tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27722321283388472902024-03-12T16:54:54.525-07:00Following the Dream!Sue and Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01635905585485848696noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772232128338847290.post-63618690388680808482016-10-19T09:54:00.000-07:002016-10-19T09:54:45.783-07:00Summer in "The County"<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This is a beautiful part of Ontario. Just driving the tree-lined
roads in The County [the locals name for Prince Edward County] is a calming
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of green which became corn or vegetables or hay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Each time we drive to
Wellington, we slow down to see the mini horses.</span></div>
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As you drive the winding
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Marina Cafe where we went a couple of times for fabulous Eggs Benedict.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> or lines of trees, or sometimes a house
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Barn Quilt Trail winds all over
the County. </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We have seen the ones on the main roads.</span></div>
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The patterns vary from
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We love them and are going to design one for our house to put above the garage
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Day was a big celebration, starting with a street Dance in Wellington on Friday
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and parades and activities all day in each town.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">then walked along the pier to see the boats, and along the beach</span></b></td></tr>
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Brighton hosted Applefest,
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">and antique tractors</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">In several place artists quietly worked.</span></b></td></tr>
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Craft Fair and a Quilt show were held in Picton, but we were out of town. There are delightful little
stores in each town. We have spent most of our time in Wellington.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">"The Courage" - it was "The Tall Poppy " when we were first there</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The General- great speciality coffees, and an eclectic assortment of merchandise</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Our favourite place to sit -beside "The General" - with one of their lattes or flat whites, and often sharing a sandwich - right on Main St. .</span></b></td></tr>
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many times and to Trenton to work out at the "Y"- actually John works out, and I may do aquafit, or just shower and then read or work on the computer.</span></span></div>
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One day we decided to take a drive north of 401 on the Brighton highway. We found delightful towns- Campbellford with the largest Toonie,</div>
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One weekend, we travelled to Richmond,<br />
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just on the outskirts of Ottawa for an Airstream Rally. It was fun to renew friendships with folks we had met at the Spring Rally. <br />
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On a free afternoon, we drove to Manotick, and walked through the Historic Mill<br />
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and then around the square.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When we left the Rally, we drove across Ottawa to Hither Hill Campground on the east side, to meet our Friends from Nova Scotia,[who we had met in the Yukon last year!].</span></div>
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We spent a couple of days catching up and just enjoying their company.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We went from there to Montreal to spend some time with John's Mum. She was having the huge maple tree in the backyard taken down, and wanted us to be there.</span></div>
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The tree was rotting from the bottom, and she feared it could fall on the house. It was fascinating all-day to watch the two fellows take off branches, one at a time,</span></div>
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and then use the chipper on the smaller branches</span></div>
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and cut down the trunk.</span></div>
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We will be visiting many more of the towns and fascinating places along the<i> Taste and Wine</i> <i>Trail </i>as time passes. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">However, we have not
explored as much as we had planned, as I have been spending time 3 mornings a
week in Physiotherapy,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and not walking too well, or even sitting easily in the
car, the rest of the time. I am on fairly strong pain meds, so haven’t done
much writing either. The nerve that was pinched on the drive back from Santa Fe
in May, has not been helped significantly by exercise, medication, physio or
time, so having now seen an orthopedic doctor who read the MRI and found what
is probably a cyst on the vertebrae, a decompression operation is necessary.
The date is set for early December. The only little wrinkle with this is that
the house closing is Dec. 1 and the move in shortly thereafter…. <span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Oh well c’est la vie, the boxes will wait until
I can move around and bend down.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Our lot all summer...The house behind us is the same style, and the same colour scheme-except we have charcoal window frames throughout the house, and we will have 2 narrow windows in the centre section, on either side of the fireplace.</b></span></td></tr>
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It was really exciting when they actually broke ground</span></div>
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Now the shingles are on, we owe the next payment! The inside work can begin.</span><br />
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It looks more and more like our dream each time we check.</span></div>
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Sue and Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01635905585485848696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772232128338847290.post-69256588820371561282016-08-26T16:28:00.001-07:002016-08-26T16:28:28.283-07:00The Last Few Months<div class="MsoNormal">
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to Bronte Creek Provincial Park.</span></div>
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It is one of the parks which open before the
May long weekend, but we shared it with only 4 or 5 other RV’ers. Weather was
sunny but coolish, so we were glad we had the trailer and not tents!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">But not too many people here yet...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We enjoyed dinner with our nephew his wife and the two
children, 3 and a couple of months. The 3-yr old loves books, so I read 5 or 6
before dinner, including Jillian Jiggs!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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had friends at Wellington on the Lake. We had checked the internet for
developments to the east of Toronto which also had a place for us to store the
trailer. This seemed like the ideal place. Since we now had to be in Ontario
for 5 months of the year, for another 5 years, we decided that rather than pay
the storage unit fees and RV site fees for those 5 months, we would put that
money into a house. We met with a lawyer and with the representative of
Sandbank Homes which was developing the Adult Life-style Community, looked at a
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Over the next couple of weeks, living in Toronto at Rouge
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and several weekends at Sandbanks, between doctors and
dentist appointments and quick visits with family and to the storage locker, we
crunched numbers, and eventually put an offer in on a house-to-be-built! We
chose the Reisling model – perfect name for us right!!- So, now we own a plot
of dirt, waiting for the shovel to be put in the ground.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The house behind us is in fact the same model as ours- except we will have a fireplace in the centre, with a window on wither side in the centre section. To the right is our bedroom, and to the left is the dining room.</span></b></td></tr>
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little about. We spent a couple of days getting to know other Ontario
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Can-Am. We took the opportunity to visit friends from Montreal who had moved to
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">On one of our trips to Sandbanks, we met up with our
friends, had a lovely lunch in Picton at the <i>Bean Counter</i>, and toured the area, ending up at the <i>Devils’ Wishbone</i> winery. It is a unique
old barn with several small tasting rooms. They also grow all their own grapes
to make excellent VQA wines. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We have spent the last few weeks looking for a place where
we could live in the trailer for the summer and fall. After looking at a
variety, some good, some really bad, we found a site at Cedardale Seasonal
Resort Community near the Murray Canal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Although it is owned by Killam
Properties, the managers take personal pride in the whole resort. We have had
our granddaughter, fiancé and the 2 children for a wonderful visit. We spent a
good part of the afternoon on the beach.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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have met and spoken to loves it here, and has nothing but positive comments.</span><br />
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have now decided the colours of the siding, stone, trim, garage and front
doors, and choosing the cupboards for the kitchen and the fireplace for the
Great Room. These are exciting times!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We have made it to the Air Show at CFB Trenton</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">This whole was packed with a snaking line of people waiting to go through security when we arrived</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and to the Craft Show in Cobourg.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">one of 4 huge tents full of exhibitors</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Who knew - unless you have been through this- how many
small details there are, from the shape of the railing by the stairs, the type
of newel post, the design of the spindles, to the grout on the floor in the
bathroom, the kitchen and the back splash in the kitchen. All this after the
big stuff like tiles, hardwood colour, and board width, cupboards –how high,
colour, style and even colour of the inside of the drawers- the fireplace
stone, and style. It certainly is fun though. I was glad we had made separate
appointments on separate days to choose the kitchen, and then the interior
upgrades and even where we wanted electric outlets, then outside colours for
the house, and even the eaves and facets.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Well, they are all chosen and paid for! We are now looking
at bedroom suites for our room and rugs for the Great Room.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Ottawa for John’s cousin’s wedding.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">We sent them off in true Nautical Fashion. [The flags spell "Just Married"]</span></b></td></tr>
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Clover Campground.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If they only had sewer hookups…. However, as it is all
bedrock around here, this is not a possibility. I have been dealing with a
pinched sciatic nerve for the past couple of months, so unfortunately I didn’t
get much sightseeing. John fared a bit better as he rode his bike into the
city.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Back to Cedardale!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Just out for a walk on a county road! She was in the middle of the road until we stopped and edged her to the side.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;">The pinched sciatic nerve that I have been dealing with for the past couple of months had become worse, so</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> now I am at physio three times per week while I
wait for an appointment with a specialist in September. This is only a delay in
our travels around The County [Prince Edward County]. We haven’t been able to tour many wineries or go back to Montreal as I am not walking too well, nor can
I tolerate a long car ride! However, this too will improve!</span></div>
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and still waiting for the first shovel to be put into the ground.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Sue and Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01635905585485848696noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772232128338847290.post-70762595259184095492016-06-05T10:49:00.001-07:002016-06-05T10:49:37.873-07:00Zion to Santa Fe to Ontario<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We left Zion on a beautiful day,</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">This little critter watched carefully while we dumped <br />on the way out of Watchman Campground</span></b></td></tr>
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to visit several more places before we began the non-stop portion of our
journey. We drove south on Hwy 89 on a
wide open plateau,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">then back into colourful Zion-like mountains</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">often with the sand-dune markings in the sandstone. The road across the
bottom of Utah was straight with mountains to our left and sandy desert to our
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we came out of the U, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">spread out before us was a huge plain, with Monument
Valley-like formations rising from the floor of the valley.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">At the foot of Grand Staircase Escalante</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This
was a lucky stop. The ranger, Merle Graffam, on duty is in his words, ’an
amateur paleontologist’.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> In fact he was extremely knowledgeable about the
dinosaurs. He had discovered one vertibrae when he was out for a walk on a nearby mesa in 1999. This turned out to be an almost complete dinosaur
skeleton 15 feet long and over one ton with 15 inch claws, of a new type, one
of a group of feathered animals called <i>Therizinosaurs</i>.
