tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90623374747344352532024-03-15T22:49:20.905-07:00Life's Little AdventuresIf you have nothing better do to, follow us on our full-time RV journey.Jim and Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13982110996137470496noreply@blogger.comBlogger1237125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062337474734435253.post-49129377416585008352021-09-14T17:39:00.001-07:002021-09-14T17:39:17.049-07:00Land of Corn and Soybeans<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1_r8r_gvjbZ35fjuJGT9wK8B9b6XE0tnzaJK3rhLMrTTppnnd0K3MMeMWv7DW9pfgIHwIxSe5Yngf7dMIiWUxDXbM1jqW3A9UEJlJrtfz1YCaD_YZUacX475sKtkAf97gqRkZwzUejTi/s1815/20210826_173804.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1021" data-original-width="1815" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1_r8r_gvjbZ35fjuJGT9wK8B9b6XE0tnzaJK3rhLMrTTppnnd0K3MMeMWv7DW9pfgIHwIxSe5Yngf7dMIiWUxDXbM1jqW3A9UEJlJrtfz1YCaD_YZUacX475sKtkAf97gqRkZwzUejTi/w640-h360/20210826_173804.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Iowa home for 4 nights</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><i>The next and last planned stop on our 2021 Summer Of Covid Tour was Hartford, Iowa, just south of Des Moines, and home to our Lazy Daze friends Chuck and Carla. They have been trying to get us to come and visit them for years but we always had other summer plans that did not include Iowa.</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><i>Fortunately, they head out in their RV several times a year so we have always managed to meet up</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><i>somewhere else.</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiikjMCzJ-8eGN7ee76Qg1bLJhOw12hSYqXUgy24XEdKF_TALwQC1VSDfXZiLtpnipMUqZJlkA77gslybJsKg9XfvujjtyuwjiencyzZ1P694jeSp0CKy1VZgiWy980knlJ6XZXoU55ewvi/s1737/20210826_174014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="977" data-original-width="1737" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiikjMCzJ-8eGN7ee76Qg1bLJhOw12hSYqXUgy24XEdKF_TALwQC1VSDfXZiLtpnipMUqZJlkA77gslybJsKg9XfvujjtyuwjiencyzZ1P694jeSp0CKy1VZgiWy980knlJ6XZXoU55ewvi/w640-h360/20210826_174014.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><b><i>There is a lovely pond behind their house and although the days were hot and humid we were able to enjoy the cooler nights and mornings out on the deck. </i></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jVvssct79sC2kUJxs9XsxDSDuLVuUTMoRpnbiDliumGOkg9oR1pf_TQ98_FKhCeo1_A-rhgQcj0jhxLo3kfn1hHmSksY5nzSkL5wt9reRMTj66gDDJOKNAs87XGEwcSnsO_ajygQT3Nq/s1689/20210826_174036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="1689" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jVvssct79sC2kUJxs9XsxDSDuLVuUTMoRpnbiDliumGOkg9oR1pf_TQ98_FKhCeo1_A-rhgQcj0jhxLo3kfn1hHmSksY5nzSkL5wt9reRMTj66gDDJOKNAs87XGEwcSnsO_ajygQT3Nq/w640-h360/20210826_174036.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>A friend of theirs we had met in Texas a number of years ago came for a visit, and we also got to meet their oldest daughter. I was remiss in taking photos, and we didn't really go anywhere other than a daily walk wherever Chuck directed us. By this point in our trip, we were tired of playing tourist and were just happy to sit around and talk, play games, and eat. Chuck makes wonderful pies, and he baked a large triple berry-rhubarb pie the day we arrived. It was not only tasty but beautiful and I should have taken a picture. We didn't even pay a visit to downtown Des Moines, but that will give us something to do the next time we stop and see them.</i></b></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLC07NT7dL3mDkuKJ3zOF1hA9v6SI-ZCwy6Dh77mS1szoOAsefn38k8CwgBvHzaqGdELqHpTtALpoExXZWYAGYmjHh7g8NIALMZOjCVtct6C7hq12I6nrHuj82IKDowxGc0_WQ9PP1_FH/s1637/20210827_103913.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="921" data-original-width="1637" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLC07NT7dL3mDkuKJ3zOF1hA9v6SI-ZCwy6Dh77mS1szoOAsefn38k8CwgBvHzaqGdELqHpTtALpoExXZWYAGYmjHh7g8NIALMZOjCVtct6C7hq12I6nrHuj82IKDowxGc0_WQ9PP1_FH/w640-h360/20210827_103913.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gravel road route through corn and soybean fields</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYDlgBc30UBSxycE2xM9oWjkkeqW7ruVaoFc-ssSn1keVogPsucjfioa6Q1GHDgMV53pruQltDtgj6mWPGooWtNz4LfMVZEGXxCQhNzhzW9twEQSIfvZeN0aLYTGv-l2BhEMWSFS3EiYb/s1504/20210828_101512.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="1504" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYDlgBc30UBSxycE2xM9oWjkkeqW7ruVaoFc-ssSn1keVogPsucjfioa6Q1GHDgMV53pruQltDtgj6mWPGooWtNz4LfMVZEGXxCQhNzhzW9twEQSIfvZeN0aLYTGv-l2BhEMWSFS3EiYb/w640-h360/20210828_101512.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Summerset Rail Trail a few miles down the road in Carlisle, IA</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbwatRg5O1vuc670blsqskgOPm7mCXH5GxugRHaNMJpqW9HveZmB8ITc-9BTQGBZ-tLdgseMJCehojtNCYqxIGky4KHXEe1sEDf7Pn0ehS6zuK238FHY6IG_u9UPvfkDUHAIZnAQOYdi1/s1366/20210829_124839.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1366" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbwatRg5O1vuc670blsqskgOPm7mCXH5GxugRHaNMJpqW9HveZmB8ITc-9BTQGBZ-tLdgseMJCehojtNCYqxIGky4KHXEe1sEDf7Pn0ehS6zuK238FHY6IG_u9UPvfkDUHAIZnAQOYdi1/w640-h360/20210829_124839.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The dirt road route, not doable after rain</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>Since we were tired of living out of suitcases and it was hot pretty much everywhere, we decided to make a beeline back to Arizona, stopping in Dodge City, KS at an okay Best Western Country Inn and Suites for a night, and then at a very nice Comfort Suites in Gallup, NM the second night. I doubt we will ever do a long road trip like that again so we will have to come up with some other ideas for next summer. It's definitely not the same traveling by car and staying in hotels, Airbnbs, and friends' places. We missed having our own bathroom, kitchen, and bed like we had in the Lazy Daze, especially with Covid, but we were much more comfortable driving the car for that many miles. We put around 4,500 miles on the CRV, a lot of sitting over the course of 8 weeks!</i></b></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjeMMhv7bhyphenhyphenYrE5eQwMhowXMu899BPUmWXmoNvpZktQE9STYGlYsWIVbMFqi6VFzcjjSu_zjYOeWtcZrJsURkp9QGvxbNFyqwBOGJgqvYC9LJi8l28v7jE49QRpgKDz0S0JXPmnGwKHTAT/s2048/20210901_095717.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjeMMhv7bhyphenhyphenYrE5eQwMhowXMu899BPUmWXmoNvpZktQE9STYGlYsWIVbMFqi6VFzcjjSu_zjYOeWtcZrJsURkp9QGvxbNFyqwBOGJgqvYC9LJi8l28v7jE49QRpgKDz0S0JXPmnGwKHTAT/w640-h360/20210901_095717.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lovely scenery along Hwy 87 south of Payson, AZ</td></tr></tbody></table><p><b><i>Although we missed the big Arizona monsoons this summer, we got to see the benefits of all that rain as we drove home through the beautiful green desert. It was a huge change from the parched landscape we left a couple months ago.</i></b></p><p><b><i>So that's it for the highlights of our trip. It's still hot here so we're back to early morning walks, Fearless Kitty duties (I missed those cats), and enjoying our own very comfortable bed. It may be a while before you hear from us again!</i></b></p>Jim and Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13982110996137470496noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062337474734435253.post-20179423578279648022021-09-10T17:00:00.003-07:002021-09-10T17:16:08.235-07:00A Taste of Wisconsin<p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLcMr3lNE-kbBVNnbh_aagYMCilZ6UP1thlJkpkfoiNcRWjGErpeaPMrQBweYh36NKtsnG-Clfd2XAs9J56zJ_kO9XttYWXWWHEwE1YJTbiLU-ZeyArfNDuMuxM9jQXNRkJf9bJtS6A58/s1970/20210821_192419.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="1970" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLcMr3lNE-kbBVNnbh_aagYMCilZ6UP1thlJkpkfoiNcRWjGErpeaPMrQBweYh36NKtsnG-Clfd2XAs9J56zJ_kO9XttYWXWWHEwE1YJTbiLU-ZeyArfNDuMuxM9jQXNRkJf9bJtS6A58/w640-h360/20210821_192419.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wisconsin, cows and cheese galore.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><b><i>We had a week to kill after leaving Erie before we were scheduled to visit friends in Iowa. We tried to find somewhere interesting to stop in Ohio or Indiana but couldn't come up with anything and it was hot and humid, so Jim mentioned that he would like to visit Madison, Wisconsin. When we looked at the map we realized it was sort of on our way to Des Moines so I started searching for lodging and found an Airbnb in New Glarus, about 20 miles southeast of Madison. </i></b></p><p><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdVKuUu7txq89Pe9ZF37CQQiTFcZMryvmYY9zq3ZpWvkLfBAdmfamgIkuNnK1-7fEoFZ5-NTJVj9XVZj_N_tmThAllvL9YdUgZd0yn4igmwm9s4qqO8CEA9ZJuNHJBKCH0CFL0Zm0mdo96/s1378/20210825_120512.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="743" data-original-width="1378" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdVKuUu7txq89Pe9ZF37CQQiTFcZMryvmYY9zq3ZpWvkLfBAdmfamgIkuNnK1-7fEoFZ5-NTJVj9XVZj_N_tmThAllvL9YdUgZd0yn4igmwm9s4qqO8CEA9ZJuNHJBKCH0CFL0Zm0mdo96/w640-h346/20210825_120512.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice 3 bedroom duplex on a very quiet residential street</td></tr></tbody></table><b><br /></b><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>Being over 600 miles from Erie we decided to take it easy and spend two nights along the way, driving on backroads and avoiding interstates as much as possible. Our first stop was in Defiance, Ohio, where we stayed at a pleasant Quality Inn, arriving early enough so that we could go for a walk and have a nice dinner out. We were not far from Independence Dam State Park and this trail.</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRIGnZDlDVQ6NGVfFM5zjF-Z1SZL3vGXuzWztZvXRHYdkCFOv2mqE3rpfWw4KPsosR_WdFGIsaf9NhpJGfxtsrmTlf1A6YNVWTwUSLiSFO-yRH-eeR28OHK4VdyW2guPpRt0S5jTHuSUo_/s1167/20210819_172427.jpg" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="1167" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRIGnZDlDVQ6NGVfFM5zjF-Z1SZL3vGXuzWztZvXRHYdkCFOv2mqE3rpfWw4KPsosR_WdFGIsaf9NhpJGfxtsrmTlf1A6YNVWTwUSLiSFO-yRH-eeR28OHK4VdyW2guPpRt0S5jTHuSUo_/w640-h360/20210819_172427.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIErkPguIqHThXbJN0ERNVwugQN3Waa9O98Wth3JYFSB_DIfEBxxuEGpgTn-17fPJ5zWFmBMX_F8d-GRRd3sI8ga0Z1e_loTdSuPZtQQUPWO3bG5e1CjVqRbGaDpEkgHJsQ2dJfS-cfGm/s1839/20210819_171458.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1034" data-original-width="1839" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIErkPguIqHThXbJN0ERNVwugQN3Waa9O98Wth3JYFSB_DIfEBxxuEGpgTn-17fPJ5zWFmBMX_F8d-GRRd3sI8ga0Z1e_loTdSuPZtQQUPWO3bG5e1CjVqRbGaDpEkgHJsQ2dJfS-cfGm/w640-h360/20210819_171458.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Occasional views of the Maumee River</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglW7JOvhWnov2Nvkn7qGEx4ciIVtCNZCIO74mh0abDGr9HIp4vffAcrFpME_Jh5x7DONDCV3l80qy1G4_w8XRHDyarikCZEGmN76FMZNIg9XTf5v_r7HGuHmxgFBZiqSAxXyKLtCLhuyi2/s1439/20210819_173524.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="1439" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglW7JOvhWnov2Nvkn7qGEx4ciIVtCNZCIO74mh0abDGr9HIp4vffAcrFpME_Jh5x7DONDCV3l80qy1G4_w8XRHDyarikCZEGmN76FMZNIg9XTf5v_r7HGuHmxgFBZiqSAxXyKLtCLhuyi2/w640-h360/20210819_173524.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was pretty warm and humid so we were happy to have some shade and only a few bugs.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">After our walk, we stopped at Fired Stone Tavern, part of a restaurant/brewery complex at nearby Eagle Rock Golf Club. They had a great vegan pizza, okay beer, and a lovely open-air dining room.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLd0xC2UcON2jLm5Jdqq2SafrD_KE4ENdDmU343b4vJgA_D9hcHU55wqVyuTE6pHjiEbSxUKRCcMw9UsRkszkQxeqkQAm5cNhrTMBGucL5AXAfDj0pnHb77FLvBgXK6wwgLvBHU56pLB31/s2048/20210819_185856.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLd0xC2UcON2jLm5Jdqq2SafrD_KE4ENdDmU343b4vJgA_D9hcHU55wqVyuTE6pHjiEbSxUKRCcMw9UsRkszkQxeqkQAm5cNhrTMBGucL5AXAfDj0pnHb77FLvBgXK6wwgLvBHU56pLB31/w640-h360/20210819_185856.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The next day was almost a replay of the previous, driving a couple hundred miles and stopping early in Bourbonnaise, Illinois at a Comfort Inn. This time we walked at Kankakee River State Park on a pretty paved trail along the Kankakee River that looked much like the Maumee. It would have been nice to have bikes to ride on these trails but we knew bikes would have been too much trouble to deal with on this trip.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXX4nCDMd6UMDHgdI9U4L71-912rk5iEKf6nVhvYMVdc8kqQW8Sh4d9Tb88LVn8fDO_FuVUmlCfpLMB9hpeC_q8Cdsj1sO3kKwMJ-FrYwGG3OOVQvmH9Ga5pZfHs-q5iAzClaCQB8wujZu/s1992/20210820_171358.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1992" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXX4nCDMd6UMDHgdI9U4L71-912rk5iEKf6nVhvYMVdc8kqQW8Sh4d9Tb88LVn8fDO_FuVUmlCfpLMB9hpeC_q8Cdsj1sO3kKwMJ-FrYwGG3OOVQvmH9Ga5pZfHs-q5iAzClaCQB8wujZu/w640-h360/20210820_171358.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5vbyz9qfhno_tvp0pNgDEaf8kK-ljiya8ukZvWUKriS7u_dY4uYtnKDgBrHcD4RNFXCLg4_5wMeH3ijLke7kliN79IoIynTlqvyZIGKFrkIjmpHPvDsRB94wPxSE9ltTk6jZySIQ5R9bw/s2048/20210820_171230.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5vbyz9qfhno_tvp0pNgDEaf8kK-ljiya8ukZvWUKriS7u_dY4uYtnKDgBrHcD4RNFXCLg4_5wMeH3ijLke7kliN79IoIynTlqvyZIGKFrkIjmpHPvDsRB94wPxSE9ltTk6jZySIQ5R9bw/w640-h360/20210820_171230.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kankakee River</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The next couple hundred miles took us into Wisconsin, a state we never made it to in the RV. New Glarus is a cute little village settled by the Swiss and retaining much of its heritage. It's home to the popular New Glarus Brewing, which unfortunately remains closed to the public due to Covid, although they are still producing beer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXmreUHov5vptUV6Ydus7nySpGjNc9LD1c5LzTGYa5q_nQxR2czx4YXvEj0G8RgFovZFkKUQxUlwmC5nw8y2fuieWuPXAhjf1acIL6KpFMn90JZkTNIw3vslZgUF-jbQM-UF5MfoE0eRyO/s1689/20210821_191731.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1689" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXmreUHov5vptUV6Ydus7nySpGjNc9LD1c5LzTGYa5q_nQxR2czx4YXvEj0G8RgFovZFkKUQxUlwmC5nw8y2fuieWuPXAhjf1acIL6KpFMn90JZkTNIw3vslZgUF-jbQM-UF5MfoE0eRyO/w640-h404/20210821_191731.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">We did walks around town and along the Sugar River Trail, on an abandoned rail line.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIBWuFtNi25n1TtCv7QbYIwfV18PfFZ11H1pBprZgrPjxsPo9YmrwkXGsVfW6KKkN38l6H7wq8s8a2G-oWdpcBswl25G7Sle86oxo6RX194J-KZi0Lx2tbSLDP3ODZTeP0BlkEUSZDJTR/s1171/20210821_191847.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="1171" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIBWuFtNi25n1TtCv7QbYIwfV18PfFZ11H1pBprZgrPjxsPo9YmrwkXGsVfW6KKkN38l6H7wq8s8a2G-oWdpcBswl25G7Sle86oxo6RX194J-KZi0Lx2tbSLDP3ODZTeP0BlkEUSZDJTR/w640-h322/20210821_191847.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The trail started near the old train station.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Horeb. 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5C-TORCMaMx1V-NuNpNtWETjiAIzdErpp16Rfdy_0ElfK64HG2IlF6DYhdkdfIIhKzDOT4QQCwWAi0mX9kIHVcLE7iS67-JEKN82GUtiEx3hKpaEvSYfBVTsRdnYnrXEkbjx2N71zgpnd/s2048/DSC01762.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="2048" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5C-TORCMaMx1V-NuNpNtWETjiAIzdErpp16Rfdy_0ElfK64HG2IlF6DYhdkdfIIhKzDOT4QQCwWAi0mX9kIHVcLE7iS67-JEKN82GUtiEx3hKpaEvSYfBVTsRdnYnrXEkbjx2N71zgpnd/w640-h342/DSC01762.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There was a bike shop along the trail where I lusted after this mountain bike. Maybe when they put it on sale!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjku3CK7nz2hYs6Ire_jQ5CdMG6LgiVONsk8qFVvZB5FiXooGl2USyKxTs6x1KapTpHnd48n2KYt6j2efNxry-L5Pkpnx0q1kxq5_F9I2ZzmcJqmdNQ3xPNhfjIAfsRoq0BU5aRfP_Dier0/s2048/DSC01759.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1180" data-original-width="2048" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjku3CK7nz2hYs6Ire_jQ5CdMG6LgiVONsk8qFVvZB5FiXooGl2USyKxTs6x1KapTpHnd48n2KYt6j2efNxry-L5Pkpnx0q1kxq5_F9I2ZzmcJqmdNQ3xPNhfjIAfsRoq0BU5aRfP_Dier0/w640-h368/DSC01759.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then we walked along State Street towards the university and had lunch at Mooyah Burgers, where they had a surprisingly delicious veggie burger and sweet potato fries. For dessert it was vegan ice cream at The Chocolate Shoppe. We really liked Madison and wished we could have spent more time there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEili1FTXYMbsgCG7MS0Nh4lcfu_Rs1tptNhj3kzUiiTrY1RBIhFrSOMc7Z9BVMRJ-0NkWshCh1QMxTBoZ7BGiDyjhaVRErtfLk_bZf4LmzCw04JFS05Oy8pe2pcwVYjBXQEK4qs4SPm7IGy/s2048/DSC01766.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEili1FTXYMbsgCG7MS0Nh4lcfu_Rs1tptNhj3kzUiiTrY1RBIhFrSOMc7Z9BVMRJ-0NkWshCh1QMxTBoZ7BGiDyjhaVRErtfLk_bZf4LmzCw04JFS05Oy8pe2pcwVYjBXQEK4qs4SPm7IGy/w640-h360/DSC01766.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glad we picked Sunday as it was very quiet downtown.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next up, Iowa, another state we never made it to in the RV. </div></div></div></i></b></div>Jim and Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13982110996137470496noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062337474734435253.post-79801812208907800882021-09-04T18:10:00.002-07:002021-09-05T12:12:12.063-07:00"Dreary Erie" Lived Up to It's Nickname<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1d7Ld7uhcAhleBNxdWEqvx4BMgNMFkn1IjhYRUM7ODiDU31isj4XQai5X5Cx_iPEgxmKBt-iMR6g5w7AOJmsUQklEXdON7vIjpRIVrnVq8LGK4shECuEYuXho4IcNMbExYLRlOTUDNGJ-/s1669/20210810_154507.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="939" data-original-width="1669" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1d7Ld7uhcAhleBNxdWEqvx4BMgNMFkn1IjhYRUM7ODiDU31isj4XQai5X5Cx_iPEgxmKBt-iMR6g5w7AOJmsUQklEXdON7vIjpRIVrnVq8LGK4shECuEYuXho4IcNMbExYLRlOTUDNGJ-/w640-h360/20210810_154507.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">13 mile paved trail at Presque Isle State Park</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><i><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div><b><i>After leaving Middle Bass Island we drove on to Erie, PA where I was born and raised. Erie has always had a reputation for being gloomy and dreary, and during our ten days there it upheld that reputation. We had rain most days except a few, so not only was it dreary, it was very steamy with humidity. As expected, my brother said that since we left the weather has been great.</i></b></div></i></b><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div><b><i>We spent 10 days in a decent Airbnb near Presque Isle State Park, what Erieites call "the peninsula". It's a lovely park that makes Erie worth visiting. We did several walks there in between showers and thunderstorms.</i></b><div><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnkCyY0cV6AfSpJBa6B72oIYgacNxjixEN1tUFoLfoz9w3dnF7qlZHVqaKNMNuVXqhk-yLk-hd55wvb4EYR2rrkihB_eHQRGYbYVXBrwSQ_Z1WHPPUyahYR5kWHBhCguuH3hpdQ87Cmid2/s1359/20210810_154522.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="1359" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnkCyY0cV6AfSpJBa6B72oIYgacNxjixEN1tUFoLfoz9w3dnF7qlZHVqaKNMNuVXqhk-yLk-hd55wvb4EYR2rrkihB_eHQRGYbYVXBrwSQ_Z1WHPPUyahYR5kWHBhCguuH3hpdQ87Cmid2/w640-h360/20210810_154522.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>But of course the main reason we visited was to see friends and family. It's not quite the same since my dad and friend Joann died, but we enjoyed seeing my brother and his family. We had a fun dinner and good beer at The Brewerie downtown.</i></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipsvB2kGYfsvBmyACOjc9O6elIfZqECteNQKfMBMxzHFKGXUktyzaFFVJqPmjVEa7dPjuxwyEjrkJhdjEZQNu1hCM7m0Ljrxbzb4WbSFORz4PR8HnMYBCvw4k_AhAHde5vxz1HouK8fTSz/s2048/20210812_190642.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipsvB2kGYfsvBmyACOjc9O6elIfZqECteNQKfMBMxzHFKGXUktyzaFFVJqPmjVEa7dPjuxwyEjrkJhdjEZQNu1hCM7m0Ljrxbzb4WbSFORz4PR8HnMYBCvw4k_AhAHde5vxz1HouK8fTSz/w640-h360/20210812_190642.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me, my brother Bob, his wife Sue, great nephew Marques, niece Kara, (Marques's mom), great nieces Lexi and Kendyl, niece Lisa (the girls' mom) and her husband Rick. Kara's daughter Khloe was out of town with her dad so she didn't get to join us.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>We went for a walk at the peninsula with my childhood friend Denise and also walked with her at Asbury Woods, a pretty area with hiking trails.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj159NU3oWjXeX1xvXnxT7-XwmxPp9OO0-sclBoOiOy-mWRP6LzWCen2nUzJiLFCAWDOVs0SPyLKDjT5zDBQnOSkiX_D-GLX4zuMZuZPmVoV9afeWAReBWkeNuZfHJTDxGEy9of79On9PC_/s1724/20210813_132344.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="970" data-original-width="1724" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj159NU3oWjXeX1xvXnxT7-XwmxPp9OO0-sclBoOiOy-mWRP6LzWCen2nUzJiLFCAWDOVs0SPyLKDjT5zDBQnOSkiX_D-GLX4zuMZuZPmVoV9afeWAReBWkeNuZfHJTDxGEy9of79On9PC_/w640-h360/20210813_132344.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXCsBciAajhyphenhyphenAUQkwNTLSTa2OoOT5Ksj0lLbgfxPPmL5lCtCHX5MtucBnOKsnHaL3DMN3rsBbi-0Cl0yuENmwdxXaXQc2BGD7ciA_ue1wVrwsfCYOb6EcjrtqRPwLRKdaq-bWHHV-qS7v/s2048/20210813_132919.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXCsBciAajhyphenhyphenAUQkwNTLSTa2OoOT5Ksj0lLbgfxPPmL5lCtCHX5MtucBnOKsnHaL3DMN3rsBbi-0Cl0yuENmwdxXaXQc2BGD7ciA_ue1wVrwsfCYOb6EcjrtqRPwLRKdaq-bWHHV-qS7v/w640-h360/20210813_132919.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was pretty muddy where we had to get off of the boardwalks</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgq_2HnRmvucJ2Jw6IoK-0oyiB5ewzhqbI2sHzPbE4N7w4vsyv4fDWLIpxu1smEqdZ84sPtjNwSl8PRepIoItaeikInnaZhnZcDEvKWHZtEWs2DToOc8HZcmpAv1dt2xc7ngDXHMtpYqVM/s1851/20210813_144540.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1041" data-original-width="1851" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgq_2HnRmvucJ2Jw6IoK-0oyiB5ewzhqbI2sHzPbE4N7w4vsyv4fDWLIpxu1smEqdZ84sPtjNwSl8PRepIoItaeikInnaZhnZcDEvKWHZtEWs2DToOc8HZcmpAv1dt2xc7ngDXHMtpYqVM/w640-h360/20210813_144540.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>One day we spent a long time trying to find my parents' headstones at the cemetery where they are buried and finally succeeded. I was amazed by the number of names I recognized that were relatives or parents of old friends and classmates. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTNKwNE1N-ngPh1LcMJyW8UfOG9_I2TawBX_cDp8bdmtN2O2StlnILsb7VX72iIeF1TSwWm_bzXOcSo5FolHeh3RsiUw42nyrvzKgGMoA2pVip1wXchFZ5rLr7hmH7ZjsB0UK89uQaiWEx/s1144/20210814_142409.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="1144" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTNKwNE1N-ngPh1LcMJyW8UfOG9_I2TawBX_cDp8bdmtN2O2StlnILsb7VX72iIeF1TSwWm_bzXOcSo5FolHeh3RsiUw42nyrvzKgGMoA2pVip1wXchFZ5rLr7hmH7ZjsB0UK89uQaiWEx/w640-h360/20210814_142409.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc9FMxk0PLI8W14mC-UBJiopNIu9tCFvLI4GZ5o_hOLm4nDGlJCqMfzayxOqH4_EQNaHDhxfgWuY87WUyJhCRXrZiv7V8wqruYbzMnFfuMG9PECiuApAyRm0qGcFCn3x4F0zVlgc7-st6P/s1167/20210814_142421.