Palm Desert CA

We have been at Palm Desert for a couple of weeks and are leaving tomorrow. We have been relaxing and enjoying the nice sunny weather.

On Wednesday, we drove to "The Slabs" over near Niland, CA. On the way, we stopped at one of the state parks on the Salton Sea.

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This was the first time I have seen a beach made of barnacles!


Just before The Slabs is Salvation Mountain.


Then we got to Slab City or 'The Slabs'.

This is the Welcome guard shack.


This is a couple of decorated vehicles and a decorated trailer.


This is the community bulletin board.


This is The Oasis, note the patio chairs.


Some areas were clean and very much like Quartzsite...




But others were unbelievably junky.



It was truly an interesting day!

Acouple of photos

This was taken at the CAT RV Engine Club rally in Hemet, CA.



This is the row of Beavers parked at FMCA convention in Pomona, CA.

We have been soooo busy!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. We went to the CAT RV Engine Club rally in Hemet, CA and from there, went to the Beaver Ambassador Club (BAC) rally in San Diego, CA, and then to Pomona, Ca to the national FMCA convention, where we are now. We are (the BAC) volunteering security at this convention.

I'll try to get some photos and post them.

Beautiful weather in So California!

When we left Quartzsite and after a couple of days at Menifee, near Hemet, both of us got the flu. The first week we were both very sick, but are better now, but seem to still have a cough hanging on.

It was pretty cool the first few days only getting into the 50's in the daytime and 30's at night. It rained on and off for the first few days also, but now has been sunny and just beautiful. Highs in the 60's and perfect.



The campground (TT Wilderness Lakes) is nice and quiet with lots of ducks and Canadian geese around. Both dogs were a bit alarmed at first at the honking, but got used to it after a day or so.




The Anheuser Busch "Budweiser" Clydesdale Breeding Farm is near here and we drove by one day to see if the horses were out. It was a sunny day and we got to see a few of them.







We are leaving here on the 11th to go into Hemet to the CAT rally.

About to Leave Quartzsite

Well, it's been a delighful 2 weeks, and we are leaving tomorrow to go to TT Wilderness Lakes for a couple of weeks and then to Hemet to the CAT rally. Should be fun!!

Her's a new plaque Gerald got for the back of the motorhome.

Quartzsite Rally-Arizona

We have been in Quartzsite since the 13th. There were almost 70 motorhomes here at the BAC Rally. It has been a great time. There are still about a dozen here and we are enjoying shopping in Quartzsite and the RV show.

We are at Indio, CA at the Western Area FMCA Rally

We are volunteering security with our club, the Beaver Ambassador Club at the Western Area FMCA Rally here in Indio, CA. The weather has been beautiful and the festival grounds are packed.

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year!

We took a walk outside of the rv park today (Thousand Trails Palm Springs) and it was clear and beautiful!



The palm trees are really lovely and we bought some of the dates that had been harvested from them. Mmmm....good!

Windy day today

On Thursday, we drove through west Texas and into New Mexico. The wind was blowing 25-35 mph so it was slow going and dusty. We stopped at Deming NM for one night - at Dreamcatcher RV Park, one of our favorite Escapee Parks. It was cold and we jumped into the jeep and went into town to eat at Irma's, a Mexican restaurant we really like.

This morning the temp was 17 degrees!! We are heading towards Quartzsite today.

On our way to our 2008 adventures

At 6:01 a.m. it started raining. We quickly got up and moved the motorhome to the asphalt and then started packing up to leave and make sure we hadn’t forgotten anything.

We drove through Austin and Fredericksburg (one of my most favorite towns) and made it to MM 349 on I-10 for the night.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Our trip to Louisiana to see Glenda's mother and sister and brother-in-law was nice. Everyone is in good health and doing well. The weather was good and the dogs enjoyed the fenced back yard a lot.

We drove to Dallas Dec 22 and had Christmas with the grandkids. They are leaving today for a ski trip. It was great and everyone had a wonderful time. We received our favorite fulltimer gift--a Walmart Gift card!

Here's Baron & Marquis wishing everyone Happy Holidays!



We are leaving on Wednesday, heading to Palm Springs.

We had a great week in Dallas with the kids and grandkids for Thanksgiving and are now in Midway for a few weeks.

We've been doing maintenance on the motorhome and Jeep and just generally hanging out and cleaning up. We have ordered a new Davis weather station so that should be fun to play with!




Happy Holidays to all of our friends and family!!

Back in Texas

We left Death Valley on Nov 11 and went with some friends to Las Vegas for a few days. We had a great time trying out several buffets and doing a little gambling. We decided to watch the Frontier Casino implosion on the news as none of us wanted to stay up until 2:30 am to witness it.

On Friday, Nov 16, we headed east. We made it to Winslow, Az the first night and Amarillo, TX the next. We arrived here in Dallas this afternoon and will be here for a week. Hope to have lots of fun with the grandkids and enjoy Thanksgiving with them.

The Wagon Train and Trail Riders arrived-Death Valley

On Friday, we walked over to the Western Art booths. Our biggest surprise was to find an artist with a greyhound. Satin looked so much like Marquis, so we looked up her stats on the greyhound database to find that they have the same father!! No wonder they looked alike!!



The wagon trains arrived at 1:00 pm followed by the trail riders.




Today,we also drove to Stovepipe Wells to the woodcarving, needlework and photography competition.

There's music and entertainment during the day and evening.

Scotty's Castle-Death Valley

On Tuesday, we went to Scotty's Castle, a large home built in the 1920's.
This was a coyote that was near entrance drive.

Road trip to the Racetrack-Death Valley

On Monday, Gerald went with some of our friends to the "Racetrack". This is where they believe that when it rains and the lake bed is wet and slick, that winds push these rocks around, leaving the tracks you see in these photos.





Here are some other photos he took along the way.

This is a volcanic crater.


Beautiful scenery and Teakettle Junction.

Death Valley National Park

We arrived at Death Valley National Park and found a spot in the overflow of Sunset Campground. We are expecting 14 motorhomes to join us for a week of festivities at the Death Valley 49'ers Encampment.



This is a coyote that walks along the perimeter of the campground a couple of times a day.


We drove to Rhyolite, a ghost town. This is the 'Bottle House'.




Beautiful hills all around us!


Then, 7 cars from our group drove through Titus Canyon. It was really spectacular.