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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…

We have been at our winter location for 6 1/2 months and have been enjoying our full retirement the whole time. I have not posted anything because we have been busy having fun doing NOTHING!!! That is not true, we have been doing plenty of things and still seeing stuff. We have beautiful sunsets and sunrises here in our Winter home location. If you don’t know we are at an resort named Vista View Resort here in Sierra Vista, Arizona, just about 30 miles from the Mexican border. The weather has been very very warm this winter. We may have had 11 mornings that only reached 32 degrees. We are not complaining, we love it here and the resort is a very nice place, and also the folks here are great. We have this as our Winter home for the foreseeable future; at least 3 to 4 more years. We really like the city of Sierra Vista. It has a lot to offer, and it also has an active Army post. Fort Huachuca is less than 15 miles away. We go shopping there occasionally.

Jodi talked me into doing karaoke after the first month of being here. I have never done that; I didn’t think I had it in me. Well, I did it once and now I am hooked. I have been doing lots and lots of songs in the past 5 months. Jodi sings many more songs than me. She is into hard rock. I am into a little more easy listening music. There is a place called Urban Axe Yard, a Veteran owned place. It has good rock-n-roll bands and karaoke nights, plus games. It is mainly an axe, knives, stars, & hatchets throwing type of place. They also have pool tables and pinball tables with tournaments and an escape rooms. It’s a pretty cool place to take out your frustrations. Love going to this place.

Just a few pictures of us Rocking it on stage at both Urban Axe Yard and our Resort Clubhouse. Fun Fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We also keep busy by working out at the resort’s fitness center. Jodi has been working out every other day, as I am too, but I do chair workouts and walk two miles every other day. We both are feeling healthy and better about ourselves. It really feels like home to us now. We both are dropping a few pounds and I am losing the beer belly I had and getting slimmer. Both of us are feeling great.

I do not want to leave out the beautiful little precious love of our lives: IVY. She adds so much entertainment and joy to our everyday lives here in our RV home. She is a character!! She loves her Chewy box, and always being upside down in it. Runs 100 MPH throughout the RV. Talks all the time and just makes our day so complete. We love her so so much. She is everything to us. Our Fur BABY!!

Our Precious IVY

So, the weather here in the summer is very hot, and we do not want to be here when it gets to 110 to 115 in the months of June through September. So, we are heading north for the Summer, where it is a little cooler. We are going to the Tetons National Park in Wyoming the month of July. We are leaving here on the 15^th of May and will take our time heading to Wyoming. We will take about 9 stops going up through New Mexico, Colorado, and into Wyoming. Then when we head back to Arizona in August, we will be going through Colorado, Utah then back to Arizona by September 1^st. We’ll be in the cool winter of Arizona till June of 2027. We are then looking forward to heading to California for the summer of 2027 to check out Yosemite National Park.

I did not take this picture, but it is the Tetons in Wyoming. I do hope I get some real nice pictures while we are up in the Tetons.

So just letting you all know that we are doing great in the Southwest where we avoid SNOW, TORNADOES, FLOODING and HURRICANES. We like it out here and this will be our home for as long as we can do our RV adventuring. So, if anyone is out this way, keep us posted and come visit us when you can. Saying that, we are not likely to head East again due to all the bad weather that happens in the central states all year round, all the time. SORRY!! But we have done that and dealt with tornadoes and flooding and had enough stress of that in our travels over the years, so no more.

Thank you everyone who still reads and follow us during our travels, and hope you are all safe, healthy and being who you are that makes you all our good cheery friends.