October 19 Wednesday 2011 St George temp 50'-83

a relaxing day today,although the boys are stressed out with all phones ( Bill)and satalite dish( Clark) Shelia and I go walking out in the desert to find old abandoned Morman homes around the park .We should have hikes in the morning but chorused the heat of the day but we survived .At 3pm we go to a spinning wool demo in the park .Tomorrow we will travel to Bryce Canyon

REMEMBER-a smile lets your inner beauty out

look at the very botton middle and you will see 2 rock climbers. Click on the picvture to enlarge

Zion-elevations range from 8,726 down to 3666 . The Paiute Indians considered Zion a sacred place . To the Morman pioneers it was a haven of beauty resembling natural temples. Many of the towers and cliffs have bibical names-the three patriarchs. angels landing. and the great white throne.

Zion- the Virgin river cut Zion canyon millions of years ago and winds it's way past the Great White Throne.

Zion
has over 3 million visitors a year.

October 18 Tuesday 2011 Zion

We drive 35 miles to the beautiful Zion canyon. Sheer vividly coloured cliffs tower above as you follow the road along the floor of Zion. We buy a yearly National Park Pass good in all NP for 1 year.$80. We stop at the visitors center to see when the rangers talks are. We get the free off-on shuttle bus to Zion Museum to watch a 20 minute introductory movie. Next is a rangers talk on water,rocks and time. We get back on the bus and go all the way to the end. Here we walk the Riverside walk ( 1.5 hours) a paved trail leads us to the narrows. We see mule deers and lots of squirrels. We take the bus to weeping rock trail, a short steep hike that ends at a rock alcove with dripping springs. We are all tired so head back to the visitors center. We check out the RV park but find out one has to make reservations for the electric spots . Dry camping is first come first serve. ( all nice sites. )

REMEMBER-It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have

October 17 Monday 2011St George

we are on the road by 9:30 as we had to phone our old Western Horizon park in St George Utah first ( the park doesn't open until 9am. ) Jim sold this park . We are able to stay under our AOR membership. The people at the desk were very polite and welcomed us. We got 4 days no problem. 4 days peak season$9 -4 days resort fees$3, WIFI and cable $2 a day total for 4 days $62 including tax. They put us side by side . We get set up in a good site and set up satalite dish. We drive into town and go to the super Wal-mart. We decide to stay 2 more days. We check with the office and they OK it. We traveled 205 miles on Hwy 15 We plan on going to Zion tomorrow

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October 16 Sunday 2011 Nephi ( south of Salt Lake city)

We are on the road by 8 am temp 41' We see about 6 pronghorn antelopes in the ditch at the side of the road. We are on hwy 93 then take hwy80 Ely and Wendover on the Nevada- Utah border. Here is the Bonnevillel speedway on Utah salt flats.They test cars for land speed records It's a good thing we are going through Salt Lake City on a Sunday. Huge freeways with many lanes. We arrive at our destination Nephi around 2:30 temp now 78. we traveled 320 mi. we took hwy 93>80> 215>15 exit 222 we traveled 320 miles

up date on Shannon and Ethan -Shannon emailed me that they were in a 6.1 earthquake on the boat. They felt it as there was only 3.5 feet of water under them . They are in Indonesia

continue-Saturday Clark and Shelia arrived in Jack Pot at 4pm.their problem was with the turbell low booste and ABS break and alarm code set . Nothing that $600 couldn't fix. Cactus Jack was a seafood buffet $24.so we went across the street and theirs was the same so we went to a Mexician restaurant next door. Very good.

October 15 Saturday 2011

We leave at 8am temp 54' Clark's warning lights come on just before Twin Falls. Luckily there is a Ford dealership there so they stop we continue on to Cactus Pete's in Jack Pot Nevada and wait for them here. Lunch time temp 68' they have free WIFI so will post

Boise

October 14 Friday 2011 Boise Idaho

We enjoy the farming country then through the beautiful Grants Pass. We arrive in the Flying J Boise at 4pm temp 75' .We have a happy hour and go to the I Hop for dinner. We put our clocks 1 hour ahead. Shelia and I are too tired to play games so we go to bed early. We drove 364 miles and took Hwy 17>395>82>84 diesel was $405

REMEMBER-a friend is someone who reaches for your hand but touches your heart.

