Arizona Twilight

Yesterday we went to the Kartchner caverns and they are indeed spectacular. Not discovered until 1974 and kept secret for 4 years, even from the people who owned the land. The accompanying photo was taken near the location but photos are not allowed inside the caverns.

Kartchner Caverns State Park

I was hoping to show you some nice photos by going to this site but it looks like it is mostly informational. It is a spectacular place.
Kartchner Caverns State Park

We are staying in the Saguaro RV Park (an SKP Co-Op park) in Benson AZ and this lovely Cactus bloom photo was taken on our daily walk in the park. This park is a nice one and one that we may consider staying in long term sometime in the future.

Well folks we have moved a bit...we are still in Arizona but we moved to the Benson SKP park and we will be here for a week. There are so many things to see in this area...like Tombstone...Kratchner Caverns and Bisbee AZ for a few.

Eastern Arizona Sky-Benson AZ

Western Arizona Sky-Benson AZ

Arizona Sky- Casa Grande AZ

Arizona Sky- Casa Grande AZ

Cotton trucks go by here many times a day and today there was a bit of a cottony accident. The inset is 1 cotton boll.

Granddaughter Ann and her friend Jamie at Homecoming

Just thinking of you!

Butch was concerned that lil ol roadrunner would get inside the car because the windows are open but he did not.

Beep-Beep! Roadrunner looking for faster wheels

Breakfast at home

Have not needed to turn on the hot water heater. The water from the pipes is warm enough to shower in and no, it does not eventually get cold...ever! And in case you have not noticed, I change the weather banner at the top of the page to match our location. 99 degrees today.

A fruited Prickly Pear

Staghorn Cholla (Chaw-ya)

The Casa Grande Ruins of the Hohokam Indians

I have hopes you can read the print. The inset is the ballfield

This is just too neat National Geographic Magazine - WildCam AFRICA

This is just too neat! I "borrowed " it from a newsletter I subscribe to:
I have something fun for you to check out this week, A National Geographic
web cam that gives you a live peek at a watering hole in Botswana called
Pete's Pond. As I type this message, I just saw and heard a flock of birds
come to the pond, and a warthog walk past. It is windy at Pete's Pond, I can
hear it and see it in the rippling of the water as well as the dust blowing
near the pond.
National Geographic Magazine - WildCam AFRICA

New kittens found under a trailer in the park

SKP Rovers RV Park Entrance

SKP Rovers RV Park

While in Williams AZ we visited an Indian Jewelry Store downtown. They had some beautiful pieces that were very well made. Each area had a photo of the artist alongside their work.

We have arrived in Casa Grande AZ and this will be our home for the next two weeks. Yes it is hot but October in the south usually is hot. We had a pleasant trip to get here through Phoenix which wasn't as bad as other cities we have dealt with in the past. One of the things we were told is that southern Arizona has a mosquito problem and several cases of West Nile. To be honest that just seems wrong to me and on so many levels. Why are we irrigating desert? oh well, I doubt if there is much I can do to change it so I will dig out my mosquito spray. This is a very nice park we are in and we have a good location within the park. It is an SKP Park...so was Pahrump. No WiFi here but a good solid Verizon connection. Angel is becoming more comfortable with every move we make. She now comes out from under my chair when we stop in a rest area and stretches, eats and uses her litter box. As soon as Butch starts the engine she gets in her spot under my chair and off we go again.

We have visited the Grand Canyon...the canyon all others are compared to and I can see why. WoW!!

This little ol' foreign speaking woman dug deeply into her bag to find bread for the squirrel even though we were told repeatedly not to feed the animals. We will assume she didn't understand. I think the squirrel fully intended to go get it if she didn't offer.

Grand Canyon

This guy climbed over the fence to get on the rock. In a word...idiot!

A Viewing Area

Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon -Mathers Point

Well...tonight we are sitting high and dry in Williams AZ-Gateway to the Grand Canyon at 6700 feet elevation. Highs are in the 70's and lows in the 40's. We are now up off the desert floor! We are paid up for the next 3 days and after that is undecided at this point. Till next time....