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="1167" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc9FMxk0PLI8W14mC-UBJiopNIu9tCFvLI4GZ5o_hOLm4nDGlJCqMfzayxOqH4_EQNaHDhxfgWuY87WUyJhCRXrZiv7V8wqruYbzMnFfuMG9PECiuApAyRm0qGcFCn3x4F0zVlgc7-st6P/w640-h360/20210814_142421.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div>We enjoyed wandering the cemetery so much that we walked around another one on a different day. A large number of Polish immigrants landed in Erie so we found the names entertaining.</i></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJnnnu30N6CiyVkDUe7CS7zwozXiiUoUC_-VB2fb9Oi1p4EeePQIwMfHw0fEoDd6IIOMUjBUSicd5YwGO-kV0CA1W_Ed35ijfpwUwatIqrhq0zNnqB2FGhlXy5DF9Oz1bg7cAA8zya3Z83/s2048/20210814_144944.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJnnnu30N6CiyVkDUe7CS7zwozXiiUoUC_-VB2fb9Oi1p4EeePQIwMfHw0fEoDd6IIOMUjBUSicd5YwGO-kV0CA1W_Ed35ijfpwUwatIqrhq0zNnqB2FGhlXy5DF9Oz1bg7cAA8zya3Z83/w640-h360/20210814_144944.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can I please buy a vowel?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>There was a neighborhood music festival with live bands playing at five different parks around town one Saturday. We went to Perry Square downtown since there was jazz. Fortunately, it was one of the nicer days with no rain. It surprised us how few people were there, but maybe with five stages there was better music elsewhere.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_kpA1FuvsGgaMHpkEq8grZdd9eBr0FYtZWTd3djh5vyvZpInrVAD8fO4eFnRwRJTIfTF5EZsz1KAvrLlqoWr1TNrglOrrs_43XLYK5I8lYvinjxsw_9VDYCzVk4Er-Ad5sg25wpiJ_L5W/s2048/20210814_171537.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_kpA1FuvsGgaMHpkEq8grZdd9eBr0FYtZWTd3djh5vyvZpInrVAD8fO4eFnRwRJTIfTF5EZsz1KAvrLlqoWr1TNrglOrrs_43XLYK5I8lYvinjxsw_9VDYCzVk4Er-Ad5sg25wpiJ_L5W/w640-h360/20210814_171537.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>After we got tired of sitting and listening we walked down State Street to the marina on the bay to check out the boats.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDxdFKOb8xf7ptK45aI69kBaddFzfRjhztgbX7x39BqKESQifeE-rHCbaxF7sOa7hgIyTqgnVFEgCTW_kpMTOM9UfMxM6uHs3dtWStVjVTlc6NFUX-26lmfzfaVTAJEFI48CDOOdKWx8U-/s1698/20210814_175949.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="955" data-original-width="1698" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDxdFKOb8xf7ptK45aI69kBaddFzfRjhztgbX7x39BqKESQifeE-rHCbaxF7sOa7hgIyTqgnVFEgCTW_kpMTOM9UfMxM6uHs3dtWStVjVTlc6NFUX-26lmfzfaVTAJEFI48CDOOdKWx8U-/w640-h360/20210814_175949.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Here are a few more photos from Presque Isle. I realized I didn't take any of Lake Erie, just the bay, since it was gray and unappealing when we walked on the lake side.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxP8Vc0zzPv_FQk-n86hVCFZ3rIanNGe3nOdrn0_9rTklVKMho2mU1-bkLJesXTa_XyPTuVg1lg2Y2uSgWjoeC2QFqq-IByrKgb1PwZAUQvu_KJ5qgiX6fG3eyWaDBNTrFfo6UqoUenjY6/s2048/20210818_174339.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxP8Vc0zzPv_FQk-n86hVCFZ3rIanNGe3nOdrn0_9rTklVKMho2mU1-bkLJesXTa_XyPTuVg1lg2Y2uSgWjoeC2QFqq-IByrKgb1PwZAUQvu_KJ5qgiX6fG3eyWaDBNTrFfo6UqoUenjY6/w640-h360/20210818_174339.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Storm brewing over the bay</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></b></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3hBaiua9ewndqvU1ne27bNV84Aung6NC_4eAYFUq4JufHgJC-iLObM9s23UewObwkj_T292bxXgpcKzGiy_CZvzasJ08Q_jaOAgVB4VJZ-r2JaDnteUaKrM0zWApEys5PcPSWdqUw84R/s2048/DSC01724.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3hBaiua9ewndqvU1ne27bNV84Aung6NC_4eAYFUq4JufHgJC-iLObM9s23UewObwkj_T292bxXgpcKzGiy_CZvzasJ08Q_jaOAgVB4VJZ-r2JaDnteUaKrM0zWApEys5PcPSWdqUw84R/w640-h360/DSC01724.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_KE4oAvEZlqzyK3a3pd1imknsK6WzYyqPp9tTFKwmaJPf9rSRX27X2e76JZoUFIltBoC_CY4Z9XAyLKieOM0fEDdPzjJ7egCviEfYZKtw78T-luNnMmDeBuvuvRTbkgmHACsO4kGf1hBA/s4896/DSC01727.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2752" data-original-width="4896" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_KE4oAvEZlqzyK3a3pd1imknsK6WzYyqPp9tTFKwmaJPf9rSRX27X2e76JZoUFIltBoC_CY4Z9XAyLKieOM0fEDdPzjJ7egCviEfYZKtw78T-luNnMmDeBuvuvRTbkgmHACsO4kGf1hBA/w640-h360/DSC01727.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice ride</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbKl3uoe-o-Sg9ldKUimKP5WBLCEE-DfQYOSfnBuTtMehhL0fQop4YXebgtZZUYPW2Mr19g0UyJyU6sAMahyphenhyphenQRtm-e7O_1kjCq4hK0PTa4lrDUiIRSgGe4naKrbTFRNBMRszUnoZm7pwH/s2048/DSC01729.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1151" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbKl3uoe-o-Sg9ldKUimKP5WBLCEE-DfQYOSfnBuTtMehhL0fQop4YXebgtZZUYPW2Mr19g0UyJyU6sAMahyphenhyphenQRtm-e7O_1kjCq4hK0PTa4lrDUiIRSgGe4naKrbTFRNBMRszUnoZm7pwH/w360-h640/DSC01729.JPG" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Perry Monument</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiARPwVvzW5DM8VPvojXkZfZhiFmWpFuZgkRMVqhJtZR0xE3m4PGzWyL9CbxikKuTVZyV1ED4DWKQCtweWaXE1XUM1dZCB7f3XxZb0_0LjqLi1BB17wi5xhaMNlykyv2Jv0B02_RR2JukO1/s2048/DSC01735.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiARPwVvzW5DM8VPvojXkZfZhiFmWpFuZgkRMVqhJtZR0xE3m4PGzWyL9CbxikKuTVZyV1ED4DWKQCtweWaXE1XUM1dZCB7f3XxZb0_0LjqLi1BB17wi5xhaMNlykyv2Jv0B02_RR2JukO1/w640-h360/DSC01735.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><i>We were happy to see that the houseboats are still there. We never knew anyone who owned one but it always seemed like fun since people got to stay in the park even after it closed for the day.</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXO69PddTAQLVer23Cc6IroL-LdMU3Qg_LSKiwj7WY4FgOn8X3y-yBosskzDctrxROQVrUP22Xzo-z3f9EuqfmnpzQXGTQzT1id3F9VLi1VlNiq7BLNvFibvUmvRv1Yb6ZyK3V3J7iyJ8E/s2048/DSC01734.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXO69PddTAQLVer23Cc6IroL-LdMU3Qg_LSKiwj7WY4FgOn8X3y-yBosskzDctrxROQVrUP22Xzo-z3f9EuqfmnpzQXGTQzT1id3F9VLi1VlNiq7BLNvFibvUmvRv1Yb6ZyK3V3J7iyJ8E/w640-h360/DSC01734.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVrKwa4qYA1QCWC1fk7At8he7jMlRGTCAEZPWrIVOc-ZgH32HlDperkZaUWkQ2Kd4HEBBk0TH6n3N2FBkh4PPdRV7zQiRoIYdxEJx6Ef-B6Z2JJE9_1apfcwIwUCbjWguDfeEmvtd_R5PK/s2048/DSC01739.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVrKwa4qYA1QCWC1fk7At8he7jMlRGTCAEZPWrIVOc-ZgH32HlDperkZaUWkQ2Kd4HEBBk0TH6n3N2FBkh4PPdRV7zQiRoIYdxEJx6Ef-B6Z2JJE9_1apfcwIwUCbjWguDfeEmvtd_R5PK/w640-h360/DSC01739.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><b><br /></b></div><i>During our stay Jim thought that perhaps we should consider Erie as a place to live so we investigated some possibilities. From talking with friends and family there, they are surprised at the home price increases that have taken place since Covid but to us they were minimal compared to most other places. I just don't think we could tolerate the cold and snowy winters despite the benefit of having family nearby. </i></b></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div><b><i>That's about the extent of the excitement that took place in Erie. We also had bittersweet visit with Joe, my friend Joann's partner. She was killed on her bike back in 2013 and this was the first time we'd been back since her accident. It was sad enough visiting Erie after my dad died but with Joann gone it really felt like something was missing. But, life goes on, and since we can't change things we adapt. </i></b></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit6trkhPAo1jjdFyZX-5m6n8jSrEwGAtRxYbE7_nFJkWFvxJjSDrYain0dhV7BEXunrEjUUIA77BtQGCCsumZMWDZ3EbfEbe-DWH2VF2XaqfevvQrqxO3c2WLXD0spJC9pYfNz5OYZUG0o/s1359/20210810_154742.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="861" data-original-width="1359" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit6trkhPAo1jjdFyZX-5m6n8jSrEwGAtRxYbE7_nFJkWFvxJjSDrYain0dhV7BEXunrEjUUIA77BtQGCCsumZMWDZ3EbfEbe-DWH2VF2XaqfevvQrqxO3c2WLXD0spJC9pYfNz5OYZUG0o/w640-h406/20210810_154742.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><b><i>Next up, changing direction and a new state for us.</i></b></div><div><br /></div></div>Jim and Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13982110996137470496noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062337474734435253.post-4932396370510502782021-08-18T08:18:00.002-07:002021-08-18T08:28:26.605-07:00Lake Erie Island Life<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitJJxI81wVLs5gyZ0Z2Kr9uM0-qKl-_dC8P00CMEXIGw8w9FIsSlSNF-wCn2yuYQKumLV2MLPlZds6YsbcMJd7HCm2l8AmkFZNDwwMwJ9vTs29b4DKL2ZUkxbSncLaYFmg2qG7mDTxdDme/s2048/20210803_202644.jpg" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitJJxI81wVLs5gyZ0Z2Kr9uM0-qKl-_dC8P00CMEXIGw8w9FIsSlSNF-wCn2yuYQKumLV2MLPlZds6YsbcMJd7HCm2l8AmkFZNDwwMwJ9vTs29b4DKL2ZUkxbSncLaYFmg2qG7mDTxdDme/w640-h360/20210803_202644.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Port Clinton, OH sunset. Yes, that is a nuclear power plant.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><b><i>The day we left Chicago we headed east to Port Clinton, OH for a one-night stay, with a quick stop at a Best Buy in Granger, IN so Jim could buy a new computer to replace our old Dell that crapped out in Chicago. It was his fastest computer buy ever, as they only had a couple to choose from that had the specs he wanted. This one is an HP and we hope it will last as long as the 7 year old Dell.</i></b></p><p><b><i>We had reservations the following day for the 11:45 Miller Ferry to Middle Bass Island and needed to do some grocery shopping in preparation for five nights on the island. Our Columbus friends Dave and Kim have a summer home on Middle Bass, which we visited back in 2011 when we came east in the Lazy Daze. </i></b></p><p><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>The room at <a href="http://www.ourguestinnandsuites.com/">Our Inn and Suites</a> was small and old and way too expensive for the condition it was in, but it was right across from the lake and not far from the ferry. Dinner options were very limited so we waited in line 30 minutes for a Subway sandwich, being the only ones in the long line of people wearing masks, and took it out to a nearby park where we sat and ate at a waterfront picnic table. </i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIDyRvaGo9uRO7tYDWlQ8QfuIjP9e3yWQyY6xWw05rGlrSV_rbURRCHPVcXf9CwEgEbVYLH1rrrzZYrHVkMM1jMOZc0hJgZWMwDW-gSswfaXCwr8tNyC7dV-G5f6zF_Vz-RV7tuHNYAiPD/s1856/20210803_193034.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="1856" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIDyRvaGo9uRO7tYDWlQ8QfuIjP9e3yWQyY6xWw05rGlrSV_rbURRCHPVcXf9CwEgEbVYLH1rrrzZYrHVkMM1jMOZc0hJgZWMwDW-gSswfaXCwr8tNyC7dV-G5f6zF_Vz-RV7tuHNYAiPD/w640-h360/20210803_193034.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice dinner view.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>Then we took a pleasant walk along the waterfront to watch the sunset.</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-lpvK1MbRKzVUUqqnhk9V6-ZkZngzUvAluZAr4cH8JB8GpBmNqLLhQOsYB0G7cBsd-QoR217TFzCLq8naADk-IWdXI8s9nzPx25jhDbxpibuRmlkyqiyI8wpl3141ONp4M-RQSlfbL57g/s2048/20210803_203055.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-lpvK1MbRKzVUUqqnhk9V6-ZkZngzUvAluZAr4cH8JB8GpBmNqLLhQOsYB0G7cBsd-QoR217TFzCLq8naADk-IWdXI8s9nzPx25jhDbxpibuRmlkyqiyI8wpl3141ONp4M-RQSlfbL57g/w640-h360/20210803_203055.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></b></div><b><i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The next morning we picked up some groceries on the way to the ferry, a bittersweet ride since the last time we took this ferry in August of 2011 was the day after we had to euthanize our most favorite cat, Oreo. We still miss that little guy to this day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Miller Ferry leaves from Catawba Island and goes directly to Middle Bass.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSf6zdyB6qY6XNFc5q-P3kPV82fFU3MNse2gDvQyKzF7c8QXc3cGnMZux9IqO6S1HDSR4cGOd3XBfwzTFjmae4_HeYE5VjffCjJQg1P63GGlcw1rzJBub2pr1DzPBuavUskGq47SwzOMf/s427/Ohio+islands.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="426" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSf6zdyB6qY6XNFc5q-P3kPV82fFU3MNse2gDvQyKzF7c8QXc3cGnMZux9IqO6S1HDSR4cGOd3XBfwzTFjmae4_HeYE5VjffCjJQg1P63GGlcw1rzJBub2pr1DzPBuavUskGq47SwzOMf/w638-h640/Ohio+islands.gif" width="638" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh19qw1K8977ZwLTIUZ5Es2RrouNKfdxX9UP94Sp9atwIh0E_1bmf9ekrXSbtsjUvecMeofsiq89-X4altOVXGpsmOH1OMciKcnIQVT0WVOAsoXQIA-zukMjZqpcTqW2mYnmPzOOa3n8KqG/s2048/20210804_122818.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh19qw1K8977ZwLTIUZ5Es2RrouNKfdxX9UP94Sp9atwIh0E_1bmf9ekrXSbtsjUvecMeofsiq89-X4altOVXGpsmOH1OMciKcnIQVT0WVOAsoXQIA-zukMjZqpcTqW2mYnmPzOOa3n8KqG/w640-h360/20210804_122818.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Approaching the ferry landing at Middle Bass Island. It was a lovely day for a ride.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>In case you are wondering, the ferry cost is $10.50 per person each way. If you drive your car on it's an additional $25.50 each way, which we did since we had too much stuff to carry. There is free parking if you want to leave your car, which we did the last time since we brought the Lazy Daze on the ferry, which of course costs even more. Oh, and it is a 7 mile, 45 minute trip.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><i>Since we last visited them, Dave and Kim sold their house, which was not on the water, and bought another one that is. We got the guest bedroom on the second floor and could not believe our view. After Chicago this was such a nice change of scenery, and we were awed by the silence after two weeks of constant city sounds.</i></b><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8INChbseGA3fPRTVK4sKCzIAVPawuhXhf8VLvqThO852oLq8KLTCcTKs0rumuHTnOJoqOgPXHuMMCOZEsHzAITVbQTn3o4rfX8J0fMVkiG9pJw7JIjQxecS_waYMxLWgcsdEmMK5Wcn00/s1977/20210805_125719.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="1977" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8INChbseGA3fPRTVK4sKCzIAVPawuhXhf8VLvqThO852oLq8KLTCcTKs0rumuHTnOJoqOgPXHuMMCOZEsHzAITVbQTn3o4rfX8J0fMVkiG9pJw7JIjQxecS_waYMxLWgcsdEmMK5Wcn00/w640-h360/20210805_125719.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7P3U9KIYIGgjsV3BA8tqKRo6lHOxhO4OymfYH81AXVOX9G8LvXhYqUZO8ykgoObD8jiXXYpJtcImpHDC8lHGwT5R9MPcZswNMGVn332LCfDiFsu7NzihFXcelKG_Cg-BCWso1OBR3wNm/s1384/20210805_125743.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="779" data-original-width="1384" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7P3U9KIYIGgjsV3BA8tqKRo6lHOxhO4OymfYH81AXVOX9G8LvXhYqUZO8ykgoObD8jiXXYpJtcImpHDC8lHGwT5R9MPcZswNMGVn332LCfDiFsu7NzihFXcelKG_Cg-BCWso1OBR3wNm/w640-h360/20210805_125743.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty nice beach cottage</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3TOWSE1KO_wb6x8IEDb_B45CttCNrw-olmsmuGoZjuwSIESaqCmifQQR4033OZXE1F-C7tKBOg0QattxusjKQMHPzXI6KPOXL_DXV120qDUxi-tviGiPUc_2_S8aVTAJz0_nSqwPoz26/s2048/DSC01701.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3TOWSE1KO_wb6x8IEDb_B45CttCNrw-olmsmuGoZjuwSIESaqCmifQQR4033OZXE1F-C7tKBOg0QattxusjKQMHPzXI6KPOXL_DXV120qDUxi-tviGiPUc_2_S8aVTAJz0_nSqwPoz26/w640-h360/DSC01701.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our upstairs deck</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHllDjYjPz4bkcPfmW6VB9ZhxkNcoC-2q16GKjHkldGLp8n1l2JraKZa-8QqjfTWjedPNB7TUL-2MqAhITR6OUfeA6Ip_4s1_GPbJJM2aMzXfmU9M4QPKWZhbp2jiMMurvcITA2LMqNh8N/s2048/DSC01702.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHllDjYjPz4bkcPfmW6VB9ZhxkNcoC-2q16GKjHkldGLp8n1l2JraKZa-8QqjfTWjedPNB7TUL-2MqAhITR6OUfeA6Ip_4s1_GPbJJM2aMzXfmU9M4QPKWZhbp2jiMMurvcITA2LMqNh8N/w640-h360/DSC01702.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice to hear only birds and water lapping against the rocks.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><i>The beauty of staying here is forced relaxation as there is really not much to do on the island. We walked every day and tooled around on Dave's golf cart a couple times, but spent the rest of the time just talking and hanging out on the screened porch. And enjoying the company of Jake and Ellie who are very sweet teenaged dogs.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouchii6RzVb0hapgJXUqXFzFozo8X5fqzaEevXWINPF8SAQrHqIjOhr6TT_FbaMLsYDgPSW6cmf3oXQ85TH-gUOYV14VRPYg0cEsmsdsFr86zrg_u7sUZ0D7HaJsIaMmAs-yowTuKQKGC/s4896/DSC01709.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2752" data-original-width="4896" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouchii6RzVb0hapgJXUqXFzFozo8X5fqzaEevXWINPF8SAQrHqIjOhr6TT_FbaMLsYDgPSW6cmf3oXQ85TH-gUOYV14VRPYg0cEsmsdsFr86zrg_u7sUZ0D7HaJsIaMmAs-yowTuKQKGC/w640-h360/DSC01709.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;">We decided against taking the short ferry to Put-In-Bay like we did in 2011 since it's the tourist and party island, with lots of shops, bars and restaurants, and with Covid numbers rising we thought it best to avoid any more crowds. We had enough of that in Chicago. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><i> </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><i>Middle Bass Island has a small general store, a couple restaurants and bars, state park, marina, RV park/campground and an airport. What more do you need? </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh848oY10tmIqVz_1g9tnPRjKTg50uzkeCZJ1l0fpew18w3X2o7TqJchXFd3K5pLO1WFzhqv2TvFQVtKoY4gYqB9knPBEtXLt9t0ymsxoWHXg5E7a8d5VUwVDwjxukPopOO_G8PFDy2R-M2/s1171/20210805_111818.jpg" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="1171" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh848oY10tmIqVz_1g9tnPRjKTg50uzkeCZJ1l0fpew18w3X2o7TqJchXFd3K5pLO1WFzhqv2TvFQVtKoY4gYqB9knPBEtXLt9t0ymsxoWHXg5E7a8d5VUwVDwjxukPopOO_G8PFDy2R-M2/w640-h316/20210805_111818.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The store has a bit of everything </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_fU39YtFI9SwqNik80B6c-egLHnXyb0TaPALLFrTJ2Hbqyl61gOOzpd_VlaMWJ8Bkpf_mrV8Fn5FGl3w2zLNRVOdsy9KiCPaQzPTudlwxKfYE7eh2Hb9weB-2XJ3z9p_7mz7bHNY1YtcL/s1279/20210807_121623.jpg" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="1279" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_fU39YtFI9SwqNik80B6c-egLHnXyb0TaPALLFrTJ2Hbqyl61gOOzpd_VlaMWJ8Bkpf_mrV8Fn5FGl3w2zLNRVOdsy9KiCPaQzPTudlwxKfYE7eh2Hb9weB-2XJ3z9p_7mz7bHNY1YtcL/w640-h360/20210807_121623.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And there is a cemetery</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wx5tgylOZJXSLRAgjouRdlm4c6SNwRBYC_HVU9SPg4Eeg0ZiFxKGiuS7wC5oJPe9H5BJLD_fn3_igZlYtkeDNxHXHx37Cet-R9bgWnkZ-fRC6_gKyEOKlPxaAeYiUJcL3Wa_KE9fZznt/s1691/20210807_123732.jpg" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="1691" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wx5tgylOZJXSLRAgjouRdlm4c6SNwRBYC_HVU9SPg4Eeg0ZiFxKGiuS7wC5oJPe9H5BJLD_fn3_igZlYtkeDNxHXHx37Cet-R9bgWnkZ-fRC6_gKyEOKlPxaAeYiUJcL3Wa_KE9fZznt/w640-h350/20210807_123732.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of many beautiful old homes on the island</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvOH3yt-FTnAv2ZRbD3r79w-fnby7OfF-uzg71PJ5ezwDU96qmBzIM6Gxkaby49zx_lEE25Q8Oegee-hGN7ZmE2fLBUrnO8-mLiQcXSZQkBKIDADPXP1rBeuzWAGInSpJQO-yWpl-klsR4/s2048/20210806_115926.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvOH3yt-FTnAv2ZRbD3r79w-fnby7OfF-uzg71PJ5ezwDU96qmBzIM6Gxkaby49zx_lEE25Q8Oegee-hGN7ZmE2fLBUrnO8-mLiQcXSZQkBKIDADPXP1rBeuzWAGInSpJQO-yWpl-klsR4/w640-h360/20210806_115926.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>State Park Marina </b></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdphoeC5sjgFCEK_0CK9_d8yIymrU06Pe1TNpvmD_3-5ASu11EsxhAE4_F4YdjA4daSyUEpw3_62M2l-juRVQFq63aGwNhxxpaIOi712PegisIHVQ8qB5yAogOYxob63XYk1j2AlDpIaS8/s4896/DSC01710.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2752" data-original-width="4896" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdphoeC5sjgFCEK_0CK9_d8yIymrU06Pe1TNpvmD_3-5ASu11EsxhAE4_F4YdjA4daSyUEpw3_62M2l-juRVQFq63aGwNhxxpaIOi712PegisIHVQ8qB5yAogOYxob63XYk1j2AlDpIaS8/w640-h360/DSC01710.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jim and Dave looking out towards the ferry landing.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><i>My phone had an adventure one day, as it fell out of my bag on one of Dave's sharp golf cart turns. (I had to blame someone). When I realized it was missing Jim called it and the ferry driver answered and said it was on its way to Put-In-Bay. Someone brought it to the ferry ticket office but the woman working there was going on break so she gave it to the ferry driver. We waited a half hour for its return and all was well. I doubt I will hear the end of it from Jim (and Dave), since I failed to zip the bag closed that I had it in. I am trying to do better now!</i></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOAUmMS5ryh-FfzRMGYcVsXrkutavaKhpvOhI8ED69hyR_WIya_pbTrZKU0q5uumfX8rkZAlHREA-tNhxsbLhwT61x-BatHSHZ9FeOn6eRx-CMh17Hf3swcmy60-p67uzC8PbbozASloh/s2048/DSC01715.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1633" data-original-width="2048" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOAUmMS5ryh-FfzRMGYcVsXrkutavaKhpvOhI8ED69hyR_WIya_pbTrZKU0q5uumfX8rkZAlHREA-tNhxsbLhwT61x-BatHSHZ9FeOn6eRx-CMh17Hf3swcmy60-p67uzC8PbbozASloh/w640-h510/DSC01715.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dave and Kim sipping coffee from the new cafe in the building behind them.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">If anyone is interested, here is a bit of history of the island. <a href="https://ohiodnr.gov/wps/portal/gov/odnr/go-and-do/plan-a-visit/find-a-property/lonz-winery-at-middle-bass-island">Lonz Winery at Middle Bass Island</a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZY6wUW-2g_KHbpLVb_TELIfeRJvTxngz8gxUG3H1c49vVAKoVlfiSpngi1aQFzTLySSTz1LWdXUrZSjgSOl2_MYFB0JhcujYPNLktA6I0ox-UHIvKumeFSz5SFqOpz8u8sBVKZ2B6v1mL/s1414/20210807_123913.jpg" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="795" data-original-width="1414" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZY6wUW-2g_KHbpLVb_TELIfeRJvTxngz8gxUG3H1c49vVAKoVlfiSpngi1aQFzTLySSTz1LWdXUrZSjgSOl2_MYFB0JhcujYPNLktA6I0ox-UHIvKumeFSz5SFqOpz8u8sBVKZ2B6v1mL/w640-h360/20210807_123913.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXKNH-xh3l75GBnAINc0-lQGWoloohjUprt6_sEbx9WBoxT2_W4v1POxX7tfMUgU8Y3WPeWdKxHAoFPndB3VtAOVsQbXdvI_7hiksjA5BBTc-E34Dd0papr1tdkaz2-RfGmnNnMvvf5RrG/s2048/20210806_122146.jpg" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXKNH-xh3l75GBnAINc0-lQGWoloohjUprt6_sEbx9WBoxT2_W4v1POxX7tfMUgU8Y3WPeWdKxHAoFPndB3VtAOVsQbXdvI_7hiksjA5BBTc-E34Dd0papr1tdkaz2-RfGmnNnMvvf5RrG/w640-h360/20210806_122146.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In 2000 a terrace of the winery collapsed, resulting in one death and over a dozen injuries.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif0BNh_E5LqPKyQK878MkT3idkne-uZ3j9PAQgKpsEz__uH6b5OeVCRfnG-py-M0IVM-mcTMMb5bN9GQu3Go-DoJxtLf_zhpZal74aUkvLmWtWVOdsUUyLrhYnhM6Khp3QmUJ369Vfo0D5/s2034/20210807_124021.jpg" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="2034" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif0BNh_E5LqPKyQK878MkT3idkne-uZ3j9PAQgKpsEz__uH6b5OeVCRfnG-py-M0IVM-mcTMMb5bN9GQu3Go-DoJxtLf_zhpZal74aUkvLmWtWVOdsUUyLrhYnhM6Khp3QmUJ369Vfo0D5/w640-h360/20210807_124021.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After it closed the state bought the property and restored what they could.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><b><i>Here are a few more photos from our walks. We especially liked walking past the little airport out to East Point since we always saw many shorebirds along the way in the wetlands. This black crowned night heron was in the same place every time we passed by.