Subsequently-10 years later in 2009- it was named after him, <i>Nothronychus graffami</i>. Since the late
1990’s there have been over 4000 dinosaurs found within 35 miles of this
Centre, including four new species. At the present time there are 3 teams of paleontologists working on digs on the plateau above the Centre.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The Grande Staircase Escalante plateau </span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Merle kept us
captivated for over an hour with his knowledge and expertise. Interesting facts
we learned include: <i>it has now been
proven that Cretaceous carnivorous dinosaurs had feathers; the shark has not changed
from over 200 million years ago; and we were reminded that chickens are
dinosaurs.<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">From here, we went to Antelope Canyon. This is Navajo land,
and to see the canyon, you have to go with a Navajo guide. Five of us and 2
dogs in our group were taken in a truck, along a wide wash,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Driving along the wash</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">to the mouth of the
canyon. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;">There are 5 different tour companies which have tours to the Canyon, so there were quite a few trucks there.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"> </span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ua9V8-qhpJA/V1DeKe7D0hI/AAAAAAAAK64/m0FOfx9Q8ScX8qyE27h6lOIT7R5IdnwRwCLcB/s1600/01.%2B1504.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ua9V8-qhpJA/V1DeKe7D0hI/AAAAAAAAK64/m0FOfx9Q8ScX8qyE27h6lOIT7R5IdnwRwCLcB/s320/01.%2B1504.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Trucks carrying clients to Antelope Canyon</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The entrance, rather ordinary...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Our guide had us wait until most of them
had come out. This gave us time to linger in each of the chambers to take
pictures.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mSYKkja5Na4/V1DfCGL9YAI/AAAAAAAAK7M/Or2zId6KhtsdPIl83fDgtSG6FidEMkQRQCLcB/s1600/01.%2B1517.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mSYKkja5Na4/V1DfCGL9YAI/AAAAAAAAK7M/Or2zId6KhtsdPIl83fDgtSG6FidEMkQRQCLcB/s320/01.%2B1517.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">but wait...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cSXwynxBCoo/V1DfBW9BY4I/AAAAAAAAK7I/5Lvs4haB6zMczTldj1kDGMwjB9MDTAdFwCLcB/s1600/01.%2B1524.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cSXwynxBCoo/V1DfBW9BY4I/AAAAAAAAK7I/5Lvs4haB6zMczTldj1kDGMwjB9MDTAdFwCLcB/s320/01.%2B1524.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">the views</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yifKvoAOyZM/V1DfDFnHw9I/AAAAAAAAK7U/M5UWKI2Hd7Uzb2y3iex0oa_-uck7z3GWQCLcB/s1600/01.%2B1527.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yifKvoAOyZM/V1DfDFnHw9I/AAAAAAAAK7U/M5UWKI2Hd7Uzb2y3iex0oa_-uck7z3GWQCLcB/s320/01.%2B1527.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">were anything BUT ordinary.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l-aIW5aL8ck/V1DfIf9unCI/AAAAAAAAK7k/uCZA7edtuS4MjONusSl-It9hl-Md-tcbwCLcB/s1600/01.%2B1537.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l-aIW5aL8ck/V1DfIf9unCI/AAAAAAAAK7k/uCZA7edtuS4MjONusSl-It9hl-Md-tcbwCLcB/s320/01.%2B1537.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Around each bend, unbelievable colours, sculptured sides</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">entrance to the second chamber</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">stunning views, looking up</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yWeQ98woRR0/V1DfPFs_u0I/AAAAAAAAK74/129-6NYfqe4FgJrWm141hruIlO9MHRhLACLcB/s1600/01.%2B1565.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yWeQ98woRR0/V1DfPFs_u0I/AAAAAAAAK74/129-6NYfqe4FgJrWm141hruIlO9MHRhLACLcB/s320/01.%2B1565.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">and ahead...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oa_GI1UVU9w/V1DfSqwhRTI/AAAAAAAAK8M/VCQOcDgDTv4x3a_nv_dpN3yC8oGz7zmcgCLcB/s1600/01.%2B1607.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oa_GI1UVU9w/V1DfSqwhRTI/AAAAAAAAK8M/VCQOcDgDTv4x3a_nv_dpN3yC8oGz7zmcgCLcB/s320/01.%2B1607.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">and a shot along a wall...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Incredible colours</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He was most helpful showing us the best camera settings, and the best
angles to take incredible pictures. It was an expensive trip, but well worth the
money for the experience of awe-inspiring sights, each one surpassing the last.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The end of the Canyon</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Looking back into the canyon...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Incredible sights as we retraced our steps,</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">back the way we had come..</span>.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">After spending the night at Walmart in Page, AZ, we drove on
a plain at 5,500 ft, through a rock cut at 6,000+ ft,</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4j9Qp5X_FKE/V1DieYf5H3I/AAAAAAAAK88/zPLIfVPRXh45ZK2rx4qAaIeyqf4oQKrKACLcB/s1600/02.%2B1713.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4j9Qp5X_FKE/V1DieYf5H3I/AAAAAAAAK88/zPLIfVPRXh45ZK2rx4qAaIeyqf4oQKrKACLcB/s320/02.%2B1713.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Through a massive rock cut</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">where around the corner we
got an incredible view of a huge plain in a valley. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">As we came around the rocks,</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">the valley spread out below,</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">with mountains and cliffs off in the distance.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The road wound down the mountain.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3fx14a3vHyg/V1Djf0l9XxI/AAAAAAAAK9c/ItDGDE99mp443tKlv2BbObJrSaNE-Io-wCLcB/s1600/02.%2B1725.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3fx14a3vHyg/V1Djf0l9XxI/AAAAAAAAK9c/ItDGDE99mp443tKlv2BbObJrSaNE-Io-wCLcB/s320/02.%2B1725.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The road wound down the mountain.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We took the road off towards Tuba</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e0dbFL9-sa8/V1DjsbVNtdI/AAAAAAAAK9o/O5Vw2Wiyi2MHCsz1h3Q6DfmnuCdJko4CgCLcB/s1600/03.%2B1747.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e0dbFL9-sa8/V1DjsbVNtdI/AAAAAAAAK9o/O5Vw2Wiyi2MHCsz1h3Q6DfmnuCdJko4CgCLcB/s320/03.%2B1747.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Towards Tuba, some interesting formations</span></b></td></tr>
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miles, to view the dinosaur tracks.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HjBOTs1gms4/V1DkB0mKuqI/AAAAAAAAK9w/tJA8cZbuVD4E36N_hbxyiM8mJp3d6TzSQCLcB/s1600/03.%2B1756.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HjBOTs1gms4/V1DkB0mKuqI/AAAAAAAAK9w/tJA8cZbuVD4E36N_hbxyiM8mJp3d6TzSQCLcB/s320/03.%2B1756.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Driving into the Dinosaur tracks site...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> This is also Navajo land, so we had a very
interesting guide, Nick. He was very knowledgeable about where the tracks were
and what they were showing,</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RNr4r2TQvrg/V1DkXx9OAWI/AAAAAAAAK-E/8jesvMctRyEfoeBwD0WjagtaIzYf3DkuQCLcB/s1600/03.%2B1759.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RNr4r2TQvrg/V1DkXx9OAWI/AAAAAAAAK-E/8jesvMctRyEfoeBwD0WjagtaIzYf3DkuQCLcB/s320/03.%2B1759.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Nick used water to fill in the tracks</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e9TilScGjbk/V1DkWzx2YVI/AAAAAAAAK98/4bQ6r94oS4gYBKC7SAAyTXEMyUBSTf2rQCLcB/s1600/03.%2B1760.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e9TilScGjbk/V1DkWzx2YVI/AAAAAAAAK98/4bQ6r94oS4gYBKC7SAAyTXEMyUBSTf2rQCLcB/s320/03.%2B1760.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Two different dinosaurs were crossing paths</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Nick showing us the outline of a whole small dinosaur</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">A very large track</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">but we had half an hour of a disjointed stream of
comments mixed in with interesting information. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We continued on to Winslow
Arizona to Homolovi State Park</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b1uyg_BzTes/V1DlH2qws8I/AAAAAAAAK-k/BSxv7RmoTLoS_zDrVh9439VEYc7ZRJ6-wCLcB/s1600/04.%2B2339.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b1uyg_BzTes/V1DlH2qws8I/AAAAAAAAK-k/BSxv7RmoTLoS_zDrVh9439VEYc7ZRJ6-wCLcB/s320/04.%2B2339.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A beautiful pull-through site in the desert</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">for a couple of days. The first day we drove to
the Homolovi II Pueblo ruins,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">An explanation</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">There are pottery shards throughout the ruins</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">then the spent the rest of the day driving
through the Petrified Forest and up to the Painted Desert. After an interesting
tour of the Petrified Forest Visitors Centre,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">How old are these rocks...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">How the the trees petrified...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">we walked the Long Log Trail out
behind.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Petrified logs on the trail</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">petrified log up close</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">on the trail</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Stephen Mather laid the foundation for the National Park Services</span></span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The “logs” strewn across the land are incredible colours.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Wonderful range of colours</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The path also goes through a section of badlands, where nothing grows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As we
drove through the “Forest”, we stopped at Viewpoints</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Log bridge</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and overlooks, sometimes
looking into canyons,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">looking into a canyon</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">with a petrified log perched on a buttte</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">or in the crevices.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Another canyon overlook</span></b></td></tr>
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or on high grassy plains.
Sometimes logs are strewn beside the road in the grass,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">sometimes on the sides
and floors of the canyon. John walked to the floor of the blue mesa canyon, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;">while I walked the rim.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We couldn’t get on to I-40, so we had to drive to the
Painted Desert. The colours here in the cliffs and canyons are incredible.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">We turned a corner and this sight met us...</span></b></td></tr>
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These are more of the Chinles formation- deep canyons in the desert, with deep
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">While we were driving through the Park, we got 2 separate
stone chips in the windshield- 3 years of travel, even up in the Yukon
chip-seal roads without a mark. We were not happy campers. This meant, before
we could leave, we had to get these fixed. Luckily, Winslow had a chip-repair
man. But instead of just checking out the town quickly, we were delayed. When
the chips were repaired, we parked and walked into the historic downtown, to
the Eagles’ corner:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">It looks like a building, but it is only a facade now!</span></b></td></tr>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Well, I'm a-standin' on a corner in Winslow,
Arizona</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">Such a fine sight to see</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">It's a girl, my Lord, in a flat-bed Ford</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Slowin' down to take a look at me<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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Chinle</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">to see Canyon de Chelly [pronounced -<i>de
Chay</i>]. This is a National Monument, but run by the Navajo. The sites were various
sizes, not too many large enough to accommodate easily our 28ft Airstream.
