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Michigan 2021

May - October 2021
A 159-day adventure by Katboz Read more
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  • TravelerMichigan 2021
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    Day 1

    Sacramento and Engagement party

    May 22, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F

    Got off to pretty early start for us. House ready for summer rental, and RV packed for the summer in Michigan! Won't be back until October?!
    Parked Subaru with cover and tickle charger on battery at our friend, Dianne's house, picked up sandwiches for lunch in Prather and then down to mom's house. Picked her up for RV drive to Sacto. Lunched in the RV at rest stop near Turlock, nice weather, thick traffic with never-ending construction projects slowed us down some.
    Got to Sacto, freshened up and visited Sara and Matt's home. Their yard project looks great!
    Then headed to his folks home for a wonderful evening celebrating their engagement. Great food, beautiful view, warm hosts. Met several Waldron folks and reacquainted with Hibbs sibilings. Back to Hibbs home and slept in RV.    Read more

  • TravelerMichigan 2021
    Day 2

    Fernly, Nevada

    May 23, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 54 °F

    Spent the morning with family having brunch at the Hibbs house. Good food with lots of crispy 🥓! Hugs goodbye, handed mother off to Coopers for trip back to Fresno.
    Tom and I headed to 80 and across the Sierras. Beautiful day for a beautiful drive. We hadn't been this way in some time and really enjoyed the views. Pulled over at Donner Summit rest area and snacked for lunch. It was cool with a pretty cold wind. 🥶 Skies got a little cloudy, and there were pockets of snow.
    Down into Reno, blowing by the Bas Pro shop (dang!) and into Fernly, overnighting at Desert Rose RV park. Nice park, $40, concrete pads and grass. Right off of 50, so a little noisy. And supposedly was one of the RV parks in Nomadland...    Read more

  • TravelerMichigan 2021
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    Day 3

    East thru Nevada on Hwy 50

    May 24, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F

    From Fernly west via Hwy 50, the loneliest highway... great weather and a lot of wide open spaces. Lunched at the International Cafe in Austin, Nv; which is almost on the verge of becoming a ghost time. Typical late 1800's mining town that had a high population of 10,000 and as of 2010 had 194. Boy and as of 2021, I'm guessing that number is smaller. The cafe had only one employee, hostesses, waitress, cook, and busboy in one. I think she was the owner!
    Drove thru Eureka, the only other town on 50. This town actually looked like it was still surviving, but still pretty small.
    Ended the day at Major Station; a little bar, restaurant and RV Park. Hmmmm not sure it offered much in services, no restrooms, no showers, no wi-fi and no cell service. But they were right over the crest of Conner Pass (7,749 ft) and had a really nice view of the valley below and the snow covered mountains beyond. Plus there were very cute goats to say hello to!    Read more

  • TravelerMichigan 2021
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    Day 4

    East thru Utah on Hwy 50 & 70

    May 25, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F

    Well, interesting contrast to yesterday's drive thru Nevada... we pretty much drove east thru Utah today. And as much as I really enjoyed yesterday's drive, I had forgotten how beautiful Utah is! We didn't even drive a national park, and the landscape was gorgeous. The color of the rock, the blue sky, white clouds...I fell in love with Utah all over again!
    We lunched in Delta, the cleanest looking main street I have driven in quite awhile, and took a 30 minute camera stop at one of the many view stops. Tonight's location is Ballard RV Park in Thompson Springs, just north of Arches on interstate 70. Planning to give ourselves a day in the park tomorrow.    Read more

  • TravelerMichigan 2021
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    Day 5

    Toms Bday!

    May 26, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F

    Got up fairly early, like 5 plus to try and catch the eclispe, but there was a high, thick cloud cover and I could not even find the moon...
    Because I was up, Frankie was meowing for breakfast and eventually roused Tom. We had a fairly quick breakfast and were on the road in the jeep to visit Arches. The RV park was about 45 minutes away and when we got there the park ( just before 9 or so) it was already full and no visitors were allowed in. We could wait for sometime after lunch, but decided we just would have to come back to Utah another time.
    Headed into Moab for groceries. Cute, very touristy looking town with lots of shops and restaurants, but decided we didn't want to actually spend money and went back to the RV. Again, hopefully back to visit.
    We both puttered around the RV and then spent the afternoon and cocktail hour chatting with another couple that had the exact same RV! They live in Troutdale, outside of Portland, and are snowbirds heading home from their 6 month stay in Phoenix. We enjoyed sharing travel destinations.
    We had planned on barbcued steak to celebrate Toms bday, but it was just too windy... so taco salad it was!    Read more

  • TravelerMichigan 2021
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    Day 6

