We woke up in Bend, Oregon this morning in the Wal-Mart parking lot. Last night was kinda interesting because there was a crazy couple parked beside us and they were just a yelling and screaming at each other right out in the open for the whole world to see and hear. I even opened the door thinking they would be embarassed and stop but that didn't make any difference at all. I swear you just never know what you're gonna run into out on the road these days. I watched and listened for a while just to make sure it didn't get physical and no one got shot but I had to get in the dang bed. It was getting pretty cold so I decided to close the door and lock-up everything and hope for the ... read more

Tim and I were still so pumped this morning about seeing the bear yesterday at Yosemite. That's the first thing we said to each other this morning, "Can you believe we saw a bear???". We were parked right beside a Jack In The Box so we thought we would try it for breakfast this morning. I ran over while Tim was getting ready and tinkering around the motorhome. The biscuits were really good but the coffee actually made Tim sick for most of the day. Just another reason why I don't drink coffee ! We really didn't have anything planned for today except to drive, ride and explore some towns between here and Bend, OR. We did want to go to Mt. Shasta before leaving California so we made our way over there. It's a beautiful ... read more

We woke up in Carson City this morning to a beautiful sun-shiney day. I was trying to get excited but I knew today was day 21 and the laundry had to be done. Tim absolutely LOVES Ihop so he talked me into an early morning stack of pancakes and boy were they yummy. I haven't had pancakes in forever and as bad as I hate to admit it, these were really really good. Our sweet waitress recommended a local laundromat and gave us directions so as soon as we were done we headed over that way. Tim helped me bag up the laundry and carry it all inside. He even stripped the bed and brought me the sheets and the comforter. All I could think as I put them in the washer was how fresh and ... read more

Good Morning July !! I can't believe it's already July..ugh...that means my BIG birthday is just around the corner and I am NOT looking forward to that !! We ended up doing lots of fun stuff yesterday and we were gonna have lots of time today to rest and relax because we had to drive about 8 hours to get to Reno. We rested really good last night thank goodness because the drive across the Great Salt Lake Desert proved to be brutal for both of us. The wind was blowing about 30-40 miles per hour the entire drive and it was just awful. I was getting motion sickness from all the swaying and Tim's poor shoulders and arms were killing him. During our drive across Utah we passed the Morton Salt Company and I got ... read more

After that very long and very tiring drive last night, we were exhausted which made us both sleep like little babies. We woke up this morning in a small town called Frisco, CO and of course we were in the Wal-Mart parking lot. Unfortunately we were up before our alarm went off due to someone's car alarm that was continuously honking right beside us. We hopped up and began getting ready for the day. Tim went into Wal-Mart to pick up a few things we had on our list while I downloaded some pictures and worked on my blogs. Soon we were ready to hit the road and make our way over to the tourist trap of Vail, CO. As we entered downtown Vail, you could tell it was very very nice. Everything looked as if ... read more