</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuuyknjFxd-LmRfvrl0fMkIipfSxVZp-Z_ZRpLse_XsYWq-Low4kIG8q7bBGLNSHv9uJJUTOtqZSiFnCH57ydbZyVFiyKc5gPrS5mafm-F6pNZqRtFkEe7MFDjs0wjL20m8YP7iIwOBYvE/s2048/DSC01720.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuuyknjFxd-LmRfvrl0fMkIipfSxVZp-Z_ZRpLse_XsYWq-Low4kIG8q7bBGLNSHv9uJJUTOtqZSiFnCH57ydbZyVFiyKc5gPrS5mafm-F6pNZqRtFkEe7MFDjs0wjL20m8YP7iIwOBYvE/w640-h360/DSC01720.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiNQtd6xd-rRHkYOfV-V9Bc9pRl4_Yu9ePgLw_2nzjcbT0UjH8d6lGEM7WpSXwR7JsMHmHGyRdwglLWj3P1UILC-AlB2gBe-0DwWt9YUEQ-pyFxh96TFXw4y4Aj1edVLvYqLFL_0yBrf0E/s2048/DSC01719.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1035" data-original-width="1840" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1UwDeQgWp8UTA29xLc6-iAAYOch_8B-Q4FEwSDEmYjaWasLaYrPtN-Lm0J3bGkkJihEQH-5tLhb8pz0DHoQeat68kBG2K5aJoQmA7KvdV_1PJtWGue1nziTPv2W128zFTOuJuUZM3jXl/w640-h360/20210805_123754.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No birds here, I just liked this sign in the mucky water.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNJHa-GozfmyPcwpfyTwSfaAaOqVx7D8QsPgSlyaBJBeMX9Dgd5EIBPism__THbsFn3-gbNiW1HVhbFxwjrxQKV_viBySH8y20ZUoApFwco9PyUynzOnIjn9ARJ_HjWwiXkOmRENzfLoXi/s2048/DSC01722+-+Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNJHa-GozfmyPcwpfyTwSfaAaOqVx7D8QsPgSlyaBJBeMX9Dgd5EIBPism__THbsFn3-gbNiW1HVhbFxwjrxQKV_viBySH8y20ZUoApFwco9PyUynzOnIjn9ARJ_HjWwiXkOmRENzfLoXi/w640-h360/DSC01722+-+Copy.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This egret had his own hangout, too.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><i>So that wraps up our stay on Middle Bass Island. We told our friends we were giving their Airbnb a 5 star review.😎 Next up, Erie, PA, the easternmost point of our trip. Still near the lake but no views </i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><i>and plenty of rain and humidity. </i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p></p></div>Jim and Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13982110996137470496noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062337474734435253.post-49101180094138803372021-08-12T10:17:00.004-07:002021-08-12T10:17:44.340-07:00More From Chicago<p><b><i> I had good intentions of keeping the blog current while we were traveling but somehow the days go by and I don't get around to it. So here is the rest of our two weeks in Chicago, which was mostly spent walking around the city or just hanging out in the condo appreciating the views. </i></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOEp7xzHuLmN22WYnKMOefo-_bWYd38XGeELKGxG2TtbO-5uEgHyg6NTaMhgzWrt6bfJklOrTNcu0I7SalTjnVXQm4gZE3hr42MWf6vgm3dqS7nu_PsfmroXrtUg-2w7pXsyEdaM9j0AoV/s2048/DSC01610.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOEp7xzHuLmN22WYnKMOefo-_bWYd38XGeELKGxG2TtbO-5uEgHyg6NTaMhgzWrt6bfJklOrTNcu0I7SalTjnVXQm4gZE3hr42MWf6vgm3dqS7nu_PsfmroXrtUg-2w7pXsyEdaM9j0AoV/w640-h360/DSC01610.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Low clouds obscuring Sears Tower, now called Willis Tower</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><i>On one of our walks we checked out Chicago's most famous public art.</i></b><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm0POiy96TdbT1IdXN2Dsho4Ex-CdEGiDxqDxY1KeNbXwenm4pZ1LEyEDTvC5fzf2l9kE777ZFS1G4Yd14AOsVSpEacSPD49su4nzh2BdIPZtfysdfLy9bpjO_ste9GrP8YQWF_M0M_OEp/s2048/DSC01608.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm0POiy96TdbT1IdXN2Dsho4Ex-CdEGiDxqDxY1KeNbXwenm4pZ1LEyEDTvC5fzf2l9kE777ZFS1G4Yd14AOsVSpEacSPD49su4nzh2BdIPZtfysdfLy9bpjO_ste9GrP8YQWF_M0M_OEp/w640-h360/DSC01608.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Calder's Flamingo</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouHm1aGNBmlB02lmvYCtwaNkcxUREF0kHPhVx8d31ZLe6WGszl4nHfFVbDuUL0GUeIwkbT5nKsw81X7F-ilGvqjRGYHx9tLA7yFSRqqR4zLEf1zX8iVvGflFM3mJLQ3T2yXEg24ET_HxF/s2048/DSC01600.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1151" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouHm1aGNBmlB02lmvYCtwaNkcxUREF0kHPhVx8d31ZLe6WGszl4nHfFVbDuUL0GUeIwkbT5nKsw81X7F-ilGvqjRGYHx9tLA7yFSRqqR4zLEf1zX8iVvGflFM3mJLQ3T2yXEg24ET_HxF/w360-h640/DSC01600.JPG" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chicago by Juan Miro</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6y7MZzcINzGTpNdpUYfBEJVFgPnjYbvBvgMA0UAkQS9En_KMpszzQkNUX0qFufPW_fZN8Q53Q11As10PaqC3goclz9iei6qcnmRtuDV9qngIJS-5R92YgkAP1gMzq3J8G87wwh68ZKIo9/s2048/DSC01605.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6y7MZzcINzGTpNdpUYfBEJVFgPnjYbvBvgMA0UAkQS9En_KMpszzQkNUX0qFufPW_fZN8Q53Q11As10PaqC3goclz9iei6qcnmRtuDV9qngIJS-5R92YgkAP1gMzq3J8G87wwh68ZKIo9/w640-h360/DSC01605.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chagall's Four Seasons mosaic</td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjflZHTl2VntNqVVEoAHXavqBtRYQX5zV54qVJf8g9JKdp41v5GyoMN5T40fGwxcUU1azkjXEmZBlHjqCgEvWMr48xXAV8JXwaOBOnWcIc3fG90dxgz0JFnubNDstCBGfxgFn9lGFqhTIdV/s2048/DSC01604.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; 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They did both a rapid and PCR test and had him swab his own nasal passages, which we thought was interesting.</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGokXQRyeDXzqPNx-c2QBdAOLQawsLRd7lecKTWw5P50JW234GXgZwZblr0S0Q9Cf5A1COTjwd8W28oYnqApSnEoPzaMarzfE6_WtEAaxvolu_yjA_DfN0Fuka99YIdrtjPHIjosxckKex/s2048/20210801_150410.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGokXQRyeDXzqPNx-c2QBdAOLQawsLRd7lecKTWw5P50JW234GXgZwZblr0S0Q9Cf5A1COTjwd8W28oYnqApSnEoPzaMarzfE6_WtEAaxvolu_yjA_DfN0Fuka99YIdrtjPHIjosxckKex/w640-h360/20210801_150410.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGokXQRyeDXzqPNx-c2QBdAOLQawsLRd7lecKTWw5P50JW234GXgZwZblr0S0Q9Cf5A1COTjwd8W28oYnqApSnEoPzaMarzfE6_WtEAaxvolu_yjA_DfN0Fuka99YIdrtjPHIjosxckKex/s2048/20210801_150410.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3sckzm3HoKclqdisIiaV9OPFnCREZDz6qyLaQjqLGCplpvZaQ5_DpL_H-PyYhLciLSm6Ob7Bx1ITg9swa0U_T9c6Xt4u89CEGwAKEilfgw9H6wKUzNEt-cTVteaZP8sLThpoiqWJhCLK/s2048/20210801_090452.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3sckzm3HoKclqdisIiaV9OPFnCREZDz6qyLaQjqLGCplpvZaQ5_DpL_H-PyYhLciLSm6Ob7Bx1ITg9swa0U_T9c6Xt4u89CEGwAKEilfgw9H6wKUzNEt-cTVteaZP8sLThpoiqWJhCLK/w640-h360/20210801_090452.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our good buddy, Sydney. We grew quite fond of him over the two weeks we were there.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic9cM51Yb-0Uf6PyZOj2cu7-9GVoxpvDWqXQHP-IbEJmILETi3uLYYoeHJ81SDOJhA3bEi26BICN6U7vlerW7C_S5aU8LMsTH3eqdpEaWzCHRoeUKJkk7AMhNOSXzVVAV5QsHSLa6A1bfE/s2875/DSC01397.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1094" data-original-width="2875" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic9cM51Yb-0Uf6PyZOj2cu7-9GVoxpvDWqXQHP-IbEJmILETi3uLYYoeHJ81SDOJhA3bEi26BICN6U7vlerW7C_S5aU8LMsTH3eqdpEaWzCHRoeUKJkk7AMhNOSXzVVAV5QsHSLa6A1bfE/w640-h244/DSC01397.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farmer's market at Daley Plaza, one of many small local farmer's markets around town.</td></tr></tbody></table><b><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0yus8UVmL6AFjIX-ZUNqy5TE9fQtwL1LGrA52wRw3BuEzoQZmn5LnfiZEQjL4QcgoXKDGQ2bXV7xfUnBiU2SYoTtS5m8PmAh74KztcL1WUYgG9IoyarYa1GJA4942annQjdVeuci-6dtL/s2048/DSC01369.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0yus8UVmL6AFjIX-ZUNqy5TE9fQtwL1LGrA52wRw3BuEzoQZmn5LnfiZEQjL4QcgoXKDGQ2bXV7xfUnBiU2SYoTtS5m8PmAh74KztcL1WUYgG9IoyarYa1GJA4942annQjdVeuci-6dtL/w640-h360/DSC01369.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lakefront trail along Lake Michigan with separate bike and pedestrian lanes.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMtFmxsQDQeBtTrtKdAUfqJFKf9WDOeCzfErw2jL0bmGRLM0SiVH1ZlMcdYBgi-3c4kga9dtBo2JGtwLbdQoZFmmOAjcGdpMXX_fl7fBMqIzt43yI05cPVxkee1vaYwprhR95fUvNgunhm/s2048/DSC01392.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMtFmxsQDQeBtTrtKdAUfqJFKf9WDOeCzfErw2jL0bmGRLM0SiVH1ZlMcdYBgi-3c4kga9dtBo2JGtwLbdQoZFmmOAjcGdpMXX_fl7fBMqIzt43yI05cPVxkee1vaYwprhR95fUvNgunhm/w640-h360/DSC01392.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of Old Town from our table at Happy Camper Pizza</td></tr></tbody></table><b><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkPK-73MqctN4z219GxlvXpxdsio8bOQbKsxsjTi0NLuYsvNjYjKeU9_r4_ISBfml6SUwL65SWYVea2Q4DjoKxQ383jXb8-2pZ7kdL7PQerWwJAEoN8QZkS-yhocN-Em2WLs7YIyTdhyphenhyphenPj/s2048/DSC01391.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="2048" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkPK-73MqctN4z219GxlvXpxdsio8bOQbKsxsjTi0NLuYsvNjYjKeU9_r4_ISBfml6SUwL65SWYVea2Q4DjoKxQ383jXb8-2pZ7kdL7PQerWwJAEoN8QZkS-yhocN-Em2WLs7YIyTdhyphenhyphenPj/w640-h444/DSC01391.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hostess center at Happy Camper. The vegan pizza and beer were both excellent so we went twice.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqPiPf1BN72meoaV-UYBwZaoUqOjeySe4QkrMuIIRugRyz4SzcEreIrHaXFQRjQMERgdOOWJbEEdmdL6mabmN-6cx1UFcDJm9J5R-AFeb_TTmwS0oK6TAk5FJs6BRw9NNO1G1UyL3LKxCs/s2048/DSC01343.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqPiPf1BN72meoaV-UYBwZaoUqOjeySe4QkrMuIIRugRyz4SzcEreIrHaXFQRjQMERgdOOWJbEEdmdL6mabmN-6cx1UFcDJm9J5R-AFeb_TTmwS0oK6TAk5FJs6BRw9NNO1G1UyL3LKxCs/w640-h426/DSC01343.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the lovely Old Town streets</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><i>The day before we left we finally got around to taking a 90 minute architectural boat tour of the city, which came highly recommended. It was really informative and entertaining, and always fun to get a different perspective from the water.</i></b><div><b><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnVVNSHsRFYvuFylvgXvt2UGcHPtmTj9zp5fP2gkqF5wutCREzhnphRv7WvJ2isHlknW-ci6S1JQ728lCsnbrL82dTwjaCEL_9a2Pfg7mK_PlLQdhrHepCog6TvVfmvttcpQF_GsCWNKbx/s2048/DSC01632.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnVVNSHsRFYvuFylvgXvt2UGcHPtmTj9zp5fP2gkqF5wutCREzhnphRv7WvJ2isHlknW-ci6S1JQ728lCsnbrL82dTwjaCEL_9a2Pfg7mK_PlLQdhrHepCog6TvVfmvttcpQF_GsCWNKbx/w640-h360/DSC01632.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Hillary, our tour guide, in front of The Merchandise Mart</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB37jCIQLc0WCy0Xcd5YolqkzCyFJ4fC3ZXC1YH8xWOb-3U41TrdRvBzkjL2X5G8M66cq93jRFdLaRqDR7OwR1YPvdsCzwXKNbR09prYJqOL96AbWgy0D_1JjiCbfvEC17xw62Zz9f-EEw/s2048/DSC01626.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB37jCIQLc0WCy0Xcd5YolqkzCyFJ4fC3ZXC1YH8xWOb-3U41TrdRvBzkjL2X5G8M66cq93jRFdLaRqDR7OwR1YPvdsCzwXKNbR09prYJqOL96AbWgy0D_1JjiCbfvEC17xw62Zz9f-EEw/w640-h360/DSC01626.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Passing under one of many low bridges</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLoSlkCEtOJb4qJcIufIfJsx7OQMyajKBtoikuYmn3e1j2udtuhVLV8w9AlAFC3bYqQb4ZE1iu8twlVXCiZdFdj37_UK8JGkjUzb2xlauUSBcbtE9RfoHJePENvlhzM-WqAuIHwuNu2xDg/s2048/DSC01636.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0kc8gnNlpGWOG9E99lbuH8_-Yq7VD9Jp6mwLau78d40Nh2X1M25ln4EaDXE0-symgHS_3MWF6g5OQWIWg_dkFQWeHcY4gUpjbpjp4O2Z37YovVmejJaufni7n7DRCbf840LvM1Za8PEyU/w640-h360/DSC01681.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waterfront park in Chinatown</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></b><p><b><i>We had a great time being temporary high-rise residents in Chicago, although it would have been better had the COVID numbers not been escalating while we were there. On our last weekend Lollapalooza was taking place, which brought over 100,000 people to town. We tried to avoid the busiest parts of town, like Michigan Ave., but there were more people everywhere we walked. Damn COVID.</i></b></p><p><b><i>Next up, five days on the island and a rather striking change of scenery.</i></b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPlvF9Z_xcH5QP8FoVX8RbIoorpTtIYtq5v6XMHC5Aid-Fe2BFGijPhTrTAcCM_nT-KY3XADR7MKKvZFWdziEJBSXnooOU5pLTC5uvULeJw5kzTqlRzYytGl_ThyphenhyphenfN4KeGg3m6a3IbCbRx/s2048/DSC01700.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPlvF9Z_xcH5QP8FoVX8RbIoorpTtIYtq5v6XMHC5Aid-Fe2BFGijPhTrTAcCM_nT-KY3XADR7MKKvZFWdziEJBSXnooOU5pLTC5uvULeJw5kzTqlRzYytGl_ThyphenhyphenfN4KeGg3m6a3IbCbRx/w640-h360/DSC01700.JPG" width="640" /></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><p></p><p><br /></p></div>Jim and Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13982110996137470496noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062337474734435253.post-43214884867761324042021-07-28T16:09:00.001-07:002021-07-28T16:27:06.542-07:00Blog Change<p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUEEugPbVDPmX5vuJukUnbtgdfXC2QBdNLeamDHuz8k-3EobsxZfwE6ED8ak8o_N-HZjAoMeXOufiSCeCSpu9MvL1Xgr3t-Ewp2JCsF0uKu2wWQpwBzgho35ExzG7Z2lvqmwvQhTw62g-5/s4896/DSC01590.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2752" data-original-width="4896" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUEEugPbVDPmX5vuJukUnbtgdfXC2QBdNLeamDHuz8k-3EobsxZfwE6ED8ak8o_N-HZjAoMeXOufiSCeCSpu9MvL1Xgr3t-Ewp2JCsF0uKu2wWQpwBzgho35ExzG7Z2lvqmwvQhTw62g-5/w640-h360/DSC01590.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greetings from Syd</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>Jim here. If you subscribe to these blog posts by email this change affects you. Just not in a way that requires you to do anything, maybe.</p><p>The original email subscription was handled through Feedburner which is owned by Google and like they often do they are making changes and will be dropping the email portion of that tool. I had been ignoring the occasional email from them about it because I assumed there wouldn't be many people subscribing via email but I was wrong.</p><p>This led to researching alternatives and for us, the simplest choice is <a href="https://follow.it" target="_blank">Follow.it</a> </p><p>I've copied our email list over to them and you should just continue to receive notices as before. There may be more to it but don't be surprised when it shows up. You might get two notices because I haven't removed the email list from Feedburner and I will do that after posting this.</p><p>Can't think of anything else to tell you at the moment. We are enjoying our stay in Chicago.</p><p>I now return you to our non-scheduled programming where Gayle attempts to make our travels seem more fun than they generally are.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZCxC7YCQQ6lpvdwo_Hx-JLeDp1qJnPBX3bjqtl1B1aUUdxOpM9ubNjLDik-fDYTlmoMvO1rQy-fA9uVdqkojP3kemekHX3kuEN19bKLy9_PGarkqettrSbuwBTJMDlibJMK38QkERs7mH/s2048/DSC01591.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZCxC7YCQQ6lpvdwo_Hx-JLeDp1qJnPBX3bjqtl1B1aUUdxOpM9ubNjLDik-fDYTlmoMvO1rQy-fA9uVdqkojP3kemekHX3kuEN19bKLy9_PGarkqettrSbuwBTJMDlibJMK38QkERs7mH/w640-h360/DSC01591.JPG" width="640" /></a></p>Jim and Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13982110996137470496noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062337474734435253.post-54209749429572040822021-07-25T07:17:00.001-07:002021-07-25T08:16:49.705-07:00Bloomington to Chicago<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQmt6jM0vIKnK4cZqOHP6kwyCmcpdOo3NZ16K58bbmcfSaOp-RG4k-Mlc9hvvnL-4YF7fGqXGRMC48MuwhAhaTWy-6HkloWA9s3N98mErgUUeGOWCqsIHmT-mSNJMSBRiFHG2vg9LETcF/s4896/DSC01294.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2752" data-original-width="4896" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQmt6jM0vIKnK4cZqOHP6kwyCmcpdOo3NZ16K58bbmcfSaOp-RG4k-Mlc9hvvnL-4YF7fGqXGRMC48MuwhAhaTWy-6HkloWA9s3N98mErgUUeGOWCqsIHmT-mSNJMSBRiFHG2vg9LETcF/w640-h360/DSC01294.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cowles Bog trail, Indiana Dunes NP</td></tr></tbody></table><p><b><i> </i></b><b><i>After leaving Bloomington we headed north to Michigan City, IN, just an hour from Chicago on the east side of Lake Michigan. In February of 2019 Indiana Dunes National Seashore became the 61st national park. Always up for a national park visit, we spent two nights at the nearby <a href="https://www.brewerylodge.com/">Brewery Lodge</a> so we could check it out. (A hotel associated with a brewery had to be a decent place, right? And their beer was very good, too.) </i></b></p><p><b><i>To get an appreciation for the 15,000 acre park we stopped by the visitor center, climbed a dune, and hiked a trail away from the water. The beaches were okay and the trails are mostly sand, although away from the beach it is fairly hard packed. Surprisingly we did not have a mosquito problem on the wooded trails but there were lots of little bugs buzzing around and biting flies near the coast. Let's just say it is not our favorite national park among those we've visited, but it was fun exploring it.</i></b></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhumk0HsS4e3Y0Z18QvTVymjF-7fitETo6NX9MVv1ZBW1ZUVurCOnT7qoPqGzh0YYWxv3VNDkzqykCtUtZ7jgjnmJ-KMwNultg8a4SzAb9FIxncdgemWM5A9XxU3ngfM4DQ08DGqf6Nm2DS/s2048/DSC01286.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhumk0HsS4e3Y0Z18QvTVymjF-7fitETo6NX9MVv1ZBW1ZUVurCOnT7qoPqGzh0YYWxv3VNDkzqykCtUtZ7jgjnmJ-KMwNultg8a4SzAb9FIxncdgemWM5A9XxU3ngfM4DQ08DGqf6Nm2DS/w640-h360/DSC01286.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wonder how many years before these trees are completely submerged.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NGGjoLHlOJdab3pwikOh-tF27RHXcCdvsgi5ffzmNcvqeud2Rhec0YpCWqoQNDAf7cTknb-uXCyAp35veVCRiRp6EGq9pD8YZ5WAaPF1X0Ljynk_zu_28yShl75eugEriveesDdlNpxA/s2048/DSC01287.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NGGjoLHlOJdab3pwikOh-tF27RHXcCdvsgi5ffzmNcvqeud2Rhec0YpCWqoQNDAf7cTknb-uXCyAp35veVCRiRp6EGq9pD8YZ5WAaPF1X0Ljynk_zu_28yShl75eugEriveesDdlNpxA/w640-h360/DSC01287.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">View of the coal and natural gas power plant in Michican City</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGS9cUNYPqXIv4jgbJtoO8qvHpKRUbP8NDEDZLAvlRCclJ6wlHEwEPpOjUYVuU405NjxIXH8Mg_hnhajn2NKmyehRmMJA3_IPWN8_fQ7Bpp68P7TuSLfVH4wuH7OtBn2w52VwSkdeP3Eww/s2048/DSC01288.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGS9cUNYPqXIv4jgbJtoO8qvHpKRUbP8NDEDZLAvlRCclJ6wlHEwEPpOjUYVuU405NjxIXH8Mg_hnhajn2NKmyehRmMJA3_IPWN8_fQ7Bpp68P7TuSLfVH4wuH7OtBn2w52VwSkdeP3Eww/w640-h360/DSC01288.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The beach was more scenic in the other direction</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: auto; 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text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimSQjhk6yS-1Lhecr8_rJpyES2ql0PpdS4MHL8GrIYxFfXn0ekIicq7vTxOf8WOlBrJRUu02iC_Hv13Dgv7WKuwPlmEnyhjABkZlb1aLQ5SMxzv-XZy4rtMG9D9Ovig0xxiGS6whzd79lD/s2048/DSC01293.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimSQjhk6yS-1Lhecr8_rJpyES2ql0PpdS4MHL8GrIYxFfXn0ekIicq7vTxOf8WOlBrJRUu02iC_Hv13Dgv7WKuwPlmEnyhjABkZlb1aLQ5SMxzv-XZy4rtMG9D9Ovig0xxiGS6whzd79lD/w640-h360/DSC01293.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">The Cowles Bog trail is a 4.7 mile walk around ponds, marshes, bogs, and <a href="https://www.nps.gov/indu/learn/nature/black-oak-savannas.htm">black oak savannas</a> that ends at the beach. Having already climbed a dune and visited the beach we shortened it a bit and didn't go all the way to the end.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">It was in the 80s and quite humid, a good environment for fungi as most of the trail was shaded..</i></div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZOYHSr5DobBu2ClNenXwSOfqM1JAuWqEqKUUvPvpPvuza9j1GMxWGWU3n63LPrkJlUTT8O-tUF8RV1qyj9SiqMokbdlnjRg6e07VXzLjutKxesuqGhJUXEaN829tltLCPUtGTnxX4FZ0U/s2048/DSC01295.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZOYHSr5DobBu2ClNenXwSOfqM1JAuWqEqKUUvPvpPvuza9j1GMxWGWU3n63LPrkJlUTT8O-tUF8RV1qyj9SiqMokbdlnjRg6e07VXzLjutKxesuqGhJUXEaN829tltLCPUtGTnxX4FZ0U/w640-h360/DSC01295.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5AjCP_llyvbL9SRaAIXh4Y8gGsP6TGNuZPpiStWbohFwYkx2UONpOrFty2iNOSaFuk4pASKnW-LekyWkpQNeGDKUwQcFf4JGhzy7TSICckpxlHqdzpy1MfXmgz1vWbRoDrZsguWEw0ON6/s2048/DSC01296.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="2048" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5AjCP_llyvbL9SRaAIXh4Y8gGsP6TGNuZPpiStWbohFwYkx2UONpOrFty2iNOSaFuk4pASKnW-LekyWkpQNeGDKUwQcFf4JGhzy7TSICckpxlHqdzpy1MfXmgz1vWbRoDrZsguWEw0ON6/w640-h374/DSC01296.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnNUuQEKTjADy9hl_vKVHpdGh2HSDLRiWfcqwK0B-ooOPBwwptZftAJe70PTyWg80KRs5IY6vvk99V3v4hrK5fBoFhp1Awa8Shv38I0n-V067UXQpp5f1HivwblLrvh96tEAqvHaG3c-uU/s2048/DSC01299.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnNUuQEKTjADy9hl_vKVHpdGh2HSDLRiWfcqwK0B-ooOPBwwptZftAJe70PTyWg80KRs5IY6vvk99V3v4hrK5fBoFhp1Awa8Shv38I0n-V067UXQpp5f1HivwblLrvh96tEAqvHaG3c-uU/w640-h360/DSC01299.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOPN_2_x0DOGxJmcgk7360yNAd0N2DDblaZCSFoskrg1Hw1QgDQNiiiGO_7xs0p16vfWuihsmA4zrG5JnMg6NJdlgJgtar5cPNZx9ED93Dn0cdx40xMpdiEVAzWzicpRbPlbbB_hZsWCWD/s4896/DSC01301.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2752" data-original-width="4896" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOPN_2_x0DOGxJmcgk7360yNAd0N2DDblaZCSFoskrg1Hw1QgDQNiiiGO_7xs0p16vfWuihsmA4zrG5JnMg6NJdlgJgtar5cPNZx9ED93Dn0cdx40xMpdiEVAzWzicpRbPlbbB_hZsWCWD/w640-h360/DSC01301.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></b><p></p><p><b><i>On Tuesday we moved on to downtown Chicago, where we are cat and condo sitting on the 54th floor of the Hancock Center (now called 175 E Delaware) for two weeks. We got lucky with this catsit. The condo is lovely and has fabulous views of the city and lake, and the cat is very sweet and well behaved, except for some loud meowing the first couple of nights that woke us up. I think he was looking for his people, but finally realized he had to settle for us.</i></b></p><p><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-BmxThHRNkaDUhaKi_yx5wiZkOxox1fr-tWEF4iUgq4qxKSdb8AmdEoHov5z4qfOf2rEbqWs55edAOg9_943x-3HuUdh4j-ICpW_dZ3u_W1101zkfUqd0oWdHAdAphr_6gMLiVMrl83tJ/s2048/20210720_120018.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-BmxThHRNkaDUhaKi_yx5wiZkOxox1fr-tWEF4iUgq4qxKSdb8AmdEoHov5z4qfOf2rEbqWs55edAOg9_943x-3HuUdh4j-ICpW_dZ3u_W1101zkfUqd0oWdHAdAphr_6gMLiVMrl83tJ/w640-h360/20210720_120018.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lobby is on the 44th floor, as is a grocery store..</td></tr></tbody></table><b><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdaIbnYEgNkmbasqDhra5DJIzvYh5IC_uuVa2u2tgvCFqv0CoactPEugd7xZSOnMnIQPL995i-9cWA5gqBotSLtRMf9hdiPRoIK5kz-_OyMsBAtitulmLp8CZo6R-ZWeaFjmPTIEVntkua/s2048/20210720_132447.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdaIbnYEgNkmbasqDhra5DJIzvYh5IC_uuVa2u2tgvCFqv0CoactPEugd7xZSOnMnIQPL995i-9cWA5gqBotSLtRMf9hdiPRoIK5kz-_OyMsBAtitulmLp8CZo6R-ZWeaFjmPTIEVntkua/w640-h360/20210720_132447.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet Sydney</td></tr></tbody></table></b><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><b><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV5lUodA8kq7MFHIajdLXhiJe1TZulLryZfVEXhN78KuJQg6Dmi-_nDeFnMeV_5dncohjphwh9xZdEMhrnKTgqXAWryEGYUtJhLUlMdXUdLlInx_gtuS0PF0qequj5tgURHqpe0eB6RtrF/s2048/20210720_132337.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV5lUodA8kq7MFHIajdLXhiJe1TZulLryZfVEXhN78KuJQg6Dmi-_nDeFnMeV_5dncohjphwh9xZdEMhrnKTgqXAWryEGYUtJhLUlMdXUdLlInx_gtuS0PF0qequj5tgURHqpe0eB6RtrF/w640-h360/20210720_132337.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of Navy Pier from dining room</td></tr></tbody></table><i><br />It was hazy when we arrived but has gradually worsened each day due to fires in the west and Canada. We keep hoping for the wind to shift and blow it out of here.