Our dear, dear friends MB and Kitty of Tuscon AZ, are on their break and takingout the 5th wheel for some summer rving fun. They sent us this email about the rv trip thus far:
We arrived in Page Springs RV resort ( 10 miles from Sedona) right on time, and parked right next to the rushing Oak Creek. That next day, we decided on hiking to a “vortex” called Vultee Arch. It was 5 miles of high clearance, bumps and grinds at 5 MPH. Once we got there it was a great 3 mile hike, but we knew we had to return over that road… Both our back were out at the end of that journey!
Back at the RV, as we were settling in, somewhere along the line I got bit to death. I never saw any mosquitoes, so they must have been “no-see-‘ums. MB and I did a few more hikes, me scratching. We went “herping” which is trying to find lizards and snakes. I was able to identify a few species that I hadn’t seen before. Overall, it was a good stay.
Onward to Colorado. We went to the 4 Corners (Utah, AZ, CO and New Mex.) and had a great archaeological experience at the Anasazi Heritage Museum. There are at least 4,000 archaeological sites there that archaeologists know of. We went to a Lowry Pueblo, which was situated on top of a hill, and had several rooms.
The next morning we headed for Gunnison (highway 550), but stayed at Ouray, CO that night. The drive from hell. We were warned via AAA that it would be bad. 90% of it was typical mountain roads. The last 4 miles WE THANKED GOD WE WERE ON THE INSIDE LANE!!!!! There is no way we will take the outside lane, going south. We weren’t sure which smell was more familiar: hot brakes or hot transmission fluid. Ouray is at 8,300 feet in the middle of a ravine. It’s actually a caldera, has a beautiful 300’ waterfall that we walked to the base of and a 285’ deep ravine. I woke up in the middle of the night in a panic. MB calmed me down and assured me we wouldn’t do that road EVER AGAIN!
That morning we got down the rest of the way off that mountain and drove to Blue Mesa Reservoir, where our RV resort reservations were. A few summits later, up and down, smells and all, we get there, and it’s today. The wind is gusting at 40mph, the cat almost got out. Bridget (dog) did go for a run without us, but came home (thank God, again) but we are tied down, now, and trying to relax. Probably only be here for 8 days, and then head back to Sedona. This time with a supply of bug repellant.
We’ll keep you posted. Love to you all, Kitty and MB