Sites were fairly level, but, by this point in the year, should have been
cleared of fall leaves and the prickles which were hiding in them.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The site we chose, a nice setting, level and quiet, but not cleared</span></b></td></tr>
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afternoon, after visiting the Visitors Centre,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> we drove along the south rim of the canyon, stopping off at a number
of viewpoints to look at the fabulous canyon.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The road around the rim of the canyon, often on Navajo land, <br />then on National Monument land as we neared the rim of the canyon</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Beautiful colour and sculpted rock, with farmland at the bottom</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The next morning, we drove the north
side of the canyon. We followed a path out along the slickrock to the edge of
the canyon to see amazing views.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Slickrock but not slippery</span></b></td></tr>
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At one point we looked down on the Antelope
House Pueblo ruins.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Place of Running Antelope - Antelope House <br />Building began in AD 700 and continued off and on for 600 years</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Once again we were in awe of the colours and sculpted sides
of the canyon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Another viewpoint, The Mummy Cave Ruin, had three sections of a
village.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The east and west caves comprise living and ceremonial rooms. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The middle tower on the ledge was added later
by the people who migrated from Mesa Verde in the 1280’s. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A branch off this
road led to Massacre Cave, the site where, in 1805, 115 Navajo took shelter on
a ledge from a Spanish military expedition. The Spanish spotted them and killed
all the people on the ledge.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Looking down on the ledge with the cave behind the bushes on the left</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">How far they fell...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">After lunch, John took the hike to the <i>White House </i></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;">at the bottom of the canyon. This long winding walk down is the only place you can enter the canyon without an expensive Navajo guide. It starts with a walk through a tunnel</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and, often on a narrow ledge,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Not too bad here...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">but, this is why I stayed back.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">to a path along
the canyon floor,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Through a tunnel at the bottom,</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">to the Canyon floor, and</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The <i>White House </i>with</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BrOlaEdD2bI/V1L9YW6qxLI/AAAAAAAALJU/6a44GpobIrMf1GBrg-TzrYYFcPHleI_ywCLcB/s1600/07.%2B2592more%2Bpictographs.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BrOlaEdD2bI/V1L9YW6qxLI/AAAAAAAALJU/6a44GpobIrMf1GBrg-TzrYYFcPHleI_ywCLcB/s320/07.%2B2592more%2Bpictographs.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Petroglyphs behind it.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A different perspective on the walls of the canyon</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> then an arduous climb back 600ft. up. But being able to get
close to the <i>White House</i> ruins and
being able to see the petroglyphs up close was well worth it.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Our next stop was Sante Fe. What a beautiful city! We stayed at an RV Park on the outskirts of
town, Santa Fe Skies. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6lLmATGiFM8/V1L_2-bdE8I/AAAAAAAALJw/plbXo3UXr5cHjdkP3R4yYpNccv2yE1-3ACLcB/s1600/08.%2B2819.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6lLmATGiFM8/V1L_2-bdE8I/AAAAAAAALJw/plbXo3UXr5cHjdkP3R4yYpNccv2yE1-3ACLcB/s320/08.%2B2819.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The back patio in the daytime,</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">and at night. We saw many building with similar 'bags' which lit up at night.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This was a well-kept, well run park. Our site was level,
graveled and long with a hill at the end, but we could put the truck in front
of the Airstream.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The hill made hitching up a bit of a challenge, but manageable</span></b></td></tr>
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The city centre is a collection of distinctive and charming
mud-coloured buildings in the mountains of northern New Mexico.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">One side of the central Plaza</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A typical street</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">One of the Museums</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Nearly half of the
city of 68,000 is employed in the arts industry. Established in 1610, it is the
second oldest city in the US [after St Augustine in Florida]. It is laid out
with a central plaza,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The central Plaza</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">the social hub of the city, fronted by the Palace of
Governors.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Native American vendors in front of the Governors Palace, <br />chosen by lottery each day</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There are stringent building codes that define and maintain the Old
Santa Fe style, from the 8” thickness of the walls to the shade of the stucco
finish, of brown, tan or local earth tones.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A hidden courtyard,</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aNluBZPEPq4/V1MDa3xVFEI/AAAAAAAALLA/j1Svgewlj7wazCVJc-4bahkYn25h3OysACLcB/s1600/09.%2B2752even%2Bthe%2Bparking%2Bgarage.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aNluBZPEPq4/V1MDa3xVFEI/AAAAAAAALLA/j1Svgewlj7wazCVJc-4bahkYn25h3OysACLcB/s320/09.%2B2752even%2Bthe%2Bparking%2Bgarage.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Even the parking garage, </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8oW5canUtkk/V1MDox6XSHI/AAAAAAAALLM/mdwBQ3Bq4HQSuttAnVAOwVSAIyug60UCQCLcB/s1600/09.%2B2776.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8oW5canUtkk/V1MDox6XSHI/AAAAAAAALLM/mdwBQ3Bq4HQSuttAnVAOwVSAIyug60UCQCLcB/s320/09.%2B2776.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>and the stores </b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">This makes for a stunning downtown
area like no other city in the US. It is a city of art,</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FgSnF6qjVFI/V1MEic1YRAI/AAAAAAAALLc/-9jyJXtvKykgUY3Rwm4v8W8UprPsYcopQCLcB/s1600/09.%2B2748.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><b><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FgSnF6qjVFI/V1MEic1YRAI/AAAAAAAALLc/-9jyJXtvKykgUY3Rwm4v8W8UprPsYcopQCLcB/s320/09.%2B2748.JPG" width="240" /></b></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Outside the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Art</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1ANjvsMb-Lo/V1MEo704dtI/AAAAAAAALLo/vG9fIVBuw_kfRW0ZiUZIQ6DmHEQcFSJ6QCLcB/s1600/09.%2B2824%2Bagallery.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1ANjvsMb-Lo/V1MEo704dtI/AAAAAAAALLo/vG9fIVBuw_kfRW0ZiUZIQ6DmHEQcFSJ6QCLcB/s320/09.%2B2824%2Bagallery.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Sculptures on the street</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">"King of Jacks"</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">galleries,</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oqZVRw-I_xk/V1MFYNVyxjI/AAAAAAAALL8/NuMVqmzBQPwWo66EAGFQAH5e5OnLfBUgwCLcB/s1600/09.%2B2706.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="284" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oqZVRw-I_xk/V1MFYNVyxjI/AAAAAAAALL8/NuMVqmzBQPwWo66EAGFQAH5e5OnLfBUgwCLcB/s320/09.%2B2706.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A Private Gallery of Native Art</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">New Mexico Museum of Art</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6UmTFYrcPwk/V1MFhMIezvI/AAAAAAAALMM/Litu_XpLtvYPJ5gXhdLrxKvSWnzHGtI5QCLcB/s1600/09.%2B2721Worrel%2BGallery.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6UmTFYrcPwk/V1MFhMIezvI/AAAAAAAALMM/Litu_XpLtvYPJ5gXhdLrxKvSWnzHGtI5QCLcB/s320/09.%2B2721Worrel%2BGallery.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Worrell Gallery</span></b></td></tr>
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restaurants
and unique shopping. We walked around the central plaza, with the Native
American artisans from some of New Mexico’s 22 pueblos and tribes displaying
their jewellery and pottery in front of the Palace of the Governors, and
various musical groups playing throughout the park. In the centre is the
Soldiers’ Monument dedicated to those who died in battles [both with Indians
and in the Civil War].<br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oWNvrTNtlBM/V1MGSdvANkI/AAAAAAAALMY/JZumchAmisURXp6JXQf6xUfSdhluZwA6gCLcB/s1600/09.%2B2770.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oWNvrTNtlBM/V1MGSdvANkI/AAAAAAAALMY/JZumchAmisURXp6JXQf6xUfSdhluZwA6gCLcB/s320/09.%2B2770.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Musicians playing in front of the Soldiers' monument </span></b></td></tr>
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On one corner is the New Mexico Museum of Art. A block
away is La Fonda, once a Harvey House, offering respite to travellers since 1607. </span><br />
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<tr><td><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bukMkTIUM9w/V1MDajQsI7I/AAAAAAAALK8/PY4MjauKg503FpD6O9zVEFTycG8aUAoVACKgB/s1600/09.%2B2767.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bukMkTIUM9w/V1MDajQsI7I/AAAAAAAALK8/PY4MjauKg503FpD6O9zVEFTycG8aUAoVACKgB/s320/09.%2B2767.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">La Fonda, where gunfight once took place in the lobby,<br /></span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We walked past the Cathedral,</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ytJ0mvC5Al4/V1MI3HV1qaI/AAAAAAAALNc/Lue6aCRLTXAsnhBVMVDpcCdgaJta6QqgwCLcB/s1600/09.%2B2751.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ytJ0mvC5Al4/V1MI3HV1qaI/AAAAAAAALNc/Lue6aCRLTXAsnhBVMVDpcCdgaJta6QqgwCLcB/s320/09.%2B2751.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The Cathedral</span></b></td></tr>
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to Loretto Chapel, <span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;">with its unique hanging staircase.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5kUpgHWZTy0/V1MHAEHf6OI/AAAAAAAALMg/k50SnrgC-QItJXdTMukQJkg0FsJhwbgNACLcB/s1600/09.%2B2881.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5kUpgHWZTy0/V1MHAEHf6OI/AAAAAAAALMg/k50SnrgC-QItJXdTMukQJkg0FsJhwbgNACLcB/s320/09.%2B2881.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Loretto Chapel, with The Inn</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mLSLYux6Ejk/V1MHMH-6_dI/AAAAAAAALMo/6cC33Y6oXxoLD9XhMLfC1tdBJUWeIIhogCLcB/s1600/09.%2B2835.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mLSLYux6Ejk/V1MHMH-6_dI/AAAAAAAALMo/6cC33Y6oXxoLD9XhMLfC1tdBJUWeIIhogCLcB/s320/09.%2B2835.JPG" width="214" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The story, just inside the door</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UaEQyaYRO7g/V1MHrQWKvTI/AAAAAAAALNA/poV2ZRPHB3A-IEPKIVd73SjDpDpKUPNXwCLcB/s1600/09.%2B2836.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UaEQyaYRO7g/V1MHrQWKvTI/AAAAAAAALNA/poV2ZRPHB3A-IEPKIVd73SjDpDpKUPNXwCLcB/s320/09.%2B2836.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The Staircase</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3y6ejOaCCNo/V1MHvdacYSI/AAAAAAAALNI/_iR6Nl2DpwcCUFTplpoVg5npw6SbmHBlwCLcB/s1600/09.%2B7078.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3y6ejOaCCNo/V1MHvdacYSI/AAAAAAAALNI/_iR6Nl2DpwcCUFTplpoVg5npw6SbmHBlwCLcB/s320/09.%2B7078.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The front of the Chapel</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o2NUCD8dqRU/V1MIJLCsqvI/AAAAAAAALNQ/-QZd3111O2IrX9yrKxg3z8XY68JvVCSNACLcB/s1600/09.%2B2874.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o2NUCD8dqRU/V1MIJLCsqvI/AAAAAAAALNQ/-QZd3111O2IrX9yrKxg3z8XY68JvVCSNACLcB/s320/09.%2B2874.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Entrance to The Inn, connected to The Chapel</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wx4taVJH_5g/V1MHQ1FzMfI/AAAAAAAALMw/X-5OLjFzunY8oH8fuLwnVj3gQhkbG985QCLcB/s1600/09.%2B2890.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wx4taVJH_5g/V1MHQ1FzMfI/AAAAAAAALMw/X-5OLjFzunY8oH8fuLwnVj3gQhkbG985QCLcB/s320/09.%2B2890.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The Inn</span></b></td></tr>
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Then we walked
on up the Santa Fe Trail to the oldest church<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Sam Miguel Church, the oldest church in the USA</span></b></td></tr>
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and the oldest house,<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Plaque on the Oldest House</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Oldest House</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">State Government built in the shape of the sun symbol</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Then we drove to Canyon Road, the
art lovers’ mecca. This is the street of Artistes and Galleries.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A whole yard full of wind whirlies</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The ultimate flower garden</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">a unique water fountain</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">or add these to you patio- a but hard, but unique</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">the front yard of a home...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">On our last
day we decided to go to the Museum Hill to see the Museum of Indian Arts and
Culture,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Steps from the Parking lot to Milner Plaza</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A magnificent sculpture dominated the massive Plaza</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">sculpture in courtyard</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">outdoor section of the Museum</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The theme of this section is Native Women sculpting Women</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">one of our favourites</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">three of the beautiful sculptures</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">outside the restaurant where we had lunch</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">before heading downtown to view the Georgia O’Keefe Gallery and to a
last dinner at </span><i style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The Shed</i><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Lunchtime at <i>The Shed's </i>patio We had a couple of outstanding meals here.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The next day we began the long 3,200 km trek back to Ontario
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Flat, straight I-25</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">not much change on SR-56 after Springer</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">more green fields, and grain elevators in every small town<br /> as we scooted across Oklahoma</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Kansas</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">However, delayed by 15 hours of rain, thunder and lightning. <br />Only the coots were happy! </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Rather odd washrooms- no roof</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Green fields, and lots of water from the rain</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Farming in Illinois</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;">Indiana,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Cagles Mill Lake State Park- no one there but us <br />- not even the Host in over 200 sites</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Indiana-the worst roads we have traveled on in 3 years!</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Ohio, Pennsylvania</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A short hop through Pennsylvania</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Sighting of Lake Erie- almost back...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>A lot of vineyards in New York</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Other than a rain delay in Kansas, and a short detour to tour the
