Four Corners

We left San Fran and started towards Four Corners, that is where Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico all meet. Jack started noticing that our batteries weren't taking a charge so we stopped in Seligman AZ for the night. When you plug in the electricity at the RV Park it charges your batteries. Seligman is a little town on old Route 66. It was nostalgic and old cool cars everywhere. We ate dinner at the Roadkill Cafe and yes all of the items on the menu were roadkill. It was interesting, at least the food was good. We checked around town the next morning and couldn't get it fixed there. We headed on to Flagstaff. We really like it there and were able to get the alternator changed. We stayed 3 days due to the wind. They have red flag wind days here. They actually will gust as high as 50 to 75 mile an hour. They have blown 18 wheelers over on the interstates. Since we are not on a schedule it was better to stay put than drive in it. We are staying at Ute Mtn., CO.. We are facing some small Mtns. and it is raining on and off here but snowing on the Mtns. in front of us. Very pretty. We went to Mesa Verde this week. I am enclosing pics of the cliff dwelling. It is amazing how the Native Americans built and lived in the sides of these cliffs. We will be leaving here by weeks end and should be home by end of next week, early May.

San Fran

We couldn't find an RV park around the kids, I guess Real Estate is so expensive they don't have many. The ones we found were full. So we decided to stay over the Mtns. in Pleasanton,CA. It was better for me as we didn't get all of the fog over there which seems to bother me. The first day we drove straight to the ice rink to see Cody play Ice Hockey, it was the championship game. Of course in CA your dogs go everywhere you go except restaurants. The boys were excited to see Sophi oh and MeMe and PawPaw. CODY'S TEAM WON. It was a great game and Cody even scored a goal. His Aunt Stacey spent her High School days at the schools hockey games and she is excited that Cody shares her love for it. Unfortunately while we were there John had a really bad spell. John is the neighbor that took us flying and has been so good to help Cathy out with the boys and carpooling. John has cancer and it is getting the best of him. He is now on hospice and it is most important that he stay comfortable. Please keep him in your prayers, he is a dear person. I went to the hospital most days with Cathy. Scott had business in Boston over Easter break and took Cody with him. Cody was able to catch up with his buddies and dad took him to the Red Socks home opener. This is his 8th grade graduation gift. Can you believe my boogs is going to high school??? OH I feel old. We brought Jackson home to the Motor home with us one night and he loved it. The only pic I have is of him and Sophi in bed. He has been getting special help to deal with his dyslexia and he is reading at grade level now. His self esteem has greatly improved. It was a great visit and as usual it was so hard to leave.

Death Valley

When we left Eddie and Sue's we headed toward Death Valley on our way to Cathy and Scott's. Of course by then we had been in CA long enough for me to be sick. Thank goodness I picked up some antibiotics in Mexico and started on them immediately. As usual Death Valley is awesome. Pics are of the mountains on the way to the park and of my favorite hike the Mosaic Canyon, the walls are marble. We only stayed a few days then on to San Fransisco to see the kids.

Yuciapa CA

We moved on to Yucaipa CA to see Eddie and Sue. We were there over a week and had a great time. The guys spent time with the horses and working on the Motorhome while Sue and I along with her daughter Kristine shopped, ate lunch out and tried to keep Kristine busy as she was due to deliver her first child. I am enclosing 2 pics - 1 is our own little private campground at Eddie and Sue's. There place has a nice flat spot over the hill from the house and on the way to the horses. -2 is the hill I walked up every morning to go to the house. The flowers are gorgeous.

Cousin Don Grafues

Jack with his sister Sandy and brother Eddie