We left New Mexico on Thursday with hints of bad weather coming. We were headed to AZ and weren't too worried about bad weather following us there. After all, it's April and Springtime. The days should be getting warmer by now!
We were going to stop in Williams, AZ for a couple of nights and walk around the town to visit its quaint little shops. In all the times that we've been to Williams, we have never actually walked to see the town. Well, that was not to be! Passing by Flagstaff we noticed snow on the ground around us but weren't too worried as Williams is at a lower altitude and we figured it wouldn't be too cold there. The weather was cloudy but not too serious-looking. Within 15 minutes of passing Flagstaff we saw ominous road signs talking about "ice on the road" and "winter conditions". Immediately we found ourselves driving our truck and 5th wheel thru driving snow and icy conditions. Scary! Ed's an amazing driver tho' and got us thru it safe and sound (with a few hysterics from me!) but it lasted nearly an hour and those big trucks barely slow down even for snow. We didn't even see the town of Williams as we passed, it was too snowy and visibility was low. We made an instant decision to drive thru to Laughlin, NV. We had never heard of snow in Laughlin before so figured we were safe to park it there. We actually hit snow again just outside of Kingman, AZ and Laughlin was cloudy, windy with rain in the forecast. The next day dawned beautiful, bright and sunny with not a cloud in the sky. The only fly in the ointment in Laughlin was that it was River Run Week and there were thousands of bikers gathered to party! We stayed at Avi which is a little way out of the town of Laughlin and visited our favorite petroglyph spot at Christmas Tree Pass so we were happy for a couple of nights.
We're "home" now...sort of. We've parked the 5th wheel at Wilderness Lakes in Menifee and will stay there until May 4 when we'll move the 5th wheel into storage at our mobilehome park in San Jacinto and be done with another successful trip. I'm sort of sad and glad at the same time. I want to still be on the road going towards the next adventure. Don't feel too sorry for us tho', our next adventure is just around the corner. On July 5, we'll pack up again and head up north with one of our granddaughters, Jessie, onboard. We'll stop first in Yosemite for 4 nights where Jessie's parents will join us and then leave the parents behind as the two of us and Jessie (Dude too!) travel up to Spokane Valley, WA for a visit with Jessie's 3 cousins.
The blog postings will be a little further apart now as we'll just be doing some mundane chores like yardwork, etc. There will be some fun stuff in the next two months that I'll want to "post" about so, if you're interested, check on the blog every week or so. Hey, while we're here, we'd love to see you, so call and tell us to meet you for lunch or dinner....or whatever! And...if you don't call us....we'll probably call you! We've missed all of you!!