October 13 Thursday 2011 – Mosses Lake

We have a great visit with Linda. We all go out for dinner at a great Mexician resturant. ( Inca) Wednesday. Thursday Linda loads us up with onions,potatoes and tomatoes all grown in Mosses Lake. We work on getting our new cell phones working. Linda cooks up a perch dinner. We supply the vegetables

REMEMBER-It's not how old you are, but how you are old.

October 11 Tuesday 2011

our journey South begins again. We are heading to Tulalip casino just before Seattle in Mary'sville. Here we go to the Wal-Mart to stock up on fresh fruit and vegetables as well as fresh meat as we had to cross the border empty. Clark and Shelia will meet us thereand we will attack their huge buffet. We do not have to get up early Wednesday as we are only going to Mosses Lake- Perch Point RV park about 200 miles. Here our friend Linda who we met on our very first caravan (1999) owns the park.

REMEMBER-Life without adventure is nothing

October 9 Sunday 2011 RV

Carter and Madison come to the Rv for the last visit. We have fun in the pool and the playground.

REMEMBER-tough times never last, tough people do

Our winter schedule

Mosses Lake Oct 12,13 then we will make our way to Zion,Bryce canyon and the Grand Canyon

,Sedona and Verde Valley

Casa Grande or Tucson next

Yuma for 2 weeks

Indio Dec 5-7 Desert pools -dec 12-March 2

we will leave our RV in the park in Palm Springs while we drive to LA then fly to Miami then to San Salvador to see the ruins of Copan Then fly to Guadamala to see the ruins of Tikal. Belize next to snorkle at the Ambergins Cays

skating fun

October 8 Saturday Burnaby rv park

Today I cook a turkey at Sherri's , She does all the vegetables and Floyed does the stuffing and makes a pumpkin and an apple crumble. All delicious. I get to take home leftovers and Sherri also made cabbage rolls for us to take home. Sherri also made up a batch of antipasto to take down South with us. In the afternoon we go and watch them with their skating lessons. I again didn't do much cooking this week as we went to George and Betty's for dinner Wednesday after painting and to Hudson and Dina's on Thursday.

REMEMBER-Life is like a hot bath the longer you stay in it the more wrinkled you get

I did manage to do 2 paintings besides the twins. the dog is Gus belonging to Mitch and Grace Welters and the little girl is Chelsie the twins's cousin

October 2 Sunday 2011 BYC to RV park

The countdown to our trip South is beginning in earnest as we move from the boat to the RV. The truck has a new rear end and RV has all new tires. An added bonus we did all the transferring without rain. Hurray. I had time for a haircut.

REMEMBER-What is important is what is inside you

our first formal swimming lessons. 4 kids 2 teachers

We pick up our RV and take it to Kal tires to get new tires all around and will pick it up Saturday to take to the RV park in Burnaby..Thursday is party day at pre-school and we are invited. Mother-in -law came too. Friday bill will take the truck in to get a new back end .

REMEMBER-Everything you do well always leaves a mark

We pick up our RV and take it to Kal tires to get new tires all around and will pick it up Saturday to take to the RV park in Burnaby..Thursday is party day at pre-school and we are invited. Mother-in -law came too. Friday bill will take the truck in to get a new back end .

REMEMBER-Everything you do well always leaves a mark

September 29 Thursday 2011 BYC

Monday we got many shots- Telanus, dephtheria, pertusses,typhoid and pneumococcal. Nothing that $115 didn't cure. Both arm were sore for a few days. Wednesday we were invited to the twins first swimming lesson. No tears this time but they could see us on the side lines. 2 instructors for 4 kids. One little girl never did make it into the water

in the boat house

Sept 25 Sunday 2011

A hectic week Monday took us to our doctor for our last visit of the year to renew our 6 month prescriptions. Our last visit to the eye doctor too. Everything was copacetic. My friend Flo takes me out for lunch at the White Spot at Park Royal we walk the mall latter to work off some of the food. Friday I enjoy the luxury of Utopia Spa compliments of Sherri for all the baby sitting I did this summer. The massage was heavenly and my toenails look exquisite. Saturday we go to London Drugs to look at cameras and we come home with a Panasonis Lumix 18x full HD. 6 of us go out for schnitzels after a happy hour at Bob and Rose's . excellent food. Sunday Gerry brings the twins to the boat I was to baby sit while they went to the boat show next door, but it poured rain so we have fun on the boat. Monday we go to get our yellow fever shots to go to San Salvador , Guadamala and Belize.

REMEMBER-Lifes too short to be anything but happy