MARCH 25, 2012 SUNDAY
NAPERVILLE,IL
MADE THE TRIP FROM THE CAPE TO NAPERVILLE. FIRST STOP AFTER DISCONNECTING THE CAR AND PUTTING THE COACH IN THE BARN WAS DINNER AT ANGELI'S. GREAT AS EXPECTED! NICE TO SEE PETE AGAIN.
NO SURPRISES ON THE RIDE HOME, EVERYTHING WORKED WELL, THE COACH GOT A WELL DESERVED BATH IN BLOOMINGTON.
ILLINOIS INTERSTATE PAVEMENT IS NOT TOO BAD, LOTS OF NEW AND LOTS MORE COMING THIS SUMMER.
I WILL STILL HAVE TO DO SOME BUG REMOVAL TOMORROW.
WE HAD NO LANE CLOSURES ON THE WAY HOME TODAY, IT WON'T BE THAT WAY TOMORROW I BETCHA.
ANYWAY THAT IS IT FOR NOW, I WILL CHECK MY NOTES AND SEE IF I MISSED ANYTHING AND WILL ADD THAT LATER.
BYE BYE FOR NOW
ART
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Saturday, March 24, 2012
ON TO THE CAPE [NOT THAT ONE]
SATURDAY MARCH 23, 2012
CAPE GIRARDEAU MO.
TODAY WE LEFT TEXAS BLEW THROUGH ARKANSAS AND ON TO MISSOURI.
IF TEXAS HAS GREAT ROADS = ARKANSAS NOT SO MUCH.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE MAYBE THE MOST INTERESTING INTERSTATE INTERCHANGE, TAKE A LOOK AT THE ONE WHERE I 30 & I 440 BYPASS GOES AROUND LITTLE ROCK, IT GOES FOR MILES IN MANY DIRECTIONS AND AT MULTIPLE LEVELS ALL OVER WATER = WOW
445 MILES TODAY WE ARRIVED IN THE CAPE AT ABOUT 4:45 = HOOKED UP AND MADE A PIZZA.
MY DEAD BUGS WOULD AGREE THAT THIS WINDSHIELD IS A KILLER = WASHED IT TONIGHT BECAUSE I WOULD NOT BE SEEING VERY WELL THE WAY IT WAS.
QUESTION = WHAT IS TH LAST THING THAT GOES THROUGH THE MIND OF A BUG JUST BEFORE IT HITS THE WINDSHIELD?
TOMORROW = HOMEWARD BOUND = A WASH JOB IN BLOOMINGTON FIRST.
ART
CAPE GIRARDEAU MO.
TODAY WE LEFT TEXAS BLEW THROUGH ARKANSAS AND ON TO MISSOURI.
IF TEXAS HAS GREAT ROADS = ARKANSAS NOT SO MUCH.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE MAYBE THE MOST INTERESTING INTERSTATE INTERCHANGE, TAKE A LOOK AT THE ONE WHERE I 30 & I 440 BYPASS GOES AROUND LITTLE ROCK, IT GOES FOR MILES IN MANY DIRECTIONS AND AT MULTIPLE LEVELS ALL OVER WATER = WOW
445 MILES TODAY WE ARRIVED IN THE CAPE AT ABOUT 4:45 = HOOKED UP AND MADE A PIZZA.
MY DEAD BUGS WOULD AGREE THAT THIS WINDSHIELD IS A KILLER = WASHED IT TONIGHT BECAUSE I WOULD NOT BE SEEING VERY WELL THE WAY IT WAS.
QUESTION = WHAT IS TH LAST THING THAT GOES THROUGH THE MIND OF A BUG JUST BEFORE IT HITS THE WINDSHIELD?
TOMORROW = HOMEWARD BOUND = A WASH JOB IN BLOOMINGTON FIRST.
ART
Friday, March 23, 2012
A DAY AS PLANNED
FRIDAY MARCH 23
TEXARKANA TEXAS
THE ABILENE DEPARTURE WAS ABOUT 9:15 AM AS PLANNED. WE NEEDED TO TRAVEL TO TEXARKANA TODAY.
THE WEATHER WAS GREAT AND LET ME SAY THIS ABOUT TEXAS ROADS = THEY ARE ABOUT 99% GREAT =.
THE DRIVERS HERE EVEN KNOW HOW TO MERGE WITH 80 MPH TRAFFIC, [YES THAT IS THE INTERSTATE SPEED LIMIT] THEY ACTUALLY ACCELERATE TO MATCH THE SPEED OF THE TRAFFIC UNLIKE ILLINOIS DRIVERS THAT IN SOME CASES GO TO THE END OF THE RAMP AND STOP.