On the move tomorrow...headed for Williams AZ ...Gateway to the Grand Canyon.

Webshots-DeathValley

The Rhyolite NV website has been posted below and you can see my pictures of Rhyolite and DeathValley on Webshots-Death Valley

rhyolite ghost town in nevada _ with other ghost towns links

rhyolite ghost town in nevada _ with other ghost towns links

These are necks of bottles strung onto barbed wire...why?...I do not know.

It took approximately 30,000 bottle to build the bottle house...mostly beer bottles.

The bottle house at Rhyolite (ghost town) NV.

Zabriskie Point- Death Valley National Park

There are many colors of rock if you look close enough

Death Valley California

The sign says it all and the thermometer was registering 95 degrees and it was in the shade

Our frontyard- Pahrump NV

Our backyard- Pahrump NV

We went to Las Vegas today...just to go there and say we had been there. We drove down the Strip stopped and went into a casino for a very short time. I didn't take many pictures.

Pahrump- It is two Indian words meaning rock and water. I had to ask.

And then they also wear the cutest little 'hats'.

The quail in this SKP park are just adorable. I think any bird that runs more than flies looks very funny. In the desert little dust clouds rise about their little feet as they scoot and scamper.

I get flushed when I drink wine....

It has been awhile since Angel has given me a good photo op or at least awhile since I have noticed one...Pretty as a Picture!

Butch was on the news tonight. We went to the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Pahrump Nevada and they asked Butch if he thought price gouging was taking place...and of course he does!!! He was on channel 41 during the 5:00 PM news.

The English-to-American Dictionary

Click on The English-to-American Dictionary I certainly had a good time on this site. Are you bewildered by the Brits? You can't understand what they mean,
and they use unheard-of words? Well, they think the same thing about
us. Enjoy the differences as shown in this English-to-American
dictionary written by an Edinburgh Scot who spent some time in the USA
on holiday and discovered a bewildering array of words which are "in
common use on our side of the pond and invariably mean nothing at all or
something exceedingly rude on the other side."
It's funny, witty and helpful to those who correspond or speak with
Brits and often find themselves puzzled or mis-guess British word
meanings. Do you know what they mean when they say a person or animal
is a "muppet"?

This day ranks right up there with El Campo! (See blog archives for November 2004) I let the GPS choose the route and I failed to set it for primary roads only. We ended up on a gravel road for about 10-15 miles and a little more than cowpath, bumpy, narrow, blacktop(?) for another 10- 15. I was fit to be tied and you can imagine what Butch was thinking. I must say he kept his mouth shut but he didn't have to say anything ...I knew. So now we are in the Escapees Park in Pahrump and I have a WiFi connection and our fee for the next week is $80 and yup that is a good fee. I am so very grateful that this trip has ended for a week and you can surely bet that I will be more careful in the future. A GPS is great when they work right but a pretty rotten experience when they do not!
Oh! and Carson City did have a thunderstorm and rain about 11:30PM last night. Butch thought he might have a little trouble seeing well enough to wash the RV.
The Roadramblers
Currently in Pahrump Nevada

We have an overcast day in Northern Nevada today and I do believe that is a first since leaving Iowa in late July. The weatherman says we have a good chance of scattered thunderstorms this evening! He sounded excited! I have noticed that we track in a lot more dirt than one might suspect and I attribute it to the lack of a cleansing rain for streets and sidewalks. Butch says he will go outside in his swim suit and wash the motorhome if it actually happens...I will take photos...if it actually happens.

We kept hearing a bird whistling but could not determine where it was coming from but Butch finally tracked it down and it was in a tree! They let the bird loose and it sticks around close. It hates its cage and pulls its feathers out when confined too long.

A man and his bird...he has had the bird for 26 years

Sent by my sister Myrla...the one with a twisted sense of humor. hehehehe

A Prairie Dog?-The view from our backyard- Carson City NV