We made it back to Picacho, Arizona this past Wednesday and have literally killed ourselves with cleaning out the RV, cleaning the winter home (our park model), grocery shopping, laundry - had 14 loads to do!!!, and getting reacquainted with our neighbors again. Life is good.
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| First night home, sunset over Picacho Peak |
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| Sunset over the Catalina Mountains of Tucson |
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| Looking forward to the poppies blooming this next spring at Picacho |
We were smarter this year than any of being on the road in the summer time with an RV - we staged the unpacking before we got back and therefore only had to move bundles of things from the RV/car into the house. But, then you have to unpack the things you bring in - so smarter in the sense we got the RV done quicker than ever before. Glad it's over.
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| Moonrise over our place in Picacho |
We certainly enjoyed our summer on the road. We have learned that we do not need to go back to Wyoming and visit that state again. Been there, done it. And the same with most of Montana. That is one big state! We are already talking about where we will head out to next summer. Which will be Idaho, northern part of Washington and then move upwards into British Columbia and move across Canada until we get to western Montana. We just hope that wildfires will not drive us away like it did this year.
When I look back to our trip - we traveled 3,482 miles, visited northern Arizona, eastern Utah, just about every city/town in Wyoming, visited most cities/town east of the Rocky Mountains in Montana, came down along the eastern slope of the Rockies and saw the eastern part of Colorado. Don't ever have to go back through Dalhart, Texas EVER again, and saw parts of New Mexico we have always wanted to visit. Our interests this summer was to pursue the Mountain Men rendezvous places which we saw a number of, to understand the Oregon and California Emigrant Trails which was truly amazing, saw 1800's Army forts - some were astounding in the impact to settling of the American West, learned so much more about Kit Carson and who he was. Got to see some really spectacular places like the Beartooth Highway in Montana, Capitol Reef National Park in Utah, taking a boat ride at the Gates of the Mountains in Helena, Montana, seeing Bent's Old Fort in Colorado and visiting a wonderful little town of LaJunta Colorado, I fell in love with Wapiti Valley in far western Wyoming near Yellowstone National Park, and towards the end of the trip - learned about the Santa Fe Trail and the impact of the Spanish and Mexicans on the American settlements while we were in New Mexico. Good times.
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| Miss the Sinks Hole Canyon of the Wind River Mountains - Wyoming |
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| Just breathtaking - Wind River Mountains |
This winter we do not have any special plans. Want to do some small remodeling within the home, and of course get to know our 3 grand girls again - they are growing so fast.
This will be the last post for awhile. If we do something/go somewhere - will alert you that there is a post for you to see. Thanks again for coming along on our journey.
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| Moonrise with Saguaro cactus - love winter in Arizona! |