TODAY WAS ABOUT 7.5 - 8 HOUR DRIVE. A STOP AT A PILOT FUEL STATION AT ABOUT 2:30 PROVED INTERESTING. THE PLACE WAS PACKED WITH SEMIS AND ONE MOTOR COACH, WE PARKED AWAY FROM THE MAIN AREA AND AGAINST A CURB AND OPENED THE DRIVERS SIDE SLIDE OUT TO HAVE A LITTLE LUNCH, LITTLE DID WE KNOW THIS WAS THE MAIN ENTRANCE AND EXIT FOR TRUCKS THAT WERE NOT GETTING FUEL. THE DRIVEWAY WAS WIDE ENOUGH FOR AT LEAST 4 TRUCKS TO PASS AND NOW WE MADE IT 3. SOME UNHAPPY FACES WERE SEEN BUT I HAD NO OTHER PLACE TO PARK AS THIS FACILITY WAS A BACK IN STYLE TO PARK THE RIGS.
THE COACH CAN'T BACK UP WITH THE CAR ATTACHED SO WE NEED A DRIVE THRU.
AFTER LUNCH WE GOT BACK ON THE I30 AND ARRIVED AT THE SHADY PINES RV PARK IN TEXARKANA TX. THIS IS A NEW PARK WITH EXCELLENT FACILITIES, BATH ROOMS AND SHOWERS JUST LIKE HOME.
WHEN IT WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NO ONE THOUGHT TO WIRE IN A CABLE TV SYSTEM AND NOW THEY SAY IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE TO INSTALL. THERE IS FREE WY FI HOWEVER.
LAST NIGHT WE HAD STEAKS DELIVERED. TONIGHT I ASKED THE FRONT DESK IF ANY RESTAURANTS DELIVERED AND SHE SAID YES PIZZA HUT.
I WAS AGAIN READING THE PARKS BROCHURE AND SAW AN AD FOR "THE POINT" A FISH HOUSE AND FRIDAY WAS AN ALL YOU CAN EAT CATFISH FRY. I CALLED AND ASKED IF THEY COULD DELIVER IT 3 MILES UP THE ROAD TO THE SHADY PINES?
THE PERSON I SPOKE WITH SAYS WE DON'T NORMALLY DELIVER BUT THEY DO TO GO ORDERS. SHE SAID SHE WOULD ASK THE OWNER AND GUESS WHAT = 30 MINUTES LATER IT WAS AT OUR DOOR. THE CATFISH WAS HOT AND FRESH, NOT OVER COOKED AND, THE ORDER CAME WITH 7 FILETS EACH ALONG WITH HUSHPUPPIES, FRIES AND COLESLAW ALL FOR $25 INCLUDING A NICE TIP.
AS YOU ALL KNOW I ALWAYS "HAVE MY ASK IN GEAR"
TOMORROW TO CAPE GIRARDEAU MO.
ART
TEXARKANA TEXAS
THE ABILENE DEPARTURE WAS ABOUT 9:15 AM AS PLANNED. WE NEEDED TO TRAVEL TO TEXARKANA TODAY.
THE WEATHER WAS GREAT AND LET ME SAY THIS ABOUT TEXAS ROADS = THEY ARE ABOUT 99% GREAT =.
THE DRIVERS HERE EVEN KNOW HOW TO MERGE WITH 80 MPH TRAFFIC, [YES THAT IS THE INTERSTATE SPEED LIMIT] THEY ACTUALLY ACCELERATE TO MATCH THE SPEED OF THE TRAFFIC UNLIKE ILLINOIS DRIVERS THAT IN SOME CASES GO TO THE END OF THE RAMP AND STOP.
TODAY WAS ABOUT 7.5 - 8 HOUR DRIVE. A STOP AT A PILOT FUEL STATION AT ABOUT 2:30 PROVED INTERESTING. THE PLACE WAS PACKED WITH SEMIS AND ONE MOTOR COACH, WE PARKED AWAY FROM THE MAIN AREA AND AGAINST A CURB AND OPENED THE DRIVERS SIDE SLIDE OUT TO HAVE A LITTLE LUNCH, LITTLE DID WE KNOW THIS WAS THE MAIN ENTRANCE AND EXIT FOR TRUCKS THAT WERE NOT GETTING FUEL. THE DRIVEWAY WAS WIDE ENOUGH FOR AT LEAST 4 TRUCKS TO PASS AND NOW WE MADE IT 3. SOME UNHAPPY FACES WERE SEEN BUT I HAD NO OTHER PLACE TO PARK AS THIS FACILITY WAS A BACK IN STYLE TO PARK THE RIGS.
THE COACH CAN'T BACK UP WITH THE CAR ATTACHED SO WE NEED A DRIVE THRU.
