wife Sandie .... they will be celebrating their 50th anniversary in June and at each meal we celebrated that or his and my birthdays in June!!! Had some great food and talked and talked. They drove up from Vero Beach, FL (about 6 hrs) and stayed at a hotel only 2 miles away from us!!! They had visited these areas quite a few times so were are tour guides as well as we took a trolly tour together of Savannah...lots of movies have been made there and the book/movie "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" was completely about Savannah....am going to have to read it again now that I've been there!!
We are in Charleston, SC now...arrived here by noon yesterday and took a Grayline tour and saw such beautiful old houses and an huge open market area that we are getting ready to go back today and take pix and tour on our own..
Love hearing from you...
Stay well to all, Pat and Art
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Despite the weather..we move on
Well I left off last week before we went to Maria's, home of the best margaritas!! They certainly had the most...over 100 versions are listed and they have a book out about them!! The ones we had were very good ..not any better than at Tomasitas where we had much better food the day before!!! However I must confess we only had the $7.50 version...the prices went up to $75 !!! This depended on the quality of the tequila that was used...
Monday, May 10th we drove from to Santa Fe to Sayre, OK stopping when we heard about the tornado line in OK City about 120 miles east of our location...there were quite a few tornados reported and we drove past a Love truck gas station off I-40 the next AM that was completely GONE!! We saw all the debris...
We spent the night on Tues at a great Arkansas state park in Russelville...it was on the Dardanelle Lake and had been recommended by a knitting friend. Thanks, Liz!! The people we met were great but both of us confessed later that we had only understood some of the stories due to their accents!!
Wednesday we arrived in Memphis, TN and stayed at Graceland RV Park!! We saw Graceland on a walk around the perimeter with Molly but didn't really need to pay to see the inside...I think we saw a documentary on TV at one time.. Took a shuttle into town to see Beale St which has all the blues and rock and roll bars and restaurants.....had a great meal of ribs, cole slaw, beans and corn bread at BB Kings place!! Wednesday night happened to be Bike night on Beale street..at least a thousand motorcycles were lined up and down the street and they just kept coming as others left!!
Drove on to Nashville, TN the next day where we had an adventure finding a campground!! The first one I had chosen was a corp of engineers campground on a lake supposed to beautiful!!. After driving quite a bit off any main roads we came to some barriers in the road...two lane road where no turning around was possible in our rig...fortunately a truck behind us moved a barrier and went on ahead and called back via cell phone that only half the road was flooded and as we went on so was the campground!! Then we went to a state campground that I saw on the map but wasn't in the book...it was only a day use park!! Called a KOA park next and after taking all my info etc she realized it was closed due to the flooding (she must have been in some central location and just reading her listings) Finally found a RV park far enough away that had no problems.
On Friday we went to a civil war battleground and the the home of Andrew Jackson (our 7th president)
His home and grounds were beautiful but they did not make him out to be very charming!!
Yesterday we took a tour bus into Nashville....toured the Ryman which was the old home of the Grand Ole Opry and had been built as a church for a famous preacher originally... then we toured the Country music hall of fame, were driven by all the famous music studios etc...never even saw some areas including the Grand Ole Opry House due to the flood damage!! In the evening we went to the Grand Ole Opry show which was held in a large Baptist Church (big enough for 2,500 people) but the attendance was really down apparently due to the confusion of where things were being held...this was the 4002nd show I believe and there had never been a cancelled show since it's beginning!! We had a great time and Nashville is a great town....very beautiful skyline and downtown area as well as the suburbs. Would recommend it to anybody!!
Well it's Sunday AM but not Mother's Day so I don't know if I'm going to get a special breakfast or not...maybe I'll have to start hinting!! It's raining and the local stations are all voicing their concerns about more flooding!!
I really think we are bad omens for the locations we are coming to or from!!
Would love to hear from you all...miss everybody!!
Pat and Art
Monday, May 10th we drove from to Santa Fe to Sayre, OK stopping when we heard about the tornado line in OK City about 120 miles east of our location...there were quite a few tornados reported and we drove past a Love truck gas station off I-40 the next AM that was completely GONE!! We saw all the debris...
