Elaine and Joe CC 2021

 June 22nd, 23rd, & 24th, Tucson, AZ Woke up early June 22nd, and headed to Tucson via the western side of the Grand Canyon.  Also did a stop in Williams, Sedona, and Phoenix. Major goals of visiting Tucson was to catch up with old friends and to visit the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum and the University of Arizona. Our route from the Grand Canyon to Tucson In Tucson, Elaine's long time friend Jean Baxter gave us and the kids a tour of the Old Presidio in downtown Tucson. Luke with protective deer skin armor Juliana with protective deer skin armor Jean showing Juliana how to make red dye from cactus extract Luke getting a close look at the cactus extract Jean gave us a tour of the area around the old fort in downtown Tucson Official name of the fort Me in front of Old Main at the University of Arizona Luke & Juliana in front of the fountain at Old Main at the University of Arizona The whole family at the Desert museum Juliana with bat ears! Papa with bat ears at the mus...

 June 20th &21st, Desert View Grand Canyon East We reserved a campsite at Desert View campground for two nights.  It was a boondock with no water or electric hookup.  No problem as my 400 watt solar panels and extra water tank did fine.  The weather was very nice with a balmy 90C in the shade with a nice breeze. Our route from Homolovi to Desert View via Flagstaff Standing with Desert View Watch tower in the background At the Desert View rim Close up of the Desert View Watch Tower Relaxing on the porch of the Desert View visitor center Met up with Fran, Patrick, Luke & Juliana at Desert View Desert View at sunset Desert View at sunset Sun almost down, with Elaine in the foreground Our campsite at Desert View

 June 19th Homolovi State Park, AZ Left Bluewater Lake State Park after a liesurely morning and drove to Winslow,AZ for a light lunch and the obligatory photo op Standing On The Corner. After lunch we checked into Homolovi State Park which was a few miles away.   Our route from Bluewater Lake to Winslow, AZ   A local shopping mall in Winslow This is what the whole street corner looks like in Winslow Elaine drove the Route 66 route many years ago She really connected with this bench Our campsite at Homolovi

 June 18th Bluewater Lake New Mexico: Pinon Cliffs Campground Great campsite overlooking Bluewater lake about 200 feet below us.  Day time temperatures in the 90's but the nighttime temperatures dip to around 60. Easy drive west down I-25 too I-40. Pretty much chilled out but we did do a hike that looped down lakeside.  Our route from Santa Fe to Bluewater Lake Our  campsite at Pinon Cliffs A visitor to our campsite One of our neighbors Many use the lake for boating and fishing Sunset at our campsite View of the lake from our campsite View through the trees from our campsite

 June 16th & 17th Santa Fe New Mexico Headed out from Eagles Nest Lake State Park Santa Fe Skies RV Park in Santa Fe. As I mentioned in the previous post we did stop in Taos for some shop scouting.  In Santa Fe we had a great camping spot at Santa Fe Skies and although the weather was hot there was a pleasant view. On the 17th we traveled to Bandelier National Monument and toured the visitor center and walked a trail to some cliff houses.   Our route from Eagles Nest through Taos too Santa Fe Skies At Santa Fe Skies they had an interesting exhibit of old machines which thrilled all the little kids in the park and also this mechanical engineer! Our campsite at Santa Fe Skies The cliff dwellings that were carved into these ancient walls. After Bandelier we continued our day drive to Los Alamos to visit Elaine's former co-worker at Clark University Library, Mott Linn.  We had a nice time catching up with Mott and a nice dinner at the local golf course restauran...