AFTER LUNCH WE GOT BACK ON THE I30 AND ARRIVED AT THE SHADY PINES RV PARK IN TEXARKANA TX. THIS IS A NEW PARK WITH EXCELLENT FACILITIES, BATH ROOMS AND SHOWERS JUST LIKE HOME.
WHEN IT WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NO ONE THOUGHT TO WIRE IN A CABLE TV SYSTEM AND NOW THEY SAY IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE TO INSTALL. THERE IS FREE WY FI HOWEVER.
LAST NIGHT WE HAD STEAKS DELIVERED. TONIGHT I ASKED THE FRONT DESK IF ANY RESTAURANTS DELIVERED AND SHE SAID YES PIZZA HUT.
I WAS AGAIN READING THE PARKS BROCHURE AND SAW AN AD FOR "THE POINT" A FISH HOUSE AND FRIDAY WAS AN ALL YOU CAN EAT CATFISH FRY. I CALLED AND ASKED IF THEY COULD DELIVER IT 3 MILES UP THE ROAD TO THE SHADY PINES?
THE PERSON I SPOKE WITH SAYS WE DON'T NORMALLY DELIVER BUT THEY DO TO GO ORDERS. SHE SAID SHE WOULD ASK THE OWNER AND GUESS WHAT = 30 MINUTES LATER IT WAS AT OUR DOOR. THE CATFISH WAS HOT AND FRESH, NOT OVER COOKED AND, THE ORDER CAME WITH 7 FILETS EACH ALONG WITH HUSHPUPPIES, FRIES AND COLESLAW ALL FOR $25 INCLUDING A NICE TIP.
AS YOU ALL KNOW I ALWAYS "HAVE MY ASK IN GEAR"
TOMORROW TO CAPE GIRARDEAU MO.
ART
UNEXPECTED LOADS = DON'T GO THERE
THURSDAY MARCH 23 2012
EL PASO TO ABILENE TX.
YOU KNOW IT TAKES 3 DAYS TO CROSS TEXAS AT THIS LEISURELY RATE OF TRAVEL. IT IS NICE TO SMELL THE FLOWERS ALONG THE WAY.
WE SAID GOODBY TO EL PASO AND HEADED TOWARD MIDLAND TEXAS AND ALL WAS IN ORDER HOWEVER WE FAILED TO CALL FOR A RESERVATION AND WE ROLLED INTO A VERY NICE PV PARK CALLED "THE OIL PATCH". WELL WE HEARD THAT THERE WAS AN OIL BOOM IN THE AREA. OIL BOOM? WHY IS GAS SO HIGH IN TEXAS? ANYWAY THE RV PARK WAS FULL AND HAD NO SPACE FOR A YEAR AS THE FOLKS THERE WERE WORKING ON THE OIL RIGS AND HAD LOCKED UP THEIR SPACE FOR THE LONG TERM.
POINT BEING = THERE WAS NO ROOM AT THE INN.
SO BACK INTO THE KNIGHT AND WE HEAD FOR ABILENE TX = A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY = ABOUT 150 MILES.
THE COACH ROLLED INTO THE ABILENE KOA ABOUT 7PM [3 HOURS AFTER OUR PLANED STOP AT MIDLAND]. HOOK UPS WERE COMPLETED AND NOW WHAT FOR DINNER?
WHILE READING THE KOA BROCHURE I NOTICED AN AD FOR A STEAK HOUSE THAT DELIVERED TO THE KOA, SAY WHAT??
YES THEY DO AND DID, I HAD A RIB EYE AND SANDY HAD A FILET BOTH WITH A LOADED BAKED POTATO.
THE STEAKS WERE FANTASTIC, MELT IN YOUR MOUTH FANTASTIC, COOKED TO PERFECTION.
WHODA THUNK?
ANYWAY NOW THAT YOU HAVE HAD A MOMENT TO DIGEST THE TITLE ABOVE, HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT SOME OF THE UNUSUAL MACHINERY THAT IS LOADED ON TO THESE BIG SEMIS IS FOR?
WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE PROP BLADES FOR THE WIND GENERATORS AND THE PARTS OF THE POSTS THAT THEY MOUNT ON AS WELL AS TRACTORS, PIPES, HAY BALES AND THE LIKE BUT, THERE ARE THINGS I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE FOR MUCH LESS WHAT THEY DO. I DO KNOW THAT THEY SHURE LOOK EXPENSIVE. THE CLOSED UP TRAILERS WITH NO NAMES, WHATS IN THERE?
WE CAN ASSUME WHAT A TRUCK WITH BEST BUY, OR LOWES OR HOME DEPOT IS CARRYING BUT THE CLOSED ONES?
I'M THINKING THIER ARE SOME UNEXPECTED THINGS INSIDE THOSE TRAILERS, MAYBE WE DON'T WANT TO KNOW AND I AM SURE WE DON'T NEED TO KNOW. JUST THOUGHTS.
