Second Day: Got off on Thursday almost an hour earlier than we expected - - off @ 3:40 PM. We left Thursday afternoon to avoid a 650+ mile Friday. Made it to Pelham, AL by about 8 PM. Had a scare when I couldn't get the top to go up - - CRS is really playing havoc with me! Had the trailer master switch in the wrong position. Everything is working fine now. Had a very comfortable night in a quiet campground. Slept in today and got on the road about 7:40. Drove 459 miles to Wytheville, VA. Had some pretty heavy traffic in Birmingham, Chattanooga, & Knoxville. Found our KOA and were able to set up without having to unhook the trailer (second night in a row - - hope that keeps up!). 527 miles ... read more

Day 37: Cedar Crest, NM to Wichita Falls, TX Got out of our campground at 8AM headed to Wichita Falls, TX, a distance of 497 mi. Pulled in here at 5:50PM - - just under 9 hours (lost an hour due to time zone change). The drive was basically long and somewhat boring after all the incredible scenery we had seen out west! Found gas for $3.289 in Amarillo, TX. What a relief to get it back under $4/gal! I found it a little odd that the regular grade gas is only 86 octane out here - - doesn't make it any cheaper. We got the next to the last spot in Wichita Falls RV Park. It is a very nice and fairly large park and pretty convenient to the interstate without being right next to ... read more

Day 35: Grand Canyon to Flagstaff, AZ Today we had to leave the Grand Canyon for new places. Kerry and Charlie had already been to the three parks we planned to see today, so they went back through GC Village and south to Flagstaff out the south entrance, while we left by the east entrance and headed to Wupatki NM, Sunset Crater NM, and Walnut Canyon NM. We stopped at all three visitors centers, walked through the ruins at Wupatki, saw Sunset Crater and its lava flows and cinder mounds, and the ruins of the Walnut Canyon cliff dwellings and still got to the campground by 1 PM. This campground is like a parking lot, not particularly level, noisy (busy highways all around), and the restrooms that look like they have NEVER been cleaned (they are ... read more

Day 32 Part 2: North Rim of the Grand Canyon We drove to the North Rim and went first to Roosevelt Overlook, which faces east about half way out to Cape Royal. It was getting late and we wanted to get to the visitors center before they closed, so we turned around, went to Point Imperial, which also looks to the east. Then went to to the visitors center where Gena and Charlie got patches and stamped. Bob took the path out to Bright Angel Point - - his knees were vibrating big time! Narrow trail, narrow bridges with no guard rails, windy,and BEAUTIFUL, even in the late afternoon sun. Saw lots of deer on the way back to Jacob Lake.... read more

Day 32: Ely, NV to Glendale, UT Another fairly long day today, though not as long as yesterday. We found that US 50 across Nevada was not nearly as desolate and lonely as UT 21! About the only traffic we saw were several Fire/Ambulance/Sheriff Deputies on a run just west of Minersville, UT. Don't think we ever got lower than about 5200 FT in elevation all day. We crossed several passes over 6000 ft and a couple over 7000 ft, but, the highest we drove was 8500 FT in Great Basin NP on Mt. Wheeler which is over 13,000 ft at it's peak. What a great view of the valley to the north, east and south from that viewpoint. The only wild life we saw were a few Prong horn Antilope, several hawks, and, we think, ... read more