TravelingPVs

August 8th Brewton, AL SEEING THE RELATIVES We woke up from the rest stop welcome center and finally got hold of the RV people. After all that they just told us to ride down the road to the nearest gas station and put air in the tire so that's what we did and it worked! It's been holding air ever since. We drove a couple hours to Brewton, Alabama. Brewton is where Phil's dad grew up and many of his relatives still live. Phil called his Uncle Jack and after we took showers in the Walmart parking lot(well in the RV not actually out in the parking lot!) We headed on over to see Uncle Jack and his wife Kathleen. We first stopped by his dad'sold high school. It's not actually the same building as when ... read more

August 4th Moab, UT WHITEWATER RAFTING! We got up early in Green River, UT and called to make reservations for a whitewater rafting trip. We figured since it was the middle of the week we would have no problem being able to book a trip. Geez, were we wrong! We wanted to do the combined whitewater/horseback riding trip but that wasn't available. We were however able to get the last two spots on the 11am trip down the Colorado River. So we made our way to Moab. Moab is a completete outdoor adventure town and lays claim to be the mountain bike capital of the world. Everywhere you looked you saw outfitters for whitewater rafting,jeeps, hummer rides, horseback riding, climbing. You name it they have it! What a cool town. It's just ful of cool people ... read more

August 1st Williams, AZ to Kanab,UT This was a driving day. We took our time getting up, mozying around, readying the RV and taking off for Utah. Our goal tomorrow is to hike Zion National Park. We decided to treat ourselves and stay in a hotel for the night. Not sure how much of a treat it was- it was a Roadway Inn. The girl said she'd give us a good deal. It was the room with the big TV but the TV wasn't working so we'd have to use the little TV! So that's what we did, but it was clean and had a nice shower so it was all good. We walked the town that night. Had beer and an appetizer at a cowboy bar surrounded by Europeans! It is amazing how many Europeans ... read more

July 29th We got up and left Las Vegas late. What a surprise! We were moving a little slow after our night on the strip! We stopped a few times along the way to check out the local Walmart and Ross Store. I can smell a Ross from 100 miles away! We traveled thru the desert. What a hot dry miserable place the desert is. You couldn't pay me to live there! We arrived in Williams, AZ late where we had our reservations. We almost hit a baby giraffe coming in-OK, it was an elk, but it was huge! It's legs came up to the windshield! They have pictures in the local paper of cars that have hit elk and warn people-"Don't swerve-just hit them dead on!" The KOA was quite dissaponting. It was under renovation,supposed ... read more

July 26th I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO Ok, we had this great idea. We were going to go to San Francisco. We continued to travel down the California Coast. Lori couldn't resist the ocean calling so we pulled off to the side and I took off my shoes and went into the surf. IT WAS COLD!!!! Colder than the Atlantic in the winter time. It is so raw and wild. What a thrill although Phil thought it was crazy! Our great idea to go to San Francisco continued. We crossed the Golden Gate Bridge-too cool!We found a great RV park right next to Candlestick Park where the San Francisco 49ers play. Only problem was the directions took us thru downtown San Francisco. Bad idea. It was quite hairy! We finally made it to the ... read more