This is Freedom RV and Freedom Hauler under the Grants New Mexico Route 66 sign they have in their little town.
Hello Friends and Family, we are 19 days into our adventure to the Tetons up in Wyoming. We are really excited and look forward to seeing the Tetons. We are in New Mexico at a nice Campground we have been to two other times. We really like this place because its out in the country, wooded area. Beautiful pines all around. You smell the pines. This place is called Pendaries RV Resort. It has a nice hike trail to a turquoise mine that you are allowed to dig around the entrance of the mine for some turquoise and you can keep them. When we were here the first time 2023, we hiked to the mine and got about a dozen pieces of turquoise. We are going to get a tumbler and get them polished up nicely. This RV Resort is a Passport America Park, get half price for 3 days and regular price for the next 4 days if you stay more than 3 days. The sad thing is it started raining the second day we arrived and has rained on and off the rest of our time we are here. P.S. We hiked to the mine Thursday morning. We did beat the storm, started to thunder and rain 10 minutes after we got back to our site. We did get more Turquoise to tumble when we get back to Arizona for the winter. Yaaaaaa…
Some pictures of our stop at Pendaries RV Resort and the hike up to the Turquoise Mine.
A little history of what happen to this area. The Largest wild fire in the history of New Mexico started as a controlled burn, done during 50 to 60 MPH winds, got out of control. In the summer of 2022, just outside of Las Vegas, NM an extreme drought conditions, low snow pack, and high winds combined to create the worst wildfire season New Mexico had ever seen. The largest and most devastating of those fires was the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon fire. Ultimately, the fire would burn close to 342,000 acres (over 500 sq. miles) and over 900 structures, becoming the largest wildfire in New Mexico history. For residents of the affected communities, the disaster was exacerbated even more when monsoon season rains followed on the burn scar, causing massive and devastating flooding. Close to 25 people lost their lives during the first Monsoon Season after the Fires.
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Posting a few pictures that I took when we first hit the road, and our first stop was the Beautiful Lost Dutchman State Park, AZ.
Pictures of Homolovi State Park, AZ and the surrounding area. There is a Trading Post down the road called Jack Rabbit Trading post. On Jack Rabbit road.
Pictures of Sky City Casino RV Park near Grants, NM. We have been to this RV Park like 4 times.
We are heading to Colorado tomorrow, We have two more stops and we will be stopping by to visit our friends that we worked for and with, for the past two summers at the Bellvue Watson Fish Hatchery, Colorado. We can’t wait to see them again and see our pet fish that we took care of for the past two summers.
We will then head to Laramie, WY for 30 days to burn up some time before getting to the Teton National Park. We have to take our time from there to head back to our winter home in Sierra Vista, AZ. We will be heading back in a different direction, from Colorado to Utah and then Arizona. We will be stopping at two locations we have been to before. Bluff, UT and Tuba City, Navajo Nation reservation area. Tuba City is where the dinosaur tracks are located. We got a lot of good pictures of the tracks the last time we were in Tuba City.
So just to let you know what is going on with us on our trip to the Tetons. When we get there, I will get some good pictures and post them when we head back to Arizona. I do hope we have some good weather for us when we get to the Tetons. So far the weather has been pretty good for us till we got to Las Vegas, New Mexico a week ago. Out of the 6 days we were here, our first day was nice then rain on and off every day since. Looks good for our departure tomorrow to head to Colorado….
Take Care folks and stay tuned and I shall send out some more good information on our Adventures soon…
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Christine and Kip June 6, 2026
Beautiful photos as always,! Living vicariously through some of your adventures. We loved hiking in the Tetons!
Miss you!
admin June 6, 2026
We enjoy hearing from you two. Thank you for commenting quickly… I do love doing the Blogs, sometimes i post not as frequent as I would like, but sometimes that means, not much has been going on…. We can not wait to get to the Tetons. We will most likely drive most of it to get to see as much as we can, because it does take a few good days to see it and enjoy it while hiking. We will just have that ONE 1 day to see as much as we can. We are driving about an hour and half from the campgrounds we are staying to get to the Tetons, because everything else was to expensive, and booked up. Diesel is killing us. almost 125.00 to fill up each time we stop at a park to stay. Thank YOU tRump!!!! Hope you are doing well, and please stay in touch… Love you guys, Mark and Jodi….
Bonnie Marshburn June 6, 2026
Nice turquoise pieces-always enjoy your blogs
admin June 9, 2026
Thanks Bonnie, We will see how many of those Turquoise pieces will come out nice in a tumbler… We plan on tumbling them when we get back to Sierra Vista, AZ.. How are you and what has been going on with you??
Byron Hibshman June 6, 2026
Sounds like a nice trip , enjoy!
admin June 9, 2026
Hello Byron and Carol…. How are you two doing?? We are hoping our trip to the Tetons will pan out for us, and it will be a beautiful day, so I can take many many good pictures.. Will be posting them when I can…. Tell me what you guys been up to the past few years.. Miss hearing from you two. Have you ever been to the Tetons?? If so, any hints of what to see or do??
Mary Ann Atkinson June 7, 2026
Hi, So good to see you both and read about your travels. “Living the dream”sometimes is just a phrase we throw out there, but you truly are and it’s so wonderful as age sneaks up on us so quickly,. Right now George and I are in England visiting his family Daughter, Susan and her husband Guy and daughter Phoebe in Surrey and son, Andrew his wife Kirsty and extended family to include her mom, Denise, Kirsty’s sister, Deborah and family friend, Polly who moved to Sidmouth when they left Wimbledon to move to this beautiful area overlooking the sea.
We fly out tomorrow to Dublin for an overnight then out the next day to head back to Juno Beach (Palm Beach County< FL) home for about 6 days then on a plane again to by to MD to celebrate my birthday with Shannon and Erin. Our best to you both and keep sending your whereabouts and all the great pictures. Hugs to you both.
admin June 9, 2026
Great to hear from you Mary!! So Glad you follow and like the Blog and what we have to share during our travels. Yes we are living the Dream, getting expensive thanks to someone I will not mention. Diesel is killing me on our travel expenses but we are dealing with it as best as we can. Hope your enjoying yourself in England. share some pictures you have taken overlooking the Sea!! My email is [email protected].. Send what ever you want to my email, would love to see some of your pictures….. Also enjoy your Birthday, and Happy Birthday… I just turned 61 about two weeks ago. Can’t wait till I start collecting my SSN next year, then I will be able to afford diesel… LOL Tell Shannon and Erin hello and give them the blog information so they can follow us. I think Erin has it, not to sure… Happy Birthday again, and enjoy your Special day… Send Pics….