Airstream Plant in Jackson Center, Ohio,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> we drove straight through to Ontario. </span><br />
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Sue and Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01635905585485848696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772232128338847290.post-15378812720908150592016-05-09T05:29:00.002-07:002016-05-09T05:29:24.954-07:00Barstow to Zion National Park, Utah<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Our first stop on the long journey East and North to
Ontario was at Barstow. I had not had much time to visit in December, so this
was the opportune time. It was a relatively easy drive straight up I-15,</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lJh_cJQQHEo/Vy6VbRGxgRI/AAAAAAAAKos/yxP2niN4dYA-BfQ2fASHITY6uCq-Xyy_gCLcB/s1600/01.%2B0032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lJh_cJQQHEo/Vy6VbRGxgRI/AAAAAAAAKos/yxP2niN4dYA-BfQ2fASHITY6uCq-Xyy_gCLcB/s320/01.%2B0032.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Brilliant flowers along the side of the highway</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Past Rainbow Valley into the mountains</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The back side of the mountain we can see from Barstow</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">with only traffic slow-downs in the towns.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Some traffic slowed us in San Bernadino.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Over the mountains, </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">and into the Mohave Desert</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Interesting though in the 4 hour drive, there were no
pull-outs or rest stops. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When we first got there we had great fun off-roading in the
Polaris around the Mohave Desert.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">We found the most beautiful flowering Beavertail Prickly Pear Cactus</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">up close,too bad all the blooms are not open...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">and bushes with masses of tiny pink flowers...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Quite a different view from Sonoran Desert</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">with interesting tracks to follow...</span></b></td></tr>
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John and I drove around Barstow, and had lunch at the original Del Taco.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">with sage and creosote bushes on either side.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">to unusual rocks.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">A sand and gravel road winds through the campground</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This is a beautiful little campground in the middle of
nowhere. However, the unique rock formations make it a rock-climbers’ delight,
and it is usually packed on the weekends. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">right in the campground, </span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and the warm sunshine. We went into Victorville to stock up
the cupboards and “pantry”- read ‘shower’, our extra storage room! The last
couple of days, it rained. They were delighted, living in the desert, but us-
not so much! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It was time to leave, but we have made plans to meet in
Ontario In July, when they come north. We got hitched up on a cloudy,
off-and-on rainy day, to head north
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The Mohave Desert is not always flat</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">We would like someone to pronounce this for us...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">A bit of blue sky, but very hazy</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">through the Joshua Trees at about 4000 feet</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">into Nevada</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">through Las Vegas</span><br />
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to Hurricane to meet
friends for a few days. Unfortunately, although it started off cloudy then
cleared for a short while, it rained most of the way. The traffic was heavy as
we traveled through Las Vegas.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">and out of Las Vegas, what a contrast! </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The sky became darker,</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">and we could see rain in the distance.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cy_jGFu9GaI/Vy6eLD28OoI/AAAAAAAAKr4/2OWOPtPLUKsy7ZtjxXagmqXr3QkSYbPzgCLcB/s1600/04.%2B0160.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cy_jGFu9GaI/Vy6eLD28OoI/AAAAAAAAKr4/2OWOPtPLUKsy7ZtjxXagmqXr3QkSYbPzgCLcB/s320/04.%2B0160.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">We were driving right into it.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ueUmlmBNtCk/Vy6eLolbrCI/AAAAAAAAKr8/DCKuQDCi7JkfiYuv7rYFcmLIFNQdLs3eQCLcB/s1600/04.%2B0169.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ueUmlmBNtCk/Vy6eLolbrCI/AAAAAAAAKr8/DCKuQDCi7JkfiYuv7rYFcmLIFNQdLs3eQCLcB/s320/04.%2B0169.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">But the layers in the mountains looked amazing...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">The rain continued including on a spectacular drive through a gorge into
Hurricane, in the Virgin River Canyon.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Pictures aren't great, but the drive was beautiful,</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">We wished we had better weather to appreciate it.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Coming out of the Gorge toward Hurricane</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The colours in the mountains become clearer- as the rain stopped.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We did not even bother unhitching the first night at Sand
Hollow State Park. The campsite we had was a beautiful, back-in,</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Large back-in site with a separate ramada</span></b></td></tr>
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mountains rising behind them.</span></div>
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level sites are well separated. This 20,000-acre park, mostly on BLM land,
surrounds a large reservoir for culinary water for cities and towns in SW Utah,
and is a haven for off-road vehicles. </span></div>
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We
met our friends at their Jazz in the afternoon, to be greeted like long lost
friends by their two dogs, Tucker and Charlie. We spent an enjoyable evening
catching up and made plans to hike the Jem Trail the next day.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The Jem Trail goes along the base of this mountain</span></b></td></tr>
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Cathy, Charlie
and I hiked leisurely along a beautiful road through the desert,</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Waiting with Charlie for the men to get to the trail crossing</span></b></td></tr>
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the first while, Tucker could hear and see us, so he kept tearing through the
desert to us, the Dave would call him, and he would charge back to them. We
walked to a point where we could see the back side of Zion National Park,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Looking across the valley toward Zion NP</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">We could see the peaks rising ahead of us.</span></b></td></tr>
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in the canyon between
Watchman and the line of mountains on the other side of the river. The sites
are a good size, level with electric hookups. This park is gorgeous.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Another view of our site... mountains beside <i>Watchman</i></span></b></td></tr>
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River, over millions of years, has carved a spectacular canyon through the
mountains. We decided to begin our stay with an overview of the canyon. We
walked along the river trail</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Trail beside the river to the Visitor Center</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">from the campground to the beautiful and very busy
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the winter months. However, there are free shuttle buses</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>The Shuttles- 2 buses linked together</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">which run at least
every 15 minutes. We found they were much more often than that though. This is
the only way to get to the trail-heads along the canyon, as well as getting a
bit of history and background of the canyon and the various stops. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We decided
to take the shuttle to the top, and back to Zion Lodge to do a short hike,
before picking up another shuttle back to the campground. What an amazing ride -
high multi-coloured cliffs</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FxQVyLYqLzk/Vy_JcPDlC9I/AAAAAAAAKvg/XYCmDEvbkcwmGxRQThI5MTUbYMrhjnyAgCLcB/s1600/06.%2B0514.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FxQVyLYqLzk/Vy_JcPDlC9I/AAAAAAAAKvg/XYCmDEvbkcwmGxRQThI5MTUbYMrhjnyAgCLcB/s320/06.%2B0514.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Amazing colours</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Desert Varnish on many of sheer walls of the cliffs</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-44kmUz9JbF4/Vy_Jb7XOHyI/AAAAAAAAKvY/xjOMv-iZ3bckwfQpclJNXja8TZ_BN90KwCLcB/s1600/06.%2B0537.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-44kmUz9JbF4/Vy_Jb7XOHyI/AAAAAAAAKvY/xjOMv-iZ3bckwfQpclJNXja8TZ_BN90KwCLcB/s320/06.%2B0537.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The end of the line</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Pulpit at the Temple of Sinawava</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9-9oIW0-sk4/Vy_pEtb7XjI/AAAAAAAAKyg/jtdnlwnQyxICUr4lLGPMdFB2bH2h8Ni7QCLcB/s1600/06.%2B0549.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9-9oIW0-sk4/Vy_pEtb7XjI/AAAAAAAAKyg/jtdnlwnQyxICUr4lLGPMdFB2bH2h8Ni7QCLcB/s320/06.%2B0549.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Different colours in the mountains</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">on either side of us! We soon learned that the white
on the top and the various bands of reds are Navajo Sandstone, which in some
places is over 2000 feet thick. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Our first hike took us up to the Emerald Pools.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tj8hPfG_mCo/Vy_Kp5l3GuI/AAAAAAAAKv0/EIIwNvxInkE5SANy1muTz0od43mMLGxUgCLcB/s1600/06.%2B0569.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tj8hPfG_mCo/Vy_Kp5l3GuI/AAAAAAAAKv0/EIIwNvxInkE5SANy1muTz0od43mMLGxUgCLcB/s320/06.%2B0569.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Looking down the river just after we crossed it</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tJYPqmokx_s/Vy_KqVC6TFI/AAAAAAAAKv4/KQbCVN4DHz0TXbd8oCeI1RVdRTCWJ74kACLcB/s1600/06.%2B0570.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tJYPqmokx_s/Vy_KqVC6TFI/AAAAAAAAKv4/KQbCVN4DHz0TXbd8oCeI1RVdRTCWJ74kACLcB/s320/06.%2B0570.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">View up the canyon of the Emerald Pools</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">A wide trail, easy to walk, but it climbs as it winds around the mountain</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y5tsv9kx-wA/Vy_Kqejv3aI/AAAAAAAAKv8/daLTAkCZ8U8YM1LUAhKTeEe53S_Qt7LcQCLcB/s1600/06.%2B0574.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y5tsv9kx-wA/Vy_Kqejv3aI/AAAAAAAAKv8/daLTAkCZ8U8YM1LUAhKTeEe53S_Qt7LcQCLcB/s320/06.%2B0574.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Magnificent coloured mountains down the valley</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I walked to
the Lower Emerald Pool,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The lower waterfall and pool</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_NGelhMU5g4/Vy_OjPd0BuI/AAAAAAAAKwI/2-IcLckvknIfH2X0nsA3DkYBFG9T7Fe8QCLcB/s1600/06.%2B0588.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_NGelhMU5g4/Vy_OjPd0BuI/AAAAAAAAKwI/2-IcLckvknIfH2X0nsA3DkYBFG9T7Fe8QCLcB/s320/06.%2B0588.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">a closer view of the waterfall</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yy4C9Q98AcI/Vy_OjjItdtI/AAAAAAAAKwQ/rchTpG-ux_8V8QDAhgGj_ovsaarunZUtQCLcB/s1600/06.%2B0591.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yy4C9Q98AcI/Vy_OjjItdtI/AAAAAAAAKwQ/rchTpG-ux_8V8QDAhgGj_ovsaarunZUtQCLcB/s320/06.%2B0591.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">We walked under the waterfall and up the other side</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">but there were a lot of steps with a drop-off going to the
Middle and Upper Pools,</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0bt6gHdobXI/Vy_PHgbpOOI/AAAAAAAAKwY/z1jIClatHY4vH4TP09_S7iEj2B09Fl4ogCLcB/s1600/06.%2B0614.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0bt6gHdobXI/Vy_PHgbpOOI/AAAAAAAAKwY/z1jIClatHY4vH4TP09_S7iEj2B09Fl4ogCLcB/s320/06.%2B0614.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The beginning of the first set of stairs was easy...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
so I took part of the Grotto Trail along the canyon,</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WPedg0Z6suk/Vy_PcoF2RAI/AAAAAAAAKwg/4PZaRJ8-g20y_BkHn9x1Qleioimf4AjMQCLcB/s1600/06.%2B0607.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WPedg0Z6suk/Vy_PcoF2RAI/AAAAAAAAKwg/4PZaRJ8-g20y_BkHn9x1Qleioimf4AjMQCLcB/s320/06.%2B0607.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A stunning tunnel along the Grotto Trail</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">and back out to the trail</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8Qz_8X1MvkM/Vy_QUOv8o8I/AAAAAAAAKw0/gydg9XSzDQIQ-r8u-DBDKi6m2G0FAUKkACLcB/s1600/06.%2B0617%2BEmerald%2BPool%2BLower.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8Qz_8X1MvkM/Vy_QUOv8o8I/AAAAAAAAKw0/gydg9XSzDQIQ-r8u-DBDKi6m2G0FAUKkACLcB/s320/06.%2B0617%2BEmerald%2BPool%2BLower.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">to the Lower Emerald Pool</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and then went back down</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CODEok_Az9s/Vy_Pd9hkLII/AAAAAAAAKwk/L6D8rnLUuNA61wgViVBz7tk1p1T3cystQCKgB/s1600/06.%2B0611.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CODEok_Az9s/Vy_Pd9hkLII/AAAAAAAAKwk/L6D8rnLUuNA61wgViVBz7tk1p1T3cystQCKgB/s320/06.%2B0611.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The trail back down</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">to the Lodge</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Original Zion Lodge</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">to read, and wait for John to visit the
other two pools.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The view from The Upper Emerald Pool</span></b></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Looking up at the Canyon walls</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">From the campsite we could walk along the river, then take
a bridge across the river to the town of Springdale.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The entrance to the bridge to Springdale from the Park</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Springdale main street</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Springdale with the <i>Watchman</i> behind</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We looked for a food market.
