The North Rim of the Grand Canyon sits atop Kaibab Plateau at 8,000-9,000 ft above sea level. I read and found out what the white barked trees are; they are white barked aspens. The North Rim and South Rim are only 10 miles apart as the raven flies but over 200 miles if driving. The North Rim is less crowded as most visitors go to the South Rim. It is also cooler here. We first went to the Campstore and found out they had wireless, so I updated the blog. While there, Ken, of course starts chatting with a couple. He asks Ken if either of us are good with computers and Ken says-oh, yes, my wife is. Just what I wanted to do, right? Of course, I said I would try to help him, but ... read more

Just got finished updating the blog at Starbucks. While using their wireless and drinking my latte, I was eavesdropping, which I love to do. My son Josh and I would always eavesdrop wherever we were. I once heard a man break up with his wife at a restaurant. She was begging him and he was saying it was over, while eating his pasta and drinking his wine. It was very sad. Anyway, I could hear a conversation between this young kid and a female worker—she was probably around 34, he looked around 28. He first was talking about the fact he was leaving on vacation tonight with his girlfriend—they’re going to Vegas—‘and she’s paying for it,,,ha, ha,ha, he said. Then he started complaining about his child support for his two kids. He said he thinks it’s ... read more

We stopped at a Goodwill store to buy some old shorts to put over our ‘expensive water shorts’ because a ranger told us that Slide Rock will ruin our pants. We quickly found 2 pairs for $3.00 each; kind of expensive really. They’re ugly. We drive to Slide Rock, 10 minutes north of Sedona. It really is beautiful. It’s like a natural water park. The water is so cold it takes your breath away; the sign says the water is 65 degrees. Ken decided to try the ‘slide’ first—he would then let me know if it was too rough for me. I watched him and quickly decided I didn’t want to do it. It looked kind of rough—I didn’t want to make a scene. We went down to the area that is like a swimming pool. ... read more

We got on the road about 10 am, after loading up, getting ice, etc. Ken had bought a spare gas can and filled it up, keeping it in the bed of the truck. We could smell gas…it was leaking. Everything you buy these days is ‘green’, the gas can being one of those things. It doesn’t have a vent on it because allowing the fumes to escape in to the air is not good…so instead the gas expands and forces gas out of the top of the container, spilling gas (and allowing fumes to escape!!) all over the back of the truck bed. He is not happy….even after pouring some of the gas out (thus thinking extra space will allow expansion), it still leaked. So we stop at a rest area, outside of Chandler, AZ ... read more

Ken and I are leaving on an 11 day RV trip, Wednesday, July 8th. I will be blogging as much of the trip as possible. We will be going to the following places: Cottonwood, AZ (near Sedona), the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, Durango Colorado then heading home. It's our longest trip in the RV and hope you enjoy our adventures.... read more