October 15 The Erie Canal was built across New York state from the Hudson River at Albany to Lake Erie at Buffalo (1817-1825). It opened up the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and was the second longest canal (363 miles) in the world at that time. Many locks were built to raise the canal…
June 2019 We embarked on our RV Van trip on May 31 and returned home by July 1, having covered over 5600 miles and 16 states and visited many friends and relatives. These are a few photos of stops along the way. The first stop was an RV park near Albuquerque, NM. It just so…
April 4 and 7, 2019 Part 3: Joshua Tree National Park is in southeastern California and has a diverse landscape. The story is that the Mormons named the tree after a biblical prophet, Joshua with up raised arms. Joshua Trees are part of the Yucca family and grow in elevations from 2000 to 6000 feet.…
April 5, 2019 – CA State Route 58 in northern Carrizo Plain Part 2 of the California wildflower trip. The Carrizo Plain maybe little known except to photographers and hikers as it is very remote with no services for miles. It is located about 40 miles west and slightly north of Bakersfield, CA. This is…
January 31, 2019 We were trying out our new (2014) RV Roadtrek Van at Earl, CA, an RV Resort, across from Parker AZ. We decided to take a trip north a little further to Oatman, AZ on old Rt. 66. Oatman was started over 100 years ago as a mining camp. In 1915 two miners…
Nov. 14, 2018 Today we approach Sedona from the south side starting on the Bill Gray road just a little north of Cottonwood. It takes a little while but we begin to see the red sandstone formations that are characteristic of the Red rocks of Sedona. We stopped numerous times for photos. Eventually as we…