But the only one we found was quite expensive, so we decided to walk to
downtown. When we go to Soleil Café, a block or so away, and downtown wasn’t in
sight, we stopped for a cappuccino and decided to try again another day in the
truck! <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Another beautiful day, we decided to do the River Walk
Hike. This meant taking the Shuttle up to the top of the canyon. The walk winds
along by the river,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Magnificent mountain view across the river</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">and down the canyon</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The river path</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">view down the river valley</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The path winds along the river</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">and under overhangs.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">sometimes close, sometimes further away through the trees,
by the canyon walls. The trail is paved and relatively flat, just climbing up
and down as we rounded some of the rocks. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">At the end, is the river trail to The Narrows, one of
Zion’s famous features. However, due to the possibility of flash floods, this
trail was closed. The trail goes through the river </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;">to a very narrow canyon.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The entrance to <i>The Narrows</i></span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Lots of folks were building cute little critters</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Besides, it is early spring still, and the river is icy cold, and deep in
places. Special dry suits and special boots are needed for survival. We hung
around for a bit watching families play, folks building cairns and kids skipping
stones, before starting back. For most of the way back, we walked down beside
the river,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">a pleasant walk by the river</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">only returning to the paved path a couple of times where the canyon
walls came right to the water. This was a very peaceful walk as most people
took the paved path.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The forecast was cool with a chance of rain one day, so we
decided to drive to Bryce rather than hiking. We drove up on switchbacks</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Looking back down to Zion Canyon</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_kjXhQsREUg/Vy_vbbFCydI/AAAAAAAAKzM/62NKQWLemHoRS8AsuGpH7Pd8RhgCDnhJgCLcB/s1600/07.%2B0814.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_kjXhQsREUg/Vy_vbbFCydI/AAAAAAAAKzM/62NKQWLemHoRS8AsuGpH7Pd8RhgCDnhJgCLcB/s320/07.%2B0814.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are several tight switchbacks</span></span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">out of
the canyon, over the cliff, and through the tunnel.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7XiWFFA53jc/Vy_wAlxdptI/AAAAAAAAKzY/WLeXJvxD5IM26p-HFVYduGUThPEuw3WbACLcB/s1600/07.%2B0818.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="233" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7XiWFFA53jc/Vy_wAlxdptI/AAAAAAAAKzY/WLeXJvxD5IM26p-HFVYduGUThPEuw3WbACLcB/s320/07.%2B0818.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The entrance to the tunnel</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TI10J9orkY0/Vy_wApEtIpI/AAAAAAAAKzU/brFYtXPYTlw4S_OTSqodq9vWbpMeLgDnACLcB/s1600/07.%2B0819.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TI10J9orkY0/Vy_wApEtIpI/AAAAAAAAKzU/brFYtXPYTlw4S_OTSqodq9vWbpMeLgDnACLcB/s320/07.%2B0819.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Part way through, the tunnel...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Everyone had said it was
different on the other side of the tunnel. But WOW, it was breathtaking,</span><br />
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</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XxkNdL5UGJM/Vy_wU9cXkOI/AAAAAAAAKzc/Se8n7pqy0SMXptpq5W9UY9H6r-pEtFBTACLcB/s1600/07.%2B0821.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XxkNdL5UGJM/Vy_wU9cXkOI/AAAAAAAAKzc/Se8n7pqy0SMXptpq5W9UY9H6r-pEtFBTACLcB/s320/07.%2B0821.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">the colours, the layers - very different</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zzYitjNi5WY/Vy_wVFxL7iI/AAAAAAAAKzg/6jFZaC5tiewnc3cuQhBJwUvFkJJktTMwACLcB/s1600/07.%2B0823.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zzYitjNi5WY/Vy_wVFxL7iI/AAAAAAAAKzg/6jFZaC5tiewnc3cuQhBJwUvFkJJktTMwACLcB/s320/07.%2B0823.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">breathtaking...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">just like
a completely different place, like it was sculpted on some rocks,</span><br />
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</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3nICSD_cWMU/Vy_xNa-ZilI/AAAAAAAAKzw/6DBJGkSLjxkuyRQ0ShOpNmsSspgVhXBxQCLcB/s1600/07.%2B0829.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3nICSD_cWMU/Vy_xNa-ZilI/AAAAAAAAKzw/6DBJGkSLjxkuyRQ0ShOpNmsSspgVhXBxQCLcB/s320/07.%2B0829.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">through high cliffs,</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pmfet7w_xv0/Vy_xNlY9biI/AAAAAAAAKz4/ng7NQkXcKds0lLOHxxGIL-MAww3rC5_CwCLcB/s1600/07.%2B0832.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pmfet7w_xv0/Vy_xNlY9biI/AAAAAAAAKz4/ng7NQkXcKds0lLOHxxGIL-MAww3rC5_CwCLcB/s320/07.%2B0832.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">and through another tunnel,</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dfy0sU6jsuA/Vy_xNrJlm5I/AAAAAAAAKz0/Lbt3KKoWOdw9NgT1BrEBkdYN1om5V4-bgCLcB/s1600/07.%2B0841.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dfy0sU6jsuA/Vy_xNrJlm5I/AAAAAAAAKz0/Lbt3KKoWOdw9NgT1BrEBkdYN1om5V4-bgCLcB/s320/07.%2B0841.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">totally different layered rocks...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and layered
on others. There were mountains of slickrock, dark reddish brown to white, with
bands going in opposite directions. It was incredible!</span><br />
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</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zi7sBspdWE0/Vy_yDxDIepI/AAAAAAAAK0E/LJHEnmnh68kWIypO5pHvYRC0Jl2qDp7zACLcB/s1600/07.%2B0898.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zi7sBspdWE0/Vy_yDxDIepI/AAAAAAAAK0E/LJHEnmnh68kWIypO5pHvYRC0Jl2qDp7zACLcB/s320/07.%2B0898.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Check out the patterns on the sides</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2brvtifSHYc/Vy_yC-MizZI/AAAAAAAAK0A/_Hwq7RcbquYonUpKVfT8DYTOe1rTdaZ_gCLcB/s1600/07.%2B0899.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2brvtifSHYc/Vy_yC-MizZI/AAAAAAAAK0A/_Hwq7RcbquYonUpKVfT8DYTOe1rTdaZ_gCLcB/s320/07.%2B0899.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">the explanation...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When we passed the cliffs, after we left the Park gates, we
were on a high grassy plain,</span><br />
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</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i3wN6e3AG0I/Vy_yhQqYGwI/AAAAAAAAK0I/0CaUuAZb5KQABvLU4jfxvzTBtVa7D8AfwCLcB/s1600/07.%2B0871.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i3wN6e3AG0I/Vy_yhQqYGwI/AAAAAAAAK0I/0CaUuAZb5KQABvLU4jfxvzTBtVa7D8AfwCLcB/s320/07.%2B0871.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">High Plain</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and the temperature started to drop. It got to 0C
and began to snow, sleet and then rain.</span><br />
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</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mr5FyILKEc4/Vy_y9X4f4zI/AAAAAAAAK0Q/oM2_Q5wk77AXEBoxUpNov45Fj2mpBpy0ACLcB/s1600/07.%2B0873.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mr5FyILKEc4/Vy_y9X4f4zI/AAAAAAAAK0Q/oM2_Q5wk77AXEBoxUpNov45Fj2mpBpy0ACLcB/s320/07.%2B0873.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Snow and sleet...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Since it was not really sticking and we were
above 6000 ft., but descending, we kept going. We turned north on highway 89,
and back into snow. It tried to clear, so we kept on to Hatch. However by that
time, it was snowing and blowing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CKevFGVLWVk/Vy_zZ0YgHiI/AAAAAAAAK0Y/crdlGnHsZ-UDu0veo1bToGZiXTXnIrCEwCLcB/s1600/07.%2B0882.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CKevFGVLWVk/Vy_zZ0YgHiI/AAAAAAAAK0Y/crdlGnHsZ-UDu0veo1bToGZiXTXnIrCEwCLcB/s320/07.%2B0882.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Snow on the sides of the roads, and poor visibility</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
We stopped for lunch, but when it hadn’t
cleared at all by the time we were finished, we reluctantly turned around. When
we got back into the Park, the weather here had cleared, so we stopped and
walked along one of the slickrock hills,</span><br />
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</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9IYBHR-8zh4/Vy_zva10_UI/AAAAAAAAK0g/jXOd8UQRHqE46KQGl6bzSnZi0RrrR25_ACLcB/s1600/07.%2B0903.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9IYBHR-8zh4/Vy_zva10_UI/AAAAAAAAK0g/jXOd8UQRHqE46KQGl6bzSnZi0RrrR25_ACLcB/s320/07.%2B0903.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Easy walking</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NjFFLwNK65Q/Vy_0CKjmFcI/AAAAAAAAK0o/6MOxCYlSGbUaINHOFK1cMSS2pvp2v0e-ACLcB/s1600/07.%2B0906.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NjFFLwNK65Q/Vy_0CKjmFcI/AAAAAAAAK0o/6MOxCYlSGbUaINHOFK1cMSS2pvp2v0e-ACLcB/s320/07.%2B0906.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">up over slickrock.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MTvdYJxvFZs/Vy_0Cu9X6_I/AAAAAAAAK0s/mFM0pC-T7BMslt21ChjyxuLVpKtWen3FwCLcB/s1600/07.%2B0920.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MTvdYJxvFZs/Vy_0Cu9X6_I/AAAAAAAAK0s/mFM0pC-T7BMslt21ChjyxuLVpKtWen3FwCLcB/s320/07.%2B0920.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">an interesting different prickly pear cactus- may be Brown-Spined or Plains</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">vowing to return here and spend more
time. We saw some big horn sheep on a cliff, so we watched them for a while,</span><br />
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</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jAYUdiInx84/Vy_0iIQOL5I/AAAAAAAAK04/zzZf6K5_hQg6VHI_1KKwq2gWvSE-ktJBgCLcB/s1600/07.%2B0928b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jAYUdiInx84/Vy_0iIQOL5I/AAAAAAAAK04/zzZf6K5_hQg6VHI_1KKwq2gWvSE-ktJBgCLcB/s320/07.%2B0928b.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">goats foraging on the hill</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D0KQXpnYqbY/Vy_0iLn07EI/AAAAAAAAK00/qBPMjf4i39cNXWFtakAlrL1Z5Hm3_735gCLcB/s1600/07.%2B0934b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D0KQXpnYqbY/Vy_0iLn07EI/AAAAAAAAK00/qBPMjf4i39cNXWFtakAlrL1Z5Hm3_735gCLcB/s320/07.%2B0934b.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">with young ones nearby...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> before
retracing our way, through the tunnel and back down the switchbacks. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We stopped
at the Zion Human History Museum before returning home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The next day was our last. I tried to persuade John to ride
his bike up the Canyon or go on one of the more difficult hikes, with heights
that I can’t do. But, he really wanted to go back through the tunnel to do more
exploring on the slickrocks. So we did.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We stopped at one site to walk along a wash, beside a
