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 February, 28, 2026 We have  been here in Gallup, NM for a week now. Beautiful weather close to 70 each day with lows in the lower 30's. We have not had any neighbors on either side of us the entire week which makes it handy for parking and working around the rig. Early in the week we headed out to Canyon de Chelly (pronounced d'Shay). It was 1 hour and 40 minutes from the campground and we did not know what to expect other than it was a National Monument. We stopped at the visitors center to get my National Parks Passport stamped. Hard to find a spot as most of my pages for this area of the states is filled. But I managed to find enough room. Its a 12 mile trip through the park with stops along the way to view the majestic scenery. Inside the canyon there is a free standing spire that is 800 feet tall. People have lived in this canyon continuously for 5000 years. We talked to one of the natives and his wife, who makes beautiful painting on canvas and stone. And yes we did buy...

Spring 2026

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To recap: We left Kewaskum on  February 15th. I know it is late for us but there was an 8 lb 1 oz reason named EMMA born to Tara and Tristan on January 30th. Isn't she simply beautiful.   The first day of our trip took us 500 miles to Eagleville, Missouri for an overnight stay. We were the only ones in the Campground. The 500 miles went like a breeze with little or no traffic most of the way. More than I can say for the next few days.  On Monday it was off to our next stop 347 miles away in Claremore, Oklahoma, another overnight-er.  We encountered high winds most of the day making it very strenuous but still average speed of about 64 miles per hour. We stayed at the Will Rogers Downs KOA right next to the horse track. Diane was in heaven and sat watching the horses for hours. We got a decent night sleep and headed out in the morning about 8 am.   Tuesday we headed to Shamrock, Texas. At the campground we got everything set up with the sides out and jacks down o...
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 May 1, 2025 WOW, we have been home for almost a week now, how time fly's. We spent our last two weeks in Moab, Utah April 8-22nd hitting the trails. We signed up and completed three trails with the Easter Jeep Safari group. Two trails were rated 3 and one rated 4. I think all could have been rated 4. We did scrape bottom a number of times on each safari .  The last trail had a hill to climb called "Again and Again" consisting of loose rock and rocky ledges. I had the Jeep in 4 wheel drive with the wheel locker set to get over one huge step. I was dragging my bottom. Once over that step you had to wait for the next Jeep just in case you needed to winch them over. Only happen with one vehicle.  Lunch Time, circle the wagons. This is called the Secret Spire at the end of one of the trails. Just an amazing sky. You can always find these guys running around. The trail took us to an overlook of the Colorado River and other scenic views including the cave below. We met a lot of...