THURSDAY TO TEXARKANA TX
ART
EL PASO TO ABILENE TX.
YOU KNOW IT TAKES 3 DAYS TO CROSS TEXAS AT THIS LEISURELY RATE OF TRAVEL. IT IS NICE TO SMELL THE FLOWERS ALONG THE WAY.
WE SAID GOODBY TO EL PASO AND HEADED TOWARD MIDLAND TEXAS AND ALL WAS IN ORDER HOWEVER WE FAILED TO CALL FOR A RESERVATION AND WE ROLLED INTO A VERY NICE PV PARK CALLED "THE OIL PATCH". WELL WE HEARD THAT THERE WAS AN OIL BOOM IN THE AREA. OIL BOOM? WHY IS GAS SO HIGH IN TEXAS? ANYWAY THE RV PARK WAS FULL AND HAD NO SPACE FOR A YEAR AS THE FOLKS THERE WERE WORKING ON THE OIL RIGS AND HAD LOCKED UP THEIR SPACE FOR THE LONG TERM.
POINT BEING = THERE WAS NO ROOM AT THE INN.
SO BACK INTO THE KNIGHT AND WE HEAD FOR ABILENE TX = A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY = ABOUT 150 MILES.
THE COACH ROLLED INTO THE ABILENE KOA ABOUT 7PM [3 HOURS AFTER OUR PLANED STOP AT MIDLAND]. HOOK UPS WERE COMPLETED AND NOW WHAT FOR DINNER?
WHILE READING THE KOA BROCHURE I NOTICED AN AD FOR A STEAK HOUSE THAT DELIVERED TO THE KOA, SAY WHAT??
YES THEY DO AND DID, I HAD A RIB EYE AND SANDY HAD A FILET BOTH WITH A LOADED BAKED POTATO.
THE STEAKS WERE FANTASTIC, MELT IN YOUR MOUTH FANTASTIC, COOKED TO PERFECTION.
WHODA THUNK?
ANYWAY NOW THAT YOU HAVE HAD A MOMENT TO DIGEST THE TITLE ABOVE, HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT SOME OF THE UNUSUAL MACHINERY THAT IS LOADED ON TO THESE BIG SEMIS IS FOR?
WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE PROP BLADES FOR THE WIND GENERATORS AND THE PARTS OF THE POSTS THAT THEY MOUNT ON AS WELL AS TRACTORS, PIPES, HAY BALES AND THE LIKE BUT, THERE ARE THINGS I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE FOR MUCH LESS WHAT THEY DO. I DO KNOW THAT THEY SHURE LOOK EXPENSIVE. THE CLOSED UP TRAILERS WITH NO NAMES, WHATS IN THERE?
WE CAN ASSUME WHAT A TRUCK WITH BEST BUY, OR LOWES OR HOME DEPOT IS CARRYING BUT THE CLOSED ONES?
I'M THINKING THIER ARE SOME UNEXPECTED THINGS INSIDE THOSE TRAILERS, MAYBE WE DON'T WANT TO KNOW AND I AM SURE WE DON'T NEED TO KNOW. JUST THOUGHTS.
THURSDAY TO TEXARKANA TX
ART
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
INTERSTATE 10
MARCH 21, 2012 WEDNESDAY
EL PASO TX.
THE KNIGHT HIT THE ROAD AT ABOUT 10:15 THIS MORNING, LEAVING TUCSON AZ FOR EL PASO TX ABOUT 350 MILES OR 6 HOURS WITH STOPS FOR A BITE TO EAT. WE ARRIVED AT ABOUT 5PM.
THE ROUTE TOOK US THRU NEW MEXICO, IT WAS FUN TO SEE THE CHANGING SCENERY OF ROCKS AND CACTUS
AS YOU MAY KNOW, SANDY AND I ARE NASCAR FANS AND WATCHED MAYBE 15 NASCAR HAULERS HEADING TO CALIFORNIA FROM PHOENIX FOR THE NEXT RACE. THESE SEMIS ARE PAINTED TO THE MAX WITH SPONSOR LOGOS AND NAMES WITH CAR NUMBERS AS WELL, THEY HAUL CARS AND PARTS FOR THE RACE CARS
AS WE PASSED THRU NEW MEXICO WE NOTED THAT OUR BORDER PATROL AGENTS ARE VERY BUSY WITH HELICOPTERS, SUVS, ROAD BLOCKS AND SNIFFING DOGS. AS YOU ALL KNOW EL PASO IS A BORDER TOWN AND WHEN WE CHECKED IN TO THE MISSION RV PARK WE WERE CAUTIONED NOT TO GO TO WAREZ MEXICO.