mountain. The sides were really interesting - horizontal and diagonal lines.</span><br />
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one section leading into another completely different one. We climbed to the
top of another hill on sliprock.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">You just feel like a mountain goat, with
suction cups on your feet, because your hiking shoes don’t slip at all, they
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walk up on a diagonal to some hoodoos.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I only looked back to take this picture of where we had been.</span></b></td></tr>
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to try it! Surprisingly, it was not bad at all as long as I didn’t look back or
down! I made it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Luckily we found an easier path back down too. On the way
back, we saw more sheep, so stopped to watch them.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">We saw 12 in this group,some up on the ledge watching us, </span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Before we left, we decided to park at the tunnel exit and do the Canyon Overlook Trail.
That was the plan, until I got to a section with a drop and no railing. SO I
turned back and wandered along the road back to the truck to read, while John
completed the trail.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A bit dicey for me...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Looking across the canyon</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">a little narrow...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">definitely a 'can't do' trail for me..</span>.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">it got worse...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">looking out over the canyons from the top</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">At the top - lots of folks made it, just not me!</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Out time at Zion was at an end, but we decided that on our
way to Santa Fe, we would stop at Antelope Canyon and Canyon de Chelly. So once
again, the trailer was readied for travel, and we were off zigzagging around
the switchbacks,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A last look at the magnificent Zion Canyon...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">and the beginning of a great arch...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">through the tunnel – but this time we used our $15 pass to
stop traffic coming the other way, because we were towing and needed the whole
width of the tunnel - and headed east. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Sue and Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01635905585485848696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772232128338847290.post-42694105903467564962016-04-24T21:36:00.001-07:002016-04-24T21:36:07.703-07:00San Diego Part II<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The second half of our stay at Santee Lakes was initially
better weather, then it became cool the last week - back into the high teens
[60’s] in the day, but down to 3C [38F] one night. However, the sun was warm
enough for short sleeves.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The flowers and trees are blooming in riotous colour.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FL-R02RMyao/VxxHnywkR0I/AAAAAAAAKdM/-bmXX40MzYUY8UUFOlePVUSjkyh67QPhQCLcB/s1600/01.%2B0001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FL-R02RMyao/VxxHnywkR0I/AAAAAAAAKdM/-bmXX40MzYUY8UUFOlePVUSjkyh67QPhQCLcB/s320/01.%2B0001.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Beautiful Pink blooms</b></span></td></tr>
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We
have watched the trees on our site go from leafless to bright green leaves and
beautiful deep pink flowers.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kFRuABfndnE/VxxIaoAMwXI/AAAAAAAAKdU/UpVVnMP0fVceRcdss3xJEmNB0MUGWnNYwCLcB/s1600/01.%2B0004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kFRuABfndnE/VxxIaoAMwXI/AAAAAAAAKdU/UpVVnMP0fVceRcdss3xJEmNB0MUGWnNYwCLcB/s320/01.%2B0004.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Warm weather, but many bare trees</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The last day, leaves and flowers</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We have continued to go to a local LA Fitness several times a week,</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Our Fitness Club of choice</span></b></td></tr>
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but usually we stopped off at Yogurtland after we finished. This is an amazing
self-serve concept. You choose the kind of yogurt and the amount you want. Then
you load on the toppings- including fresh fruit, chocolate bits, white, dark
and light. The chocolate is even no sugar. Because we often worked out late
morning, sometimes we had tacos or burritos next door before yogurt.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Our favourites...</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We met a friend from U of T days, in Oceanside.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kLLt_LZJaKs/VxxNj1d107I/AAAAAAAAKeI/EvYirTzHN-IbmisYiCStb2N_rmCUWgL9ACLcB/s1600/02.%2B0001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kLLt_LZJaKs/VxxNj1d107I/AAAAAAAAKeI/EvYirTzHN-IbmisYiCStb2N_rmCUWgL9ACLcB/s320/02.%2B0001.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Driving along beside the ocean</span></b></td></tr>
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This is
another beautiful community on the ocean just south of Camp Pendleton. We
walked out along the pier.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Pier</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">A unique view from the road down the pier</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The story...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Walking out...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">There are a group of brown pelicans, but you can't get too close, they bite! </span></b></td></tr>
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waiting for the perfect wave.</span></div>
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We had lunch just under the end of the
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">or here,</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">or perhaps a bungalow on the beach.</span></b></td></tr>
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out of the wind with your feet up and still enjoy the beach.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">until you relax in one- a locked cabinet at the bottom, and foot rests.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">On the way home along the Coast Highway, we found a cafe in
Carlsbad, which made delicious cappuccinos.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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views of the coast and beaches.</span></div>
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We got so caught up looking at the scenery, we
missed the turn to take us back to I-5 and back to Santee. This meant that we
just had to drive back through La Jolla - what a hardship!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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restaurant we had found last year - wonderful burgers and cold-drip coffee!</span></div>
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and around the residential streets. Homes are beautiful
and unique. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">We loved the pergola on the front,</span></b></td></tr>
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We wanted to have lunch at <i>Casa 1915</i> first. However, we discovered that Monday is not a
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was closed, as were some of the buildings. We decided to eat lunch at the Oasis
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Beatles, The rolling Stones, David Bowie, Adele-, the automobile from the
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manufacturing began in the 1890’s and by the 1950’s was the 2<sup>nd</sup>
largest manufacturer in the world. Traditional autos like the Bentley, MG, Mini
Cooper and the Jaguar are featured. Included as well are some of the more
unusual cars, like the TVR Vixen</span><br />
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segment on the building of the Plank Road from El Centro to Yuma. The story of
the Plank Road began with the era of the automobile and the growing rivalry
between Los Angeles and San Diego. San Diego had lost the bid to become the
terminus for the Transcontinental Railroad, but was determined to become the
hub for the Southern California road network. A challenge in 1912, between a
San Diego businessman and a Los Angeles newspaper to see who could get to
Phoenix, Arizona faster, was won by the San Diego businessman, Ed Fletcher. He
chose a route through the Imperial Sand Hills. The road built in 1915 consisted
of two parallel plank tracks each 25” wide, spiked to wooden cross pieces
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This one lane road caused some interesting situations, for example
a car travelling one way met a caravan of cars coming the other way. Since the
single driver refused to back up to the turn-out a mile or so back, the men in
the caravan lifted the truck, placed it on the sand, while the women advanced
the caravan. Then the men put the car back on the road. It wasn’t until 1926
that a 2 lane highway 20’ wide was completed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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see my sister and take her to lunch. It was good to see her and her new home.
It was a beautiful day and despite her street being torn up, being widened.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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friend from U of T days for lunch at Karl Strauss Brewing Company.</span></div>
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We were a little early for
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There is a hill with acres of bands of brightly coloured flowers, with
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">After lunch, we
decided to look at an RV Park in Oceanview. Guajome Park is a San Diego County
Park.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Many of the sites are small, but there are several in the
lower loop which would work for us. It is on a lake but quite a distance off the
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">On our way back to I-5, we saw the sign for the Mission San
Luis Rey de Francia, Spanish for St. Louis the King of France who ruled in the
18<sup>th</sup> century.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This beautiful white adobe building is the 18<sup>th</sup> California
Mission, and the largest. It began as a simple chapel of made of poles and
tule. The present church constructed in 1811, is made of adobe bricks, fired
clay tiles and wooden timbers, and is only one of two mission churches built in
the shape of a cross.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In the yard to the west is the oldest Pepper tree in California, grown
from seed brought by a sailor from Peru.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">To the east end of the church is the graveyard, a green oasis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">On the way home, we drove down the I-5, and decided to have a latte. We
came into Carlsbad by a different route and found a charming downtown,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Farmers Market, larger than Santee's, with wonderful fresh vegetables.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Unfortunately, this year, our visit to Santee coincided
with Easter and Spring Break in the area. Now we love children, and enjoy them.
