Had a great lunch at the El Tovar Hotel. It was built i 1905 and used to be a private lodge, a Harvey House, so named for the guy that built the first lodges at the Grand Canyon. It’s a beautiful old hotel sitting right on the rim, I would definitely stay here if I […]
Grand Canyon National Park
With the Grand Canyon I didn’t know what to expect. I pulled in to the Grand Canyon Trailer Village the night before (read the post here) and had yet to see the canyon. . Until you actually stand on the edge of the rim and gaze over the edge into the abyss, I could not […]
Grand Canyon Trailer Village RV Park
Grand Canyon Trailer Village RV Park is located inside the national park, they had some nice sites, the first night I arrived after dark and just pulled into an open site. The next day I scored a great site at the top of the RV Park near the woods, it was a great site. Temperatures […]
Crepes with Ed and Robin at High Desert RV Park Albuquerque
Robin and Ed, neighbors at the High Desert RV Park threw crepes party. Robin was from Germany and had the full setup. Boy were they good!
Sandia Peak Tramway Albuquerque
I heard good things about the Sandia Peak Tramway and so with a only a few days left in Albuquerque I made way over to the mountain for the ride. Here are a few fun facts about the Tramway. Got my ticket or Flight as they liked to call it and I was on my […]
Sadies Albuquerque Mexican Restaurant
Reading about the infamous Sadie’s Salsa in this New York Times article I decided head to Sadie’s Dining Room in Albuquerque, New Mexico for some authentic New Mexican Cuisine. After passing right by the place once, I found it tucked off the street: After 50 years of making salsa and mexican food, I had high […]
Dia de los Muertos in Albuquerque
At the old town part of Albuquerque I read about Santisma’s Dia de los Muertos and having not been to this celebration of those passed, I decided to head down for the parade and celebration. I have video of the parade but here is a picture of a similar style event, people dressed up and […]
Snow in Cheyenne Wyoming
I am in Cheyenne and it’s snowing…a lot. I peeked outside to see what had fallen so far: I went around back to see how the X was holding up, the snow was falling heavy and covering the car: It was totally covered, good thing I bought that ice scrapper! I ventured out onto the […]
Winterizing Travel Trailer
I found a great place to store The Dutchess indefinitely in Albuquerque at: A Class RV Storage 5124 2nd Street Northwest Albuquerque, NM 87107 (505) 400-7260 www.aclassrvstorage.com I decided I would cover the top of trailer best I could and bought a tarp at Walmart along with some anti freeze that was safe to put […]
Drive from CA to WY October 2009
I got on the road with the goal of getting back to Cheyenne, Wyoming. Some beautiful scenery along the way Crossed over into New Mexico where I stayed at the High Desert RV Park for the night and stored the Dutchess for an indefinite period of time at A Class RV Storage As I crossed […]