To the Moon, Mary

Well that is Moon House.  We are still in Blanding and had a "guided" tour by one of our jeep members, Jean & Sherm who have been traveling the backroads for 30+ years.  We were privileged to visit several Indian ruins, Moon House, River House, saw ancient petroglyphs and followed the Mormon trail thru this area witnessing some of the obstacles these immigrants faced----all in the comfort of our jeep!!  What a history lesson we got.  Enjoy the pictures but seeing them in person gives you a feeling of awe.

Blanding Ut, April 10, 2011 Let It Smow

OMG, it snowed here yesterday in fact it was snowing sideways because the wind was blowing so hard, burrrrrr.  Since we had nothing else to do, we all , there were 8 jeeps, headed up to Monticello, Ut and joined in a protest against BLM closing areas to motorized vehicles.  Approx 200 plus people showed up on motorcycles, quads, jeeps and we had police escort down Hwy 191 to to BLM office.  When  we got to the BLM office there were about 8 people there with their signs protesting us...they want the area closed to motorized vehicles and only accessible by foot or horse.  It was a peaceful demonstration and this is not just happening in Utah, it is happening all over the country.

More Pictures

Here are a few more pictures of our trip.

Pictures

This is our view from the camp at Monument Valley

Friday, April 8th-Blanding, Ut

Did you think we got lost?  Or dropped off the earth??  Well we could have been, no internet service or very little cell service.  We left Chino Valley, meet jeep friends at Cameron Trading Post.  From there we headed to Monument Valley, should I say Magnificent Monument Valley.  Just beautiful.  We camped right in front of the West Mitten, for years I called it the left and right Mittens but guess they are the East and West, oh well. The sunset was beautiful.   Then we headed to Mexican Hat, Utah where we did some off roading.   What spectacular views in this area.  Sad to say the Grand Canyon gets all the glory but I am telling you there are just as beautiful canyons all throughout this area.  We are now settled in Blanding for the next 7 days, will do some more off roading, playing cards/games, laundry and taking in the local flavor.  The weather has been so so.  Some good days, some fair days and some bad windy days......

Bakersfield or Bust

Traveling down beautiful Hwy 99, just joking my teeth are chattering from all the bumps.  California has the worst roads and probably the most vehicles using them.  Where does our road tax money go? 

This is the fastest I have ever packed the motorhome.  Had a girl's day with Hope & Jackie....all day Thursday, went to dinner with Sue to celebrate her birthday, got home at 9pm watched American Idol, did two loads of laundry and thought "When in the world am I going to pack the motorhome for departure on Friday"???  We pulled out of our driveway at 10am on Friday, right on schedule but I have no idea what I threw into the motorhome...........hope I didn't forget anything important!!  So would love to get to Techapai tonight and then heading to Chino Valley to visit Deb.  MM

On The Road

We are going to Oregon to have our oil changed.....who's afraid of high fuel costs.....apparently not us!!