Well, we are finally in Arizona

Well, we are finally in Arizona. After leaving home on Wednesday the 7th of November, we had three one night stands. Or is it we stopped at three different towns before getting to getting to Amarillo, TX. The first three nights were at West Omaha, NE, Millford, KS and Enid, OK. Along the way we stopped to see a Pony Express station and Museum in
Marysville, KS. However, after driving around for about one-half hour to find a parking place for the motor home and walking four blocks to the museum, we found it closed for the season. Too bad because it sure looked like it would be interesting.
















Once we got to Amarillo we spent five days there and took time to see some of the local sights. On Monday we took a little drive along Route 66 thru town. It turned out there were about 90 horse statues placed through out the area. Each horse was uniquely painted much like the Snoopy statues in St. Paul a few years ago. Here are some examples:





On Tuesday we went to the “Panhandle Plains Historical Museum” with the idea that we would also go to the Palo Duro Canyon State Park. After spending 6 ½ hours in the museum we decided to go to the park the next day. This is the biggest historical museum in Texas. It was very interesting and well laid out. Anyone who enjoys history could spend the better part of two days there.




















On Wednesday we went to the Palo Duro Canyon State Park. This is the second largest canyon in the USA. Some areas are 2500 feet deep with beautiful red rock formations.
















We passed through Roswell NM, without seeing any UFOs. Last night we stayed in Alamogordo, NM. When we got up this morning we watched a covey of about 50-100 Quail scurrying through the desert brush looking for food. It was amazing how fast they move around and stay in their little groups.

Tonight we are staying in Benson, AZ about 40 miles SE of Tucson. We will spend a couple of days here before heading over to the Phoenix area to spend some time with our friends Ron and Jane.

By the way, Jane, we thought you said keeping up this blog would be a snap.

We have made the move and are on our way

Dear Family and Friends.

Dave and Sandy have an ANNOUNCEMENT.

This past year has brought some major changes to our lives. Dave retired on 12-31-06 (Sandy had retired in 1998) and in January we started a coast-to-coast trip of the southern US in our Lazy Daze Class C motor home. After our return to Minnesota on March 30th we started getting ready for a trip we had planned to the Pacific Northwest with our friends, Ron and Jane, from Scottsdale AZ. Between the two trips we made a life changing decision.

We had been looking for a smaller town home for the last couple of years with the knowledge that we would be spending our winters somewhere in warmer climates. With that in mind, we decided to sell our house and our Lazy Daze motor home shown below.















We put our town home on the market on June 12th and left for our trip to the Pacific Northwest on June 20th. Being aware of the slow housing market, we looked forward to a relaxing trip with our friends. Well, our house sold on June 28th with closing scheduled for August 31st. Upon our return home on August 3rd we had a lot of work to get done by the 31st. We had a huge moving sale and moved out of our house on August 29th with a lot of help from our friends. We wouldn’t have been able to do it without their help.















THIS IS OUR NEW HOME. We have gone from a 4,000 SF town home to a 450 SF motor home. It’s a 42 foot Tiffin Allegro Bus diesel pusher. For the past 2 months we’ve been very busy getting settled in our new small space and, so far, we’re still on speaking terms. We’ll leave for Arizona in early November and return to Minnesota in April. Jane, our friend from AZ, set us up on a blog site when we were with them on our summer vacation. We can make no promises, but we will TRY to update it every couple of weeks to keep you posted on our new life adventure.


Best wishes to all of you,

Dave and Sandy