</i></b><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-Naimp9xnA0pxT5olqMF5cEEoRMFqKjBA362IAuWeaPf-3RbAJzMgsIukk0s6-3s9NEqADyfGQYuyR9xMg_ROQBZOuRl1nYpkwGH99dSt1IDpKqiaRsaLwVsMOS-yzZ8eXqOyZC7V4Eu/s2048/DSC01588.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-Naimp9xnA0pxT5olqMF5cEEoRMFqKjBA362IAuWeaPf-3RbAJzMgsIukk0s6-3s9NEqADyfGQYuyR9xMg_ROQBZOuRl1nYpkwGH99dSt1IDpKqiaRsaLwVsMOS-yzZ8eXqOyZC7V4Eu/w640-h360/DSC01588.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p><b><i>Pretty impressive night views.</i></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgefIw2_eYf2hRvaOVuh5vnrk5LDebcP-k7U0GIgEWH3zJQFAtVucM6wk4VYaQOxyibN-oczhOhbaOp4Ixgok1_knJ2yFljZjbuLg4yAPCJn-3rtXfGodqmBoCfEwjpAuz8bPNrzus0nUiN/s2048/20210721_214157.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgefIw2_eYf2hRvaOVuh5vnrk5LDebcP-k7U0GIgEWH3zJQFAtVucM6wk4VYaQOxyibN-oczhOhbaOp4Ixgok1_knJ2yFljZjbuLg4yAPCJn-3rtXfGodqmBoCfEwjpAuz8bPNrzus0nUiN/w640-h360/20210721_214157.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8Pbe1-wyj7G1fhwE4rp4Y8QfJhOh0tAeuxf-coEVGP3gsAQkPzXuHAzjNjExw0ye_pJpTtqAXXd9W2cIWR0LtlvdFKXLGpGAaM2ni1yIt8wF7DLgNusOUiR3xmpgxfTSbmQl9Sx0y2y3/s2048/DSC01583.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8Pbe1-wyj7G1fhwE4rp4Y8QfJhOh0tAeuxf-coEVGP3gsAQkPzXuHAzjNjExw0ye_pJpTtqAXXd9W2cIWR0LtlvdFKXLGpGAaM2ni1yIt8wF7DLgNusOUiR3xmpgxfTSbmQl9Sx0y2y3/w640-h360/DSC01583.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><i style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><i>And we can see the Navy Pier fireworks display on Wednesday and Saturday nights.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwjsKEmwuSAMlLkMifTAhGo06VSPQrvB4k6dPlQRTGOXNLEwlFe-TbzRsezC3GOt3q8jO7o0XyLOixNmdYBukK153CnZGtMkuWK4YNO9gIiSuyIlJjrTTrUcSE_zSFN1cY9Em0xsVCuaTp/s2048/20210721_213812.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1146" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwjsKEmwuSAMlLkMifTAhGo06VSPQrvB4k6dPlQRTGOXNLEwlFe-TbzRsezC3GOt3q8jO7o0XyLOixNmdYBukK153CnZGtMkuWK4YNO9gIiSuyIlJjrTTrUcSE_zSFN1cY9Em0xsVCuaTp/w358-h640/20210721_213812.jpg" width="358" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i><b>We have been spending our days walking, trying a different direction each day to learn our way around and take in the sights. We have also been to a grocery store (Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, and Jewel Osco are within 1 mile) every day but one. We've had to be careful not to buy too much and then have to carry it home.</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><i>So far we've been to Lincoln Park and the zoo (which we found to be rather sad looking), Oak Street Beach, Navy Pier, Grant Park, Millenium Park, Michigan Ave, The Riverwalk, Chicago Cultural Center and the Rookery Building.</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><i>Cloud Gate (aka The Bean) in Millenium Park is a really fascinating sculpture.</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcxEoRoLxHFEg4kso-40NcC04dLG0jVki5zs2cKvMbupTHsIrJGCA10n0F-WfNt9nGx3Lbcshim3_eew_yqjmc3EIYwvj__J4ESmsOTafVlp4QXHOHT5pnfXsd0367XStCE1c2Avg0cTbk/s2048/20210721_153025.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcxEoRoLxHFEg4kso-40NcC04dLG0jVki5zs2cKvMbupTHsIrJGCA10n0F-WfNt9nGx3Lbcshim3_eew_yqjmc3EIYwvj__J4ESmsOTafVlp4QXHOHT5pnfXsd0367XStCE1c2Avg0cTbk/w640-h360/20210721_153025.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look closely, you can see us standing a bit left of center.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3fMfmn0O56gFvVOaIMye995HUAT7-QGD3jpXvmLYzo4hJo1h-oNq7hyphenhyphencS4o3V2DvJmVWEs4ez_RwTRtofKyt6CfAC-GQF3XaXJSv4ZgB9YqwNGJjH6Yw5QHwbuce5Rg5kneAk-agj9M1t/s2048/20210721_153056.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaewMh7611DVnIvUrZEWeHSHvpjk1IdWV0xMsOyDOlsFO7fBSpHTcPZY8o8ojhwZCQBdkeJ35suF6Y9uQEBZHOKfJd89h2IjZRpOHMBhEeBYBHk_PernG-3qma4jh1cdeYojxFN3PLRyCs/s2048/DSC01354.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaewMh7611DVnIvUrZEWeHSHvpjk1IdWV0xMsOyDOlsFO7fBSpHTcPZY8o8ojhwZCQBdkeJ35suF6Y9uQEBZHOKfJd89h2IjZRpOHMBhEeBYBHk_PernG-3qma4jh1cdeYojxFN3PLRyCs/w640-h360/DSC01354.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Riverwalk</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghjQYLGL_qY5cRqByjHoL6o5znCaTlambuk_svTkbnqBkrwk5PnIZ29xWic3GPQ6sbIAn9P4Qd8_eWbJCYpk-AKYSzQDGISgUgv1BAkMCER1AIy48z17VLMw9cDW7kSJSR4Z_DGfCjx2rJ/s4896/DSC01355.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGbq_iWRgtvn-t5oJSnq47OnA3i0dZANa9FuS5jMHYUlfGajCOm-90k1dAh0NKCCcJn0wUiDwcCtDTE-JhAOs_SxnLUX-AYSe6DSHvirXc-SmKf8kWIkOwTKZz1w6vcp8TQEU2S4CGKYhs/s2048/DSC01364.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGbq_iWRgtvn-t5oJSnq47OnA3i0dZANa9FuS5jMHYUlfGajCOm-90k1dAh0NKCCcJn0wUiDwcCtDTE-JhAOs_SxnLUX-AYSe6DSHvirXc-SmKf8kWIkOwTKZz1w6vcp8TQEU2S4CGKYhs/w640-h360/DSC01364.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No comment on the building on the left</td></tr></tbody></table><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht35ToGnnBQex9n3cje5-J-I_tKzsEtvfF8dzNvL4fAO0cD4D38flKQTpwt6VvHyt8gYeUWSMfGnCecCQMecUshOq3YZShzaVKIUR5zox80Lo_1nPKEhXA0UNvvuZaGW6bmeKckvOPnf03/s2048/DSC01359.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTUonqYpxKdTLcUsqyCO8uRsOzwcf7HRs32jk7uJBlpPlW8CAiBVytAk5_OcihzmJSpW91svp9tPTfzwMCuAy1Uz3mgI6S0r1W3-JBp0iUbHgLDSHEIBs9uYg7Uei2dAViCdhcfSzS77bR/s2048/DSC01367.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1057" data-original-width="2048" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTUonqYpxKdTLcUsqyCO8uRsOzwcf7HRs32jk7uJBlpPlW8CAiBVytAk5_OcihzmJSpW91svp9tPTfzwMCuAy1Uz3mgI6S0r1W3-JBp0iUbHgLDSHEIBs9uYg7Uei2dAViCdhcfSzS77bR/w640-h330/DSC01367.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oak Street Beach, just a couple blocks from where we are staying</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQDPiCM6mn53nsup-D1v_DEgyB2s44d5l8bhwK3UakbRv48WUqxGDGshoL8UnZoxN9jR1uMI5qekWoBq9FhySy9szKaY0xeCZvkjSH0_8Ub5s0mHlcWx44vaVW7oRc_00RX15K6y1c0muZ/s2048/DSC01376.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1157" data-original-width="2048" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQDPiCM6mn53nsup-D1v_DEgyB2s44d5l8bhwK3UakbRv48WUqxGDGshoL8UnZoxN9jR1uMI5qekWoBq9FhySy9szKaY0xeCZvkjSH0_8Ub5s0mHlcWx44vaVW7oRc_00RX15K6y1c0muZ/w640-h362/DSC01376.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From Navy Pier. Luckily the Hancock Center stands out in a crowd so we can find our way home.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><i>More to come as we will be here for nine more days. We're glad we got to experience big city living, although with COVID we are trying to limit our activities to outdoors, so we may not be taking advantage of any of the many museums and restaurants the city has to offer. Just too many people around!</i></div><i style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></i><p></p><p><br /></p>Jim and Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13982110996137470496noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062337474734435253.post-58325549667075938252021-07-18T07:12:00.000-07:002021-07-18T07:12:30.597-07:00Arizona to Indiana<p><b><i></i></b></p><p><b><i><b><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU7vj8J1JfNfdY0QwdLnJl9G2djSjthFsUSS_yeV4Bo3HXIsYla7ctLI8xK7vCm6VsDASBCRiara7cbZRspdFIpVAFX4gN4G4rLhyjDX86SXcPIBPCJH_p1-0pQJbNl1xFuRjo2aCSfszT/s2048/20210712_173609.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1119" data-original-width="2048" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU7vj8J1JfNfdY0QwdLnJl9G2djSjthFsUSS_yeV4Bo3HXIsYla7ctLI8xK7vCm6VsDASBCRiara7cbZRspdFIpVAFX4gN4G4rLhyjDX86SXcPIBPCJH_p1-0pQJbNl1xFuRjo2aCSfszT/w640-h350/20210712_173609.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very green trail in Rogers, AR</td></tr></tbody></table></b></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><b><b style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></b></b></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><i><b><b style="text-align: left;"><i>We left Fountain Hills on Saturday, July 10, getting off to a later start than hoped for but typical for us. Made it to Albuquerque by 6:30 while driving through thunderstorms the last hour of the trip. The San Mateo Inn was just off I-40 so it was convenient but the area was a bit sketchy. And the room wasn't great but it was a very comfortable bed. Next time we will try not to stay right in Albuquerque.</i></b></b></i></b></div><p></p><p></p><p><b><i>We thought Sunday morning would be a good time to get through and out of town, but just a few miles east we came to a stop on I-40 that delayed us about an hour. It turned out to be an accident involving a semi. Because of the backup, traffic was very heavy and moving slowly so I came up with a longer route off of the interstate that took us through scenic backcountry New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma roads. It was another long day in the car, and we stopped for the night at a very nice Holiday Inn Express in Elk City, Oklahoma. </i></b></p><p><b><i>Day three of driving got us to Rogers, Arkansas and a lovely <a href="https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/43318256?adults=2&translate_ugc=false&federated_search_id=e5da81a8-3de6-4bfe-806b-5cea07b30f30&source_impression_id=p3_1626570818_y0B2%2BkoqX3ZSOG9l">Airbnb</a> just a few blocks from downtown. We arrived early enough that we were able to get in a good walk from the apartment around nearby Lake Atalanta that was recommended by the hosts. </i></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6RCnYSzUHnwm3oY2UPy8EwEm69CrNPoA5ULT9U7hQkPh3BT4-s4wnueNzCL8sMcfoLtd7nL1F5ueZhz85rn_CbPcNmpr1yWMPnV9tcNiF8F3V5ShpjCVeEOKVBnXDziebcyvmimCdDAfu/s2048/20210712_172702.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1166" data-original-width="2048" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6RCnYSzUHnwm3oY2UPy8EwEm69CrNPoA5ULT9U7hQkPh3BT4-s4wnueNzCL8sMcfoLtd7nL1F5ueZhz85rn_CbPcNmpr1yWMPnV9tcNiF8F3V5ShpjCVeEOKVBnXDziebcyvmimCdDAfu/w640-h364/20210712_172702.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Frisco came to Rogers in 1881</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVkvYpMZWY0SPNB-mLosLRKm92q9TkwBr9jmS40ORzxw-5CRif65ULb4k2PB2pnYJlgvRWMsOurWqottO5vH2YNR2Y_AfGry3tgD-FfGwzgnbEsp2-Ol9mmPu0_X_15vINKifEBmJZzHm1/s2048/20210712_175007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1095" data-original-width="2048" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVkvYpMZWY0SPNB-mLosLRKm92q9TkwBr9jmS40ORzxw-5CRif65ULb4k2PB2pnYJlgvRWMsOurWqottO5vH2YNR2Y_AfGry3tgD-FfGwzgnbEsp2-Ol9mmPu0_X_15vINKifEBmJZzHm1/w640-h342/20210712_175007.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lake Atalanta</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjor6garJ5glogpe7T1-Vyz8F9OJ7TiUzW1euLk04YPu11t4rhj_vSNx6fHFle0ctMfzPUMiu_CBzf9KceEUViyuQu94Dc3EADBGqFvAjWziz3cYkAoXD0NGh9fqL9bBHUyLS9P4Vm9ROms/s2048/20210712_182524.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjor6garJ5glogpe7T1-Vyz8F9OJ7TiUzW1euLk04YPu11t4rhj_vSNx6fHFle0ctMfzPUMiu_CBzf9KceEUViyuQu94Dc3EADBGqFvAjWziz3cYkAoXD0NGh9fqL9bBHUyLS9P4Vm9ROms/w640-h360/20210712_182524.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Over 10 miles of paved and dirt trails surround the lake</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijC4KSye8x6dBCtKYMGxFrPr5GjRxoRPC7kqgDg6MrdgaNrvO4ZmnqzVk5fQzzM_KMiLnRCEQ2vibfceDaHWbSwjirGYC0pPPxLel-omIz5KQruPk1Q7riSuuY10DdfsvQ3p_Fz1WYxZFI/s2048/20210712_185122.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-style: italic; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidSgGPfeg12NakPwrNRNs7sht533p6q2vuCnw9h23OdtFHnhOZGBxGDKVCiCJshwip43d911Z9af4QKEiojTADb1XgjzpO9-y657znuJUxBeicl0Ymurs4ZiJ1IjHWkwh-GX4tDxrXtPSc/w640-h360/20210712_190619.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of nice older homes in Rogers</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><b><i>We stayed two nights so we could do a little hiking. Hobbs State Park is about 12 miles away on Scenic Arkansas Hwy 12 that leads to Eureka Springs, a cute touristy town that we've visited before. The Dry Creek Loop portion of the Pigeon Roost Trail was a nice shady hike that we appreciated since it got into the 80s with pretty high humidity. On the way home we stopped at Big Orange, a brewery/restaurant with excellent beer and veggie burgers.</i></b></p><p><b></b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQ5Dk1HOxyFdcP1C-UCBEZC54WKFjs1EWDfaQqrIjG5hZY1OD6vl3MDMYXzK3hT1vDB2nUdOs26W3-6_Dcco_Riexzo9kvhrP20b3f-z1E8o6ex4ztYESrR6BfQuOImbh1KhdTIn2OMjb/s2048/DSC01564.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQ5Dk1HOxyFdcP1C-UCBEZC54WKFjs1EWDfaQqrIjG5hZY1OD6vl3MDMYXzK3hT1vDB2nUdOs26W3-6_Dcco_Riexzo9kvhrP20b3f-z1E8o6ex4ztYESrR6BfQuOImbh1KhdTIn2OMjb/w640-h360/DSC01564.JPG" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDlRUxlohoV0f4oc91TZ40O-KXCZVlm2bruP75fy3-klJB3tUamBUnEI0WLeHOo86VsRQX-k1ZOcb0a9qO5ZOVKU3LqsbTiHZ9l1WnB6fmYX47YSkBeqd77bEu67GCK4HtjTzI7OSrzQG/s4896/DSC01565.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2752" data-original-width="4896" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDlRUxlohoV0f4oc91TZ40O-KXCZVlm2bruP75fy3-klJB3tUamBUnEI0WLeHOo86VsRQX-k1ZOcb0a9qO5ZOVKU3LqsbTiHZ9l1WnB6fmYX47YSkBeqd77bEu67GCK4HtjTzI7OSrzQG/w640-h360/DSC01565.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipAYPpSNng0nDMdLbi6Jc47UU9gmOxxOYWGi3-2gRlXsfT79x3sgzPkxlnC3OdR1NxnGc51lLuVCP-fJKNKt4L-Jz8mLfMga7tZiR019pMc05sF_Vyh3eZmUye581v5P_dGQ1f1xTIugYA/s2048/DSC01566.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipAYPpSNng0nDMdLbi6Jc47UU9gmOxxOYWGi3-2gRlXsfT79x3sgzPkxlnC3OdR1NxnGc51lLuVCP-fJKNKt4L-Jz8mLfMga7tZiR019pMc05sF_Vyh3eZmUye581v5P_dGQ1f1xTIugYA/w640-h360/DSC01566.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Wednesday was another long drive to Metropolis, Illinois, ending up there to avoid going through any big cities, which worked out well. We had many miles of back roads driving with very little traffic. That is how we used to travel in the RV, and this trip made us remember why we would rather take longer to get where we're going instead of fighting the construction delays, accidents, trucks and other traffic on the interstates. Since we had such a good experience at the Holiday Inn Express in Elk City, OK we reserved a room at the one in Metropolis. It was older and not well maintained, so a bit disappointing. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>We went out to get a sandwich at Quiznos in Metropolis and took a short drive to Fort Massac state park to check out the nearby Ohio River. It was too hot to walk very far but we got to see some wildlife (mom was nearby) and the river. There is supposed to be a Superman statue in town but somehow we missed it, although I doubt we missed much.</i></div></b><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie9DKwwJauTKUXYfDrSnbEhSn2Z1ASrM7tSnOFNhIIJJZjN-D-x4lyyOAfZ0KR0TfoO4WhOsdBYQi2E20DEe-4wDL47NQMklwduNbB2oE2L95GpuZyEGxsC7aOlsoFcEgbFxzcX-hDlzPt/s2048/DSC01568.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1286" data-original-width="2048" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie9DKwwJauTKUXYfDrSnbEhSn2Z1ASrM7tSnOFNhIIJJZjN-D-x4lyyOAfZ0KR0TfoO4WhOsdBYQi2E20DEe-4wDL47NQMklwduNbB2oE2L95GpuZyEGxsC7aOlsoFcEgbFxzcX-hDlzPt/w640-h402/DSC01568.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinW1aPkQqx7yuyKcfYhS6nHNIR03gL203aCOHsp3rTKjzrzAdCrjX1_m4NS9bXoN1uTK92zY1lh_E6JoVhLMKHTw27zmH3pvtyvve8LKWp6GjaNBKDVG-aflBRuw4y1DOL1-z5pjMPptZe/s2048/DSC01569.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinW1aPkQqx7yuyKcfYhS6nHNIR03gL203aCOHsp3rTKjzrzAdCrjX1_m4NS9bXoN1uTK92zY1lh_E6JoVhLMKHTw27zmH3pvtyvve8LKWp6GjaNBKDVG-aflBRuw4y1DOL1-z5pjMPptZe/w640-h360/DSC01569.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bridge over the Ohio River from Metropolis, IL to Paducah, KY<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><b><i>We had a shorter drive Thursday to Bloomington, Indiana and are spending three nights at Candlewood Suites to visit our friend Ellen. We are tired of long days driving after covering over 1,700 miles since we left home. It's been one severe thunderstorm after another off and on since we got here but we did take a walk in between storms Friday afternoon and met Ellen downtown after she got off work at the library. Had an excellent vegan pizza and great beer at Lennie's/Bloomington Brewing Co. </i></b><p></p><p><b><i>It cleared up yesterday afternoon so we took a walk at Leonard Springs Nature Park, had lunch and more great beer at Upland Brewing Co., and wandered around downtown. People watching is so interesting in a big college town.</i></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQqZdluaVs3qpkm7RLk2i3oGS3F0316fvfsX0YLqr5XFkh7rZXcm2gIrueYLblPRh13rmnNiiCzYgDiTQWiT0Fl1D1oN_OHpB5s8dxLs7Gp4x_ywyaBkVhHbhN_dJR-_e9HGBkxVy_LJg/s2048/DSC01574.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQqZdluaVs3qpkm7RLk2i3oGS3F0316fvfsX0YLqr5XFkh7rZXcm2gIrueYLblPRh13rmnNiiCzYgDiTQWiT0Fl1D1oN_OHpB5s8dxLs7Gp4x_ywyaBkVhHbhN_dJR-_e9HGBkxVy_LJg/w640-h360/DSC01574.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of stairs down to Leonard Springs</td></tr></tbody></table><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRaTrs-abDsCASuxYYMmF8Zck55sPIgxoe4rK6j24ajyE0BrLZCzNUGjyWmUvaG4NXN9oz-MIOMmNXfWGQ4cUT1A0ZhzYoZw04WFUbX2uA4Apk3nLZ71QJ9ppZnjei8Ws-zjIvOw3bilE2/s2048/DSC01573.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRaTrs-abDsCASuxYYMmF8Zck55sPIgxoe4rK6j24ajyE0BrLZCzNUGjyWmUvaG4NXN9oz-MIOMmNXfWGQ4cUT1A0ZhzYoZw04WFUbX2uA4Apk3nLZ71QJ9ppZnjei8Ws-zjIvOw3bilE2/w640-h360/DSC01573.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jim and Gayle standing in front of one of the caves</td></tr></tbody></table></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><p></p><p><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9CXjT5rcAD2vqN9iREfAqOVi_rncwjO0dQqcaKRSOfA_b4U26VJRMkPencUeGcJLDOaJv7fbfydxiZeX7dv-bDJ7BABsTGK8PcFEBiTY13mlgAlF9NwCt2MM1_rtHhxXC_lP4gHuyYSD/s2048/20210717_162132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9CXjT5rcAD2vqN9iREfAqOVi_rncwjO0dQqcaKRSOfA_b4U26VJRMkPencUeGcJLDOaJv7fbfydxiZeX7dv-bDJ7BABsTGK8PcFEBiTY13mlgAlF9NwCt2MM1_rtHhxXC_lP4gHuyYSD/w640-h360/20210717_162132.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jim and Ellen at Upland Brewing</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaOt_ZAP89eaZ52V9PgdcvTR7YshsUyOe1SQ6Oulu-66TRZ8I8t3vCAv_eiF3jiblKaq3ctYciA6vSX2uF8njkz7YxFtoV4fujN-IXOWaFuQbKzx8Ud3rd09q7lnvL84EdTMCCvh33WB19/s2048/20210717_173534.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1282" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaOt_ZAP89eaZ52V9PgdcvTR7YshsUyOe1SQ6Oulu-66TRZ8I8t3vCAv_eiF3jiblKaq3ctYciA6vSX2uF8njkz7YxFtoV4fujN-IXOWaFuQbKzx8Ud3rd09q7lnvL84EdTMCCvh33WB19/w640-h400/20210717_173534.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sample Gates: Entrance to the oldest part of Indiana University campus</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i>Today we have a short 200 mile drive to Michigan City and a national park we have not yet visited. </i></b></p>Jim and Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13982110996137470496noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062337474734435253.post-68427483968186786722021-07-14T05:17:00.001-07:002021-07-14T14:23:59.370-07:00Sedona and Summer Road Trip<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyMYlrbGq5sCee_RjNXHF_I7F6icOstlO4DsE12S_dgiFg_rTlEOx1QJwb00tgtpfCnaBR5tJXPDfGeJ-iq5a8q8hLuL9jRnnsOfWOm3_6yDPEkXjJE75IKh3Ey_In5Yk363_ODhvAV3Ju/s2048/20210627_063643_01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyMYlrbGq5sCee_RjNXHF_I7F6icOstlO4DsE12S_dgiFg_rTlEOx1QJwb00tgtpfCnaBR5tJXPDfGeJ-iq5a8q8hLuL9jRnnsOfWOm3_6yDPEkXjJE75IKh3Ey_In5Yk363_ODhvAV3Ju/w640-h480/20210627_063643_01.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early morning view of Fountain Hills, AZ from the Lake Overlook trail</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>It's been a long hot summer so far but we are now on the road heading east for a couple months of humidity. We finished up our eye and dental appointments a few weeks ago but decided to wait until after the 4th of July holiday to head out. Of course, two nights before we left I began seeing flashing lights and floaters in my right eye. I saw my ophthalmologist the next morning and fortunately did not have a retinal tear or detachment, just a posterior vitreous detachment for which there is no treatment. The new floaters are driving me crazy but they will settle down with time. Yes, it is always something.</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>Speaking of July 4th, Fountain Hills had a very impressive fireworks display just down the street over the lake. My phone doesn't do well with night shots but you can see they also made the fountain alternate between red, white and blue.</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxnIAmfQHOso1XSw4pQMyBBYcSzl7t4kJpelpBdt9K930w9v3vz1Tos7YwXTs58xlqSSisFnTeuYCH4ue_IBu4LiGB-l8WqqXhAMNx9mlwSWX0psjE7LCUhyYLLYzyCtDRsz3EJW9rg8k/s2048/20210704_211258.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxnIAmfQHOso1XSw4pQMyBBYcSzl7t4kJpelpBdt9K930w9v3vz1Tos7YwXTs58xlqSSisFnTeuYCH4ue_IBu4LiGB-l8WqqXhAMNx9mlwSWX0psjE7LCUhyYLLYzyCtDRsz3EJW9rg8k/w640-h480/20210704_211258.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ1C11qw4PrySF7lbi020zL0DNsxl6IMq_XPieZFTCbyjV8d_wSQFb0O0gdDgPXxL1xd5TzCR4Bkl3wAupCr1bx4Tlxh3Y_LJeoywUcrvRxCmflzGXTF9LxmRG0p01la8hlcK_7I8XraRF/s2048/20210704_211938.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ1C11qw4PrySF7lbi020zL0DNsxl6IMq_XPieZFTCbyjV8d_wSQFb0O0gdDgPXxL1xd5TzCR4Bkl3wAupCr1bx4Tlxh3Y_LJeoywUcrvRxCmflzGXTF9LxmRG0p01la8hlcK_7I8XraRF/w640-h480/20210704_211938.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyJtnMqGGDLbdOK5J_F1TVR5bDg1Mn8HsDk29ZV9Os4c2jCdPpE5Dm9_zHuF5wwzYyWEYGeGgr7FYB67pGQFeTQOxUENw3Gv2mL-c-32tmGowh-RHp87BWDnD0QEMIgbeJP87TU5ZrnA4m/s2048/20210704_211235.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyJtnMqGGDLbdOK5J_F1TVR5bDg1Mn8HsDk29ZV9Os4c2jCdPpE5Dm9_zHuF5wwzYyWEYGeGgr7FYB67pGQFeTQOxUENw3Gv2mL-c-32tmGowh-RHp87BWDnD0QEMIgbeJP87TU5ZrnA4m/w640-h480/20210704_211235.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></b><i><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><b><br /></b></i></div>Last month we did another week-long catsit in Sedona. It was hot but not as hot as Fountain Hills, and the mornings and evenings were pleasant so it was a nice break. This was the same house and cats we sat for last year when Meat Loaf disappeared, so we were at least expecting it this time. And disappear he did. I let him out after dinner the day we arrived and we never saw him the entire week we were there. At least Spyder Girl behaved herself, went out after breakfast, hung out on the deck or driveway, and came in when the sun really started heating things up. Meat Loaf finally came home the day after we left. Apparently, some neighbors in the next subdivision have taken a liking to him so he spends most of his time over there.</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzH3lvWd0AQVHmNeopgmJZxjyNcD0tVX4r61M7-Vw21bZqbGe5KuyFl5chnD9P4B-HdmFhxHqt4dfaj3xVmiXAyDYvd1mYdnp510hI91ob5rwwUIwj5z-TMZ-3nFqI4balB7yRlPz0BsNw/s2048/20210610_172637.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzH3lvWd0AQVHmNeopgmJZxjyNcD0tVX4r61M7-Vw21bZqbGe5KuyFl5chnD9P4B-HdmFhxHqt4dfaj3xVmiXAyDYvd1mYdnp510hI91ob5rwwUIwj5z-TMZ-3nFqI4balB7yRlPz0BsNw/w640-h360/20210610_172637.