May 9, 2012
Hi all our friends and family,
Susan and I are still at the Zion National Park. We are staying at a wonderful RV park near the south entrance to the park. It is hard to describe how different the landscape and terrain is compared to our lush northwest forests. Here the absolute stark beauty of the flat top buttes in their beautiful red ochre colors are. It is truly a majestic park area that everyone needs to see at least once in their lifetime. Sweet SuzziB and I took a 50 mile ride up to the Kalob Resevoir. The elevation of the reservoir is at 9000 feet above sea level. That is 4500 feet higher than the Summit of Stevens Pass and 2000 feet higher than the top of 7th Heaven at the Pass. We rode up the twisty mountain road in awe at the sight of the canyons and rock mountains. The cactus were in bloom, small black eyed Susans, many purple and white fields of flowers, and a lot of bright yellow and neon red blooms in the higher elevation meadows. We are off to Page, Arizona on Saturday morning. Page is close to Lake Powell. We will be staying at the Wahweap RV park there. I am including in todays post some shots from this area and some from the RV park.
More Later,
PS: I have to wait for a faster connection in order to upload some of the pictures. The connection keeps timing out
Thursday, May 10, 2012
April 29, 2012
We are in Hagerman, Idaho staying at a nice RV spot that has lots of grass and trees. Susan and I took a great ride on the Road King this morning into Bliss, Idaho. The weather is fantastic with a clear blue sky and warm temperatures. Idaho is a no helmet state, however, we opted for brain buckets and leathers. The little town of Bliss is having a fund raising weekend to benefit a little gal with cancer. They had a Harley ride on Saturday with an auction today. We decided that we would have to be gone from friends and family for 3 months to see all the things we want to see on this journey. The conclusion of our discussion is to make a list of absolute must see for this journey saving other spots for later trips. The Winnebago is a very nice way to travel. The rv parks are quite reasonable with most offering free Wi-Fi along with other amenities. Our first stay was in a little county fairground park south of The Dalles off the junction of Hwy We were the only ones in the park other than 3 construction guys who are in the process of building 40 new pads complete with all the amenities. It was nice to let Cody and Dexter run without leashes in the park.
We move on to Utah and the great Zion National Park from here.
We are in Hagerman, Idaho staying at a nice RV spot that has lots of grass and trees. Susan and I took a great ride on the Road King this morning into Bliss, Idaho. The weather is fantastic with a clear blue sky and warm temperatures. Idaho is a no helmet state, however, we opted for brain buckets and leathers. The little town of Bliss is having a fund raising weekend to benefit a little gal with cancer. They had a Harley ride on Saturday with an auction today. We decided that we would have to be gone from friends and family for 3 months to see all the things we want to see on this journey. The conclusion of our discussion is to make a list of absolute must see for this journey saving other spots for later trips. The Winnebago is a very nice way to travel. The rv parks are quite reasonable with most offering free Wi-Fi along with other amenities. Our first stay was in a little county fairground park south of The Dalles off the junction of Hwy We were the only ones in the park other than 3 construction guys who are in the process of building 40 new pads complete with all the amenities. It was nice to let Cody and Dexter run without leashes in the park.
We move on to Utah and the great Zion National Park from here.
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