Let’s go to Maine today.
Maine
Maine
Maine
#photocation
Author: Rich
#photocation
So in this time of social distancing and the like maybe it time to post photo’s of vacations or just plan travels. Let’s your best #photocation. Today’s photocation is Glacier National Park.
Glacier N.P. MT
Glacier N.P. MT
We got our Kicks on Route 66.
Yesterday was that day where you just can’t do the same thing you’ve been doing for another day. That can only mean one thing, we need to take a drive see something different. We started in the AG country in Laughlin NV.
Yup kind of an ugly day but the desert is as green as we have every seen it. We took some back roads over to Route 66 “The Mother Road” and followed it through Oatman, AZ to the out skirts of Kingman AZ.
The colors and textures of a Spring Desert.
We hope you enjoyed this Pic-cation.
Lake Havasu City 2020 Balloon Festival.
We’ve been talking about going to the balloon festival for as long as we’ve been wintering in Western Arizona and this is the year. The wind as been an issue in previous years, but this year the weather is on our side. We get to Lake Havasu City and the Moon is still in the sky and it’s about thirty-eight degrees.
The crowd is growing and so is the anticipation and off in the distance you can see character balloons being inflated.
The moment of truth the Mass Ascension, or not. I guess a lot of the people fill their balloons but they don’t take them up. In the sky at one time, there was probably five or six balloons that launched from all over the city.
But the best was yet to come. We had been talking about rescuing a little dog to travel with us. So while we were in Lake Havasu City we dropped by the shelter and found this little guy.
It’s been so much fun watching him come out of his shell. The funny thing is I’m more of a cat person and Darla is more of a dog person. When we had talked about pets we thought it would be a cat and a dog. Chill’n is the best of both worlds. He likes to hang out in your lap, loves the dog park, and rides in the truck.
Fear, Healthy or Unhealthy? by Richard Tatro
This is an opinion editorial based solely on my 60 years of life experience, I have no degrees, life has been my educator.
Healthy Fear.
life seems to have no shortage of things to be fearful about but the healthy fear is based in facts. Healthy Fear can change my behaviors that may cause injury like jumping off a cliff. It’s this healthy fear that helps me grow.
Unhealthy Fear.
This type of fear (the fear of the unknown) is the most destructive in my life, if left unchecked it grows into worry and before I know it I’m worried sick about things that may happen but haven’t happened yet and frankly may never happen. This fear seems to be rooted in the unknown. The only thing I’ve found that helps me in these times of uncertainty is to focus on what is true and real. So let me apply this to the current fear that has gripped the world….. Coronavirus!
I figure my best shot of surviving the Coronavirus is;
- I need to Remember that politicians and the media believe that you shouldn’t waste a good crisis.
- Take personal responsibility. Nobody knows my body better than I do. If I’m feeling tired I should take it easy and rest.
- I live in a place where our community is made up of people from all over the Country and Canada. So I have been limiting my exposure to group activities.
- I’ve been washing my hands more and trying to limit what I touch.
In the end I will either get the virus or I won’t, that has already been decided. But my best efforts can only go so far and worry will not change that in a positive way.
Self–fulfilling prophecy.
If I give myself over to the fear of the unknown and I worry hard enough I can actually unknowingly make the very thing I’m worried about happen. For example going to the grocery store and stocking up on things that I really don’t need for a crisis that hasn’t happen yet. If enough people do that than the price of items go up and it creates shortages. Panic is not my friend!
In the end lets all be safe. Lets employ the “commons” common sense, and common curiosity. We all have different risk factors so lets do the things that keep us safe. Like most things in life this will soon be a memory.
Better late, than never
Here’s some pictures from our stay in Southern California. One of my favorite things to do is take the Balboa ferry. As you can see everything in Newport Beach knows how to surf .
Views from the Balboa ferry. I would not recommend taking full size truck or rv to go on the ferry. Lots of narrow streets to get to ferry and ferry only holds 3 cars at a time.
Crystal Cove is a great little State Park right on the coast.
Red Tail Hawk perched on a branch at Crystal Cove SP.
People enjoying a day at the beach. Crystal Cove State Park.
Exploring the tide pools at Crystal Cove SP.
Woman walking through the surf looking for shells.
A couple of random shots taken.
Summer in Southern California.
This is our spot at the campground we are staying at in Sam Dimas.
Walking around the rv park you get these great aerial views of Puddingstone Lake. ( Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park)
In the distance you can see Brackett Field a small airport in the city of La Verne.
In our section the wildlife is pretty tame.
The Cactus is what we see when we sit outside. Our site backs up to a hill that has a lot of this type of Cactus.
Our last hike in Southern Utah.
We want to welcome our new followers. From October to February each year we spend most of our time visiting our family and friends. Winter is also a time for repairs and maintenance on our rig and planning our Summer adventure. The photos below are from Red Canyon, Utah it was the last hike we did before we left Utah in September of 2018. We hiked the Tunnel Trail which is a half mile round trip and 253 ft. elevation gain. It’s a beautiful and easy hike. We also hiked the Photo Trail which is also an easy hike that goes throw the Hoodoo’s.
The Photo Trail.
Grand Canyon North Rim.
After hiking the Narrows at Zion National Park we spent the night in Hurricane Utah and drove down to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon the next day.
The Full-Time RV Lifestyle.
Life is a series of choices, the better you know yourself the more likely you are to make choices that make you happy as apposed to unhappy. It doesn’t matter whether you live in sticks and bricks or an RV there will be choices to make. The big difference is that you have more options available to you to changes your circumstance when you live in an RV. Make no mistake though life is still about choices, things still break, people still get sick, and life is still life.
I like to dream, its free and fun and there is only one rule; when your dream about all the things you want to do there are no excuses allowed! You know that little voice inside your head that tells you “you can’t” or “you won’t”. When you dream everything is possible! The real fun comes when you believe anything is possible and you stumble on to that dream that ignites your passion, gives you the motivation to chase that dream and before you know it your life has taken a new path towards happiness.
The Full-Time RV lifestyle is a DIY Adventure! Living in an RV is not a one size fits all experience. You will bring your up-bring, life experiences and your skill set to the party and from there one day at time you will build your own Full-Time RV lifestyle. Like anything worth having you will have to work for it, just remember to slow down and enjoy the scenery its about the journey not the destination.
For us we have been to some of the most beautiful places in the United States just check out the archives to see the pictures. This has been an amazing lifestyle for us our only regret is at times we are so far away from our family and our friends with miss them deeply.
Full-Timing with Jesus 