From Santa Nella to Weed...

Easy drive today...Easy for me to say ... I didn't drive !

We woke at 5:00 had coffee and took a walk with the pups.

Batten down the hatches and we left just as the sun was coming up over San Luis Reservoir, 6:22 am.

A beautiful sunrise...and peaceful morning.

Got on Hwy 5 and headed North. Not sure where we will end up for the night.

But, we know it will be about a 5 or 6 hour drive...

Stopped at The Olive Pit bought some ' Olive stuff '

Drove past Shasta Lake and into Weed, California...Home for the night.

Perfect weather...gorgeous views :)

Parked the RV and walked to lunch at Dos Amigos.

Back to the RV Park to just sit out and relax.....

Ore-Gone!

ORE-GONE !

Well, Good Morning !

This, hopefully will be my first post of many, in the next coming weeks.

We left Lake Havasu yesterday, Sunday August 14th, 2011 at 7 am.

We drove all day, stopping once, off the Hwy. in Bakersfield, Ca and had PB&J in the RV for lunch.

Still a bit warm, after all it was Southern California !

Jack had a bit of an upset tummy, and puked right next to Mark's right foot as he was driving the RV. I got the trash can and some paper towel and cleaned it up.

Poor guy.

We made it to Santa Nella to camp at San Luis Reservoir, a State Recreation Area.

It was lovely. Still a bit warm about 90, but, it cooled to 68 degrees overnight.

We set up camp. Had Hot dogs and beans for dinner...took a walk around the reservoir and back to the RV. We sat outside for sometime. A lovely breeze and just peaceful, watching the cows graze int he distant fields.

The pups played and we discussed our travels for tomorrow....

Where will we end up ?

An Autumn Road Trip...

Happy Fall y'all !

We have been wanting to take an Arizona Autumn road trip for quite sometime.

We made plans in September to travel to Sedona for a few nights.

So, Here we goooooo.....

We left Lake Havasu early Tuesday morning and drove through Seligman Arizona on old Rt.66, stopped for coffee at a funky little souvenir/coffee shop.

I also had to mail something, so fun to stop at the little local Seligman post office.

Once we got to Flagstaff, we went shopping at New Frontiers, bought some things for a picnic lunch and off we went for our drive.

We took US route 180, we drove for 10.8 miles. Somewhere in that time, we stopped and pulled into the forest for a picnic lunch.... It was quite chilly, I had to change from my desert clothes to Jeans and a sweatshirt ! Ahhhhhh some cool Autumn weather !

We continued on to FR 151 for 12 miles to Forest Service Rd. 418 we went 1.4 miles to Forest Service Rd. 552...to Lockett Meadow below Sugarloaf Peak.

These are some photos from the meadow and our journey along the way.

I had heard of Lockett Meadow for years, but had never been. It was so pretty with all the golden aspens glistening in the sunlight....loads of Aspen leaves on the ground like gumdrops. I love the sound of the Aspen trees blowing in the wind.

They are truly one of my favorite trees....

"Scamp"

We spent the weekend at our mountain getaway. We arrived Saturday afternoon. We had some projects to work on. Mark, working on replacing some laundry area cabinets and I planned to make an Autumn dessert of Apple Cobbler, and also work on a strand of "Rag Lights" for our bedroom.

I was hoping to see "Scamp", the cat waiting to greet me when I arrived on Saturday, but no sign of the kitty.
All the food and milk and water dishes were empty. I felt sad. I thought for sure she would be there.
I called out...."Here kitty, kitty..." but she didn't come. Throughout the afternoon, I kept calling.
Saturday evening, as well.

Sunday morning, Mark started his project and I started on the dessert for our Sunday dinner....
I went to put on my apron and low and behold.....I looked out the front door and there she was !!!!!
"Scamp" is back !!!!!
Oh she had a feast ! Canned milk, dry food, canned food and water !!!! She is so sweet, so friendly and so huggable !


Until next time,
Take Care
~Patti