Well, folks, we made it on our over 10,000 mile and almost 100 day trip! In Las Vegas, Rich got his oxygen bottles exchanged and got the propane filled so the heater would work while we were in Dyer. Nancy did a load of laundry while he was gone so we would have underwear! The jets going in and out of the airport went right over us in the morning. They must have been on the storm track. It was cloudy and breezy and a storm was supposed to be brewing. There was nice artwork again on the bridges, bridge supports, [View Full Entry]

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My apologies for yesterday's misspellings, etc. The RV wi-fi threw me off their website just as I was saving my editing. When I signed back on and got back to the website, I published the blog before I realized that the edits had not been saved. Again, my apologies. We had a slow morning. Then we drove around town to do some last minute shopping. We got a prescription refill at Walgreen's. We found a Costco and got supplies for Christmas dinner. We went in the Galleria Mall. It was beautiful and had lovely decorations! We found the Apria place where [View Full Entry]

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We took it slowly this morning after driving 400 miles yesterday. Why did we do that??? There was a nice lake to look at while we had coffee. We left at 10:30. We were passing through a veritable forest of saguaro. Since there had been rain for several days recently, the saguaro were all fat and stretched out. This will be an awesome sight in the spring when the whole desert is in bloom! We had already planned a trip here to see the saguaro in bloom, so now we can see what a treat it will be! After Wickenburg, there [View Full Entry]

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There is no wind today and only a few clouds. We got ready to go and then went over for our "free" breakfast. We were on the road at 8:00. Not far out of town, at about 8:30, there was a Border Patrol Inspection Station for the Westbound lanes that we were wondering about the other day. We were just waved on through. We traveled through flat plains with distant mountains. There were range cattle. The landscape was starting to look like Nevada. There were signs in several areas that said, "Dust Storms Possible" and "Zero Visibility Possible". We were especially [View Full Entry]

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We began the day in the lovely showers at the RV RESORT. They were all tile and very nice. Then we went to the complimentary breakfast in the main building that was also tile and oak. We had waffles and orange juice and coffee. We could have had cereal or toast or bagels as well. We talked to some of the other travelers. One couple from Long Island were full-timers in their RV. They said this was the nicest RV park they had seen in their travels over the past year, so they were going to stay for a month! We [View Full Entry]

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T o all of our loyal readers, Merry Christmas! We're writing this now in case some of our teacher friends won't have access to our blog over the vacation. We plan to spend Christmas with Rich's mom and dad in Dyer, and hopefully Jodie will bring us joy by coming down for the day. We plan to be home on the 27th, folks! What a trip! Let us know when breakfasts and lunches are during the holidays! Love, The Scotts [View Full Entry]

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We were on the road at 7:10 so that we could get to El Paso in time to get a doctor's appointment for Nancy's eye checkup. The sunrise was glorious and red this morning. Now we have "Red sky at morning - Sailor take warning". Now, which one do we believe, last night's red sky or this morning's red sky? Hmmm. The mountains had a rosy glow at first; then the bridges and bushes had a golden glow; then the sky between the clouds turned a most gorgeous turquoise. Later, we went through grasslands with scattered brush two to three feet [View Full Entry]

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The wind stopped howling sometime during the night. We got ready to travel and Nancy noticed all the cowbirds in several trees. During yesterday's wind, they sat in the mesquite trees facing into the wind. We've never seen such flocks of cowbirds! They're interesting birds. They lay an egg in up to five separate nests of 200 possible species. They don't even care if the other birds are the same size. The large cowbird chick outeats its step-chicks. Nancy's bird book said that "it has been suggested that cowbirds became parasitic because they followed roving herds of bison and didn't have [View Full Entry]

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We woke to high winds! It was too windy to travel as we had planned, so we had a rest up day. We went to Wal-Mart to get Rich's medicine and some supplies. We went to the Post Office to send mail. After waiting in line for a long time, we went back to the truck and the radio said that today was "the busiest day of the year at the Post Office"! We returned to the camper and had a luscious lunch of leftover BBQ. Rich went and got the truck washed and Nancy got the camper cleaned up. Then [View Full Entry]

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We started our day with a pancake breakfast at the campground clubhouse. Then we headed out into the Texas Hill Country. North of San Antonio there really were hills! From the freeway, we saw a store called "The Look" advertising country furnishings. On the roof it said, "Cowhides Mean Romance. Well, that got Rich's attention, so we had to investigate. They had deer antler chandeliers, furniture made of longhorn horns, lots of kinds of hides, rugs, and Texas-style mission-style ranch furniture. It was quite the store! We didn't find anything we needed, but there was a quote we liked - "Friends [View Full Entry]

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