    Into central Colorado

    May 27, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F

    We actually were on the road by 8:30 which is pretty good for us! Including morning devo with Cindy... beautiful drives today. Went through Grand Junction, and then took 50 through Delta, Montrose, Blue Mesa Res., over Cerro Summit and into the Curecanti Natl. Rec area before Gunnison. It was there that we spent about an hour allowing for single lane traffic on this two lane county hwy. Fortunately weather was gorgeous and views nice... loved the drive through the Gunnison area, just sort of a big river plain with mountains on either side.
    Dropped the jeep off of the RV in Sargents, so we could cross the divide without towing. Tom took the RV and I led in the jeep. Again great drive up over 11,000 for pass. Down into Salida and a gorgeous river canyon drive along the Arkansas River ( the headwaters are in Colorado) to a odd little RV Park in Howard, Colorado. Small little park that has staggered pads up the hill. Nice views, but a mixture of semi permanent guests. They had a cannabis smoking area by the office, which Tom and greatly appreciated, just joking! Owner would not let anyone in the office, you had to text her to let you know you needed to check in. She saw us to our site and then explained that it was a long day and she needed to get back to bed. (It was 5:15) I don't know maybe she had spent the day in the "smoking" area?    Read more

  • TravelerMichigan 2021
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    Day 7

    Colorado to Oklahoma Panhandle

    May 28, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F

    Another beautiful morning drive thru the Arkansas River gorge. Long winding drive that parallels the river. I am sorry that I hadn't done much research for our trip because I might have gotten Royal Gorge on my radar. Apparently the "grand canyon" of the Arkansas River. We drove right by it. Hope we will back again...Looped down into New Mexico on I-25, then headed east into the Oklahoma panhandle on 412. The topography really flattened out and is everything I had imagined Oklahoma to be. Flat plains,, not even a tree. However we did finally see wildlife. We spotted several deer, and one small herd of deer as we drove the plains. Looking for them kept us awake!
    Overnight in the small town of Boise City. Wild Bill's RV park. No wild Bill, no restrooms, no showers, but very quiet! And it did have a little minature golf course. Not sure where you get your putter?
    We were right across from the Cimarron Heritage Center, so Auggie and I wandered around the outside. Since we are so close to Kansas, it had a large "tin man" and a dinosaur sculpture. I think some bones had been found nearby. Couldn't get in, but I understand that they have a replica of a typical home from the dust bowl era. This location was almost the heart of the dust bowl. Would have been good to get into the center for more historical background.    Read more

  • TravelerMichigan 2021
    Day 8

    Oklahoma and Oklahoma

    May 29, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F

    Well Oklahoma got a little more interesting as we drove east. Morning drive had more flat plains, and a little more cattle. But the good news is that gas is under $3.00 out here. So filling up isn't quite as painful. (Trust me, it still hurts...we are averaging about 8 mpg. Ouch!)
    Lunched at a little downtown cafe in Woodward. Another (slightly larger) Midwest town with lots of empty buildings. So many of these places were booming in the 1900s, (I think) but seem empty these days.
    We were surprised to see so many yucca plants. Not the big ones we see in the California desert but these smaller ones that were all blooming. At one time they were considering making it the state flower... to replace the mistletoe that had been in place for over a hundred year, until actually the Oklahoma rose won out.
    Topography really started changing, rolling hills, lots of trees, even some rocky plateaus...and began to see random oil "grasshoppers" pumps and air turbines with some big blades.
    Overnighting in Enid, Oklahoma. Pretty spot with lots of shade 🌳! (Not many pics today?!)    Read more

  • TravelerMichigan 2021
    Day 10

    Memorial Day in Fayetteville

    May 31, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F

    Restful day at Chris's... weather is gray, and while it is cool, it is also humid. It turns out I really have very frizzy hair, and I always thought I had straight hair?!
    Chris's "girls" began to grudgingly accept Auggie... she has 2, Romy a darling tiny pomeranian mix and Zoe a fiesty, also darling, malti-poo! Introductions yesterday were challenging. We sort of "burst" into the house with Auggie, and the girls went crazy! While Romy had a little puff of a bark, Zoe has a bark that "will be heard". Which of course sets Auggie off with his big bark. Deafening...
    It took about an hour of sitting quietly with all 3 dogs to get them to agree to cohabitate for the duration of our visit.....while studiously ignoring each other.
    Spent most of the day catching up on laundry, all our clothes, towels, linens and bedspread.

    Headed over to Shari and Andy's for a memorial day barbecue in the 🌧! But with their big covered patio we still got to enjoy the evening! They had most of the family over, Rick and Michelle with Safi and Rhett, and of course their girls, Kate and Abby. Had another noisy greeting as Auggie got to know Shep and Aspen.

    Even in the rain Rhett and Safi took to the swimming pool which upset Auggie. Auggie was frantic to let hem know it was "wet" in the pool, and in his attempts to get them out, fell in himself!    Read more

  • TravelerMichigan 2021
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    Day 10

    Oklahoma thru to Aunt Chris!

    May 31, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F

    Drove pretty much straight thru from Enid, Oklahoma to Fayetteville...about 250 miles. But it also cost us about $15.00 in tolls! Well besides the $125 fill up...) Who knew? We managed to take 3 different turnpike before we realized that turnpike is synonymous with toll roads. And apparently you need 💸🤑 the real stuff, not an ATM card. As one toll keeper (?) told us, you either pay or "work the potholes". Scraped enough up for the first one and then made sure we stopped in our drive to get more cash. As we left the last turnpike, Tom asked about them... why so many in this one drive, and this toll keeper just smiled and said "welcome to Oklahoma!"

    We ended the day parking the RV at the Heinzelmanns and transferring some clothing, overnight items and Auggie to spend the night at Chris's. Frank got a quiet night to himself!    Read more

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