I WENT TO HOOK UP THE ELECTRIC SERVICE AND ALL WAS WELL, HOWEVER WHEN I TRIED TO HOOK UP THE CABLE TV CONNECTION I FOUND OUT THIS THE RV PARK PARK WAS WIRED WITH THE FEMALE END FOR HOOK UP, I HAVE ONLY SEEN THE MALE END AT CAMP SITES, EXTENSION CABLES HAVE 2 FEMALE ENDS = SOOOO = I NEEDED AN ADAPTER THAT IS EASILY AVAILABLE AT ANY RADIO SHACK BUT THAT IS SOMEWHAT INCONVENIENT TONIGHT. I WAS TELLING SANDY ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THE GUY PARKED NEXT TO US HEARD MY CONVERSATION SAID HE HAD ONE AND I COULD USE IT FO THE NIGHT = PROBLEM SOLVED.
THNK ABOUT THIS=
THERE IS TRAVEL ADVERSARY ABOUT AMERICANS TRAVELING INTO MEXICO AND TODAY I READ THAT ONE OF THE OBAMA KIDS IS VACATIONING IN MEXICO????? HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN AND WHAT DOES IT COST US FOR SECURITY?
WE ALSO SAW MILITARY ARMS TESTING GOING ON ALONG THE WAY, USING F18S AND HELICOPTERS - VERY COOL!
TOMORROW, THE KNIGHT GETS A BATH, I10 HAS A BUMPER CROP OF BUGS AND THAT POPULATION HAS BEEN SEVERELY REDUCED AS SEEN ON THE KNIGHTS WINDSHIELD AND WHEN THAT WINDSHIELD IS 100 INCHES WIDE AND 54 INCHES TALL IT TAKES A MAJOR TOLL ON BUGS.
DIESEL FUEL IN AZ AND TX IS ABOUT 75 CENTS A GALLON LESS THAN IN CALIFORNIA. I CAN'T SAY I AM HAPPY PAYING $4.14 A GALLON. OH WELL IT IS WHAT IS = I GUESS WE CAN BLAME PRESIDENT OBAMA.
SEE YOU SOON,
ART
EL PASO TX.
THE KNIGHT HIT THE ROAD AT ABOUT 10:15 THIS MORNING, LEAVING TUCSON AZ FOR EL PASO TX ABOUT 350 MILES OR 6 HOURS WITH STOPS FOR A BITE TO EAT. WE ARRIVED AT ABOUT 5PM.
THE ROUTE TOOK US THRU NEW MEXICO, IT WAS FUN TO SEE THE CHANGING SCENERY OF ROCKS AND CACTUS
AS YOU MAY KNOW, SANDY AND I ARE NASCAR FANS AND WATCHED MAYBE 15 NASCAR HAULERS HEADING TO CALIFORNIA FROM PHOENIX FOR THE NEXT RACE. THESE SEMIS ARE PAINTED TO THE MAX WITH SPONSOR LOGOS AND NAMES WITH CAR NUMBERS AS WELL, THEY HAUL CARS AND PARTS FOR THE RACE CARS
AS WE PASSED THRU NEW MEXICO WE NOTED THAT OUR BORDER PATROL AGENTS ARE VERY BUSY WITH HELICOPTERS, SUVS, ROAD BLOCKS AND SNIFFING DOGS. AS YOU ALL KNOW EL PASO IS A BORDER TOWN AND WHEN WE CHECKED IN TO THE MISSION RV PARK WE WERE CAUTIONED NOT TO GO TO WAREZ MEXICO.
I WENT TO HOOK UP THE ELECTRIC SERVICE AND ALL WAS WELL, HOWEVER WHEN I TRIED TO HOOK UP THE CABLE TV CONNECTION I FOUND OUT THIS THE RV PARK PARK WAS WIRED WITH THE FEMALE END FOR HOOK UP, I HAVE ONLY SEEN THE MALE END AT CAMP SITES, EXTENSION CABLES HAVE 2 FEMALE ENDS = SOOOO = I NEEDED AN ADAPTER THAT IS EASILY AVAILABLE AT ANY RADIO SHACK BUT THAT IS SOMEWHAT INCONVENIENT TONIGHT. I WAS TELLING SANDY ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THE GUY PARKED NEXT TO US HEARD MY CONVERSATION SAID HE HAD ONE AND I COULD USE IT FO THE NIGHT = PROBLEM SOLVED.
THNK ABOUT THIS=
THERE IS TRAVEL ADVERSARY ABOUT AMERICANS TRAVELING INTO MEXICO AND TODAY I READ THAT ONE OF THE OBAMA KIDS IS VACATIONING IN MEXICO????? HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN AND WHAT DOES IT COST US FOR SECURITY?