We spent the night on Tues at a great Arkansas state park in Russelville...it was on the Dardanelle Lake and had been recommended by a knitting friend. Thanks, Liz!! The people we met were great but both of us confessed later that we had only understood some of the stories due to their accents!!
Wednesday we arrived in Memphis, TN and stayed at Graceland RV Park!! We saw Graceland on a walk around the perimeter with Molly but didn't really need to pay to see the inside...I think we saw a documentary on TV at one time.. Took a shuttle into town to see Beale St which has all the blues and rock and roll bars and restaurants.....had a great meal of ribs, cole slaw, beans and corn bread at BB Kings place!! Wednesday night happened to be Bike night on Beale street..at least a thousand motorcycles were lined up and down the street and they just kept coming as others left!!
Drove on to Nashville, TN the next day where we had an adventure finding a campground!! The first one I had chosen was a corp of engineers campground on a lake supposed to beautiful!!. After driving quite a bit off any main roads we came to some barriers in the road...two lane road where no turning around was possible in our rig...fortunately a truck behind us moved a barrier and went on ahead and called back via cell phone that only half the road was flooded and as we went on so was the campground!! Then we went to a state campground that I saw on the map but wasn't in the book...it was only a day use park!! Called a KOA park next and after taking all my info etc she realized it was closed due to the flooding (she must have been in some central location and just reading her listings) Finally found a RV park far enough away that had no problems.
On Friday we went to a civil war battleground and the the home of Andrew Jackson (our 7th president)
His home and grounds were beautiful but they did not make him out to be very charming!!
Yesterday we took a tour bus into Nashville....toured the Ryman which was the old home of the Grand Ole Opry and had been built as a church for a famous preacher originally... then we toured the Country music hall of fame, were driven by all the famous music studios etc...never even saw some areas including the Grand Ole Opry House due to the flood damage!! In the evening we went to the Grand Ole Opry show which was held in a large Baptist Church (big enough for 2,500 people) but the attendance was really down apparently due to the confusion of where things were being held...this was the 4002nd show I believe and there had never been a cancelled show since it's beginning!! We had a great time and Nashville is a great town....very beautiful skyline and downtown area as well as the suburbs. Would recommend it to anybody!!
Well it's Sunday AM but not Mother's Day so I don't know if I'm going to get a special breakfast or not...maybe I'll have to start hinting!! It's raining and the local stations are all voicing their concerns about more flooding!!
I really think we are bad omens for the locations we are coming to or from!!
Would love to hear from you all...miss everybody!!
Pat and Art
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Arizona and New Mexico
Happy Mothers Day to all...I am waiting for waffles and strawberries made by Art.
We are in Santa Fe, NM and enjoying all the shops, galleries, food & margaritas!!
This first week we drove to Barstow on Sunday stopping in Bakersfield in the afternoon for our first ice cream testing site. Dewars was recommended by a friend of one of our daughters. It has been a family owned ice cream parlor for 100 years and has several locations. Very old time ice cream parlor style. The ice cream was disappointing in the fact that Art's triple chocolate flavor had a non distinct chocolate taste and my peanut butter/ chocolate swirl was chalky.
On to Barstow overnight and the next day spent some time walking around Winslow, AZ, Art's place of birth and taking pictures. Made it to Flagstaff that afternoon and visited with Lowell an old jr high friend of Art's. He certainly keeps in touch with people !
The next day we drove the Petrified Forest and Painted Forest loop...beautiful and interesting formations....
In Barstow we met Dave and Patty who were traveling from the Bay area to Native American sites...they told us about Chaco Canyon National Historical Park. We had never even heard of it but decided to drive there before going into Santa Fe. It was quite a drive into the park which was over 10 miles of washboard like dirt road in our 5th wheel!!! Took over an hour....but it was worth it. Ruins of large complexes of attached rooms built in rock starting in 800 AD
It was very educational and interesting to see the construction and engineering capabilities of these first tribal people in our country!!
Today we drove to Taos which was smaller but we decided we like Santa Fe better...more to see and do...also we heard the really best margaritas in town are at Marias so we have to try those tonight...also well know for their food...really everyone has their own favorites!!
Thinking of you all and wishing we could have brought you all along!!
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