Camping in Arkansas, just across the river from Memphis. Went downtown and walked Beale street and had fried catfish at the Blues Cafe. We saw the river, mud island and the riverboats and then watched the ducks march at the Peabody.
Trip Log
June 4, 2007
June 2, 2007
As you can gather from the title, we left Santa Fe and the mountains behind and have been following I-40 on our way to Nashville to visit John and Donna Diewald. Other than enjoying the campgrounds in the cities mentioned the only touring we have done is the National Memorial in Oklahoma city.
May 30, 2007
We spent the day walking around old Santa Fe. Tonight we are in the Rancheros de Santa Fe campground. Part of the Clint Eastwood movie "Every which way but loose" was filmed here. We plan on getting to Amarillo tomorrow.
May 29, 2007
Yesterday we drove through the mountains to Chama, NM and today we drove through the mountains to Taos. The roads were windy but empty. The aspens have new leaves and the grass is new and bright green. The scenery is spectacular. In Chama we walked the town, hiked into an elk viewing area and
May 27, 2007
Yesterday we camped at the Desert Rose in Bloomfield, NM. We went into Farmington where they were having their annual Riverfest. It was a large park on the Animas river and we got plenty of hiking. The food and entertainment were great as well. Today we went to Chaco Canyon. It was a very in
May 26, 2007
We drove into Cortez this morning planning a quiet day. But, when we saw the big map on the visitors' center wall off we went. We went northeast through Dolores and Telluride to Ridgway. Then down through Ouray and Silverton to Durango and then back to Mesa Verde. We went up and down through
May 24, 2007
Today was a beautiful day. It was warm, the sun was out, the sky was blue, the valleys were green and the mountains were brown on the bottom and bright white on top. We went to Mancos to top off with diesel and then stopped at a trading post with LARGE arrows stuck in the ground and bought a co
May 23, 2007
Today was a rainy, cold, overcast day so we postponed the visit to Mesa Verde until better weather. We are going to stay here a couple of extra days to visit and rest. Last night and today the temperature never got above 40 but the heater and fireplace kept us toasty. We drove to Durango and w
May 22, 2007
We left Holbrook looking to an 80 degree sunny day and arrived at Mesa Verde to snow in the air and 40 degrees. On the way back from the hot tub tonight we looked up to the mesa and it was white on top because the trees were covered in wet snow.
May 21, 2007
Today we drove about 25 miles northeast of Holbrook to the Painted Desert and then drove south to the Petrified Forest which is part of the same park. It is unbelievable how much the petrified logs look like real wood. Tomorrow we will be leaving Holbrook and moving to the Mesa Verde RV Park in