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
Trip Log
May 20, 2007
We had planned on taking the Navajo trail into Colorado but since we had done that with the kids years ago, we decided to take a short trip and visit the Petrified Forest tomorrow. So we packed up the trailer and moved to the OK RV Park in Holbrook, AZ just 85 miles away. We took I-40 and somet
May 20, 2007
We got up early (for us) and went up Rt 180 to the Grand Canyon. The mountains were very scenic and there was even snow on some of them near the Arizona Snow Bowl ski resort. We parked the truck and hiked and rode natural gas busses around. We saw Elk, both dead and alive, as well as Californ
May 20, 2007
We decided to take a day trip to the Grand Canyon rather than dragging the trailer up there. Our spot at Mund's was reserved by someone else so, rather than moving to a different spot, we moved to a new park in Flagstaff which was closer to the canyon and on our future route. Since the move was
May 17, 2007
Today we took a back road to Sedona. It was the best way to get our first view of the town. We wound down from the high mountain forest on precipitous roads through red canyons with beautiful views of the town and the surrounding countryside. It has got to be one of, if not the most beautiful
May 16, 2007
We checked into Munds Park at about noon today and after we set up we went into Flagstaff about 15 miles north on I-17. Flagstaff is a great mountain city (7,000 ft.) and ski and college town. It was created by the railroads in the late 1800s and a large freight train goes throught every 10 mi
May 16, 2007
This morning we headed toward Phoenix. I wanted to spend some time visiting there but I-10 and I-17 snaked through most of the town so we saw what we wanted. We stopped at the Pioneer RV park just north of Phoenix and could have come back but did not want to deal with the traffic. As a matter
May 14, 2007
Starting with a leisurely morning where we had a chance to catch up with finances and financial planning, we were off to the Saguaro National Park west of Tucson. On the way we went by the Old Tucson movie studio in the desert where they have filmed many movies.
May 13, 2007
Today we went to an old (1636) mission out in the desert south of Tucson. As is our way, we took a roundabout way to see more sights, both expected and unexpected.
May 12, 2007
We left Deming this morning and followed I-10 to the west. We crossed the continental divide and then entered Arizona. We gained another hour because, although we are still in the Mountain time zone, Arizona does not observe daylight savings time so they didn't 'spring forward' with the rest of