However, this year, there were kids of all ages on scooters, electric
scooters,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">hover-boards, bicycles,</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s2KXqKop7tI/Vx2GDtlYfZI/AAAAAAAAKkk/tScSg5wJerwjP9z41XOeK6FeIy2JhVBbACLcB/s1600/06.%2B0012a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s2KXqKop7tI/Vx2GDtlYfZI/AAAAAAAAKkk/tScSg5wJerwjP9z41XOeK6FeIy2JhVBbACLcB/s320/06.%2B0012a.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">bikes ran around our loop all day</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and driving off- road and glorified golf
carts</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tsLPjPHcTEg/Vx2HgYnUXWI/AAAAAAAAKk0/QjtdPXO2jCUC5yJwmp_0qrbmFqpIzvcLwCLcB/s1600/06.%2B0008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tsLPjPHcTEg/Vx2HgYnUXWI/AAAAAAAAKk0/QjtdPXO2jCUC5yJwmp_0qrbmFqpIzvcLwCLcB/s320/06.%2B0008.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">There were a variety of these carts all week.</span></b></td></tr>
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all over the park, from morning to night. They were also in the pool,
often without parents, and in the hot tub with water wings and goggles. It made
it difficult to fully enjoy our oasis, or the pool!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Our visit to San Diego would not have been complete without
a visit to the Embarcadero on the San Diego waterfront, and a visit to
Coronado. We wandered along the Embarcadero,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bmyeYtgK8V0/Vx2LFRkbFcI/AAAAAAAAKlU/JWuY9XhS01ojXrI6yaaLTIGDc73fQGNzgCLcB/s1600/08.%2B0023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bmyeYtgK8V0/Vx2LFRkbFcI/AAAAAAAAKlU/JWuY9XhS01ojXrI6yaaLTIGDc73fQGNzgCLcB/s320/08.%2B0023.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">We stopped to watch an aircraft carrier leave, </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4D9oBszmX3k/Vx2LFDe--oI/AAAAAAAAKlQ/0PFd6JqiUEgFf89FVzIH3x8jyn60knQRQCLcB/s1600/08.%2B0015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4D9oBszmX3k/Vx2LFDe--oI/AAAAAAAAKlQ/0PFd6JqiUEgFf89FVzIH3x8jyn60knQRQCLcB/s320/08.%2B0015.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">and listen to Bob Hope.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">first to the Fish Market by the Midway to get our clam chowder.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jVWcWDgVfsk/Vx2IPI3_vbI/AAAAAAAAKk8/yd15cuhOK_82QKdzoa5CE5lp6pih9hHMwCLcB/s1600/08.%2B0024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jVWcWDgVfsk/Vx2IPI3_vbI/AAAAAAAAKk8/yd15cuhOK_82QKdzoa5CE5lp6pih9hHMwCLcB/s320/08.%2B0024.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Our excellent lunch</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and after lunch, a cappuccino from a new shop,</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k9zeDD72vbk/Vx2Jqi06vNI/AAAAAAAAKlI/n1xIgqYbcdMYUHwi_Jl0EnNQTZRTo37YACLcB/s1600/08.%2B2861.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k9zeDD72vbk/Vx2Jqi06vNI/AAAAAAAAKlI/n1xIgqYbcdMYUHwi_Jl0EnNQTZRTo37YACLcB/s320/08.%2B2861.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Excellent cappuccinos...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> As we walked toward Seaport
Village, we saw beautiful large bubbles floating across the water. We traced
them to a fellow using two strings dipped in his bubble solution, then waved in
the air.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2IcAdDc2iZ4/Vx2MJ5Ign1I/AAAAAAAAKlg/npGTj8-pyHsSG75wvkMj-_j9oKkgCOKOgCLcB/s1600/08.%2B0043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2IcAdDc2iZ4/Vx2MJ5Ign1I/AAAAAAAAKlg/npGTj8-pyHsSG75wvkMj-_j9oKkgCOKOgCLcB/s320/08.%2B0043.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The "Bubble Master"</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It was wonderful to watch the children chase them.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-egJo7fSAATU/Vx2MeQ7PsOI/AAAAAAAAKlk/ZZKkjszLfVES_aJo09pbUynQmCA6RuAbgCLcB/s1600/08.%2B0040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-egJo7fSAATU/Vx2MeQ7PsOI/AAAAAAAAKlk/ZZKkjszLfVES_aJo09pbUynQmCA6RuAbgCLcB/s320/08.%2B0040.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The kids loved the huge bubbles</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There were
beautiful trees in bloom in Seaport Village.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uNfVDdEq4v8/Vx2NIHhe94I/AAAAAAAAKls/eP-5Fd2KT-okrJa4k684Ftq4FLrX8ckoACLcB/s1600/08.%2B0075.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uNfVDdEq4v8/Vx2NIHhe94I/AAAAAAAAKls/eP-5Fd2KT-okrJa4k684Ftq4FLrX8ckoACLcB/s320/08.%2B0075.JPG" width="222" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Beautiful blooms</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OgEDpFjLMd8/Vx2OK9ZGDNI/AAAAAAAAKl4/2Jai3HP0ki0DWxl6J4Xj_4NzpsXySAYKACLcB/s1600/08.%2B0077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OgEDpFjLMd8/Vx2OK9ZGDNI/AAAAAAAAKl4/2Jai3HP0ki0DWxl6J4Xj_4NzpsXySAYKACLcB/s320/08.%2B0077.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">and kites being flown</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Before we left, we made one trip
back to the Fish Market for their fresh ceviche. [Note to selves: make sure
container stays upright on the trolley ride home!]<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Near the end of our stay we drove to Coronado,</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MW7K_ZWm4rc/Vx2SsUenH7I/AAAAAAAAKmE/d7-MsrdLltciGBetbqvxyTG4ENekAnNKwCLcB/s1600/09.%2B0057.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="158" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MW7K_ZWm4rc/Vx2SsUenH7I/AAAAAAAAKmE/d7-MsrdLltciGBetbqvxyTG4ENekAnNKwCLcB/s320/09.%2B0057.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The Bridge to Coronado</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LYsFoM5BilQ/Vx2SwirvbCI/AAAAAAAAKmM/WADm9_9QllUpBKf-Yc-X9nLXO_pSNIX0QCLcB/s1600/09.%2B0016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LYsFoM5BilQ/Vx2SwirvbCI/AAAAAAAAKmM/WADm9_9QllUpBKf-Yc-X9nLXO_pSNIX0QCLcB/s320/09.%2B0016.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The harbour from the bridge</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dN3NUR1aiwM/Vx2SvggoV4I/AAAAAAAAKmI/3A8vVmthjrkxyODQQU1NmY0fVkM4QwqGwCLcB/s1600/09.%2B0021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dN3NUR1aiwM/Vx2SvggoV4I/AAAAAAAAKmI/3A8vVmthjrkxyODQQU1NmY0fVkM4QwqGwCLcB/s320/09.%2B0021.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The view back to downtown and the moored boats, as we arrive on Coronado</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">parked and
walked. First we had to have a burger. Then we walked around the streets.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VwPQZm6Cgrk/Vx2Tp4CDcfI/AAAAAAAAKmY/e7aANZkCcZkVa3LPdy2jYG_Cndt1ZS3qQCLcB/s1600/10.%2B0031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="154" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VwPQZm6Cgrk/Vx2Tp4CDcfI/AAAAAAAAKmY/e7aANZkCcZkVa3LPdy2jYG_Cndt1ZS3qQCLcB/s320/10.%2B0031.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">These are two of the smaller houses, still over a million dollars...</span></b></td></tr>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8GWsDtSTQtU/Vx2TqY-SMtI/AAAAAAAAKmc/kYxrqAfRR6Az_8QMxXZUYjUzEgwbyIKDQCLcB/s1600/10.%2B0034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8GWsDtSTQtU/Vx2TqY-SMtI/AAAAAAAAKmc/kYxrqAfRR6Az_8QMxXZUYjUzEgwbyIKDQCLcB/s320/10.%2B0034.JPG" width="301" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Interesting trees lined some streets</span></b></td></tr>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lEBCENpR3Eo/Vx2TrSOJNyI/AAAAAAAAKmg/4D9c0yBrS-4pXPxN29zkQmEHXgDMDAowwCLcB/s1600/10.%2B0038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="227" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lEBCENpR3Eo/Vx2TrSOJNyI/AAAAAAAAKmg/4D9c0yBrS-4pXPxN29zkQmEHXgDMDAowwCLcB/s320/10.%2B0038.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">one of the larger homes...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9Jc23EVFiFE/Vx2TsQF6qgI/AAAAAAAAKmk/Hjgi_T34lQc1qBgGx0Q-OtQCgbYcvQNdQCLcB/s1600/10.%2B0039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9Jc23EVFiFE/Vx2TsQF6qgI/AAAAAAAAKmk/Hjgi_T34lQc1qBgGx0Q-OtQCgbYcvQNdQCLcB/s320/10.%2B0039.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A beautiful front porch</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EHpV9pRLRhs/Vx2bTNd_5hI/AAAAAAAAKn8/S-9BMhnKCzklLbyqPYccM4X9C3L8wxYoQCLcB/s1600/10.%2B0114.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EHpV9pRLRhs/Vx2bTNd_5hI/AAAAAAAAKn8/S-9BMhnKCzklLbyqPYccM4X9C3L8wxYoQCLcB/s320/10.%2B0114.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">We saw these driving on many of the streets </span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Homes
were getting ready for the judges who were due later in the week to judge
gardens. The blooms are magnificent.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yXlw1v153xI/Vx2V0M9q9dI/AAAAAAAAKnE/BFzt_yWkRsgXcDeW6shL-XTZl2ZVNCTDwCLcB/s1600/10.%2B0053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yXlw1v153xI/Vx2V0M9q9dI/AAAAAAAAKnE/BFzt_yWkRsgXcDeW6shL-XTZl2ZVNCTDwCLcB/s320/10.%2B0053.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A beautiful front yard </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Another front yard</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">One home had a whole garden of multi-coloured
roses.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Incredible garden - they have apparently won for the last few years.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Each rose was gorgeous</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Same garden from the other end...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We walked along the beach front</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">the entrance to the beach in front of "The Del"</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">to the Hotel Del Coronado,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Approaching "The Del" </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">These rooms look on to the beach</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Choose a room with a view...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> before going back to the truck and driving back across the bridge</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The naval yard </span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and 'home'. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">After being in Santee for three years, we discovered just
before we left, <i>Kaffee Meister</i> which made the best lattes and cappuccinos.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GK7k5ZSs7wY/Vx2eOe6b9RI/AAAAAAAAKoU/qcDiWRy1kw8ZxOEWJGvchdK9Ycs2xx17ACLcB/s1600/11.%2B0009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GK7k5ZSs7wY/Vx2eOe6b9RI/AAAAAAAAKoU/qcDiWRy1kw8ZxOEWJGvchdK9Ycs2xx17ACLcB/s320/11.%2B0009.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">It was 5 minutes away, and we just found this great coffee shop.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Alas, our month was up, and it was time to leave the San
Diego area. We headed north to visit our friends in Barstow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Sue and Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01635905585485848696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772232128338847290.post-55825166876058072142016-03-29T17:40:00.000-07:002016-04-07T05:21:18.595-07:00San Diego - The First Part...<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We left Quechon Casino in bright warm sun, and headed west along the Mexican border past</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The Mexican border is right beside the road</span></b></td></tr>
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the dunes.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Only one ATV on the dunes</span></b></td></tr>
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There were only a few ATV’s on the dunes, but lots of RV’s
boondocking on the BLM land around the dunes. The highway from here goes
through the Imperial Valley and El Centro, with its irrigated green fields,</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Pickers in El Centro field</span></b></td></tr>
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past solar fields</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Huge fields of Solar Panels</span></b></td></tr>
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and wind power windmills</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Wind energy - but not much wind today</span></b></td></tr>
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as we entered the mountains.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Into the mountains...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Every couple of miles, on the climb, there are Radiator water stations</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and down the other side,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">past fields of yellow and orange
flowers,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and finally we travelled through the Mission Hills</span><br />
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into Santee,</span></div>
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Santee Lakes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Our site, 300, is one of the most coveted in the park. It
has some shade and is a long site with a paved pad.</span></div>
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Our door opens to a large
open area with trees and grass. It is a pleasure to sit outside and not be
looking at the side of another rig.</span></div>
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The first couple of weeks brought mixed
weather. It was relatively warm some days, but with cool nights, and many days
below normal temperatures, with more rain than usual. A couple of major storms
came inland from the ocean. However, we found good days to do some sightseeing.