WE ALSO SAW MILITARY ARMS TESTING GOING ON ALONG THE WAY, USING F18S AND HELICOPTERS - VERY COOL!
TOMORROW, THE KNIGHT GETS A BATH, I10 HAS A BUMPER CROP OF BUGS AND THAT POPULATION HAS BEEN SEVERELY REDUCED AS SEEN ON THE KNIGHTS WINDSHIELD AND WHEN THAT WINDSHIELD IS 100 INCHES WIDE AND 54 INCHES TALL IT TAKES A MAJOR TOLL ON BUGS.
DIESEL FUEL IN AZ AND TX IS ABOUT 75 CENTS A GALLON LESS THAN IN CALIFORNIA. I CAN'T SAY I AM HAPPY PAYING $4.14 A GALLON. OH WELL IT IS WHAT IS = I GUESS WE CAN BLAME PRESIDENT OBAMA.
SEE YOU SOON,
ART
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
TUESDAY MARCH 20, 2012
TUCSON AZ.
HAPPY SPRING!!!
TODAY WAS GET AWAY DAY FROM OUR MOST BEAUTIFUL SURROUNDINGS FOR THE LAST 8 WEEKS : ((
THE PLAN WAS TO BE OFF THE PAD AT 9AM AND HOOKED UP TO THE CAR AND ON THE ROAD BY 10AM.
WE WERE CLOSE TO THAT AND PULLED OUT OF THE MOTORCOACH COUNTRY CLUB AT ABOUT 10:30 = NOT BAD.
WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE 90 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL AT $4.19 USING A NEW FREQUENT FUELER CARD AT "FLYING J AND PILOT" FUEL STOPS.
WE ARE MEMBERS OF "THE GOOD SAM" MOTORCOACH CLUB AND THRU THEM WE GET A 5 CENT A GALLON DISCOUNT = SWEET.
I WAS CONCERNED THAT WE WOULD BE LATE FOR OUR ARRIVAL AT THE LAZY DAYS RV CAMPGROUND IN TUCSON AZ AS THEY CLOSE AT 7 PM.
WHEN WE CROSSED THE BORDER FROM CALIFORNIA INTO ARIZONA WE SET OUR CLOCKS AHEAD 1 HOUR JUST AS WE DID WHEN WE CAME HERE IN JANUARY. GUESS WHAT ARIZONA DOESN'T DO, DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME SO WE ARRIVED EARLIER THAN EXPECTED AND WERE ABLE TO GET THE COACH SET UP AND MAKE HAPPY HOUR AT THE "FLORIZONA" RESTAURANT AND HAD A GREAT DINNER, PIKE, BAKED POTATO AND A BLUE CHEESE SALAD.
TOMORROW WE WILL VISIT THE CAMPING WORLD STORE TO PICK UP A FEW SUPPLIES.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE BAD WEATHER IN THIS AREA. THERE WAS FROST LAST NIGHT AND EXPECTED HERE TONIGHT, MANY GRAPE FARMERS HAVE LOST A GREAT PORTION OF THEIR CROPS = TOO BAD.
WHILE CHICAGO IS SETTING ALL TIME HIGH TEMPS IN THE 80'S TUCSON IS SETTING RECORDS OF COLD TEMPS.
WE CHOSE TO RETURN HOME VIA THE SOUTH ROUTE AND WHEN I SAW THE SNOW STORM IN FLAGSTAFF I MADE THE BETTER CHOICE EVEN THO IT ADDS A DAY OF TRAVEL.
MORE LATER.
ART
TUCSON AZ.
HAPPY SPRING!!!
TODAY WAS GET AWAY DAY FROM OUR MOST BEAUTIFUL SURROUNDINGS FOR THE LAST 8 WEEKS : ((
THE PLAN WAS TO BE OFF THE PAD AT 9AM AND HOOKED UP TO THE CAR AND ON THE ROAD BY 10AM.
WE WERE CLOSE TO THAT AND PULLED OUT OF THE MOTORCOACH COUNTRY CLUB AT ABOUT 10:30 = NOT BAD.
WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE 90 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL AT $4.19 USING A NEW FREQUENT FUELER CARD AT "FLYING J AND PILOT" FUEL STOPS.
WE ARE MEMBERS OF "THE GOOD SAM" MOTORCOACH CLUB AND THRU THEM WE GET A 5 CENT A GALLON DISCOUNT = SWEET.
I WAS CONCERNED THAT WE WOULD BE LATE FOR OUR ARRIVAL AT THE LAZY DAYS RV CAMPGROUND IN TUCSON AZ AS THEY CLOSE AT 7 PM.
