Mar 16 Home

We returned a couple of weeks early due to the concern about the corona virus. Crossed the border with no line up.

Total trip was 13629 KLM .and we were gone 76 days

March 15 Benton Harbour

Probably one more day to go if we are motivated, 12 -13 hours

Good day. we just poked along , Rose took a couple of spells at the wheel which is a super help.

Gas dropped quicker in Canada than here, we didn',t see the drop until Saturday where as it dropped in Canada on Wednesday.  We got one luck tank at .63 canadian per liter but mostly it is about .70

Mar 14 Joplin Mo

Working our way home!  a couple of days to go

March 13 Tucumcari NM

We had planned to spend a few days , maybe a week or so doing route 66 through New Mexico , but this morning with all of the panic going on we decided to head for home. 

Route 66 will have to wait, good excuse to come back for another trip

March 12 Gallup

Visited the Meteor Crater and and on to Gallup

We needed an oil change that became became a project. Loves only do larger units, they sent me to Walmart who didn't have a high enough door, they sent me to Pep Boys , but their door wasn't high enough , they sent me to Point S who does their heavy equipment but their lift didn't have enough clearance  for our door step, they who sent me to Jiffy Lube who did a great job. The best part was that everyone really did a good job of helping us out to find another place to help us out. 

We had to change our air filter because there was a mouse nest in it. To funny, the staff had me remove it as they didn't want to touch it. Lots of laughs !! 

A visit to Meteor Crater

The world's best preserved meteorite impact site on Earth.  Located just minutes from Interstate 40 and the old Route 66 in Northern Arizona near Winslow.  Meteor Crater is the spectacular result of a collision that rocked the American Southwest approximately 50,000 years ago with the energy of more than 20 million tons of TNT. 

Picture of the site  from the visitors center

picture we took

March 11 Williams to Twin Arrows

We visited Flagstaff downtown historic district, but it was raining and not very pleasant so we moved on

Mar 10 Williams AZ

We parked over night at the Visitors Center in the old down town so we could go out for my birthday dinner at Rod's Steakhouse and not have to drive to the camping spot in the National Forest.


We spent the afternoon wandering around down town Williams
Main street is very interesting with lots of nice shops

It was raining when we took this picture. 50's themed restaurant and gift sop

we need one of these

March 9 Grand Canyon

We stayed in the Nation Forest 10 minute walk from the shuttle

camping in the National Forest

Pictures cannot capture the beauty of the canyon, They are so much more spectacular in real life.

people climb out to edge all along to try to get the perfect picture

The Colorado river

Grand Canyon Village at the top of Bright Angel trail

People going down the trail

The next leg of the trail

Mar 7 Kingman to Williams

Staying on BLM land on Hwy 64 just outside of Williams

Great store , sells everything, hardware, souvenirs. beer wine, clothes and some food

Our spot for lunch in Seligman

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This is part of the menu

Items on the menu include

Big Bagged Stag                 Steak
Whippoorwill on a grill      Steak Kabob
Rack of Raccoon                 Ribs
Chunk of skunk                   T bone steak
Too Slow Doe                      Beef sandwich

Plus many more , every item is named about some road kill

March 5 Furnace Creek to Kingsman AZ

We had planned to stop over in Baker at the junction of the 40 , but when we arrived there was only about 500 population so we moved on to Laughlin  where there is an Entregra dealership.to get the springs on the Gypsy Wagon tightened up a bit. When we got there  they booked us into Kingman.

Stop Trump sign

This road is called  Artist Pallet, it takes you on a 5 mile journey through some of the most colorful rock on earth.
Our photographic skills are just not up to this task

This is the lowest spot in North America but as we were travelling around Death Valley  we saw numerous spots at - 230 to -250

where people have walked, the grey area that looks like concrete is actually trampled salt bed. It has a slimy surface