4mickey2

Welcome to the fiends! it's a great bunch of people. have a great solo trip!

i like blizzard beach better, too.. sounds like you had a great time! any pics! you know we're all about pics!

i agree with mo. check on line for some rescues. many will help and take in the dog.

It's been a while since I've been on here. Just down in the dumps and forgot how you guys can make a person giggle--even if it's a little. thanks! :hah: Awesome, cookies!! where does she get the talent and the time! very cool-let her know she does an excellent job! I'm lucky to slop some pudding in a bowl w/whipped cream!

so after our night at the koa in willits, we had to decide where to next. dh said we are heading toward the golden gate bridge and it would be neat to at least see it. so--i said our typical saying in our house (suck it up-buttercup) and said alright let's just do it. so, that's where we headed next. we went over the golden gate bridge, saw alcatraz--but only from a distance and saw the bay bridge. then went across the sandwich bridge (bay bridge). relieved once we were over the bridges but, glad we saw the area and went across the bridges. the city of san francisco was neat to see.

the site we got.. the only thing i didn't like was all the gravel. not the best for walking the pups. some campground pics. it was really nice to be on vacation before anyone else. we had most campgrounds all to ourselves or close to it. the play area was nice. no shoes allowed and it looked like they put up one of those cover things when it gets too warm. the petting zoo had guinea pigs (rescued), rabbits, pigs, donkeys, ponies... this is a facade of an old town. i'm thinking during the summer they use the patio for pancakes in the morning? this was

our mh is a 24' navion. we have been looking since we got rid of our seneca for another mh. the truck camper just wasn't doing it for us. we found this one - it's a used 2009 and are very pleased with it. we can pull in anywhere and make u-turns. lol

we eventually got a pic of the sign for the giants.. some pics you have to look at the tree sizes. you can't imagine how big these are in person but, compare them to the normal sized trees around them. we saw shrek and bigfoot! i really wanted the shrek! this looked like it would be a fun ride! it's time to start figuring out where we are going to stay for the night... the scenery was awesome... another herd of elk.. we found a koa in willits, ca. this was a nice campground. they had a petting zoo, a small fenced dog park w/agility stuff and som

after the redwoods we were going to head to yosemite. but, we have some time and we need to head south/east..so, we need to decide how we will get there. well-we're gonna drive for a while and contemplate our next stop.. some flowers on the road to no where... elk in a campground. always neat to see.. i took a few pics of the old cars we saw... now this second car was interesting. they were sitting at the gas station when a woman walked over to them and gave them money. this was an older lady--dressed nice. she asked what school they are heading to. those losers wer

so, we start to head into california. the northern 101 in california isn't bad but, oregon was really nice. we are heading to the giant redwood national park. nothing like an old vw camper bus/van.. lol the giant redwoods are sparatic along hwy 101 until we get to "avenue of the giants".. this was kinda funny to see in the middle of no where.. here is one of the giant redwoods. see us and then follow the photo up--that is one HUGE tree! here is a great pic showing the size of the giant redwoods. look closely--do you see me going up in between those co

alright-i'm back. it's been a long-hard week but, life needs to move on. soooo....i will try to pick up where i left off.

here are some pics of the state park we stayed at. they even rented yurts. a picutre of a vw camper van. saw plenty of those out west also.. so, before we headed out in the morning we went down to the beach at this park and took a few photos. it was the boys first time at the beach and i think if they were off leash they would have taken off down the beach on us. they were running and having a great time.