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meat Loaf relaxing on the day we arrived.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkyAnybP1I4QIwMI4PZMLdCciWDEbUkXX8D79j-bRWUM1Jw0RnWW2cWebO8vqhEJhHuHbWl1R9fvhgrioKtGXIOzylnnivLZsWY29Xf6M2e3lJo7gNCHoImgD7b61jeabs4lj0WDsOVjq7/s2048/20210615_211712.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkyAnybP1I4QIwMI4PZMLdCciWDEbUkXX8D79j-bRWUM1Jw0RnWW2cWebO8vqhEJhHuHbWl1R9fvhgrioKtGXIOzylnnivLZsWY29Xf6M2e3lJo7gNCHoImgD7b61jeabs4lj0WDsOVjq7/w640-h360/20210615_211712.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spyder Girl wishing I would get the camera out of her face.</td></tr></tbody></table></i><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><b>It was nice to get away to red rock country again, where we did a few hikes and neighborhood walks and enjoyed sitting out on the deck. We took some photos, although not many since we have lots of the same from previous visits.</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><b><br /></b></i></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4exjxqD8z_0EMswge45opahPQ1IGVDcuBK6SZQQoYumqoWYEmxhBEcPEr-V71M6TSJ3h3Lb-Tmfwjhk5snaAS92TjqXnoJgsghI2wlsewiOfIHXjLsHPIFSGML8LB6MsnPuStfkiuGoCR/s2048/20210615_192550.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4exjxqD8z_0EMswge45opahPQ1IGVDcuBK6SZQQoYumqoWYEmxhBEcPEr-V71M6TSJ3h3Lb-Tmfwjhk5snaAS92TjqXnoJgsghI2wlsewiOfIHXjLsHPIFSGML8LB6MsnPuStfkiuGoCR/w640-h360/20210615_192550.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fiery sunset from the deck</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><b><i>We stayed close to the Village of Oak Creek to avoid the Sedona crowds and hiked around Courthouse and Bell Rocks, and did the Baldwin and Templeton trails. 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I can tell you that in the next post the photos will have a lot more green in them!</i></b></p>Jim and Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13982110996137470496noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062337474734435253.post-87624902054780532592021-05-12T15:45:00.000-07:002021-05-12T15:45:18.970-07:00Post Vaccination Life<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga8yqctvGo7OSrv7bXGxvG98WORWAeVHN0RYbChyphenhyphenv4wQe1yRXG3Zbh8oBxEeGYIVlwlJHpeOPMiPfEgzRgfpNiKxmv_g8Agtqfi-hblWDjQadB6_EZcuDAYS8hTuyJODHCCIUM8soKXYrF/s2048/20210510_071834.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga8yqctvGo7OSrv7bXGxvG98WORWAeVHN0RYbChyphenhyphenv4wQe1yRXG3Zbh8oBxEeGYIVlwlJHpeOPMiPfEgzRgfpNiKxmv_g8Agtqfi-hblWDjQadB6_EZcuDAYS8hTuyJODHCCIUM8soKXYrF/w640-h360/20210510_071834.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's that time of year for the saguaro blooms</td></tr></tbody></table><p> <i><b>Now that life is feeling a bit more normal, we've been busy taking care of unfinished business that was put on hold over the past year. Since we no longer had the need for a vehicle suitable for towing behind a motor home, we wanted a newer, more comfortable small SUV. Our 2014 Honda CRV was a great car, and after visiting way too many car dealers we ended up back at Honda, trading it in for a 2019 CRV. After putting in some miles on a recent trip to southern Arizona, we are very pleased with the ride and all of the safety features it's equipped with that we didn't even know existed. We're still getting used to the push button start, but we love that there is no more fumbling for keys in a pocket or purse.</b></i></p><p><b><i>Our first big trip in the new vehicle was to Green Valley, AZ, where we spent 4 nights in an Airbnb and got to visit with Alex and Ellen, who were staying on their lot in Benson. We also visited former RV friends Gary and Leslie, whom we met in Sisters, OR many years ago. They have a lovely house in Green Valley with wonderful views of the mountains, which I failed to take photos of.</i></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4T_UJY_7o64lGx20ZV9CH8se1HTFQ81CDf4yhDVyhlMR9il9gMojb9mPGXnj_Yqr-qitd79ldM59AQPagT5Uj9vCvKWJG4lvFji4l89eATc5yXWshIUavrYwf3jlotMhOrcodFltnw3e/s2048/DSC01481.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4T_UJY_7o64lGx20ZV9CH8se1HTFQ81CDf4yhDVyhlMR9il9gMojb9mPGXnj_Yqr-qitd79ldM59AQPagT5Uj9vCvKWJG4lvFji4l89eATc5yXWshIUavrYwf3jlotMhOrcodFltnw3e/w640-h360/DSC01481.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walk around the lake at Canoa Ranch in Green Valley</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><i>We hiked to Bog Springs in Madera Canyon where it was cooler among the trees.</i></b><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsFFOLU180KOgT7Kr91iKIupx1U0J32ShZbZP2cbBwmmtsaxI9mTZ3CO_AqYC2pckRKo8uMgPFtNe1NdOaUKKfg_pUG0glsDJ5VVjxSC3HeCjkNzHvcFtRAKOF0O3sj4JE1cAPuN4mVgrG/s2048/DSC01491.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We had not been to this area since 2013 so we had to take a day trip to Bisbee, one of our favorite little towns. It hadn't changed.</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlvpH2hgBFzVqdc2dMvGn6BT1DnpxCGjuRDrz1zbYkAkhFzouSWS2ZD-bTc2CTMBG0uwqhMm6CU6NNj0nwsO9TsuIkboZmwAseXiEH12yNk1uQ4WZvq0I9k13o7D1b0lF_dVptsVv_dAW/s4896/DSC01504.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2752" data-original-width="4896" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlvpH2hgBFzVqdc2dMvGn6BT1DnpxCGjuRDrz1zbYkAkhFzouSWS2ZD-bTc2CTMBG0uwqhMm6CU6NNj0nwsO9TsuIkboZmwAseXiEH12yNk1uQ4WZvq0I9k13o7D1b0lF_dVptsVv_dAW/w640-h360/DSC01504.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisvaShTmWu7LlrLxihBuU6pL0MP8PIlP6EOf03WGZYqDwtChb1pR2yaTYhqW8mixdv6gGXgjVfRMkhnE-_oltaiHuh9ZBTcdPVPGXlg2fHX4y4Yng7FtvLQFmD7AH5o9kT3AGkoRbue1xp/s4896/DSC01505.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2752" data-original-width="4896" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisvaShTmWu7LlrLxihBuU6pL0MP8PIlP6EOf03WGZYqDwtChb1pR2yaTYhqW8mixdv6gGXgjVfRMkhnE-_oltaiHuh9ZBTcdPVPGXlg2fHX4y4Yng7FtvLQFmD7AH5o9kT3AGkoRbue1xp/w640-h360/DSC01505.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><b><i>Got our exercise walking around town and up and down hundreds of stairs followed by lunch at the </i></b><b><i>Old Bisbee Brewing Company, our first dining out experience since Covid. What a treat!</i></b></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9AAplAWYtoiMpKdnz1DfkXlsFiYkUlYEXJChuyzgmDpvFWlsorMLsfEPD5xhqTLEUMkOi8eeD9npvH-dCqwuk6A2-eZUsmVnpIeRRPoPxN-fDsgvhPjgRcH9F2_VPa7wsp4GfTCum72G6/s2048/DSC01523.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="2048" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9AAplAWYtoiMpKdnz1DfkXlsFiYkUlYEXJChuyzgmDpvFWlsorMLsfEPD5xhqTLEUMkOi8eeD9npvH-dCqwuk6A2-eZUsmVnpIeRRPoPxN-fDsgvhPjgRcH9F2_VPa7wsp4GfTCum72G6/w640-h384/DSC01523.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p><b><i>Bisbee is such an interesting and quirky place.</i></b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6M3low1yodx5_d6WLMRtAuFapyIhg6pVCw-x8jpQZvYq5_ChNCxBupsjhzH0v4R12hjx7GM8_3INZTh1PdaWgx8USJTG8IMzIxRDTQyH-BucqfItxNV5SFkcMJZSQJvRvI_s6wkjAgK9/s2048/DSC01526.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I think we hiked the same trail when we were there years before but neither of us was sure. There is definitely some benefit to losing your memory!</i></b></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUP6_F8yQqgFy_edcd3PVsumC1VUBWVmjCkPk4QcXU6S419qTR1etSaD-ahMTNI0o8bJHknJ4rO5MTjf5WAw0EohnRqAylttMOd_3r7eRtkWEUCXrKoRv-zuZRxZAlTD0gOP-YzzEWMyoL/s2048/DSC01529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUP6_F8yQqgFy_edcd3PVsumC1VUBWVmjCkPk4QcXU6S419qTR1etSaD-ahMTNI0o8bJHknJ4rO5MTjf5WAw0EohnRqAylttMOd_3r7eRtkWEUCXrKoRv-zuZRxZAlTD0gOP-YzzEWMyoL/w640-h360/DSC01529.JPG" width="640" /></a></p></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZhrkCCkN5RrvB50LRPQPyhdel86Fm54U8NwoMC-nJ5yA-8nH_6sQ7UfSVKez5W5YUCXlVMlArzB0lFiIP910Us0wZKA2d6w6lKu_4Nf4-YWrGMFCfUw1pMh3qAQEl1dSPTdsikbnVdgx/s2048/DSC01531.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZhrkCCkN5RrvB50LRPQPyhdel86Fm54U8NwoMC-nJ5yA-8nH_6sQ7UfSVKez5W5YUCXlVMlArzB0lFiIP910Us0wZKA2d6w6lKu_4Nf4-YWrGMFCfUw1pMh3qAQEl1dSPTdsikbnVdgx/w640-h360/DSC01531.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnD7E-OAcdc1mA5EUIY-VFFLNACnD8tU1KCDAhMTssWRIIVa-sTLFPAY8UeHRG5MjSV2fmy36E2B8n_wvENU-4Cl_EJgruuduawWI0eYtFYb8b0ahh6NsIkZnvzTR776J1W1IuaNB6InXW/s2048/DSC01530.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnD7E-OAcdc1mA5EUIY-VFFLNACnD8tU1KCDAhMTssWRIIVa-sTLFPAY8UeHRG5MjSV2fmy36E2B8n_wvENU-4Cl_EJgruuduawWI0eYtFYb8b0ahh6NsIkZnvzTR776J1W1IuaNB6InXW/w640-h360/DSC01530.JPG" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>After returning from our trip it was time for me to have cataract surgery. I am now a week out from the second eye and doing great. Having worked in ophthalmology I was very nervous about the procedure since I knew that even though most people have no complications, for those that do it can be vision threatening. Fortunately, all went well, and in spite of the fact that I had LASIK many years ago, which makes it more challenging to calculate the correct power of the intraocular lens, I now have 20/20 vision in each eye for distance, although I still need reading/computer glasses. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>We've also been part of a research study at Arizona State University to test for COVID-19 neutralizing antibodies in the blood of fully vaccinated people. We aren't yet three months out from our second vaccine, and when we were tested last week, my neutralizing antibodies were not detectable and Jim's were just barely detectable. When tested the previous month mine were moderate and Jim's were high. Does this mean we are no longer immune? No, but it does mean that it's possible we could get infected and it would take our B-cells a few days to realize they recognize the virus before kicking in and fighting it off. The doctor who invented the test told us they don't know yet if this means you will get sick or be asymptomatic if you get exposed, and whether or not you will be contagious to others, but time will tell as the data is tracked. Made us feel a bit less safe than we thought we were, and it probably means that boosters will be necessary one of these days. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kitten season is here and we've been very busy working on intake requests for Fearless Kitty Rescue. Last month we got requests to take in 191 cats and kittens. Since we only have the capacity to take in around 25-30 per month, depending on how many get adopted out, I spend quite a bit of time sending out turn-down emails. We still do our once/week caregiving shift, and I am also on the Socialization Team, which consists of spending time with some of the shyer, less social cats to get them ready for adoption. It's rewarding to see the progress we make with some of the kitties who initially want nothing to do with us. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPz6eNf7xtjrOLKAanAulJvZl46DZRAzLzbSGlY0cc1sBz0yeeHFPjynG_APxhSDKkVQuoLxYSKm0Kky9Zze3SeJZ2_sfDVDr2ta0kimOF_etQTJwuoSx_IsqrqMX42cSqOyykrjbuojA/s2048/20210425_145359.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPz6eNf7xtjrOLKAanAulJvZl46DZRAzLzbSGlY0cc1sBz0yeeHFPjynG_APxhSDKkVQuoLxYSKm0Kky9Zze3SeJZ2_sfDVDr2ta0kimOF_etQTJwuoSx_IsqrqMX42cSqOyykrjbuojA/w640-h360/20210425_145359.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feather the three-legged cat gets to free-roam the building. She was very leery of people but is now buddies with some of the staff, making slow progress. </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUhS4gF_3-I597iGureumuaF9dujmUCxzlHjDr2EEZ8rK8yEte5ho9AgYOfPi7vksyN5jE2a8Sg_Zl2swWjJ_LznUSvC1UfNMhmRhTHSYzA9rpDPJDZ0mjQ89BO5DmADCbPskqyZkmI0Y/s2048/20210318_153059.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="2048" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUhS4gF_3-I597iGureumuaF9dujmUCxzlHjDr2EEZ8rK8yEte5ho9AgYOfPi7vksyN5jE2a8Sg_Zl2swWjJ_LznUSvC1UfNMhmRhTHSYzA9rpDPJDZ0mjQ89BO5DmADCbPskqyZkmI0Y/w640-h402/20210318_153059.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjDiwiYhw5YSW5wpu3Ih47SkW-k3JMnvKSz53jaEQMwPw5DzsXkBRj5sewsnUUR0HIb_49IUjh55fqx1gvLG3nqpWjPvzNdVd37nOqHJeTsnnrZUZeABbEUVbewoeyiGS60BRw71fOOE06/s2048/20210415_162347.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjDiwiYhw5YSW5wpu3Ih47SkW-k3JMnvKSz53jaEQMwPw5DzsXkBRj5sewsnUUR0HIb_49IUjh55fqx1gvLG3nqpWjPvzNdVd37nOqHJeTsnnrZUZeABbEUVbewoeyiGS60BRw71fOOE06/w640-h360/20210415_162347.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nugget, one of the most adorable kittens I've ever seen. She and her brother Cheeseburger were found in a box in a McDonald's parking lot. They got adopted quickly.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></i></div></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xgXn5kFoxGl99hUxpgd6f5sXxutAARyro5kTIYp0nFg7Ouw1DC0Z-YHmCBn6xBzzNvmC9dojHf27sFBM9OIbjBh1Wgr3wjVSACDZ7vbTH_MbZxxmSjfBfVG8J7KSMjFRcOtlSBkD5NrL/s2048/20210503_062712.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xgXn5kFoxGl99hUxpgd6f5sXxutAARyro5kTIYp0nFg7Ouw1DC0Z-YHmCBn6xBzzNvmC9dojHf27sFBM9OIbjBh1Wgr3wjVSACDZ7vbTH_MbZxxmSjfBfVG8J7KSMjFRcOtlSBkD5NrL/w640-h360/20210503_062712.jpg" width="640" /></a><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i>I have one more eye appointment in mid-June, and we both have dental issues to take care of, but after that, we hope to take a trip for a couple months this summer. Just haven't quite figured out where we're going or where we're staying but I'm sure we will work it out. </i></div></b><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><i><br /></i></b><p></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jim and Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13982110996137470496noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062337474734435253.post-29577057134280138562021-03-09T08:54:00.001-08:002021-03-09T08:54:38.888-08:00All Vaxed Up and Nowhere to Go<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid1QmfuRVuOjTXUWIL-4EJIZTEai-T4tA_kVOl41TD_prN29BKzfBpQLssMi2q1O1jffSc_9szD69OKHhlwvnOhIubiROONzhh8DZHUpYJYDN_by2BzUHsbV5a95Bpg_WSS4Ylx50YSfgi/s2048/20210210_125553.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid1QmfuRVuOjTXUWIL-4EJIZTEai-T4tA_kVOl41TD_prN29BKzfBpQLssMi2q1O1jffSc_9szD69OKHhlwvnOhIubiROONzhh8DZHUpYJYDN_by2BzUHsbV5a95Bpg_WSS4Ylx50YSfgi/w640-h360/20210210_125553.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scene from Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area, Cave Creek, AZ</td></tr></tbody></table></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><i>So, we are going on almost two weeks since we got our second COVID vaccine. We had some reactions to both the first and second Moderna shots but survived the sore arm, chills, fever, backache, and general malaise. Jim hit the jackpot and got "<a href="https://www.prevention.com/health/a35470369/delayed-arm-rash-covid-19-vaccine/">COVID arm</a>", which is really a thing. We're glad it's over, but now what? </i></b></div><p></p><p><b><i>With the assumption that we are now relatively safe, we've made several doctor/dentist/hair appointments that have been put off for far too long. It feels strange to get back out in the world and get near other people without fear of getting sick, even though we are still wearing masks. </i></b></p><p><b><i>In the meantime we've been doing our usual hikes, bike rides, walking around town, and working with Fearless Kitty Rescue. Nothing much to say, so here are some photos.</i></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><b><i>The following are from a loop hike at Spur Cross Ranch. We've been checking out some different trails.</i></b></div><p></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-iLyQUnClLH3DxzazD6MbV0awVBY1NkPeTyKPP1X2fRXDAu7cfeonxdyi0Fp01HcJugG0nb_tAleu85L2oqMmqJzGllxMs1dfuSKyiDoz8TU3XITnWtujs0vaM4kiOlKiQdN9FZ31g_RR/s2048/20210210_130918.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1236" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-iLyQUnClLH3DxzazD6MbV0awVBY1NkPeTyKPP1X2fRXDAu7cfeonxdyi0Fp01HcJugG0nb_tAleu85L2oqMmqJzGllxMs1dfuSKyiDoz8TU3XITnWtujs0vaM4kiOlKiQdN9FZ31g_RR/w386-h640/20210210_130918.jpg" width="386" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looks like this saguaro is being smothered by its arms</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqbsf0lcI13BLVO6RP_WTJ2GlHMHNILbwZWxspXWQ2II7xLjj5f_CcZVfHENRk5hfcA3RhuT2s7OIYd8t323jOgmkR-JevaQ4bWauXl2Wu2JCv5ciAK6N_5JgNbuh3XgaXnS5FPDop5PTO/s2576/20210210_131457.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="2576" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqbsf0lcI13BLVO6RP_WTJ2GlHMHNILbwZWxspXWQ2II7xLjj5f_CcZVfHENRk5hfcA3RhuT2s7OIYd8t323jOgmkR-JevaQ4bWauXl2Wu2JCv5ciAK6N_5JgNbuh3XgaXnS5FPDop5PTO/w640-h304/20210210_131457.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As dry as it's been we were surprised to see any water in Cave Creek</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhozpudIqL1-wmRrrrVzwbIeMn9uWtCQ3BmLLb7Tsmrw-XraNVQbYFvbAs9ljjcXy54WJLEcb4Zsq3hbOowO-aosisBszqxZtpAxmw6b0ujVmpegve_WSYo0CdEUkG6_jX9DMWLKS8sg0Qs/s2576/20210210_132506.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="2576" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhozpudIqL1-wmRrrrVzwbIeMn9uWtCQ3BmLLb7Tsmrw-XraNVQbYFvbAs9ljjcXy54WJLEcb4Zsq3hbOowO-aosisBszqxZtpAxmw6b0ujVmpegve_WSYo0CdEUkG6_jX9DMWLKS8sg0Qs/w640-h304/20210210_132506.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Several years ago we saw lots of dragonflies here, but none this time</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1MfLOXJ1Su4X9zlmx1jOMfjX1gwEWzeiBqEOVpucU_gpMScy5EHDk8p4S7NImX7essYWUMxeLQnY7qODb_8h9tQc9SJGumeJeHzvnvCVARGAi3R9lCJ3lFKPDLxQnSCGZS_D5SJkJfBg/s2576/20210210_142519.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="2576" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1MfLOXJ1Su4X9zlmx1jOMfjX1gwEWzeiBqEOVpucU_gpMScy5EHDk8p4S7NImX7essYWUMxeLQnY7qODb_8h9tQc9SJGumeJeHzvnvCVARGAi3R9lCJ3lFKPDLxQnSCGZS_D5SJkJfBg/w640-h304/20210210_142519.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNP5UGB-pVSdsahtI9xEzL3l8s4tm-xFio8Tl50LaVKnaVzokQ8-d98tkwbQtvCf5p5ZStD_y7UEy9qaQyYi0iagN6Z-6hlHb6P9vlPWDEigfCr7n_FrWUSV2qPCkQx6Fu5WWfXLDwuQ-/w640-h480/20210210_125430.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's a lovely place for a hike</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><i>One day we hiked a new-to-us trail at Coon Bluff along the Salt River, about 25 miles from Fountain Hills. The bonus was after our hike we walked down near the river to see the wild horses that come there every afternoon.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijssrw337diP-KAFTkaSgLiIiwYvDz3aKM3GyBQdGDDJxxxYgpH0lIuJMlSoUUZsx5zm2Yrkq0tYljsRo5RgWaiRN9zn74LHTSe3rYOtx37u5z5bRzbMknWmdDpW1QmcamvIFkc9zNqx4V/s2048/DSC01435.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijssrw337diP-KAFTkaSgLiIiwYvDz3aKM3GyBQdGDDJxxxYgpH0lIuJMlSoUUZsx5zm2Yrkq0tYljsRo5RgWaiRN9zn74LHTSe3rYOtx37u5z5bRzbMknWmdDpW1QmcamvIFkc9zNqx4V/w640-h360/DSC01435.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjB8C0taUa5K8txlXear70AuzYiauaptUyJbu-zsteJZ0fcB87sUFTavyoITOsB80zcY3iwrMvqYQ8F9kVDYVygBm-ulkbjjMJz2J3p31BtPUXzHEvGDsZHRgfBUZzQHqdXPn1Wie6ADk/w640-h360/DSC01438.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A zoomed sneak peak at the horses from atop the bluff</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3GEIkOu161abA05b0Lmeaq4cTqKjOA83uUFiFpC9oFbOXL4LoFoy4nefwPjY1ddgkDsBt1H4OmD2krRaqsOMFKBLC-DoqrHSq84cd8z7BPt6Ok7J1ouGlx03h1Ae4lQUjWl-G5unpEd8K/s2048/DSC01450.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3GEIkOu161abA05b0Lmeaq4cTqKjOA83uUFiFpC9oFbOXL4LoFoy4nefwPjY1ddgkDsBt1H4OmD2krRaqsOMFKBLC-DoqrHSq84cd8z7BPt6Ok7J1ouGlx03h1Ae4lQUjWl-G5unpEd8K/w640-h360/DSC01450.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We found a fairly easy way to get down off the bluff and took the low road back</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPn0x-Fpvjisd3oTxoLO8Hk0eMUsbbgU9fqRTAtXX9wwxZzPs-3eKzXjYftB3TKt1C3BwfNCQG7d6LVqfDScacxDa6uDDxX6SsTrCg-keFk5oJuH40HgKOyfKfzkoJ6BAkGOGCnpCrkDO1/s2048/DSC01448.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1154" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPn0x-Fpvjisd3oTxoLO8Hk0eMUsbbgU9fqRTAtXX9wwxZzPs-3eKzXjYftB3TKt1C3BwfNCQG7d6LVqfDScacxDa6uDDxX6SsTrCg-keFk5oJuH40HgKOyfKfzkoJ6BAkGOGCnpCrkDO1/w640-h360/DSC01448.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was a good hike. We'll definitely do it again.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>And then the horses. There was a volunteer from the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group who told us a bit about the horses and warned about not getting too close. So of course we saw a man petting one while the woman he was with took photos. We were secretly hoping the horse would kick him, but no such luck.</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgupwHNmDqPhOFShAfvbDJyQQQMDsUnXXA-btJ5x_pEv17hBw-UELnHElNMgDtfglCe0UpSAxEEbb-GQhURJt6QhEJQKu9OizzPTO2fOhp6MKlJe_8L0dXSmxnGHPqXf9s-sLqHTtqxKXP6/s2048/DSC01454.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgupwHNmDqPhOFShAfvbDJyQQQMDsUnXXA-btJ5x_pEv17hBw-UELnHElNMgDtfglCe0UpSAxEEbb-GQhURJt6QhEJQKu9OizzPTO2fOhp6MKlJe_8L0dXSmxnGHPqXf9s-sLqHTtqxKXP6/w640-h360/DSC01454.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's a big herd</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-JNq_RasSDF9zgQtGMnvebGyArRQvz4MPdOv2Fx-8SlBLMn8_glxwWpzgIaH1KxansRiXW3021Q0MyACQyet04goRU_BSeB7AxXZY3S_y1sGfEEXLGFLy8QXHqCPlmmn2oEyA8E1nkg7X/s2048/DSC01455.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-JNq_RasSDF9zgQtGMnvebGyArRQvz4MPdOv2Fx-8SlBLMn8_glxwWpzgIaH1KxansRiXW3021Q0MyACQyet04goRU_BSeB7AxXZY3S_y1sGfEEXLGFLy8QXHqCPlmmn2oEyA8E1nkg7X/w640-h360/DSC01455.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtRzQmCn6jSiI_yW7iUuRPjw4nIvj5y6TYcudIzF2qjjqJW0w6QhnGTKJWheLNJmUQlRIHRfZGROwpQyycn96BkciZIWJyihbb0dqtXjKdCYdEZjXcWI9TtXVVPE38FfN76vHYADoG-Emp/s2048/DSC01465.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtRzQmCn6jSiI_yW7iUuRPjw4nIvj5y6TYcudIzF2qjjqJW0w6QhnGTKJWheLNJmUQlRIHRfZGROwpQyycn96BkciZIWJyihbb0dqtXjKdCYdEZjXcWI9TtXVVPE38FfN76vHYADoG-Emp/w640-h360/DSC01465.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8jKDU9JCCAn6Q6TWOPWxgU8wHFUASWJhLsr6w8_BnGL6ud86FMhhgUNkd-OBXrsneNofv43UGMlMnVWttk2z-T80lafaLHm7W10Ki37vckBU2XPzVTeUMVBTntuhMWUrsETz5ooIgCspt/s2048/DSC01466.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8jKDU9JCCAn6Q6TWOPWxgU8wHFUASWJhLsr6w8_BnGL6ud86FMhhgUNkd-OBXrsneNofv43UGMlMnVWttk2z-T80lafaLHm7W10Ki37vckBU2XPzVTeUMVBTntuhMWUrsETz5ooIgCspt/w640-h360/DSC01466.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A little horse play. You can see how close people were getting to them.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM5xc7q9Lx-uTcnM13oQ6xPIx8sqGzyyaPO4ykDM3V7wbKXfwv4W46SpWhh-lZfgwEhoT8xNs1VG_5i4x-1vHK57Vxr2v9fIN_JkCrafNYczVzN047zQX-uVcGICXZ-gA8-Ska0bGGtRR0/s2048/DSC01469.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1130" data-original-width="2048" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM5xc7q9Lx-uTcnM13oQ6xPIx8sqGzyyaPO4ykDM3V7wbKXfwv4W46SpWhh-lZfgwEhoT8xNs1VG_5i4x-1vHK57Vxr2v9fIN_JkCrafNYczVzN047zQX-uVcGICXZ-gA8-Ska0bGGtRR0/w640-h354/DSC01469.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6biqI6Em5ez92l2C89xj3BdT9fOUw2tI0rgrzwQnn_ouPUDO3AC07eQqDGVbTEbyTxhxKajbEPbqkgivBXMC-MzP91fu3CXqC9OLvxTTHCy8oxnttICSKtaz0xpWYUQaZdsvhSTaVYbbc/s2048/DSC01470.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6biqI6Em5ez92l2C89xj3BdT9fOUw2tI0rgrzwQnn_ouPUDO3AC07eQqDGVbTEbyTxhxKajbEPbqkgivBXMC-MzP91fu3CXqC9OLvxTTHCy8oxnttICSKtaz0xpWYUQaZdsvhSTaVYbbc/w640-h360/DSC01470.