WHEN WE CROSSED THE BORDER FROM CALIFORNIA INTO ARIZONA WE SET OUR CLOCKS AHEAD 1 HOUR JUST AS WE DID WHEN WE CAME HERE IN JANUARY. GUESS WHAT ARIZONA DOESN'T DO, DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME SO WE ARRIVED EARLIER THAN EXPECTED AND WERE ABLE TO GET THE COACH SET UP AND MAKE HAPPY HOUR AT THE "FLORIZONA" RESTAURANT AND HAD A GREAT DINNER, PIKE, BAKED POTATO AND A BLUE CHEESE SALAD.
TOMORROW WE WILL VISIT THE CAMPING WORLD STORE TO PICK UP A FEW SUPPLIES.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE BAD WEATHER IN THIS AREA. THERE WAS FROST LAST NIGHT AND EXPECTED HERE TONIGHT, MANY GRAPE FARMERS HAVE LOST A GREAT PORTION OF THEIR CROPS = TOO BAD.
WHILE CHICAGO IS SETTING ALL TIME HIGH TEMPS IN THE 80'S TUCSON IS SETTING RECORDS OF COLD TEMPS.
WE CHOSE TO RETURN HOME VIA THE SOUTH ROUTE AND WHEN I SAW THE SNOW STORM IN FLAGSTAFF I MADE THE BETTER CHOICE EVEN THO IT ADDS A DAY OF TRAVEL.
MORE LATER.
ART
Sunday, March 18, 2012
WHETHER OR NOT
SUNDAY MARCH 18, 2012
INDIO CA.
THE BEST LAID PLANS OF MICE AND MAD MEN SOMETIMES HAVE TO CHANGE.
OUR PLAN WAS TO LEAVE INDIO TODAY, SUNDAY = BUT = THE WEATHER FORECAST FOR OUR TRIP HOME WAS NOT GOOD, BIG SNOW STORM IN FLAGSTAFF AND RAIN WITH WINDY CONDITIONS ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO ST LOUIS.
WITH A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE LIKE OUR COACH, THE WIND MAKES THE TRIP HARD WORK EVEN THO WE WEIGH 33,000 POUNDS
SO----
THE NEW PLAN IS TO STAY HERE AND LEAVE ON MONDAY OR TUESDAY.
PROBLEM #2 TODAY SANDY CAME DOWN WITH A FLU BUG THAT IS RUNNING AROUND THE VALLEY. SOME OF THE BIG TIME TENNIS PLAYERS THAT ARE HERE FOR AN INTERNATIONAL MATCH [WATCHING ROGER FEDERER AT THIS TIME] HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PLAY DUE TO THE BUG.
IN INDIO TODAY, IT IS COOLER THAN IN CHICAGO!!! I BELIEVE THIS IS THE SECOND OR THIRD DAY WITH A LITTLE RAIN AND OVER CAST.
IN THE SEARCH FOR A BAD RESTAURANT, WE HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.
INSTEAD WE WE HAVE SELECTED OUR THREE FAVORITES:
JACALOPE RANCH IS #1 =
FANTASTIC STICK CALAMARI THAT IS AN APPETIZER TO DIE FOR. AN OUTDOOR PATIO THAT HAS THE MOST AMAZING WATERFALLS AND BEAUTIFUL GARDEN ART THAT WOULD BE HARD TO BEAT ANYWHERE.
SERVICE AND FOOD IS GREAT. BARBECUE AT IT'S BEST.
THE CLIFF HOUSE IS #2 =
AS THE NAME IMPLIES, THE RESTAURANT IS BUILT INTO THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN WITH WATERFALLS RUNNING THROUGH THE LOBBY AND NEXT TO THE OUTDOOR PATIO.
MAYBE THE BEST HAPPY HOUR IN THE AREA AND ALL DAY ON SUNDAY.
THE FOOD AND SERVICE IS GREAT AND THE OWNERS RESPOND TO THE CUSTOMERS = HERE IS THAT STORY:
THE FIRST TIME WE WENT TO THE CLIFF HOUSE WE HAD DIRTY MARTINIS WITH BLUE CHEESE OLIVES, THE BARTENDER SAID THAT IT WOULD BE A MINUTE OR TWO FOR THE OLIVES BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE MADE IN THE KITCHEN = NO PROBLEM.
THE NEXT TIME WE WENT THERE WE WERE AT A TABLE AND ORDERED THE SAME AND THE WAITER SAID THEY DON'T HAVE BLUE CHEESE OLIVES AND THAT THEY COULD NOT MAKE THEM EITHER. AFTER SOME CONVERSATION THE WAITER BROUGHT SANDY AN OLIVE AND BLUE CHEESE "KIT" SO SHE COULD STUFF THE HERSELF.
ON THE WAY WE SPOKE WITH ONE OF THE OWNERS = GUESS WHAT = THERE ARE NOW B/C OLIVES AT THE BAR.
