George McAnoy

2018-09-12 – WBCCI 2018 Southwest Adventure Caravan – Day 25 – Lazing around all day, near Capitol Reef National Park

Today we went nowhere and did nothing…

Well, not quite…

We started out by doing laundry… And by “we”, I mean Lynda…

We did some looking around in the Gift Shop, and Lynda bought a shirt…

We walked around the RV park…

And we read, napped, and generally relaxed…

At 3:00 we drove down the street to Slackers, for home-made real ice cream…

We had dinner at the on-site BBQ joint. Lynda said her chicken was good. I had the ribs. They were terrible…

At 7:00 we had a drivers meeting to learn about our travels to Bryce National Park tomorrow…

And, as is our tradition, we now present pictures of our great grandchildren… They are great, aren’t they?

Evelyn enjoys playing with big sister Roisin…

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George and Ian seem to being enjoying their lunch…

Great Grandma fiddles with something for the boys…

Ian masters the climbing wall…

And George explores the climbing structure…

And an enjoyable Time was had by all…

September 16, 2018 0

2018-09-03 – WBCCI 2018 Southwest Adventure Caravan – Day 16 – Traveling from Mesa Verde to Utah…

Travel Day. The Villa is on the move…!

Early mornings, the deer come to visit…

This is the hill we hiked to yesterday… The photos we took were from the top of the rock…

The switchback roads we saw from the top are here – we drove down the road this morning on our way out of the park…

We stopped at the Four Corners Monument: Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado…

A few other members of the caravan were there, too…

We continued on, driving through New Mexico and Colorado, until we finally found Utah…

We saw more buttes and mesas and bluffs…

Our campground is in the small town of Bluff. Pretty non-descript, but we had water and power. It will be our jumping off point for Goosenecks Park, Muley Point, the Moki Dugway, Natural Bridges, Valley of the Gods, and Monument Valley.

We also were able to add the 30th State sticker to our maps…

We had a quiet evening in…

And no Travel Day would be complete without pictures of the grandchildren…

George on the right, Ian next to him; the others are their 3rd cousins…

The family out for a walk…

Ian, George and Roisin (L-R)

And an enjoyable time was had by all…

September 9, 2018 0

2018-08-30 – WBCCI 2018 Southwest Adventure Caravan – Day 12 – Durango, CO

Quiet day in Durango… Blogging, laundry, walking around the RV Park… This is about as exciting as it gets…

We rode into town in the late afternoon with another caravan couple. They wanted to walk the town a bit and we wanted to try out an olde timey saloon.

We went to the Strater Hotel, founded 1887. We were told that in the early days one of their draws was their fresh food – rare in mining communities. This was accomplished by raising cows and chickens in the lot behind the hotel…

The saloon was great – all ugly Victorian decor (I know – that’s redundant…). But the waitress was great and the drinks were good. We even tried an appetizer of smoked dates wrapped in bacon with a drizzle of honey… Marvelous! Just what we wanted.

At the appointed hour we joined the other caravaners for dinner in the hotel – this was the real reason we chose this place.

The food was good, the wine was acceptable and the service was great… This hotel has been in the same family for over four generations. However, the fifth generation has decided they no longer want to be in the hotel business, so the hotel is for sale… It will be the end of an era…

So, as is my tradition on short days, I will include some pictures of our perfect and great Grandchildren…

This is Evelyn, 6 1/2 months old…

This is Roisin – what you can see of her, learning to hang around…

And this is Roisin again, 5 1/2 years old, reading to Evelyn whilst Mom puts the boys to bed…

And the boys:

George is almost 3 and Ian is 4 1/2… First day at the new preschool…!

And an enjoyable time was had by all…

September 7, 2018 1

2018-07-11 – WBCCI 2018 Wine Tasting Caravan – Day 10 – Farewell

All good things must come to an end. We said our goodbyes and the four Airstreams headed out on separate journeys.

We drove south about 12 miles, then west some 200 miles, driving along the California Coast. I know, most of you think the ocean is west of California, but for most of Southern California the ocean is south!

We did manage to stop along the way and walk a bit at the oceans edge…

We arrived at our storage spot a little after noon…

We unloaded the Airstream and drove the 5 minutes home…

As is our custom, with short blogs on travel days, we post photos of our grandchildren. They are in Canada right now, visiting friends and family…

Our next trip will be for one week at San Clemente State Beach. Temperatures should be in the low 80s – better than the 100+ days we are having here in Redlands…

And an enjoyable time will be had by all…