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><i><br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><i>Mark and Bobbie spent a few nights at McDowell Mountain campground on their way back north. We hiked, biked, and had a few beers with them. Always a fun time.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKigMDADRw-7URfcmReE-LAAAfOEq3dBsQimxOO1x123W-WVKkq8mp7jXX6lWiJ-ATCiuz0bTJ42vznZqRQr9jRAzkoQY66jI64zvXovbzjiyQ7PXHQqUv2tMsql6eOe0W-2gnGBl8gmhV/s2048/20210219_112730.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1271" data-original-width="2048" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKigMDADRw-7URfcmReE-LAAAfOEq3dBsQimxOO1x123W-WVKkq8mp7jXX6lWiJ-ATCiuz0bTJ42vznZqRQr9jRAzkoQY66jI64zvXovbzjiyQ7PXHQqUv2tMsql6eOe0W-2gnGBl8gmhV/w640-h398/20210219_112730.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Resting at Jackass Junction on the Pemberton trail</td></tr></tbody></table></b></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivaxafyGK7RydbUahnqkjTiq9I8STDrEuc9srxCMx42MTWrgwjh7solnJCMcmMquP7jbfz0c6q5eos4DLvwc8j6a206Wjd8G8UOcZ2WcdK5hqKA7Ekr_xEPbuCMrvC4w760SfqgKv1hJ6t/s2048/20210305_130411.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivaxafyGK7RydbUahnqkjTiq9I8STDrEuc9srxCMx42MTWrgwjh7solnJCMcmMquP7jbfz0c6q5eos4DLvwc8j6a206Wjd8G8UOcZ2WcdK5hqKA7Ekr_xEPbuCMrvC4w760SfqgKv1hJ6t/w640-h360/20210305_130411.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dispite the drought we found some blooming ocatillo at Adero Canyon a few days ago</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><i>And as always a few cat photos. This is the River family. Mama Ellie and her kittens Danube, Mosel, Rhone, and Rhine. She made pretty kittens, but none of them have her coloring. They are very friendly and will be adopted quickly.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg91T9L9zTUuJ8RpbDa_loiPkfbcY75J9d7Zum_wQfctCpws4eANtBOhSMPz4hTQ5KC3sPVE4OFe0vjNkNL7fKbK1yBPi1czxFh0PDUutEktyR-o7sdG5nm6a4BxlGWFol9XqMzXcqUBKoj/s2048/20210211_165702.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="2048" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg91T9L9zTUuJ8RpbDa_loiPkfbcY75J9d7Zum_wQfctCpws4eANtBOhSMPz4hTQ5KC3sPVE4OFe0vjNkNL7fKbK1yBPi1czxFh0PDUutEktyR-o7sdG5nm6a4BxlGWFol9XqMzXcqUBKoj/w640-h352/20210211_165702.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mom</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kRoE1BueO9zKMNlWfMrSOOo6A-_dV03_jKqor7eVfl5Ao0cFVX_MmXDOeYCcJ6eIunbPgNR3tPhAslQgOfOzraZdg7nOeqy_oaLjuen1ETH7lqyU1jqt_HpqjzwKL0c-6Xf4PhfuP2jq/s2048/20210304_161256.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1845" data-original-width="2048" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kRoE1BueO9zKMNlWfMrSOOo6A-_dV03_jKqor7eVfl5Ao0cFVX_MmXDOeYCcJ6eIunbPgNR3tPhAslQgOfOzraZdg7nOeqy_oaLjuen1ETH7lqyU1jqt_HpqjzwKL0c-6Xf4PhfuP2jq/w640-h576/20210304_161256.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXuFnfpsuDLBZQiZRlHRV6ukk36Rwk_kKuSHHNigpI0EzxT3TipJVar5XWUJyjLveA9tnZoWwz9x6rhTJ_cGjNg_X2w65ieHvmVPDcstG0tJwfAuCLI7At3rX-l63cMAwN5ldb2osXSdLi/s2578/20210211_165625.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="2578" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXuFnfpsuDLBZQiZRlHRV6ukk36Rwk_kKuSHHNigpI0EzxT3TipJVar5XWUJyjLveA9tnZoWwz9x6rhTJ_cGjNg_X2w65ieHvmVPDcstG0tJwfAuCLI7At3rX-l63cMAwN5ldb2osXSdLi/w640-h302/20210211_165625.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPDB97nDPYKDzsn6ay_1Kcd2ltGyQURDyzWl2UUPFtzAp-W-QskAqQSSRPzzJvcvs0vuvuF1L2jEOJ2Bwa5zkSStLve4hfL7s7EvrDXYNZNByExpNRdgD2Ub04TgAaeQdeSZopNhlLv2Z/s2048/20210211_165629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="2048" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPDB97nDPYKDzsn6ay_1Kcd2ltGyQURDyzWl2UUPFtzAp-W-QskAqQSSRPzzJvcvs0vuvuF1L2jEOJ2Bwa5zkSStLve4hfL7s7EvrDXYNZNByExpNRdgD2Ub04TgAaeQdeSZopNhlLv2Z/w640-h394/20210211_165629.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQx9OgMFmnv14QgLORJNqa_qN6H-gPr1gc2IC5qUzf5oyZEe3m2QVFBTKBPrI5vjhNoMbkZp7USNcNBbWyfWHc9BpIsqVnAYSueb6r9RjIZL3utvvIC2uamyYiojlNcqBcb0cUglZfgwp/s2578/20210211_165653.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="2578" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQx9OgMFmnv14QgLORJNqa_qN6H-gPr1gc2IC5qUzf5oyZEe3m2QVFBTKBPrI5vjhNoMbkZp7USNcNBbWyfWHc9BpIsqVnAYSueb6r9RjIZL3utvvIC2uamyYiojlNcqBcb0cUglZfgwp/w640-h302/20210211_165653.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i>We have a little road trip planned for next month so stay tuned. Really looking forward to some new scenery.</i><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPf7yb9FAoTKKZOX3akOj1Tz7MfV3tv4VVAmRfl-jKpzIixRDURwpU6LQc8yPL5qZhERdCg2PpIV6mqrX7TbX1MGXqvVJlgE9rqbg2Sajw0XP6NtxSEi72gGOP2IdNgQ6PNaXsHDUsJ8H/s2048/20210202_144907.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPf7yb9FAoTKKZOX3akOj1Tz7MfV3tv4VVAmRfl-jKpzIixRDURwpU6LQc8yPL5qZhERdCg2PpIV6mqrX7TbX1MGXqvVJlgE9rqbg2Sajw0XP6NtxSEi72gGOP2IdNgQ6PNaXsHDUsJ8H/w640-h480/20210202_144907.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><i style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></i><p></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p>Jim and Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13982110996137470496noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062337474734435253.post-37329604442807862212021-01-10T16:13:00.001-08:002021-01-11T12:29:35.419-08:00A New Year but Nothing's Changed<p><b><br /></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgANULHC6P624m2X6B_F_QjVkUIvK-9SIiwPWsStvt-Z4rRqcmLvwzwdSwTT0Lnq9x_fdZ7eJZKVy1RKrYCpeQKdEW4393NhiteA_K953zXVF4jwc_IbIe6yDMgn7m-VIkf8PdF-TGY-rkN/s2048/20210106_144255.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgANULHC6P624m2X6B_F_QjVkUIvK-9SIiwPWsStvt-Z4rRqcmLvwzwdSwTT0Lnq9x_fdZ7eJZKVy1RKrYCpeQKdEW4393NhiteA_K953zXVF4jwc_IbIe6yDMgn7m-VIkf8PdF-TGY-rkN/w640-h480/20210106_144255.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Verde River in the Tonto National Forest</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><b><i>I had good intentions to do one last 2020 post but somehow never got around to it. Our holidays were quiet and we are just happy to still be here in this tumultuous beginning to 2021. </i></b></p><p><b><i>I wanted to remember a few more hikes we've done since my last post so here goes. Alex and Ellen were out at McDowell during November and December, and although we are still social distancing, we visited them several times outside at their site, and one day met them and Terry for a hike at Adero Canyon.</i></b></p><p><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrU8AfCKWKJGucAu1kelQVPmYZKRSgDShEj0Zhp9xD7FD3bC6nN8GKEVbxzLvnA4q6K-rJs6jyD9d95Co_Y9Z5QNmzYNDFwujXEiKIAl8ZoA7aZ0H4I3WwJ-1tCQIKH10hS3y7oKRoXAXk/s2048/20201226_153232.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrU8AfCKWKJGucAu1kelQVPmYZKRSgDShEj0Zhp9xD7FD3bC6nN8GKEVbxzLvnA4q6K-rJs6jyD9d95Co_Y9Z5QNmzYNDFwujXEiKIAl8ZoA7aZ0H4I3WwJ-1tCQIKH10hS3y7oKRoXAXk/w640-h360/20201226_153232.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I just like the look of this saguaro along the Bluff trail at McDowell Mtn Park</td></tr></tbody></table><b><br /></b><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIJU-h8cMy4S5YQBacOu4pm4dbJGarcvOIbO8yAHq_xFlaeeJM5FLMQhwTLwHjLgUWjlKpFgGS27yv6U3efWm0oJdvvEo4PnkICbYFgW3vg1bDJxfvMpfECQOZeQRnyArIpjCXk6dhbzal/s2048/DSC01375.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIJU-h8cMy4S5YQBacOu4pm4dbJGarcvOIbO8yAHq_xFlaeeJM5FLMQhwTLwHjLgUWjlKpFgGS27yv6U3efWm0oJdvvEo4PnkICbYFgW3vg1bDJxfvMpfECQOZeQRnyArIpjCXk6dhbzal/w640-h360/DSC01375.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Terry, Jim, Alex, Ellen taking a break on the Promenade trail at Adero Canyon</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>There are numerous options at Adero and we have finally hiked all the trails there and have started repeating them. </i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_zxU4pSnZ9ffG-euFxmyT2THacAY1d6BWtAcdeVoX5G2WuwWV43jep1ACyhXiNt09sTKOQNb6f5NaqFJEP-TaXzkaPA_9p9nF2XUa4_to1foChCthIUAOF-SMbmsWVXh_c_db09MSkfPw/s2048/DSC01378.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_zxU4pSnZ9ffG-euFxmyT2THacAY1d6BWtAcdeVoX5G2WuwWV43jep1ACyhXiNt09sTKOQNb6f5NaqFJEP-TaXzkaPA_9p9nF2XUa4_to1foChCthIUAOF-SMbmsWVXh_c_db09MSkfPw/w640-h360/DSC01378.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg20NtwdsayL-7FcxBGUIcQZNJUG4fjIVaF5DhPma37qvaisBm-ogVBzgLivEMAi35_fNb8P9hu0osDN7yLQFn2OdguaLZ6s8skr4vwyihDe32k2WRj5jepmwP9G06IxXSsuG4-3cOh9AQ0/s2048/DSC01381.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg20NtwdsayL-7FcxBGUIcQZNJUG4fjIVaF5DhPma37qvaisBm-ogVBzgLivEMAi35_fNb8P9hu0osDN7yLQFn2OdguaLZ6s8skr4vwyihDe32k2WRj5jepmwP9G06IxXSsuG4-3cOh9AQ0/w640-h360/DSC01381.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRohrTmfj3nNUO3EW3CkVYFhemGY9dlSTf3oNbqaJgD1ZMevhTe3WNxeYaUMtk1U0wRdfjd5a8hgfzfyeDFWPQxhx-PeoCENQoFneqbOxQYIqzAuJ3VIyuqIKz7ZUX5AewdNkBAlg5WX2u/s2048/20201216_143400.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRohrTmfj3nNUO3EW3CkVYFhemGY9dlSTf3oNbqaJgD1ZMevhTe3WNxeYaUMtk1U0wRdfjd5a8hgfzfyeDFWPQxhx-PeoCENQoFneqbOxQYIqzAuJ3VIyuqIKz7ZUX5AewdNkBAlg5WX2u/w640-h360/20201216_143400.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Mark has been camped down in the Superstition Mountains so a few weeks ago we made the 47 mile drive to visit our old Lazy Daze and take a hike with him. He was in a beautiful but not so level spot.</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6CLXO1ct-_XD9vvs1OInBOAjwXEXMcq-G3svcfSUL-8yk_MTDb-njIIPe45h-G6toow4hZS5bab27SlNlf8jeDQbrUUyhVfBhx1v8aobv9p45lyshvODWKp9KAWm3QVHLMDEISPZlt7xG/s2048/DSC01391.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6CLXO1ct-_XD9vvs1OInBOAjwXEXMcq-G3svcfSUL-8yk_MTDb-njIIPe45h-G6toow4hZS5bab27SlNlf8jeDQbrUUyhVfBhx1v8aobv9p45lyshvODWKp9KAWm3QVHLMDEISPZlt7xG/w640-h360/DSC01391.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>We jokingly gave him a hard time about his leveling job, while being impressed that he was able to get up on all the boards and blocks without someone spotting him.</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkyCqoI-oe-IpzdAHZAVlmCJASC-NvHLKxHBX3HRiFe2XfQHGG0muU9sI2jxkXlhwJTrb9B8RDAf6NFhwGjrPyxE8umBDtrEocLyk9fcl7S0X1DhkhCxKHHmr526WQBz1448QEFd9VcGxs/s2048/DSC01390.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We had never been up there before and were surprised at how pretty it was. And we got to see two of the many wild horses that live along the Verde and Salt Rivers.</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9ffppt2PxuLm-Mu_uEltGynx0eBEbXqXVdglWgS1ZCKmM4g4GoT3XgJh635_bgKVCs2Q5gsiJEHFVtGXUPxS3dhGMOJUAlCuZqtDbcmJUs0v-_94yT0y5ysGR9Om7jQxGeMcZ_GraWXq/s2048/20210106_143412.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9ffppt2PxuLm-Mu_uEltGynx0eBEbXqXVdglWgS1ZCKmM4g4GoT3XgJh635_bgKVCs2Q5gsiJEHFVtGXUPxS3dhGMOJUAlCuZqtDbcmJUs0v-_94yT0y5ysGR9Om7jQxGeMcZ_GraWXq/w640-h480/20210106_143412.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhKiJt54kz4uknh-3kHJZqvbyOHiKv1Kb6a7sHT8WHG0u6xQL0aw2R2mqaJyrN_4AxyVqBfY2y1PJrCopMOQpsn7WOBk90nATqJ007fJaI4EzRJyZYAvaY9l-4LIGSBd97cOQHKDw_82Ia/s2048/20210106_143644.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Bobbie had joined him from Colorado a few days before, and Chris arrived a couple weeks ago. We managed a socially distanced hike on some bike trails off the main trails, since this is a popular area and we were trying to avoid the crowds. Luckily we only saw a couple of bikers out there.</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3SOE2qumPmJJvx6VBgZNKvETIZiyibnPvfaY-CT_1OLUun3GinIX7AsOn2FCrO2_K_yDRvYn_3_1uw3YddrFRTyc1P6Cv9gDVuZPqmzev8Al6bZSHVOpTbK2XNAL2c4GJddK7DLneVdMV/s4896/DSC01421.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2752" data-original-width="4896" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3SOE2qumPmJJvx6VBgZNKvETIZiyibnPvfaY-CT_1OLUun3GinIX7AsOn2FCrO2_K_yDRvYn_3_1uw3YddrFRTyc1P6Cv9gDVuZPqmzev8Al6bZSHVOpTbK2XNAL2c4GJddK7DLneVdMV/w640-h360/DSC01421.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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We liked taking photos with masks on as we didn't have to worry about smiling.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i>So other than hiking, fretting over the news, and trying not to catch COVID-19, we've been spending more time working online with Fearless Kitty intake team duties. We didn't realize what went on behind the scenes of a rescue organization until we got more involved. I really like it.</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>We are still getting our hands on cats at our Thursday afternoon caregiving shift. These three have all been adopted since I took their pictures before Christmas.</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ-TO1QNAAKs5rMB7Lx3ThsuQtsPwlJE4wDPjEIMgHdxX76i9Y5lVw1XUhOKwypVZCPjh5dUnYg6Y7Aq94qBMGNzDg56Ak7z4eXbqWb2mEyHI2yw846yXzc9gOAVMKemdAPY68DLqFVqlA/s2048/20201210_165018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ-TO1QNAAKs5rMB7Lx3ThsuQtsPwlJE4wDPjEIMgHdxX76i9Y5lVw1XUhOKwypVZCPjh5dUnYg6Y7Aq94qBMGNzDg56Ak7z4eXbqWb2mEyHI2yw846yXzc9gOAVMKemdAPY68DLqFVqlA/w640-h360/20201210_165018.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoIOsAXi9_083P1Kt3PvcK5r9X1a1F-cct2ZI3NZSclCpRDwl54g3kVnOTNWqzXRi9CBwZgBn2va1zbv2hugewgMIzKRLuue1BqvMWZ_Aq_DfL3Qx4s2ZpzIFJ69b_scX7SgBcrjAU9hxw/s2048/20201210_165046.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1519" data-original-width="2048" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoIOsAXi9_083P1Kt3PvcK5r9X1a1F-cct2ZI3NZSclCpRDwl54g3kVnOTNWqzXRi9CBwZgBn2va1zbv2hugewgMIzKRLuue1BqvMWZ_Aq_DfL3Qx4s2ZpzIFJ69b_scX7SgBcrjAU9hxw/w640-h474/20201210_165046.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93KGLle37fqoZjGjCraZDUdeHrJKc3EupO2y9mXEzNbrODge87WwWYufGOQ5p3MKUeiHCht6XkCrE1zk9-sH55WyPXwOiroQByRUj7k7t3XYzgkSyouac1TOh3o1jkkA6_QDsOpiN3Sn0/s2048/20201210_170319.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93KGLle37fqoZjGjCraZDUdeHrJKc3EupO2y9mXEzNbrODge87WwWYufGOQ5p3MKUeiHCht6XkCrE1zk9-sH55WyPXwOiroQByRUj7k7t3XYzgkSyouac1TOh3o1jkkA6_QDsOpiN3Sn0/w640-h360/20201210_170319.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i>Addendum to this post: After I finished writing this I found out someone left two cats in the donation bin outside of Fearless Kitty Rescue, which of course is for food, litter, cat supplies, etc., not cats!! The carriers they were brought in were dumped next to a trash can down the street. Fortunately, a man walking his dog found them, as the volunteers only check the donation bin a couple times/day. It was a good thing the cats were microchipped as they turned out to be registered to another cat rescue in the Phoenix area. They were contacted and then called the people that adopted the cats from them, as they had adopted three, not just two. They were told to bring the other to Fearless Kitty this morning, which they did, and someone from the rescue came to pick up all three of them today. I am trying to reserve judgment since the cats are safe, but it's not easy.</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>And we're still patiently awaiting the vaccine but suspect it will be at least a couple more months. 2020 was a long year, and so far by the way 2021 is playing out it isn't looking much better. Only time will tell...</i></b></div><br />Jim and Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13982110996137470496noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062337474734435253.post-32471865726014559832020-11-26T14:03:00.001-08:002020-11-26T14:03:25.344-08:00Thanksgiving Thoughts<div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijKZcxGl5D-tGC_QV6TF12BIL6WbP-4yzMGTYea0eFvlx3xRJknJG33ql73y6aXj0yXY0dEBqJGR2XepjoYJt8s3Rpq2sK0LY0RzPKAWidsGxGPHMHwCM9wesXGswseHI08s1UyNspkY8f/s2048/20200803_054852.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1157" data-original-width="2048" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijKZcxGl5D-tGC_QV6TF12BIL6WbP-4yzMGTYea0eFvlx3xRJknJG33ql73y6aXj0yXY0dEBqJGR2XepjoYJt8s3Rpq2sK0LY0RzPKAWidsGxGPHMHwCM9wesXGswseHI08s1UyNspkY8f/w640-h362/20200803_054852.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><p><b><i>I don't normally use Thanksgiving as the day to think about all we have to be thankful for. I already know that our life is good compared to many and I appreciate it every day. But this year with the pandemic and politics I woke up thinking about how grateful I am that we have managed to stay relatively healthy and are still able to get out and walk, hike and bike, although sometimes with a few more aches and pains. Just hope we can make it to the vaccine and get back to happy hours at the local brewery and gatherings with friends where we can hug and don't have to sit so far apart, go to dentist, doctor and beauty salon visits without worrying about getting COVID for the next two weeks, etc. We've made it this far so I'm hopeful! </i></b></p><p><b><i>And now, some photos from new-to-us trails just on the edge of Fountain Hills at Adero Canyon. The trailhead has been closed for a couple years due to construction of a new subdivision and just opened a few weeks ago. There is a brand new trail along a ridge and several others that have been there a while so we've gone out there a few times to check them all out since they all have great views Now if we could just get some rain to green up the desert a bit.</i></b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjufOk_ddBSBWa-gGNiy3xepXNuRdtkOVzDBm67wLPQUoVi5B2rbwepkRuWd0YJ8WO98YOhGxZNciXmRzfOSc5vt_B28LvEV58dhKwoTCroy5m7d2RXet_0QkPYf69CvqjRfL4V-h4Uax_W/s4896/DSC01343.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2752" data-original-width="4896" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjufOk_ddBSBWa-gGNiy3xepXNuRdtkOVzDBm67wLPQUoVi5B2rbwepkRuWd0YJ8WO98YOhGxZNciXmRzfOSc5vt_B28LvEV58dhKwoTCroy5m7d2RXet_0QkPYf69CvqjRfL4V-h4Uax_W/w640-h360/DSC01343.JPG" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Not sure I will get Jim back on the Western Loop trail again any time soon.</i></b></div><p></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6bLy8inuiXtWEapZYtMJVP8iMdqSly0-TRl0U5FuDJK0JTEwujAwJQ0gt94qMNHhK0IYJBq-cyA4-pFCmAetxT0mHQXlFA-cVPjz-6ya30WSxvb-DrcAyC5rk77LwGz6gMzGBH-Gdwrfv/s2048/20201124_145348.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6bLy8inuiXtWEapZYtMJVP8iMdqSly0-TRl0U5FuDJK0JTEwujAwJQ0gt94qMNHhK0IYJBq-cyA4-pFCmAetxT0mHQXlFA-cVPjz-6ya30WSxvb-DrcAyC5rk77LwGz6gMzGBH-Gdwrfv/w640-h360/20201124_145348.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVSoTP6YASIw057SCun4bxotkro5E-ev9hHEZRvsof_0BLPamKZSt6A1UZH5yW55vPDQPwQ8E5j7b48adeCaN3_hOj2cpGSFHH-wgvsLT4dqmhulefIrcLYsn3-9jkAppdHY2dqc9qWJ_/s2048/20201124_145433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVSoTP6YASIw057SCun4bxotkro5E-ev9hHEZRvsof_0BLPamKZSt6A1UZH5yW55vPDQPwQ8E5j7b48adeCaN3_hOj2cpGSFHH-wgvsLT4dqmhulefIrcLYsn3-9jkAppdHY2dqc9qWJ_/w640-h360/20201124_145433.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9-bofJd6zbseDXdNZ-B95tJo83pH19E_dpvDVS3sTQuLNKnjLoYMx-on8sTtnT1m175wWcK9d1qwCOL_6PApLouU7qpOKZSpiMcKDV9JsKRgjJr4IdvYqPAx0olLldXjzggCbw2yw7gqh/s2048/20201124_145447.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9-bofJd6zbseDXdNZ-B95tJo83pH19E_dpvDVS3sTQuLNKnjLoYMx-on8sTtnT1m175wWcK9d1qwCOL_6PApLouU7qpOKZSpiMcKDV9JsKRgjJr4IdvYqPAx0olLldXjzggCbw2yw7gqh/w640-h360/20201124_145447.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></b><p></p><p><b><i>This afternoon we have our weekly cat caregiver shift, so we'll be heading out soon to visit with these guys and more. Then it's our traditional </i></b><b><i>vegan pizza and pumpkin pie for dinner later.</i></b></p><p><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisWSYEReTLhBXXrJ1DFs-EnSBpnyacWLFhsjZT614O6JR0N1LDxDReKN-WrwsBJHVTIIqCE_y2gkDvM60kVieeN1QC3X6Sa-VDTh6qP5W7Fzd8nPIxVf0_NFH9JqWRtCbT_7SP9hZiCmhW/s2048/20200910_163624.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1465" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisWSYEReTLhBXXrJ1DFs-EnSBpnyacWLFhsjZT614O6JR0N1LDxDReKN-WrwsBJHVTIIqCE_y2gkDvM60kVieeN1QC3X6Sa-VDTh6qP5W7Fzd8nPIxVf0_NFH9JqWRtCbT_7SP9hZiCmhW/w458-h640/20200910_163624.jpg" width="458" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Teddy</b><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn3qRcD9mL3W24YKv_nwmv6WiP1Sjiqw2S_o4gc_byKIlRi72JdAdQyKZnesVzVD_dTgjVXe26p3PjbstMmu-QL0VAeC4V0tedyvh5JuF38-T3yRk_m90x-eIJYibzB3ecBxKYvvf6PfMy/s2048/20201105_161336.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn3qRcD9mL3W24YKv_nwmv6WiP1Sjiqw2S_o4gc_byKIlRi72JdAdQyKZnesVzVD_dTgjVXe26p3PjbstMmu-QL0VAeC4V0tedyvh5JuF38-T3yRk_m90x-eIJYibzB3ecBxKYvvf6PfMy/w640-h360/20201105_161336.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jim's buddy, Bellamy<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi870Yk6bHnIxrGuyLDzc_JuCIhGXga0r4Qp2Psl6KdicK2tmjIJtaLNHYUsRvyfGF5HOppkhkRbRQJBcz1Tgyr2ZnsiUFl33bUl1kNoxrlOAASdp0-c0YJnCuDRTj_YJDoRCuYfgOYMpeP/s2048/20201105_164521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi870Yk6bHnIxrGuyLDzc_JuCIhGXga0r4Qp2Psl6KdicK2tmjIJtaLNHYUsRvyfGF5HOppkhkRbRQJBcz1Tgyr2ZnsiUFl33bUl1kNoxrlOAASdp0-c0YJnCuDRTj_YJDoRCuYfgOYMpeP/w640-h360/20201105_164521.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sinatra, another one of Jim's buddies<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3gJl3hG0IKe5PfW-zLEQSUcQpqzmIXhGpUPucqBIZMKGo21iotHH2eovvfU6pZvY4a1kD2FmONtHgI-FuPA3L144LkebggOyGMDQw3uz_rCwweFhEfMSN2QY7tXF5QrvLWmMKrc29Cei/s2048/20201105_165310.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3gJl3hG0IKe5PfW-zLEQSUcQpqzmIXhGpUPucqBIZMKGo21iotHH2eovvfU6pZvY4a1kD2FmONtHgI-FuPA3L144LkebggOyGMDQw3uz_rCwweFhEfMSN2QY7tXF5QrvLWmMKrc29Cei/w640-h360/20201105_165310.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet Amy won't be there as she got adopted recently<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><b style="text-align: left;"><i>Happy Thanksgiving, everyone, and thanks for stopping by.</i></b></b></div><b><i><br /></i></b><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Jim and Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13982110996137470496noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062337474734435253.post-23483376036085794262020-11-01T14:39:00.000-08:002020-11-01T14:39:01.553-08:00Horton Creek Trail and Other Stuff<p><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE9w0fp5hcGZiIUhjHe6QxG1ovivhb3XVmkkf21p6qhh_U62wjHx0scTyFNvEMc54Pv5t17OFoJcAB04FPfFuw6DtY_sBg6aPJSgG8c1u0YYjOZeoMiXC-eBcaq29sHRVQXcHzoc4tbBL7/s2048/20201023_133704.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE9w0fp5hcGZiIUhjHe6QxG1ovivhb3XVmkkf21p6qhh_U62wjHx0scTyFNvEMc54Pv5t17OFoJcAB04FPfFuw6DtY_sBg6aPJSgG8c1u0YYjOZeoMiXC-eBcaq29sHRVQXcHzoc4tbBL7/w640-h360/20201023_133704.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></div><i><b style="background-color: white;"><p><i style="background-color: transparent;"><b>Our temperatures finally moderated a couple weeks ago and we've been getting out a little later in the mornings, which makes Jim happy. Recently we decided to take a drive up to Payson, AZ for a hike on the Horton Creek trail. I read that there was a bit of fall color along the creek and thought that would be a nice change from the desert. We didn't arrive until almost noon but it was only in the low 70s at 6,000' elevation, which felt especially pleasant given the shade from the forest.</b></i></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAITJIBVH7t1beX6_-88H_Dyp1rPn-SxdebfmnGUypKXQBJEmdPhulcOQDwaHI-MNYA7h-ut-DakRt2GK_L8LCAYdH6tt4i2vqBUXyVR_CLPzbkkkCASN6AwThItBvcOZQ8622OT9girkG/s2048/DSC01336.