Friday, July 13, 2012
CALIFORNIA OR BUST: CALIFORNIA OR BUST: Day 20.....Wednesday......7/...
CALIFORNIA OR BUST: CALIFORNIA OR BUST: Day 20.....Wednesday......7/...: Day 20......Wednesday.....7/11/12.....Home Stretch.....Little Rock to Home Departed Little Rock around 10AM Passed throught Memphis aroun...
Thursday, July 12, 2012
CALIFORNIA OR BUST: Day 20.....Wednesday......7/11/12.......Home Stretch
Day 20......Wednesday.....7/11/12.....Home Stretch.....Little Rock to Home
Departed Little Rock around 10AM
Passed throught Memphis around 12:30PM
Arrived at Home around 10PM
Special thanks to Mom and Dad for the gift of the Motorhome
And my inherited wonder lust and spirit for travel
><> ><> ><> Thanks to all who held us in their prayers <>< <>< <><
I feel like I have been to the Moon and back
Best Vacation of MY Life
Found this traffic cone in Lake Tahoe........
Pretty good summery of this trip.......
Pretty good summery of my life.........
><> ><> ><> Getting there is half of the fun <>< <>< <><
CALIFORNIA OR BUST: Day 19.....Tuesday.......7/10/12......Desert on a Horse with no Name
Day 19......Tuesday....7/10/12.....Horse With No Name
Drove through night from Santa Rosa and through day to Little Rock as temperatures cooled into upper 80's
Checked with national weather service, We have a
corradore of day time highs in 80's all the way home
Decided to drive rest of way home in daylight
Stopped at Motel in Little Rock around 4PM
CALIFORNIA OR BUST: Day 18......Monday.......7-9-12
Day 18.......Monday........7/9/12..........Traveled through Arizona and New Mexico desert at night
Stopped around Noon and plugged in at Santa Rosa, New Mexico
Slept till 8 PM
Left camp ground at 9PM to drive through desert at night
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
CALIFORNIA OR BUST: Day 17.....Sunday......7-8-12
CALIFORNIA OR BUST: Day 17.....Sunday.....7-8-12.....Rode train to Grand Canyon
Boarded Train For Grand Canyon at 9:15 AM
Grand Canyon 7/8/12
CALIFORNIA OR BUST: Day 16.......Saturday.........7-7-12.....
Day 16.......Satirday.....7-7-12
Departed Las Vegas 4 AM to beat the headt to the Grand Canyon
Stopped at Hoover Dam
Arrived at Camp Ground in Williams Arizona (I-40 / Route 66)
.....around Noon
Made reservations to ride train to Grand Canyon tomorrow
Girls rode horses
Friday, July 6, 2012
CALIFORNIA OR BUST: CALIFORNIA OR BUST: CALIFORNIA OR BUST: Day 9........
CALIFORNIA OR BUST: Day 15.......Friday.......7-6-12
Stopped at around 2AM at Best Western Motel
in Tonopah, Nevada
Silver Minning Town
Arrived Back at Las Vegas early afternoon and began packing for trip home
Will Stop tomorrow at Grand Canyon
CALIFORNIA OR BUST: CALIFORNIA OR BUST: CALIFORNIA OR BUST: Day 9........
CALIFORNIA OR BUST: Day 13.......Wednesday......7-4-12
Spent day at Lake Tahoe
Rode Tahoe Queen to Emerald Bay
Finished day on beach......
CALIFORNIA OR BUST: Day 9......6-30-12......Viva Las Vegas
CALIFORNIA OR BUST: Day 10 Sunday 7-1-12........
Spent the day in Vegas resting and getting to know my way around town
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Day 9......6-30-12......Viva Las Vegas
CALIFORNIA OR BUST: Day 9.....6-30-12.....To Las Vegas
Left Campgraound at 2:30AM to drive across desert through cool
of night while Rhonda and Kids slept
Nevada....just over them hills
Picked up rental mini van 8AM and arrived at
destination Resort 9AM
Parked Motorhome
Sam plugged in
Rhonda and girls cooled off in pool
Life is Good
CALIFORNIA OR BUST: CALIFORNIA OR BUST: CALIFORNIA OR BUST: Day 7......
CALIFORNIA OR BUST: Day 8......: CALIFORNIA OR BUST: Day 8.....6-29-12.....Disneyland
Anaheim RV park 5min shuttle ride from Disneyland
The original....Disneyland
DUMBO
Mary and Becky on Submarine
Soarin California Adventure Park
Screamin California Adventure Park
Monday, July 2, 2012
CALIFORNIA OR BUST: CALIFORNIA OR BUST: Day 7.............Campland t...
CALIFORNIA OR BUST: CALIFORNIA OR BUST: Day 7.............Campland t...: Spent morning at Campland RV resort on Mission Bay San Deigo Then traveled up coast to Anaheim lost connection to server, will try to send...
Breakfast at Campland RV Resort
Day 7......Thursday 6-28-12
Campground has over 600 sites, Beach,several pools and hot tubs,
Marina, Stores, full size laundry,
Out door theater, and rentals from golf carts to sail boats.
I missed my chance at fame....Karaoke was last night
All this and only $75/day
Campland private beach on Mission Bay
Drove up coast to Analheim RV park where we droped trailer at campsite
Huntington Beach just west of Anaheim
CALIFORNIA OR BUST: Day 7.............Campland to Anaheim RV Park
Spent morning at Campland RV resort on Mission Bay San Deigo Then traveled up coast to Anaheim
lost connection to server, will try to send images latter......
lost connection to server, will try to send images latter......
CALIFORNIA OR BUST: Day 6.........6-27-12......Broke Down MountainLe...
Day 6 images continued
First stop San Diego Zoo
Left Zoo around 5PM and traveled to Campland RV Resort
Mission Bay San Diego
Arrived at Campland around 6PM
Le...: Day 6.........6-27-12......Broke Down Mountain Left Tucson 1:30AM and drove thru cool of night Arrived at California line just after ...
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Day 6.........6-27-12......Broke Down Mountain
Left Tucson 1:30AM and drove thru cool of night
Arrived at California line just after sunrise
Shortly after this photo engine stalled and would not restart....
less than one mile from summit
Fuel system was pressurized.....opened gas cap and got arm soaked with gasoline
Ambient temperature in mid to upper 90's
Added 15 gal of gas from trailer to cool gas in Motorhome fuel
After about 30 min delay and a lot of praying the engine started
After we crossed summit to Pacific Coast side of mountain
temperature begain dropping rapidly and all was OK
Day 5......6-26-12........Roswell to Tucson
Area 51
Believe it or Not
Speeding Ticket
Left Roswell at 4:30AM.....at sunrise going down
mountain in west New Mexico
Pulled over in small town at bottom of mountain
Hwy 70 ....64mph in a 50mph zone???
Shortly after speeding ticket and sunrise arrived at
White Sands National Monument
Planning to stop and plug in when teperature gets in upper 90's
Clouds and Vergo kept temps in mid 90's
maid it to Tucson at about 5PM
Plugged in at Catus Country RV park, Tucson
Departed at 1:30AM next morning to drive thru desert
to California in cool of night
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