Hello everyone, Jodi and I are getting ready to leave Colorado to head to Florida for our Winter hosting job outside of Tallahassee. We are leaving October 17th and we are going to go through six states. KS, OK, AR, MS, AL and GA. We are going to have 40 days of travel and vacation time before we get working in Florida.
We have had a great time working and having fun here in Fort Collins and at Lory State Park. We have enjoyed the 4+ months here and do hope in a few years to come back again for another Summer hosting job. Its so quiet and beautiful here. Here are some beautiful pictures of around here, and our place we called home for the past 4+ months.
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This is Jodi and me hard at work with Jodi all suited up to clean and power wash one of 12 pit toilets throughout the park, I am about to do some landscaping, along with emptying trash.
We have many animals and critters that we have encountered. Here are a few pictures I wanted to post of our friends that has visited us while staying here at Lory State Park. We had a bear just outside our RV one night messing with the dumpsters, and we scared him off! Sorry no pictures of him or her.
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I also want to post some of our best pictures that we took in the past year of traveling. From September 2021 to September 2022. We have seen a lot of interesting and beautiful places in the past year that most people see in a lifetime.
Please enjoy and comment..
September 2021, We went to Zion NP and went on a few hikes and got some good shots.
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September 2021 We went to Bryce Canon NP. Don’t we look like a cute couple? We want to come back again and camp at the campground for a few day. LOVE THIS PARK.
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September 2021, The Grand Canyon is one of the most spectacular National Parks we have visited. The campground is right there at the South Rim. Loved the campground with Elk walking all around day and night.
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October to April 2021, Benson, AZ was our Winter vacation stay for 6 months. The town is known for its wall murals and some wild west history.
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October 2021, Tombstone Arizona is a must small town to visit, lots of Wyatt Earp action, shootouts in the streets, and just being there makes you feel like you are back in time of the 1880s. Boothill cemetery, saloons, casinos, horse and buggies, hotels and restaurants. It is a fun place to see. Lots of history.
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December 2021, The town of Bisbee is just 11 miles north of the Mexico border, 18 miles from Tombstone. This is a very interesting town with many mines and minerals. Just outside of this town is Lowell street. Again going back in time. There is a street of the early 1900s.
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Jan 2022, Jodi and I went on a nice hike in Chiricahua National Monument and got some nice pictures. This is a hidden jewel outside of Wilcox, AZ.
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April 2022, We have been here before and love this place; Lost Dutchman State Park. What a view of the Superstition Mountains. I seem to get a site that you see the mountains just outside our door.
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April 2022, This place is in the mid part of Arizona heading north to Flag Staff. Cliff dwellings in the small town of Camp Verde, AZ.
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May 2021, One of those places you must go and experience such natural beauty of the (Dine’) Navajo Nation. What a 3 hour tour we took to see most of Monument Valley.
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May 2022, Arches National Park was just tremendous. I never thought we would make it to the Delicate Arch, which is pictured below. Jodi and I hiked 3.2 miles round trip to get a beautiful picture of this Arch with the mountains in the middle. I also did not really know how big it was, its huge. About 52feet high.
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We then arrived in the middle of May 2022 and have worked at Lory State Park till we depart next month. When we arrive in Florida, it will take me a little while to get out another post, But I will be taking lots of pictures on our way and then you will be able to check out what we did on our way to Florida. Forty days of travel. We do hope to hit some interesting places.
Till next time, we hope everyone is well and staying healthy and safe. Please comment on our blog so we can stay in touch. Thank you everyone for following us in our travels..
The Bobble Head Travelers!! Mark and Jodi.
Robert Blais September 22, 2022
Been following you guys looks like your getting one heck of tour our country is beautiful no doubt. Not sure if you remember us but we met up on VA when first got your rig we where at the CG for a month waiting for custody hearing which we where awarded of our 4yr old granddaughter which we adopted 3 yrs later . We still travel in summer with our MH mostly Carolinas and Myrtle Beach we reside in Wesley Chapel FL
Bob and Sandi Blais fyi Paradise Lake Keling VA
Christine Eckermann-Ross September 22, 2022
Amazing adventures and beautiful photos as usual! And how lucky we were to get to see you in CO! We will try hard to find opportunities to make that happen again!
Duncan McDonell September 23, 2022
Truly appreciate the update on your travels and beautiful pictures that should be in National Geographic!! Thank y’all.
Duncan McDonell
admin September 23, 2022
Thank you Duncan, I agree on some of my photos, I love taking pictures. I do want to send some to travel magazines but don’t really know how to start. Hope your doing well. Miss seeing you and your big furry partner.. keep on commenting and following us.
Sam and Terri September 23, 2022
Fantastic photos! Your spot in Colorado looks like heaven on earth!!
admin September 23, 2022
Thank you Terry & Sam.. did you go to the actual site to click on the photos? You can’t get any information on each photo looking at the email I sent, you have to go to the blog by clicking on the title in the email I sent. Glad you like our blog!! Hope you two are doing great..
Jenny (Fowler) Remer September 26, 2022
I love seeing all your amazing photos and hearing about your travels on Facebook. Atlanta, GA is not nearly as interesting as any of the places you’ve been on this adventure but if your trip to Florida brings you this way, please let me know. We’d love to see you (or y’all as we say in these parts haha)
admin October 4, 2022
Thank you for the great comments, we are going to Tallahassee Florida for a host job at a Day Use State Park. We will be there for about 4 months. After that we will be heading up the east coast to head to North Carolina, H’port, New Hampshire, Main and head back to Arizona for winter, or Vegas. We shall see.