Staying Ahead of the Storm

I checked the weather report this morning and learned there is a strong wind storm forecast for tomorrow - which was when we had planned to go to Yuma. As you can imagine, driving the motorhome in high winds is not the best idea. So we decided to come to Yuma today to stay ahead of the storm. We are now parked at the Pilot Knob RV Park in Winterhaven, CA (about 5 miles outside of Yuma).

We were able to make dentist appointments in Algodones for tomorrow and we'll have the roof repair touch up done on Wednesday. If all goes well, we'll be back in Casa Grande and settled in at Palm Creek RV park by Halloween.

Long Drive, Long Day

Wow! We covered about 500 miles today in about 9 hours. We haven't gone that far in one day in a looooooong time. Usually we try to limit our travel to about 4 hours a day or less.

We originally figured we'd only go about 280 miles today and get to Lordsburg, New Mexico. But when we got close to Lordsburg at around 2:00, we were both feeling pretty fresh and alert and decided to just keep on going all the way to Casa Grande, AZ. We'll spend the next three nights here, then go to Yuma for a touch up on the roof repairs they did last year.

We'll also try to fit in a quick visit to the dentist we saw in Algodones, Mexico last year. Then it will be back to Casa Grande where we plan to spend the majority of this winter.

On the Road Again

After a month of enjoying the peaceful atmosphere and wonderful weather in Kerrville, Texas we are on the road again making our way toward Arizona where we plan to spend most of the winter.

Tom drove about 350 miles today to get us to Van Horn, Texas; the first stopover on our journey west. We'd been a little nervous about today because of all the problems we had with the motorhome just before we got to Kerrville. But all went smoothly and the motorhome ran perfectly. Praise God! We both feel like a huge weight has lifted off our shoulders and we can relax and enjoy the next few days of travel.

Being Lazy

Our time here in Kerrville has been very uneventful, and that's just what we were hoping for. We were both pretty burned out from all the touring we did this summer, so we needed this down time. We've been here for three weeks so far and most of our days have been spent just relaxing. Tom is spending a lot of time fishing in the stream that runs through the park and I've managed to read 5 or 6 books already. We did visit our friends Roland and Elizabeth for a couple of days. And today we took a drive to Medina to the Love Creek Orchard Bakery to get one oftheir fabulous (and huge) apple pies.


We have one more week here, then we head to Arizona where we plan to spend the next five months.

Coast to Coast

On Jan 1, 2009 we were in Palm Springs, California. Late April found us in Florida and by mid August, we were in Belfast, Maine. Wow! We really put on the miles this year. All in all, we covered over 7000 miles in the motorhome and visited (or at least drove through) 28 states.

I keep a map in the "Where are We Now" block on the side bar of this blog showing the routes we've taken and where we've stayed along the way. I had to start a new map since we are now overlapping the route from earlier this year. But here is the map from January through now. You can zoom in on the map amd drag it around to see more detail if you are interested.



View January '09 to September '09 in a larger map