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAITJIBVH7t1beX6_-88H_Dyp1rPn-SxdebfmnGUypKXQBJEmdPhulcOQDwaHI-MNYA7h-ut-DakRt2GK_L8LCAYdH6tt4i2vqBUXyVR_CLPzbkkkCASN6AwThItBvcOZQ8622OT9girkG/w640-h360/DSC01336.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43yzPdqTvz55jAPmFT09nPYnFcyTS156Y3ZRDoCsr71GaZCJaFzX_tQMm8ZKs-_2aCSApB7FFyin_1ns9GOwP0zCTSuGwOqzOX0sO27yMM74bGCCIOjCjnx-M5vH7hD1b3P9FsHVklHSu/s2048/20201023_133718.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43yzPdqTvz55jAPmFT09nPYnFcyTS156Y3ZRDoCsr71GaZCJaFzX_tQMm8ZKs-_2aCSApB7FFyin_1ns9GOwP0zCTSuGwOqzOX0sO27yMM74bGCCIOjCjnx-M5vH7hD1b3P9FsHVklHSu/w640-h360/20201023_133718.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></div><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMZ7HdPDtPS_eLe_PLapn85EcRfekOW0Yc-YbooN91ydbhaLPo7chdww4d-f3U_faBpq3dmanf5iEeotcJ-5ri2Qpqcn-V1nvrCokLaI3ZDjxA9_r27KNplNduAMFLotHw25qjuUPMeHV/s2048/20201023_133720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMZ7HdPDtPS_eLe_PLapn85EcRfekOW0Yc-YbooN91ydbhaLPo7chdww4d-f3U_faBpq3dmanf5iEeotcJ-5ri2Qpqcn-V1nvrCokLaI3ZDjxA9_r27KNplNduAMFLotHw25qjuUPMeHV/w640-h360/20201023_133720.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo69ZmsOvEhipMJ6uMw-62S9ec0KMh0cWUCqGtj4GefkEjQckMv1QpJHlpXohgwz7wkRNji3eU4zKArITuTtnlsQgt7CywtKK3MKefCYzPGL6wE4Qq2K7HzdtSyDwWLIY0331LpBm4wLa7/s2048/20201023_134050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo69ZmsOvEhipMJ6uMw-62S9ec0KMh0cWUCqGtj4GefkEjQckMv1QpJHlpXohgwz7wkRNji3eU4zKArITuTtnlsQgt7CywtKK3MKefCYzPGL6wE4Qq2K7HzdtSyDwWLIY0331LpBm4wLa7/w640-h360/20201023_134050.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqkvN7rownrdShcQj3CBIXhAdujOb1mGConym9FpywBEn3KFQrZF48JVp7AMV3C15MwZZj2T5gVgk6yGUJ4UoJeD6fYgs46oUV69FkTs6ZoNHgYcl8U77MX2IJnE21gK1Zlkk6y0mZtyc0/s2048/20201023_134315.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqkvN7rownrdShcQj3CBIXhAdujOb1mGConym9FpywBEn3KFQrZF48JVp7AMV3C15MwZZj2T5gVgk6yGUJ4UoJeD6fYgs46oUV69FkTs6ZoNHgYcl8U77MX2IJnE21gK1Zlkk6y0mZtyc0/w640-h360/20201023_134315.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><i style="font-weight: 400;"><b>This is a trail we didn't do when we camped on the Mogollon Rim so we didn't know exactly what to expect, but it turned out to be a lovely, fairly easy, gradual climb, with views or access to Horton Creek all along the way, a series of one little cascade or waterfall after another. We turned around three miles in but the trail continues on over another steeper mile to a spring. Jim decided he was feeling good and enjoying himself so he didn't want to ruin the day by going farther and being miserable on the way back. That turned out to be a great idea because we came back a good part of the way on a smaller fishermen trail right along the creek, which got a bit dicey at times and involved some scrambling.</b></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHvV2APDugownFX0O4yvEnmDvZykl3shTpL2FW2N2tksOfWOjtRUeRDGd0r4CJe250QCFPSiWFHu2kvd1bGDCpNnKeooUsydTDzyZVGWRA27gqnjezzKmxmZjl8GsE1kNX6vS-SBpskG8u/s2048/20201023_150258.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHvV2APDugownFX0O4yvEnmDvZykl3shTpL2FW2N2tksOfWOjtRUeRDGd0r4CJe250QCFPSiWFHu2kvd1bGDCpNnKeooUsydTDzyZVGWRA27gqnjezzKmxmZjl8GsE1kNX6vS-SBpskG8u/w640-h360/20201023_150258.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyA-NxC2ZgQuIZ9zqTXWbMmuCj8ghmqMopLizOqYk4D5LN1vHj5raOSDr8XTZbWckWQvi2nmyPs8a9IMSyt70eQM1JLdXizWlP0ZpzHhc4PjLf8_YTiSq7YwwI5PyemUdB_tDq0ZRovQHV/w640-h360/DSC01330.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i style="background-color: transparent;">We've also been back out at McDowell doing some mountain biking, visited with camp host friends, and went out again Friday afternoon for a short visit with Alex and Ellen, who arrived that day for a two month stay, then enjoyed a beer with <a href="https://theroadinbetween.com/" target="_blank">Andre and Rose,</a> who were there for a few nights on their way home to CA after a month long RV trip. </i></div></i><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; 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Thanks!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"></table><p><i style="background-color: transparent;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7wkiL5ybhq_wUV62QrTJ9aCLhZwpE5LCREyKH665-mDKCAsiWmOBjtSttWVo2jkUF5R0Xxl0q2Te772xeghYJSGOBzu-5LUkUttsTXMRjCFbnE0PP3P4_7kpHJL1tMkpy4_oEJ1-95mZ/s2048/20201030_174234.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7wkiL5ybhq_wUV62QrTJ9aCLhZwpE5LCREyKH665-mDKCAsiWmOBjtSttWVo2jkUF5R0Xxl0q2Te772xeghYJSGOBzu-5LUkUttsTXMRjCFbnE0PP3P4_7kpHJL1tMkpy4_oEJ1-95mZ/w640-h360/20201030_174234.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pointing out the beautiful sunset while I was admiring the clouds behind them.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJgPukBW36vXxcTlL5HV72Jp7mEVgBtng2EMpAvoJ-8_PkRXGJinABvgKySFfoL_z14Vy6iklM3eO5Z7R5yvsXgbMDvfAFuaFG3IXUBX7qmwMhy1CkdK6yE0fLi1N0JtHelX5W3x19XFr/s2048/20201030_174249.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJgPukBW36vXxcTlL5HV72Jp7mEVgBtng2EMpAvoJ-8_PkRXGJinABvgKySFfoL_z14Vy6iklM3eO5Z7R5yvsXgbMDvfAFuaFG3IXUBX7qmwMhy1CkdK6yE0fLi1N0JtHelX5W3x19XFr/w640-h360/20201030_174249.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></div><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /><b>It was such a pleasant evening we missed being out there in the Lazy Daze but it's still nice to live so close to the park.</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><b>And here are a few more photos just because.</b></i></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1w3ncNo234Osq_yIE8cucKgaKQKqUd75acTrELoP8ZhEukFjGcZs4F-WXkYVEzPUX_sDYDd8T1c-IH_K4c3zTUGFpHpRNBhyphenhyphenBmEXVemE885aCoZ5t9lrv2wT5HGikcE0UMtY_8_rRalRM/s2048/20201030_104349.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1361" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1w3ncNo234Osq_yIE8cucKgaKQKqUd75acTrELoP8ZhEukFjGcZs4F-WXkYVEzPUX_sDYDd8T1c-IH_K4c3zTUGFpHpRNBhyphenhyphenBmEXVemE885aCoZ5t9lrv2wT5HGikcE0UMtY_8_rRalRM/w640-h426/20201030_104349.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">End of a saguaro arm</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="gmail_default"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGa96eyRIksa-3hFR4VieYUsrMMl84xWtON0kjKnJc7lJgJCNqPqpTD9m37ZsYy9Cshd8-O8iNeoQn6uu0vcG5Q4IUv0v_IIGzADyH-TcVsiNBavOlU6YSbMErsvUbN_ZpFvLRaZQZkrd/s2048/20201024_100255.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGa96eyRIksa-3hFR4VieYUsrMMl84xWtON0kjKnJc7lJgJCNqPqpTD9m37ZsYy9Cshd8-O8iNeoQn6uu0vcG5Q4IUv0v_IIGzADyH-TcVsiNBavOlU6YSbMErsvUbN_ZpFvLRaZQZkrd/w640-h360/20201024_100255.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of many mini-trump rallies just down the street from our apartment. Tuesday can't get here soon enough!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQsi3ilsfHctC-z5EboE3S3qQ3dVtdLYGaz-zCWtWq_HNLHurUTgIKzmG5WV1hsz7Fnf3VEXyBdCLqud-WNqM90jLN1tlRSstpddNVAxJ__Rl3sw1Ap2HMx-PYa-Dskwd74YliLstKs59/s1280/DSCN0347.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQsi3ilsfHctC-z5EboE3S3qQ3dVtdLYGaz-zCWtWq_HNLHurUTgIKzmG5WV1hsz7Fnf3VEXyBdCLqud-WNqM90jLN1tlRSstpddNVAxJ__Rl3sw1Ap2HMx-PYa-Dskwd74YliLstKs59/w640-h480/DSCN0347.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The best Halloween display ever<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></i><i style="font-weight: 700;">Please get out and vote if you haven't yet. And to ease the stress of the election and increasing COVID cases, there are always kittens. 😻</i></div><div class="gmail_default"><i><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></i></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxZB-iESl1JIHV0jwvKl_AiPIIXCMw4Vfl-FciYzmls5E-SPugLFlrK-MfKgKmQ6fqXTFAwzVG18GEEU2CuXccE4Tf1LH_etYr4lUVEK8M0MELcoGne-n4e8wmpGK-0Xol73QhJfAbCOH/s2048/20201008_161240.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1481" data-original-width="2048" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxZB-iESl1JIHV0jwvKl_AiPIIXCMw4Vfl-FciYzmls5E-SPugLFlrK-MfKgKmQ6fqXTFAwzVG18GEEU2CuXccE4Tf1LH_etYr4lUVEK8M0MELcoGne-n4e8wmpGK-0Xol73QhJfAbCOH/w640-h462/20201008_161240.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Four of a litter of nine. Most have been adopted over the past week. They were a crazy bunch!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="gmail_default"><br /></div>Jim and Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13982110996137470496noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062337474734435253.post-11265564561351379722020-10-07T16:32:00.000-07:002020-10-07T16:32:45.028-07:00Prescott Time<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeDxOyULS8465jPIuseyPEaSYA0gXeXzngzst2wjr-hO-Fta8oNZn0mjJcuvAzJD_4uadL2t0jhWwHOh1N0KzIMX4bsUORneejyOzV5K47gpYq6UmAO5W0Z51EFqpwRgpUL21a7pkfrC9F/s2048/DSC01302.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeDxOyULS8465jPIuseyPEaSYA0gXeXzngzst2wjr-hO-Fta8oNZn0mjJcuvAzJD_4uadL2t0jhWwHOh1N0KzIMX4bsUORneejyOzV5K47gpYq6UmAO5W0Z51EFqpwRgpUL21a7pkfrC9F/w640-h360/DSC01302.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Constellation Trail, Prescott<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><b>Greetings to whoever is left out there reading this. It's been a while but there hasn't been much going on other than trying to avoid getting COVID. We'll probably be okay as long as we stay away from the White House!</b></i></div><div><b><i><br />We did get to spend almost two weeks in Prescott, AZ recently, taking care of Hans and Lisa's cat Rosie while they took a trip to Oregon. We miss having a cat around the house but not sure we are ready for another just yet. </i></b></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div><b><i>Rosie loves food, and was always in the kitchen if we were, hoping it was time for her next meal. She is one of the most vocal cats we have been around, constantly meowing at us, which was very cute. And her fur is silky soft.</i></b></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitk0Tpi1v9jRBCYYIl8iSlxztGEaUYsQjkcTw-IyYEmPgQGiOF3oxeBPZwOXgnYLNKoufDpL0dt7roDGJRwoug9UOT6awkZ-8SlL8BjLS1UYwJD01pSaxe0fPbO4W12CWSJoL564SkGusY/s2048/DSC01277.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitk0Tpi1v9jRBCYYIl8iSlxztGEaUYsQjkcTw-IyYEmPgQGiOF3oxeBPZwOXgnYLNKoufDpL0dt7roDGJRwoug9UOT6awkZ-8SlL8BjLS1UYwJD01pSaxe0fPbO4W12CWSJoL564SkGusY/w640-h360/DSC01277.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How can you resist that face?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div><b><i>She likes to go outside in her huge fenced yard under supervision and was very good about coming in when we were ready.</i></b></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbt4B9zLZfY7ONEKwKGf6_PNQ9G8rjQluqoYYZp5DNylsWTbrL90tQKD09bMt2lwVaTJ0YelbHNCHA__Hfc5R305dzg3s4fZYgVIaxUhefJYBDA_DEBAl0ksIFJMp_t-6p8n_ITGF3f59/s2048/20200930_160711.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1156" data-original-width="2048" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbt4B9zLZfY7ONEKwKGf6_PNQ9G8rjQluqoYYZp5DNylsWTbrL90tQKD09bMt2lwVaTJ0YelbHNCHA__Hfc5R305dzg3s4fZYgVIaxUhefJYBDA_DEBAl0ksIFJMp_t-6p8n_ITGF3f59/w640-h362/20200930_160711.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgthJM5O6SMpSMPA_W2u25dj5h2TxnfRWxNBhxWlyb5NSryhGKzIWlbtCcqKKgSxB0aX-vOD5-TVJtJCXVOFQNeoSz1NppL8hPFebWJzc-lWsjt2XOCcP_fxvZdsZPtQoGyypMuXpiX5QA0/s2048/20200924_170215.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgthJM5O6SMpSMPA_W2u25dj5h2TxnfRWxNBhxWlyb5NSryhGKzIWlbtCcqKKgSxB0aX-vOD5-TVJtJCXVOFQNeoSz1NppL8hPFebWJzc-lWsjt2XOCcP_fxvZdsZPtQoGyypMuXpiX5QA0/w640-h360/20200924_170215.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></div><div><b><i>So besides hanging out with Rosie, we hiked, biked and walked the neighborhood. We managed to find several trails we hadn't done there. Just a mile or so from the house is the Williams Valley trail, where we did a pleasant loop hike.</i></b></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJzrLbJGruuOlIpyss9kZlYxl2gh3rEMkwPxf_UhdgUgzoiPTX5Cf6O8-8d_ZAkjOJrqVfCQ6gGEJzqf6mM1VFu0yppAR2B4dVFyYgqt-56uOeFF_WosaayV-Ja8xhJ_K1fAqjWWi401P/s2048/DSC01266.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJzrLbJGruuOlIpyss9kZlYxl2gh3rEMkwPxf_UhdgUgzoiPTX5Cf6O8-8d_ZAkjOJrqVfCQ6gGEJzqf6mM1VFu0yppAR2B4dVFyYgqt-56uOeFF_WosaayV-Ja8xhJ_K1fAqjWWi401P/w640-h360/DSC01266.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV8WQZs790JO22x02PA8uLwe7dCBloOriHhDghHlWCZ4gxqX3X-jzaQ6k0Gv0kv6EY6wpCq6yT1iur0NSNM-p0oP883u2SaJVKD3QdbmLz8uK5Y5UptUnYX_OEGfinlVy_dCvxHr_FNTQ-/s2048/DSC01273.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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This is a very scenic area with 3.5 miles of trails winding through and over huge boulders. It was fun doing some rock scrambling for a change.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQL4HuTn6BY8NgaovxT0YVOO1MrfLA61pucYp1mb7bdlW0AqfRWFECBWb6huNIthvh_N520YFBmIFncIZcf46ICsv1ONTjPwLYlyW0uk5xsfLcJQdH5-MwAStTPqI0P4FUdv7rjvm_p78/s2048/DSC01289.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1402" data-original-width="2048" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQL4HuTn6BY8NgaovxT0YVOO1MrfLA61pucYp1mb7bdlW0AqfRWFECBWb6huNIthvh_N520YFBmIFncIZcf46ICsv1ONTjPwLYlyW0uk5xsfLcJQdH5-MwAStTPqI0P4FUdv7rjvm_p78/w640-h438/DSC01289.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: left;"><i>We saw this very optimistic display on our way.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYg9SoZCTAH-T2HdALIMnEMkbVhzj_Kn9LYtfMvtbocGZWtaG-SwM7d8Ys8W5UMUBvIcs-UhNpY1Z2igCbzrUaZMp6S1NUbfeY7RqmeETpAUxSSpvKBLbidt5lSFHS577gr1cNqBtB5TcZ/s2048/DSC01307.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1194" data-original-width="2048" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYg9SoZCTAH-T2HdALIMnEMkbVhzj_Kn9LYtfMvtbocGZWtaG-SwM7d8Ys8W5UMUBvIcs-UhNpY1Z2igCbzrUaZMp6S1NUbfeY7RqmeETpAUxSSpvKBLbidt5lSFHS577gr1cNqBtB5TcZ/w640-h374/DSC01307.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i>Although we've biked on the Peavine/Iron King rail trails a few times before, we always enjoy that ride and wanted to check out the progress on some new subdivisions being built near the end of the trail. 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>On a neighborhood walk we discovered one of the best political signs we've seen in this divisive election year.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUKxNB_T0CQZrlPdbP8izrnJ7VKyL6iZIkZaIQxr9s944_9MsfcHMHNIIhQS6KdAImC-YjYvEg_y7RJUA8ZII_343JF82Utr2DmesdWBhnL3h5FkCjxvuhqFMufXiDuWsrvDf731mb5qy/s2048/20201001_105348.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1310" data-original-width="2048" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUKxNB_T0CQZrlPdbP8izrnJ7VKyL6iZIkZaIQxr9s944_9MsfcHMHNIIhQS6KdAImC-YjYvEg_y7RJUA8ZII_343JF82Utr2DmesdWBhnL3h5FkCjxvuhqFMufXiDuWsrvDf731mb5qy/w640-h410/20201001_105348.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div>Speaking of voting, we mailed in our ballots yesterday, which gave us a good feeling of doing something positive in this negative world we live in.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>A few days before we were scheduled to leave Prescott the hot water heater quit working. Jim talked with Hans and they both agreed it was most likely the thermocouple but Jim wasn't confident enough to attempt to replace it, so Hans and Lisa left a day early and we heated up water on the stove for dishes and bathing for a couple days, like during our tent camping days many years ago. Despite that little glitch, we enjoyed our stay and Rosie's company!</i></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>While going through photos I found a couple from over the summer, this one being one of several threats of monsoon rain that never made it to us. All we got was higher humidity and a few drops.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7URIDQBmjz1akxxGXoO8lVdthqlenTxxIYhPBykGbAFohvvd7Gb8fd5efaGkqHHYuQDdmRVeIF3ivavSlhiyGOrHm1wXPOnRchd5KZFIj1fztnY17_3BJOFoPqbsK0wJQlcgpqkqYkKrk/s2048/DSC01179.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7URIDQBmjz1akxxGXoO8lVdthqlenTxxIYhPBykGbAFohvvd7Gb8fd5efaGkqHHYuQDdmRVeIF3ivavSlhiyGOrHm1wXPOnRchd5KZFIj1fztnY17_3BJOFoPqbsK0wJQlcgpqkqYkKrk/w640-h360/DSC01179.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Haze from the California wildfires gave us some interesting sunrises.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfGlAuw35mKMg5DQs_3a0etOo1sTVkdcviVsDHtAveYXJG1UfpCPMXL97qVTcJZs6Y0slhBafbXQOUmrjUS9Dhblu7UM5xvzDqtbtiHRfZ_ZTqwN7wJrk79h0vWqyz9T6hx9infQzbHSJ/s2048/20200916_062121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfGlAuw35mKMg5DQs_3a0etOo1sTVkdcviVsDHtAveYXJG1UfpCPMXL97qVTcJZs6Y0slhBafbXQOUmrjUS9Dhblu7UM5xvzDqtbtiHRfZ_ZTqwN7wJrk79h0vWqyz9T6hx9infQzbHSJ/w640-h360/20200916_062121.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><i>And finally, after doing a few bike rides in Prescott I got inspired to start riding more again, so this morning I went out to McDowell Mtn for an early ride. Although the desert is dry and brown this year it was great to get back on the trails in what is still one of my favorite places.</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1AqPxyjFzlPQZyeZgqj4txaGCiulArLZiXdb8E3BgQKHI3XdZ9xXCXkI740fTNt7sj6Jjk0y0aNnNgMgVvjPlr5uEBUodvQ1-Lfgb0zfAen_sdJaPuZVtek78PldtOVfWWfndeTonFpY9/s2603/20201007_073135.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="2603" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1AqPxyjFzlPQZyeZgqj4txaGCiulArLZiXdb8E3BgQKHI3XdZ9xXCXkI740fTNt7sj6Jjk0y0aNnNgMgVvjPlr5uEBUodvQ1-Lfgb0zfAen_sdJaPuZVtek78PldtOVfWWfndeTonFpY9/w640-h298/20201007_073135.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i>Till next time, hope you are enjoying autumn! <br /></i><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p></div>Jim and Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13982110996137470496noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062337474734435253.post-54063475536257217982020-08-14T16:14:00.001-07:002020-08-14T16:45:13.314-07:00A Week with Cats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HQYywcCvaSxPts0kYjhnfwQS1eFQecaCp0HJ-dL7INZF6jfgZvpgdXzwpwQ8dsI7RAcx1qOX_nlb8cqguoRX0yrY-Mvhtk6OuYMZbl6nmzn7M-YZH1QGXkRndbRWyBmf4BQaObSfls_W/s2048/DSC01204.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HQYywcCvaSxPts0kYjhnfwQS1eFQecaCp0HJ-dL7INZF6jfgZvpgdXzwpwQ8dsI7RAcx1qOX_nlb8cqguoRX0yrY-Mvhtk6OuYMZbl6nmzn7M-YZH1QGXkRndbRWyBmf4BQaObSfls_W/s640/DSC01204.JPG" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><i><br /></i></b><p></p><p><b><i>We couldn't pass up the chance to spend another week in Sedona, this time house and catsitting. Although it got into the mid-90s the temperatures were at least 10-15 degrees cooler than Fountain Hills, which is especially nice in the mornings and evenings, where we could actually sit outside comfortably and go for a walk or hike a little later than the 5:30-6:00 that has become the norm for us this summer.</i></b></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdR1UojCx7Ci3yMw3MIhNw2Z0skQeAox5vzIRTggIqrQZIVt-_234Pf5cf9M4dgpdh0x6_v-ommwgxt2eYMCbQdgLFNaP45MIJr4Rppoih6A4Jt3sXD2PCjv2EbZOEoh4cQ4KnjmmDoQf4/s2048/DSC01233.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdR1UojCx7Ci3yMw3MIhNw2Z0skQeAox5vzIRTggIqrQZIVt-_234Pf5cf9M4dgpdh0x6_v-ommwgxt2eYMCbQdgLFNaP45MIJr4Rppoih6A4Jt3sXD2PCjv2EbZOEoh4cQ4KnjmmDoQf4/s640/DSC01233.JPG" width="640" /></a> View out the living room window.</p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p><b><i>These were our charges, Spyder Girl and Meatloaf, whom we affectionately called Meathead after we got to know him. </i></b></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhInnW6-8WUW_T-oaQQWFcv8DhTsbA_n3rKuKgBCf9lNYwdXeQSjUZNqwNOUmIFWCTfpJKqTaboa9hIVYVOzmRAzsgMyhOCsZChKQluNQ15uPLjOgVaV8_Csv66W2rkb8RNPy1MjMAAFBfg/s2048/DSC01236.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhInnW6-8WUW_T-oaQQWFcv8DhTsbA_n3rKuKgBCf9lNYwdXeQSjUZNqwNOUmIFWCTfpJKqTaboa9hIVYVOzmRAzsgMyhOCsZChKQluNQ15uPLjOgVaV8_Csv66W2rkb8RNPy1MjMAAFBfg/s640/DSC01236.JPG" width="640" /></a> Meatloaf</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBUfR6PlKJ0I6jIOQedAr3xGSudZD4tLxKY08-MLfllArvnJPU2QDlclvlx73rnPOky8Qk04kH2p1SLMQ3qJdjSyjYt4uDiBpC0ykDqAFeD8jmJBxwle2aOqyeY2OB-jLgYRxxEkNaLD46/s2048/DSC01185.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBUfR6PlKJ0I6jIOQedAr3xGSudZD4tLxKY08-MLfllArvnJPU2QDlclvlx73rnPOky8Qk04kH2p1SLMQ3qJdjSyjYt4uDiBpC0ykDqAFeD8jmJBxwle2aOqyeY2OB-jLgYRxxEkNaLD46/s640/DSC01185.JPG" width="640" /></a> Spyder Girl</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>They are both very sweet cats but they are indoor/outdoor cats, with Spyder spending much of the day hanging around the yard and neighborhood. She is very good about wanting to come in before dark.</i></b></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6kzwD97nv2KT4mliJgIRBbOsUISbsBsAHE6SfCB5RXnvjFuvvOJw-FSE1wnwX_nuK7iMc4KmE_r3jN5yOFiAyMZZtPSbv1x4pcfNVa5QgKdDDBH830DVJw87abCpFNXOrLJzHrBOFMwJj/s2048/DSC01049.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1411" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6kzwD97nv2KT4mliJgIRBbOsUISbsBsAHE6SfCB5RXnvjFuvvOJw-FSE1wnwX_nuK7iMc4KmE_r3jN5yOFiAyMZZtPSbv1x4pcfNVa5QgKdDDBH830DVJw87abCpFNXOrLJzHrBOFMwJj/s640/DSC01049.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p><b><i>Meatloaf on the other hand spends the heat of the day inside but stays out prowling all night. We were a bit nervous about this as we have never let our cats out unattended, but this is what they are used to so we obliged. Wouldn't you know, he got bit or stung by something one day, which required a vet visit, and then a couple days later he stayed gone for two full days and nights, causing us concern as we did not want something bad to happen on our watch. He finally returned and we imprisoned him in the house our last two days there just to make sure he was home safe when his owner returned. It was an interesting week!</i></b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxuurKM6qi16U2tcctZ8Zp7RQ4qMnjHqIr4US1nB9NFeTqm99SiPE-8gtuRbCJwQH7glvK77cw8_OjN-tSy-yY11psfEaxaEjrlgTiP5dek_OqfmIuFQ4OVtuGR5V4DqKXQM5zmP6YWVdf/s2048/20200805_131603.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxuurKM6qi16U2tcctZ8Zp7RQ4qMnjHqIr4US1nB9NFeTqm99SiPE-8gtuRbCJwQH7glvK77cw8_OjN-tSy-yY11psfEaxaEjrlgTiP5dek_OqfmIuFQ4OVtuGR5V4DqKXQM5zmP6YWVdf/s640/20200805_131603.jpg" width="640" /></a> </b>The swelling made him look like a chipmunk</div><b><i><br /></i></b><p></p><p><b><i>Besides a few walks around the lovely neighborhood, we also did several hikes. When we were there in May I hiked the Templeton trail but Jim didn't so we went back and did that one again from the other direction, starting at the Little Horse trailhead, taking the Bell Rock Pathway to the HT trail, which intersects the Templeton.</i></b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Fz51982mPBEbL17W9185ZHzkHby7a_gs8QA9mESa8aKMzL3OqamsL39A7IIlc-7OP5mdhsO5hUO0wofTYX_ovufV6tFoIxrWNISkTjY7tA5I2oiccsqTbAtyoBCaobNClHFps62GP-I-/s2048/DSC01215.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Fz51982mPBEbL17W9185ZHzkHby7a_gs8QA9mESa8aKMzL3OqamsL39A7IIlc-7OP5mdhsO5hUO0wofTYX_ovufV6tFoIxrWNISkTjY7tA5I2oiccsqTbAtyoBCaobNClHFps62GP-I-/s640/DSC01215.JPG" width="640" /></a></b></div><b> </b> The HT trail goes under Hwy 179<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglqcoTG_8t8Ti6f5kL6Um8xJccCuVWsOKXIzSpkZ9mT1UW5h2P1NlR2HDCdZ7b0ujeqLbQiDyTxfkt4acRJeq5EZpHUmeHz97Jftf99t1xERmYZFM7D5zZgNL3f-dHAEr4NXd7jIZxCEdb/s640/DSC01223.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><i>We had not done the <a href="https://thehikehouse.com/trails/hangover-trail">Hangover trail</a> before, known as a double diamond mountain bike trail, but we got a late start so it was pretty warm by the time we got to the Huckaby trailhead off Schnebly Hill Rd. From there it's a 1.7 mile hike on Munds Wagon trail before it intersects the Hangover, so once we actually got to the Hangover we didn't quite make it another mile before we were getting too hot. Still a nice hike but I would like to go back and do the entire 8 mile loop one day, where you get to the challenging parts. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><i>There is no shortage of beautiful views on any trail in the Sedona area.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDXV57egZ1QznwwxdyvOmfB6ZeP3f2fxV0f5OOh4GfyI6AM1in9idkHpsjTzeBljJJ0VGvhokzGSP5Lrj3HxXEk2by5icU329IctDvW3NJAVgR4CoSiB0fN1IyP14a1TJ1NvKOirxz8GyI/s2048/DSC01192.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDXV57egZ1QznwwxdyvOmfB6ZeP3f2fxV0f5OOh4GfyI6AM1in9idkHpsjTzeBljJJ0VGvhokzGSP5Lrj3HxXEk2by5icU329IctDvW3NJAVgR4CoSiB0fN1IyP14a1TJ1NvKOirxz8GyI/s640/DSC01192.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We may do some house/catsitting for them one of these days and they wanted to show us some things around the house and yard. We had a nice masked visit, and I realized that was only the second time we had been in someone else's place since March. What an odd world we're living in.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><i>They recommended the Woodchute trail near Jerome and although we had hiked in that area once when we were in Prescott, it was on a different trail. So on our last day in Sedona, when it was getting into the upper 90s, we drove up to 7,000' Mingus Mtn. It was in the mid 80s by the time we finished but there was a little shade and a nice breeze. 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He was kind enough to stop long enough for me to get a photo.</div><i style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>So we are back home enduring record-breaking heat, watching as the coronavirus numbers have been going down very gradually over the past month. It would be nice to think there is light at the end of this tunnel, but that is wishful thinking at this point. Between the virus and the insanity in the political world sometimes it all feels like a bad dream. If only it was...</i></b></div><p><br /></p>Jim and Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13982110996137470496noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062337474734435253.post-65292017956105527722020-07-27T16:24:00.000-07:002020-07-28T08:05:40.918-07:00Escape to Show Low<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i>All is well with us but we've been suffering from cabin fever and decided to take a little trip to somewhere cooler, Covid be damned. How foolish of us to think that there would be plenty of Airbnb type places to choose from in Flagstaff for a week or two during a pandemic when the governor is telling everyone to stay home. Our first try at booking a nice looking condo there resulted in an email the following day that those dates were not available because they had not updated their calendar. Not a good way to do business. </i></b><br />
