#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.

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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.

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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.

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The colors and textures of a Spring Desert.

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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.

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The crowd is growing and so is the anticipation and off in the distance you can see character balloons being inflated.

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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.

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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.

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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.

 

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 .

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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.

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Crystal Cove is a great little State Park right on the coast.

 

A couple of random shots taken.

Monarch Butterfly sitting on a flower.

 

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Summer in Southern California.

This is our spot at the campground we are staying at in Sam Dimas.

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Walking around the rv park you get these great aerial views of Puddingstone Lake.            ( Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park) 

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In the distance you can see Brackett Field a small airport in the city of La Verne.

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In our section the wildlife is pretty tame.

Cotton Tail Rabbit in the grass.Squirrel seatting on a rock surrounded by plants.Two Birds Feeding at a Bird Feeder.

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.

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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.

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The Photo Trail.

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The Narrows, Zion National Park

Hiking the Narrows was beautiful and challenging with the current in the river and the bottom full of rocks keeping a good footing was interesting. We used one walking stick if we had to do it again we would use two. We have been trying to do this hike for a couple of years now but the Narrows have been closed when we’re in town. It was well worth the wait.

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