Winter is Over

This week marked the end of our winter journey as we once again did the marathon trip home.  As always we tried to find a three day window where there was clear weather from south to north in order to have an enjoyable trip home.

Since we thought we found that window, we only spent one night at Virgin River Campground instead of the several that we do prefer as the campground has a beautiful setting as well as relatively quiet.  After leaving the campground we spent a night in Idaho Falls, one in Medicine Hat, and then we were home.  Along the way there were a number of interesting things.

I find that in many cities in the southwest tend to make concrete overpasses and noise dampeners rather decorative and interesting.  Below is a sample of some as we drove the freeway through Las Vegas.

Then there were the signs all along the freeway through Utah.

Or in the centre of the round-a-bout in Idaho Falls

And finally the beautiful snow at Monida Pass

However, the entire trip saw clear roads, no wind, cool temperatures - perfect driving.

As the week came to the end, I went up to Saskatoon to watch a couple of grandkids in provincial sports.  The trip up was at the start of a nasty blizzard but fortunately, the roads were fairly decent most of the way which wasn't the case for many folks that had to come up later in the day.  Fortunately the blizzard was over for the trip back so the roads were great.

The competition was very successful for the two kids - the granddaughter got second in provincial cheerleading, and the grandson got first in wrestling.

This will be the end of my blog for the time being - likely until mid-June.  At that time we are planning on heading north so I will continue with a tale of our travels.

Until then, thanks for joining in our winter travels and hopefully you will join us again in a couple of months.

A Week of R n R

As usual, the week has flown by with little to show for what we have done.  We are still in Lake Havasu City enjoying some of the weather (I say some as the past couple of days have been cool and windy).  We did get a few chores done but on the most part, we spent most of the time just relaxing and thinking that soon, the days of relaxation will be over!

As usual, we did help out the economy a bit as we checked out the various stores and there is always a bargain to be had.  Stopped in at a Tractor Supply store (similar to our Peavy Mart back home) and they were selling chicks.  Some of them that were a bit older (were already getting their feathers) were being sold for 25c each - I think that is quite a bargain.

One of the grocery stores must of had some excess cucumbers so I picked up a package of 5 for 59c - we made some refrigerator pickles.  That is too good a bargain to pass up.

Last weekend we went to the swap meet.  The one here in Lake Havasu is quite large and really very interesting.  There was a travel trailer on display - sleeps 4 and is built for rugged back country camping and I understand that it is built in Alberta.  Very interesting indeed.

Right near us there was a bike race which was part of a triathlon which was being held today.  It was interesting that some of the policing for events such as this is done by volunteers.

Every day you see a plane fly around towing a large sign.  I would think that this we be a very expensive form of advertising but perhaps it is more effective - who knows?

While not as often as in some other places we have been but there were some military helicopters flying by.  I have wondered why they always fly in pairs.  One day I may think to ask and then maybe I will know.

Since we will likely be leaving Arizona shortly, I thought I would add one last Arizona desert sunset.  They are often so spectacular.

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you have a great week!!