THE CRAB POT IS #3
THIS CUTE LITTLE RESTAURANT IS LOCATED IN OLD TOWN INDIO AND SERVES A CALAMARI STEAK WITH CAPERS = WOW!
A NICE HEATED PATIO ROUNDS OUT THE PLACE.
HONORABLE MENTION GOES TO LAMP POST PIZZA AND BREWERY
A GREAT SPOT FOR LUNCH AND WE WERE THERE SEVERAL TIMES AS WELL AS YESTERDAY FOR SOME GREEN BEER.
I NEED TO GET BACK TO THE WEATHER AND TRY TO SET OUR DEPARTURE TIME.
ART
INDIO CA.
THE BEST LAID PLANS OF MICE AND MAD MEN SOMETIMES HAVE TO CHANGE.
OUR PLAN WAS TO LEAVE INDIO TODAY, SUNDAY = BUT = THE WEATHER FORECAST FOR OUR TRIP HOME WAS NOT GOOD, BIG SNOW STORM IN FLAGSTAFF AND RAIN WITH WINDY CONDITIONS ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO ST LOUIS.
WITH A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE LIKE OUR COACH, THE WIND MAKES THE TRIP HARD WORK EVEN THO WE WEIGH 33,000 POUNDS
SO----
THE NEW PLAN IS TO STAY HERE AND LEAVE ON MONDAY OR TUESDAY.
PROBLEM #2 TODAY SANDY CAME DOWN WITH A FLU BUG THAT IS RUNNING AROUND THE VALLEY. SOME OF THE BIG TIME TENNIS PLAYERS THAT ARE HERE FOR AN INTERNATIONAL MATCH [WATCHING ROGER FEDERER AT THIS TIME] HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PLAY DUE TO THE BUG.
IN INDIO TODAY, IT IS COOLER THAN IN CHICAGO!!! I BELIEVE THIS IS THE SECOND OR THIRD DAY WITH A LITTLE RAIN AND OVER CAST.
IN THE SEARCH FOR A BAD RESTAURANT, WE HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.
INSTEAD WE WE HAVE SELECTED OUR THREE FAVORITES:
JACALOPE RANCH IS #1 =
FANTASTIC STICK CALAMARI THAT IS AN APPETIZER TO DIE FOR. AN OUTDOOR PATIO THAT HAS THE MOST AMAZING WATERFALLS AND BEAUTIFUL GARDEN ART THAT WOULD BE HARD TO BEAT ANYWHERE.
SERVICE AND FOOD IS GREAT. BARBECUE AT IT'S BEST.
THE CLIFF HOUSE IS #2 =
AS THE NAME IMPLIES, THE RESTAURANT IS BUILT INTO THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN WITH WATERFALLS RUNNING THROUGH THE LOBBY AND NEXT TO THE OUTDOOR PATIO.
MAYBE THE BEST HAPPY HOUR IN THE AREA AND ALL DAY ON SUNDAY.
THE FOOD AND SERVICE IS GREAT AND THE OWNERS RESPOND TO THE CUSTOMERS = HERE IS THAT STORY:
THE FIRST TIME WE WENT TO THE CLIFF HOUSE WE HAD DIRTY MARTINIS WITH BLUE CHEESE OLIVES, THE BARTENDER SAID THAT IT WOULD BE A MINUTE OR TWO FOR THE OLIVES BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE MADE IN THE KITCHEN = NO PROBLEM.
THE NEXT TIME WE WENT THERE WE WERE AT A TABLE AND ORDERED THE SAME AND THE WAITER SAID THEY DON'T HAVE BLUE CHEESE OLIVES AND THAT THEY COULD NOT MAKE THEM EITHER. AFTER SOME CONVERSATION THE WAITER BROUGHT SANDY AN OLIVE AND BLUE CHEESE "KIT" SO SHE COULD STUFF THE HERSELF.
ON THE WAY WE SPOKE WITH ONE OF THE OWNERS = GUESS WHAT = THERE ARE NOW B/C OLIVES AT THE BAR.
THE CRAB POT IS #3
THIS CUTE LITTLE RESTAURANT IS LOCATED IN OLD TOWN INDIO AND SERVES A CALAMARI STEAK WITH CAPERS = WOW!
A NICE HEATED PATIO ROUNDS OUT THE PLACE.
HONORABLE MENTION GOES TO LAMP POST PIZZA AND BREWERY
A GREAT SPOT FOR LUNCH AND WE WERE THERE SEVERAL TIMES AS WELL AS YESTERDAY FOR SOME GREEN BEER.
I NEED TO GET BACK TO THE WEATHER AND TRY TO SET OUR DEPARTURE TIME.
ART
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