Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Ah-Ha! I was able to FINALLY put up some more pictures!
Last night (Mon.) we stayed in a WALMART outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico. We had traveled for a very long day from Arizona. The night seemed just right for the Walmart 'campground.' It was late, we were hungry and very tired...nothing would stop us from a great nights sleep. Each of us picked out our frozen dinner at Walmart. It was a brand new Walmart in a very pretty area. The night was crisp and beautiful. The mountains were our backdrop and the sun had just set....we missed it though. It was probably 9 when we ate our dinner. We played a few games of Yahtzee and decided to tuck in early....10ish. (Sounds perfect, doesn't it?) I have decided to call our Walmart camping experiences the 'Light and Sound Show'. There is always our own personal floodlight overhead and sounds galore. Around 3 a.m. we heard a car starting its engine and driving around the lot to come right back and park near us. There was just one other RVer in the lot near us. This went on all night. We figured the guy needed heat and then would try to sleep! Always an adventure (Walmart camping). Before reaching our Walmart stay, we took a ride through the Painted Desert and the Petrified Forest in Arizona.
After traveling all day today (Tues. Sept. 22nd) we are staying in the Elk Creek R.V. Park in Elk City, Oklahoma. We came through Texas. There have been a lot of cattle ranches along the way of every state we've covered so far. Mostly, the cattle are just grazing alongside the hill or in the plain....a calm sight to behold. Texas changed that for us. One ranch was huge. There were penned up cattle everywhere (maybe 20 pens of hundreds of cattle each). Doug said they were penned up for slaughter. I didn't need to see (or know) that. Texas. I must say though, we did not travel into Texas to really get a feel of it. This was just from the interstate as we passed through. I guess it was just an unfortunate sight. Oklahoma has been greener (through the other states, everything has been shades of brown/red mostly) and we are now in Tornado Alley!! I grew up in Tornado Alley though...in Kansas...so it feels like 'home'...ha.
We are covering major ground as we leave here in the a.m. to be in Little Rock, Arkansas for the next 2 nights. I will see family there.
Oh....I had forgotten to mention that when we were in Williams, Arizona (where we caught the train to the Grand Canyon), it is on Route 66. From that point 'til now (OK) we have been on/near/parallel to Rte. 66 at different times. Also, Williams was the backdrop for the movie, Cars (animated Pixar Production, I think). I must see it again....I can vaguely remember the similarities to the town.
I was feeling 'funny' about being 3 hrs. behind you but am now just 1 hr. behind. You know me, don't like to be behind in anything.
Hope all is well with you,
Mary
Last night (Mon.) we stayed in a WALMART outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico. We had traveled for a very long day from Arizona. The night seemed just right for the Walmart 'campground.' It was late, we were hungry and very tired...nothing would stop us from a great nights sleep. Each of us picked out our frozen dinner at Walmart. It was a brand new Walmart in a very pretty area. The night was crisp and beautiful. The mountains were our backdrop and the sun had just set....we missed it though. It was probably 9 when we ate our dinner. We played a few games of Yahtzee and decided to tuck in early....10ish. (Sounds perfect, doesn't it?) I have decided to call our Walmart camping experiences the 'Light and Sound Show'. There is always our own personal floodlight overhead and sounds galore. Around 3 a.m. we heard a car starting its engine and driving around the lot to come right back and park near us. There was just one other RVer in the lot near us. This went on all night. We figured the guy needed heat and then would try to sleep! Always an adventure (Walmart camping). Before reaching our Walmart stay, we took a ride through the Painted Desert and the Petrified Forest in Arizona.
After traveling all day today (Tues. Sept. 22nd) we are staying in the Elk Creek R.V. Park in Elk City, Oklahoma. We came through Texas. There have been a lot of cattle ranches along the way of every state we've covered so far. Mostly, the cattle are just grazing alongside the hill or in the plain....a calm sight to behold. Texas changed that for us. One ranch was huge. There were penned up cattle everywhere (maybe 20 pens of hundreds of cattle each). Doug said they were penned up for slaughter. I didn't need to see (or know) that. Texas. I must say though, we did not travel into Texas to really get a feel of it. This was just from the interstate as we passed through. I guess it was just an unfortunate sight. Oklahoma has been greener (through the other states, everything has been shades of brown/red mostly) and we are now in Tornado Alley!! I grew up in Tornado Alley though...in Kansas...so it feels like 'home'...ha.
We are covering major ground as we leave here in the a.m. to be in Little Rock, Arkansas for the next 2 nights. I will see family there.
Oh....I had forgotten to mention that when we were in Williams, Arizona (where we caught the train to the Grand Canyon), it is on Route 66. From that point 'til now (OK) we have been on/near/parallel to Rte. 66 at different times. Also, Williams was the backdrop for the movie, Cars (animated Pixar Production, I think). I must see it again....I can vaguely remember the similarities to the town.
I was feeling 'funny' about being 3 hrs. behind you but am now just 1 hr. behind. You know me, don't like to be behind in anything.
Hope all is well with you,
Mary
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