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<b><i>So it was back to square one, and by that time everything else was booked. Our next choice was Show Low in the White Mountains at 6,300', not quite as high but definitely cooler than Fountain Hills has been. We found a cabin in Bison Ridge a few miles outside of town that had a 7 night opening so we jumped on it. </i></b></div>
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<b><i><br />This is the charred desert along Highway 87 between Fountain Hills and Payson, the result of the Bush Fire back in June that burned over 193,000 acres of the Tonto National Forest up towards the Four Peaks. It was caused by a vehicle that caught fire and pulled off the side of the road.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>We got off to a bad start when arriving at the cabin as we discovered that the previous renter failed to leave a key in the lockbox. Fortunately, the owner called us back quickly and got the cleaning people to bring us a spare. I wasn't convinced they did an "enhanced cleaning" like the ad stated, but after doing our own disinfecting we felt okay about staying there. </i></b><br />
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<b><i>It was a pleasant week of hiking in the forest and taking drives to check out the area. Many of the houses, cabins, park models and RV parks are summer homes or rentals for residents of the greater Phoenix area, since it's just a 2-3 hour drive and 20-30 degrees cooler.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>It was a great location as there were trails from the subdivision that led to Los Caballos trail, part of the White Mountain Trail System, which we did a couple times in different directions.</i></b><br />
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<i><b>The only trail that was really busy was the Mogollon Rim trail, since part of it is paved, it's only a mile long, relatively flat, and is just east of town off the main highway. After dodging people who seemed to have no concept of social distancing, we drove down the road to check out the Country Club trail, near the Pinetop Country Club. The parking lot was full of cars so we continued on and found a forest road to walk on, which was actually an old rail bed from logging days, that intersected an unnamed trail where we saw no one else. </b></i><br />
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<b><i>Our next hike was on the Buena Vista trail, a 10 mile loop just south of Show Low. It was too warm to do that long of a hike, so we turned around after 3 miles. There was a dried up pond and a pretty meadow near the start, then we climbed to some over-the trees views.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>On the warmest day the temperature in Show Low was getting up to 90, so we drove about 50 miles east to the West Baldy trail. It's 8 miles to the top of 10,900' Mt. Baldy, starting at 9,200', certainly not a day hike for us, so we made it 2.5 miles until the dark clouds started coming together overhead and turned around. We got lucky as it started raining just a short distance from the car. It was a beautiful trail that follows the West Fork of the Little Colorado River. We felt like we were back in Colorado.</i></b></div>
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<i><b>It was a nice getaway and it rained several afternoons, something we haven't seen in Fountain Hills since April. The weather people keep threatening monsoon is going to begin here soon but so far the storms are just skirting around the Phoenix area, other than a couple of light showers.</b></i><br />
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<i><b>On the way home, we stopped and had lunch in the car along the Mogollon Rim, a few miles down the road from one of our <a href="https://littleadventures-jg.blogspot.com/2013/06/back-on-mogollon-rim.html" target="_blank">favorite dispersed camping spots.</a> </b></i><i><b>Hard to believe we were there in 2013 as it seems like it was just a short time ago.</b></i><br />
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<i><b>We ended up signing a lease for another year at the apartment. Although there are a few issues, we just couldn't find anything better and it's a nice place to live. We've started going back to Fearless Kitty doing one caregiver shift a week as they have been getting more cats and kittens even though it's still not open to the public. Adoptions are happening by appointment only and are up considerably from last year. Who wouldn't want to cuddle with a cute cat or kitten while they are staying at home more?</b></i><br />
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<b><i>Feeling the need for another scenic drive and hike, the other day we went up the hill 60+ miles to Payson, AZ, elevation 5,000'. It got pretty warm, in the 80s, before we finished, but still much better than the triple-digit heat in Fountain Hills that day. The Boulders trail, a four mile loop just a few miles from town sounded perfect.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>In the summer of 2013 we spent some time camping on the cooler Mogollon Rim (</i></b><b><i>elevation 7,500')</i></b><b><i> another 30 miles from Payson, but only visited Payson to do some shopping, not hiking, since it was pretty hot then. The Boulders trail turned out to be a good choice as it was very scenic, there was a good bit of shade, and although there were some steep ups and downs they were fairly short. Plus we only saw a handful of other people. We did have some trouble finding the actual trailhead due to poor signage and trail erosion, and there were many social trails going off from the main trail, so it was easy to make some wrong turns. But that's part of the fun of hiking, right?</i></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had not seen an alligator juniper in a while.</td></tr>
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<b><i>And now back to Fountain Hills, I found this saguaro with what looked like red flowers on one of my recent morning walks. Turns out after the white flowers have been pollinated they turn into bright red fruit full of tiny seeds, which get eaten by birds and other desert creatures. I guess we've never been here this far into June to see the fruit.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>I enjoy doing jigsaw puzzles but there was no room in the RV, and having always owned cats the dining table in our house was not safe. So during these past few months of lockdown this has been a great way to pass some time. This was my favorite so far, although it was not the most difficult.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>In other news, the number of Covid-19 cases in Arizona is rising rapidly since things reopened a few weeks ago, while the number of people we see wearing masks appears to be falling. And with the recent protests, the number of cases is bound to go up. I'm afraid it's going to be a long summer. I hope we can find somewhere to escape for a bit.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Last week was very pleasant weather-wise, probably our last cool spell for the summer, so we took a break from our usual neighborhood walks and did a loop hike to Dixie Mine in McDowell Mountain Park. We went out on a little-used social trail that I found out about on one of the Friday fitness hikes I joined over the winter. We tried it once before and got a bit lost, but this time around we stayed on the correct trail. Not a soul but us on the way to the mine.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Peak blooming season for saguaros is early May to early June. Saguaro flowers bloom typically at dusk and remain open till midmorning the next day, with each plant producing up to 100 flowers in a season.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>The house was great but the yard was full of weeds so we had our work cut out for us. She told us not to work more than an hour or so a day, but some days I got a bit carried away seeing how nice it looked after I finished. I failed to take photos of the yard, but I managed to clean out the entire back and got about halfway done with the front. Jim came behind me with a torch hooked up to a propane tank to burn those that were left behind. There were some windy days where he couldn't safely burn, but it definitely looked a lot better. We hope to go back and take care of her cats at the house across the street when she is able to travel sometime in the future. Never can pass up an opportunity to visit the soothing red rocks of Sedona.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>The day we hiked the Baldwin we also took a detour on the Templeton trail. It went by Cathedral Rock and I really wanted to go back and do the entire trail. Since I couldn't talk Jim into getting up early to avoid the heat, I went by myself and was on the trail about 7:15. It was nice and cool and there were just a handful of cars in the parking lot. I only saw a few other hikers and several mountain bikers over the 6.5 mile hike. Wish my dear partner was more of a morning person, but this is what he missed.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Other than that little trip, which made us feel like things were a bit more normal, we are now in the process of trying to decide what we want to do when our lease ends on July 31st. New management has taken over the apartment and we aren't sure we want to stay. Jim's latest idea is to find some land and put a double-wide on it. Who knows, we may end up living in a trailer again!</i></b></div>
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<b><i>The other day we took a drive about 25 miles northeast of Fountain Hills to the Ballantine Trail in Tonto National Forest on the way to Payson, AZ. This is a trail we had not been on before but had heard good things about, and since we were needing a diversion from the news and some new scenery, we also hoped that being farther away from Fountain Hills and Scottsdale there would not be many people on the trail. </i></b><br />
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<b><i>Last week the director of Fearless Kitty called to ask if I would be up for some painting of cat rooms while many of them are empty of cats. I jumped at the chance for something to do and told her I was sure LuAnn would be interested in joining me. So we spent three afternoons painting and doing a few other little projects after the staff went home, keeping our social distance, of course. It felt good to do something "normal", although seeing most of the rooms without cats in them seems strange. We have a couple other rooms to paint next week after some of the remaining cats get moved around. We're hoping she finds more for us to do after that.</i></b><b><i> </i></b><b><i> </i></b></div>
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<b><i><br /></i></b>Jim and Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13982110996137470496noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062337474734435253.post-73111624195325842852020-04-06T16:30:00.001-07:002020-04-06T16:30:17.430-07:00Update From the New World<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i>Yes, it's been a while, but I wanted to write a post with some pretty photos so I would remember something good about this crazy time in our world. We are doing fine so far, isolating ourselves as best we can, while still walking or hiking every day to take advantage of the good endorphins and lovely weather before the heat returns. We miss going to the gym and aren't doing such a great job of working out in the apartment without weights, but we're trying. </i></b><br />
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<b><i>We've lost track of time, but somewhere over the past month our Iowa friends Chuck and Carla were camping at Roosevelt Lake, about 80 miles from here, so we took a drive to visit them and check it out. Somehow we never made it there in our travels, but it's a beautiful area with numerous campgrounds, trails and of course the lake.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Our San Francisco friends David and Mary were staying out at McDowell Mountain Park a couple weeks ago and we had a nice social distance visit with them, too. </i></b><br />
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<b><i>Just before that, Mark and Bobbie stopped for a couple days on their way to Moab. We took them on a walk around Fountain Hills before they decided to move on due to rain and the coronavirus. I borrowed this photo from Mark.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Here are some photos from hikes at McDowell Mountain. </i></b><b><i>We both got new phones a couple months ago (refurbished Samsung Galaxy S10e) and almost never carry our cameras anymore. They take much better photos than our old phones and about as good as our cameras.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>There aren't many poppies this year but brittlebush is in bloom everywhere, as are many other colorful flowers.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>We had a house/catsit lined up in Sedona a couple weeks ago but the virus put a stop to that. At this point we are making no plans since everything is so up in the air. I told Jim the other day that the hardest part of all this, besides trying to buy toilet paper, is the lack of anything to look forward to. It is a strange feeling to have nothing on our calendar other than a grocery pickup, so I am trying to live in the moment and appreciate the fact that we are healthy and living in a very nice community. We feel like we hung up our RV keys at the perfect time. Still, watching the news makes for some sleepless nights.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>I am really missing my time at Fearless Kitty Rescue, but in anticipation of having to close the doors, they managed to get most of the cats and kittens adopted or put into foster homes over the past few weeks. Here are some of our buddies. Only Maverick, in the last photo, is still in the building along with his roommate Harpurr. For some reason they have yet to find homes, but the director has moved her desk into their room and is giving them plenty of attention.</i></b><br />
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Jim and Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13982110996137470496noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062337474734435253.post-13195656968802713972020-02-02T11:00:00.000-08:002020-02-02T16:38:39.634-08:00A Grand Celebration<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b><i>A couple weeks ago we drove up to the south rim of the Grand Canyon for my birthday, renting a cabin at the Bright Angel Lodge. We've been there before, once many years ago for just a night after I attended an ophthalmology meeting in Las Vegas where we rented a car and visited the Canyon and Sedona, then again in 2015 on a day trip while staying at an RV park in Williams, AZ. Our previous brief visits didn't allow us much time to explore so I thought this would be a good opportunity to spend a little more time and check out the park when the crowds were low. The only downsides were the cold temperatures, snow, and ice on the trails.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>The afternoon we arrived we walked the Rim Trail a few miles to catch the sunset. The paved trail was very icy in many spots so we had to tread carefully.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>After our walk we ate dinner at the Bright Angel Lodge dining room, where I just had to take a photo of this sign above the toilet in the ladies room.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>I was awake early the next morning so I bundled up and went out for a walk to try and catch the sunrise. Sadly it was cloudy to the east so it was a non-event, but still a brisk and beautiful walk as daylight filled the canyon. </i></b><br />
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<b><i>It was a good birthday celebration and a nice little break from the desert. Spent our last night in Flagstaff dining on pizza and beer at the most excellent <a href="https://yourpie.com/stores/flagstaff/" target="_blank">Your Pie</a>, which was close to the Comfort Inn we stayed at. It was nice to get home, though, and back to some warmer weather. We've been out hiking and biking, and visiting with Mark and Bobbie, who arrived a couple days ago. It seems funny to see them in our old Lazy Daze but we're happy they are making good use of it. </i></b></div>
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<b><i>The week before last week we took the Lazy Daze a couple hours north to Cottonwood, AZ for a little vacation and some red rock hiking since we didn't go to southern Utah this fall. Plus it was Jim's birthday and I thought we needed to get away for a celebration. We were pleased that everything in the RV worked well after sitting in storage for five months, but it sure did seem small in there. We both marveled that we lived in it for 10.5 years!</i></b><br />
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<b><i>We were about 20 miles from Sedona and found a couple of hikes we had not done before, the first being the<a href="https://www.theoutbound.com/arizona/hiking/hike-or-bike-the-hiline-trail-in-sedona" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.theoutbound.com/arizona/hiking/hike-or-bike-the-hiline-trail-in-sedona" target="_blank">Hi Line trail</a>, located between the Village of Oak Creek and Sedona. This is one of many challenging mountain bike trails in the area, so we only saw a few bikers. We would have been pushing our bikes over much of it but it was a fairly easy hike after the initial climb. </i></b><br />
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<b><i><br />For a good part of the trail we walked and talked with a nice couple from Toronto who were on vacation for a few days in Sedona, then spending the rest of the week in Scottsdale, as they like to visit warm places. It was their first time in Sedona and they were impressed.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>On Jim's birthday we went out to dinner in Cottonwood with an old friend and former coworker of Jim's from his days working with the state of FL in the Department of Corrections. We hadn't seen Frank in at least 15 years and had only once briefly met his wife Barbara. They were on a big RV trip from Tallahasse, where they live, to most of the western national parks. They had been at the Grand Canyon and Cottonwood was sort of on their way as they were heading back home, so they spent a night at Dead Horse Ranch to visit. We had a great dinner and conversation at Colt 804 Grill in Old Town. We were so busy talking I forgot to take photos.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>So as strange as it feels to write this, that was our last trip in the Lazy Daze. Some of you may have read <a href="https://boxcanyonblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Box Canyon Blog</a>'s latest post where Mark talks about their new used RV, which will be ours. We just decided that we were done with RVing for now and did not want the hassle of maintaining a vehicle we weren't using much. Mark always said if we sold the Lazy Daze, be sure to let them know, so we did. They will be here tomorrow to pick it up. </i></b></div>
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<b><i>It's been a busy week of cleaning out and cleaning up. The Lazy Daze served us well as our home on wheels for over ten years, without a mechanical breakdown or tire blowout in all that time. It took us to places we never would have imagined and allowed us to meet so many people who became good friends over the years. It's been fun and we will miss it, but as Jim said the other day, if we miss it too much, there are many other RVs out there looking for a new home. </i></b></div>
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<b><i>If you happen to come to McDowell Mountain or the east Phoenix area over the winter, give us a shout. Fountain Hills is a lovely place to visit. We can even take you across the street to Fearless Kitty Rescue to meet some of our favorites. 😸</i></b></div>
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