Wall Sized Murals

Jim and I spent over 5 hours at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.  Thhe museum has a wonderful buffet lunch just like their art.  The conference room is adorned with 4 wall sized murals.  Look at Jim below the mural to judge the size.

National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum

Arrived in Oklahoma City with a threatening storm coming our way.  The Pardini's and us had a great time visiting and sharing some wine.  That evening the sky went BOOM, BANG, and poured!  

The next day it continued to poured, so we planned on an indoor activity to wait our the storm.  Good call. We made it to the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.  It was wonderful!

As you enter the building, you see "The End of the Trail" sculpture which is as tall as the trees behind the windows.  It was meant to be cast in bronze, but the sculptor, James Fraser, left it in the original plaster do to the shortage of metal during World War 1.  This original statue sat in Visalia, CA, was replacedwith a bronze replica.

Next, we went through exhibits of Ansel Adams photography and "Madonnas of the Prairie".  Then off to western art by Charles Russell and Frederic Remington.  One exhibition housed a fronteir town called Prosperity.

Jim jailed!

400 Mile Days

Sometimes you just got to do it.  We left Casa Grande, AZ and traveled to Elephant Butte, New Mexico.  That was 380 miles.  Nothing in between to see or do.  The campground, Elephant Butte Lake RV Resort, was nice and had a tavern across the street where we got 10% off for staying at the campground.

The next day we drove to Amarillo, Texas which was 420 miles.  Along the way, we stopped in Santa Rosa, New Mexico, to have lunch.  While we were eating, a Discovery motor home with California plates drove by the restaurant.  A few minutes later it drove by again.  It looked very familiar, but we could not place it.  After we got to Amarillo, Jim read an email message that the people that drove by in the Discovery motor home were Bill and Meg Pardini.  They are in our Discovery California Chapter.  They were also camping in Amarillo but at a different park.  By the way, Oasis Rv Resort is a very nice park.

We both were going to Oklahoma City the next day, so we stayed at the same campground.

Camp Freightliner

After Sedona, we drove back to Phoenix to get an alignment on the motor home.  Next, we drove to Casa Grande so that Jim could attend Camp Freightliner.  He learned a lot!

Dream Campground

As you see, we are parked under some cottonwood trees with our own patio in park surroundings.  Nesting in the trees are great blue herons.  They do make a pooppie mess but are awesome to watch, especially flying from tree to tree.  There are no trains, planes, or automobiles.  Very tranquil place!  I'll be back to Rancho Sedona RV Park.

Dream House

While we were at the Chapel of the Holy Cross, I saw my dream home.

Chapel of the Holy Cross

In 1956, construction of the Chapel of the Holy Cross was completed. The chapel rises 70 feet out of a 1,000-foot redrock cliff.

It is a Roman Catholic chapel.  There are no masses held but it does have candles to light, Stations of the Cross, and places to pray.

4 Wheeling Soldier Pass Road

Beautiful Sedona

Sedona, AZ is amazing! I believe that it is one of the most spectacular places I have ever seen.

Arizona Travels

When we left Yuma, off we went to Lake Havasu.  We stayed at Lake Havasu State Park. Clean, spacious, water front sites.  While we were there the winds were more than 40 miles per hour. We stayed an extra day, waiting for the winds to die down.  Good place to stay!

Next, we traveled to Prescott, AZ.  The idea was to go to the Grand Canyon but 50 degree weather during the day, high winds, and below freezing temperatures at night didn't sound fun. Prescott was a good choice.  We took a day trip to Jerome which is a mining town built into the mountains.  We visited the Gold King Mine.

Patrick's ride!

Going Hunting, Jim?

Entertained by a cock fight.

Greeted by the Lady of the Night.

My brother Mike would appreciate this.

Pedro Gonzales Gonzales Gonzales

Classic RV in Jerome, AZ

Off to Bar Harbor

April 5th was our depature date for Bar Harbor.  We made some brief stops in Santa Barbara, Whittier, and Indio. Arrived in Yuma, AZ on the 7th.  We were following GPS to the RV park, but ended up on a deadend dirt road next to the Border Patrol Station.  We unhooked the jeep and Jim made a 3 point turn to turn around with the Border Patrol Agents laughing at us. 

Finally, we made it to the RV park to attend the Fleetwood Western Rally.  Out of 83 rigs attending the rally, 7 of them were from our Discovery California Chapter.  The rally was fun, educational, and our chapter raised $1000 for the Hunger Project in Yuma.