this was a sign for one of the state parks in oregon. i just thought it was funny that they would name a park this. lol continuing on our tour...more bridges and ocean. this guy was kite surfing or whatever it's called. yes, it was windy for most of our trip. i just missed him on the water and when he got to the beach he was all done. then we got to the last state park in oregon on hwy 101. we hoped that there were sites available. all i can say is the state parks in oregon that we saw were very nice parks. yes, they had sites open, it was $24 a nigh

we put on 5,200 miles on this trip. the new to us mh was awesome and we really never had any complaints about anything in it the whole time. i'm sure most of you know how a new camper always has something you have to complain about. but, i think we got this one right. we like to operate on whims... lol

well--i am all for supplements. i hope this really helps lil nikki. i am just now looking at some chinese herbs to help with barkleys itching. these are found at www.pawhealer.com. i haven't dealt with herbs very much here. but, i have heard good things when diets are changed for animals with cancer, etc. hope this helps your pup and i will let you know what i find for mine. keep us posted.

we headed toward portland, or. it was a busy city but neat to drive thru. i wasn't able to catch the pic i wanted to get. but, these cables are for an airial tram. it wasn't something we expected to see and was really a neat idea for a large city like this. and of course there are a lot of old beetles out there and some older mh's. this is our drive over to hwy 101 about midway thru oregon. this was another train track but this bridge turned to allow the boats, barges thru. another bridge. there are so many bridges out there and they are all so different-ju

just some pics of the scenery. it was so green out there. i don't mean just green-the trees were a very vibrant green. a waterfall.. a little history of oregon and the view from this point.

the next leg of our trip was going from wyoming into idaho and into washington. these 3 were waiting for us on the hwy and luckily stayed right where they were. we had some snow/sleet while in the higher elevations. nothing us wisconsinites can't handle. it is definitely beautiful out here.. this was a really pretty area. C'oeur d'Alene, Idaho just before Washington-i could live here. it was pretty out here but, the winds picked up something fierce. blowing from every direction so we took a break once we crossed into Washington at a camping world. it was a nice short

yup-we went back to a class c. it was a nice truck camper but, after having a class c--there were things we missed. like me being able to go back and use the bathroom and not having to stop. lol we looked at A's and other C's but, finally found this one and so far it is great for us. not too big (the seneca was bigger than we needed) and yet there is a good amount of room for us. so far we are really happy with it. i also have to say--slow cookers are awesome. i used it for about 4 meals and it really worked out great. we like to keep going until we can't and having the meal done whe

i found a really neat website http://www.roadsideamerica.com . you put in the state then look for the city you are going through to find intersting things-to stop and see. well, we found evel knievels grave. it was really neat to see. his grave stone was made when he was going to jump the river. i don't think he ever did attempt this. then, later when he died they engraved the other side. so, both sides of his gravestone are engraved-it was neat and we barely made it there before dark. sunday night was a rest area night. in the morning i took a photo of this older mh. i tried t

thanks judy! lol

here's some pics of the mountains in the morning as we leave spearfish, sd and yup-you guessed it, head west! this caught my attention because why was the road shaped like this? maybe it is a water issue-the rain would have somewhere to go when it runs down the hill? i don't know but, it looked silly to me. this was a tempting turn. yellowstone or continue west. well-we can do yellowstone during a one week trip so-we must continue westward! more mountains...and just an fyi---there are mountains, lakes, tunnels and campgrounds in this tr. lol this person r

our first actual stop sat 4-27- was in spearfish,sd. we choose a koa because of the internet and cable tv. so, we pull in and its after hours but the hosts come out and talk to us. unfortunately, their internet isn't working and they don't have water at the sites. the price for camping was reduced to $25 and we really didn't care about the internet or water as long as they compensated the price. they had turned the water on too soon and well-paid the price when the temps got too cold again. we just filled our water and plugged into the electric and were satisfied. it was a nice campgro

on a whim we decided we needed to go on vacation. we checked out going to the fort but, thought we would save that because we prefer to go in fall when we can visit with everyone. we had thought about going out west but, the weather was still cold and we wanted warm weather. so, we would head south and do the blue ridge parkway, smokey mountain national park, go into savannah, GA, the carolinas--you know just go and see the south eastern US. we were leaving on friday, 4-26 and on thursday we were talking about the weather and the trip. thursday night we decided with the rain and storms th

ohh... nice find. i guess i need to go to st vinnys and goodwill once in a while. :)