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Gardens in Balboa Park. The park was packed. There was a long line-up to get
in, then a line which wove its way past a bamboo garden,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">down the path to the
gardens by the stream below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The paths wandered through the gardens, past the tea house</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Large koi swam in the stream</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Waterfall by the Tea House</span></b></td></tr>
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We tried some of the
‘street food’, rice and chicken, but no the fried squid. The longest line was
for Okonomiyaki, Japanese pancakes.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">This line never seemed to get any shorter</span></b></td></tr>
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Most people were dressed for the weather,
but there was a group who dressed for Anime, in characters I did not recognize
though.</span></div>
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There were a variety of tents with items for sale, demonstrations and displays
of Japanese arts, and bonsai trees.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We spend some time in the mornings checking news on the
internet, when it is not cycling or kicking us off, and just sitting outside
with our coffee, talking to neighbours and friends who pass by,</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iX9lyMJ_xrg/VvmOsycci5I/AAAAAAAAKU0/QIbxqVpF7Z4nZijcnrm4xvZv1RzDWO0oA/s1600/02.%2B0011a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iX9lyMJ_xrg/VvmOsycci5I/AAAAAAAAKU0/QIbxqVpF7Z4nZijcnrm4xvZv1RzDWO0oA/s320/02.%2B0011a.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Larry often stops by for a chat</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">usually walking
their dogs, or sitting beside the lake.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b21mKin64gU/VvmTqt-o-PI/AAAAAAAAKVk/Ym-NFj4CVWUslLiRlAS2_yPdDISV6ALKw/s1600/02.%2B2848.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b21mKin64gU/VvmTqt-o-PI/AAAAAAAAKVk/Ym-NFj4CVWUslLiRlAS2_yPdDISV6ALKw/s320/02.%2B2848.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">or the coots chase people in the paddle boats who feed them</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thursdays, we go for breakfast at the Clubhouse.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Clubhouse is often open during the day, for games, books, or just to watch TV</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One lady makes trays
of delicious cinnamon buns, then breaks them up into pieces of various sizes
[so there is enough to go around] and puts creamy cream cheese icing on them.
They are soooo good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Wednesdays there is a small Market several blocks away, in
a plaza parking lot. It is an eclectic mixture of
foods, bags and Tupperware, prepared-food tents, popcorn, jewellery, olive
oils, honey and organics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;">We have picked up fresh vegetables and 3 baskets of beautiful, and delicious strawberries there each week, and fresh oranges at another stall.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Large strawberries with wonderful flavour</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Many late afternoons have found us over at the pool. After the
first week, it began to warm up – not to last year’s 90’s, but sufficiently to
get the small pool to 25C.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">One warm day we decided to go to Borrego Springs in the
Anza-Borrego Desert. The route took us north toward</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Through hills and plains</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">on a wide highway, with beautiful scenery</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Julian through Ramona.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Old eucalyptus trees line the highway</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Murals add character to the stores.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Instead of going through Julian, we decided to take Hwy 78 towards Escondido,
then S2, and S22 into Borrego Springs. The first part was through gently
rolling pasture grasslands through Culp Valley.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">This is horse country</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">and cattle pastures</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">with rolling hills</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Then we came to a rock cut,</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and began to descend. We stopped at a pull-out in the road, and climbed a small hill.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and down to the truck,</span> </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">t<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hen east toward the Anza-Borrego Desert and the Salton Sea - 40 miles away</span></span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The road was amazing,
winding down and around the mountains</span><br />
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through rock</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">This is where we have been</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">This is where we are going,</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">and on down to the bottom...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">I couldn't get rid of the aerial- without a lot of time...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> As we drove we could see the desert and at the pull outs, we could see
all the way across the Borrego Desert to the Salton Sea, and the roads into Borrego Springs.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">From the pull-out - Borrego Springs, Borrego-Anza Desert, Salton Sea</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">This is the road we didn't take!</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As you get closer to
the foot of the mountains, the ocotillos abound. They were beginning to flower
and many were covered in leaves.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Ocotillas everywhere, but not many other cacti</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The last section of the hill</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We drove into town,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Welcomed by a town sign</span></b></td></tr>
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by some beautiful, well- spread-out homes,</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Several had beautiful metal sculptures in their yards..</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">another striking sculpture</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and around part of the town before heading to the State Park.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">This is the facade of one of the hotels, with an RV Park behind it.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The desert walk around the Anza-Borrego Desert
State Park Visitors' Centre</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">an Indigo Bush- we hadn't seen this before</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and cacti in glorious bloom.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">some, as the Prickly Pear, on the edges of the 'stems'. <br />This will be even more spectacular when all the blooms are out.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We didn’t
take time to do any other hikes, as we wanted to tour and see several of the RV
Parks in the area. One is a Vintage RV Park,</span><br />
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with beautiful vintage RV’s, landscaped
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Another is the Borrego Palm Canyon Campground at the State
Park. There are some full service sites, and a couple of loops of developed
sites, but no service.<br />
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of dozens of free-standing sculptures of Ricardo Breceda. They are in town
benefactor Dennis Avery’s parcel of land called Galleta Meadows Estate.</span></div>
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These
metal creatures, - some prehistoric,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> some other-worldly,</span><br />
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realistic,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Scorpion's mouth- look at the detail...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">appear almost natural in the desert landscape. Each is made up of a series of metal plates. If one part becomes damaged, it is cut out and replaces! To find each one you
follow the <i>Sky Art Map</i> and drive
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trees, winding roads and grasslands to Julian and back to I-8 into San Diego.</span></div>
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I walked around the Art Studios in Spanish
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while John first investigated the small railroad, then joined me. These
quaint buildings and courtyard were built in 1935 to depict an old village in
Spain for the second California Pacific International Exposition. It was such a
beautiful and popular attraction that it was allowed to remain when the
exposition ended. During WWII, the US Army used the village for temporary
barracks. In 1947, it was reclaimed and restored by artists. Today there are 37
working artist studios/galleries who host over 200 local artistes.<br />
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we decided to go through the
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">We left just in time.<o:p></o:p></span>Sue and Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01635905585485848696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772232128338847290.post-25654322473583780622016-03-14T16:29:00.002-07:002016-03-14T16:29:43.788-07:00Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, AZ<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><i><b style="font-size: 14pt;">This is not a desert... this is a garden </b><span style="font-size: x-small;">visiting Saudi Arabian Prince</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We planned our route to Organ Pipe Cactus NM, taking a shortcut to Hwy 15, a
direct route south. It went well, initially, north on I-10, the road west to was
a good 2-lane highway. However, it wasn’t long before the road began to
deteriorate, then became a dirt road </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">which quickly deteriorated too. As we drove further, sure it linked to
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There was a road at the “T”, but certainly, not the
highway. So we turned around and went back to the main highway and up to I-8,
through Gila Bend. So much for short-cuts and maps! The brittle bushes along
the highways were starting to come out a beautiful yellow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and down Highway 85 through the <i>Barry M Goldwater
Air Force Range</i> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">and interesting rocks, like the Badlands</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The pipeline conveyor and tailings from the old copper mine</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">past the tailings from the copper mine</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">and Why,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The gas station and general store in Why, Arizona</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">They have had artists paint their washroom walls...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">and the end with the drinking fountains.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">We parked on the other side of the lot</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The park was as beautiful as we remembered. Our site was a
long concrete, level pad with a concrete patio and cacti separating sites.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">with our very own midden,</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">and resident pack rat, who visited one evening.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">beginning of sunset from our site,</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">and a bit later through the chain-fruit cholla by the door</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It was in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by lush Sonoran
desert.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IL5N_kTksr4/VuT60t_hdWI/AAAAAAAAKE0/FTjnu8LKWTo8BffVyg5Ck4pgpE2Dagm7Q/s1600/03.%2B0087.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IL5N_kTksr4/VuT60t_hdWI/AAAAAAAAKE0/FTjnu8LKWTo8BffVyg5Ck4pgpE2Dagm7Q/s320/03.%2B0087.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">good roads, carefully tended sites</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The first day was a “do nothing” day, resting because I
woke up sneezing with my face hurting – sinus. John hiked the trail up to the
Vistors’ Centre. 7 o’clock found us waiting in the group area for a ranger to
lead us on a Full Moon hike</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Waiting for the hike to begin</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">up the Valley View mountain. The moon was beautiful, and
the ranger and his assistant were excellent. Skies were clear and the
constellations were easily seen, but the scorpions were not out. We were entertained with stories of the constellations and desert facts. Interesting facts:
the Kangaroo rat doesn’t need water; the
flowers on the Organ Pipe cacti provide nectar for the bat who helps by
spreading the seeds as he flies south, and a honey trail for the hummingbirds
migrating north, and each full moon has a different name in each month.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The next morning, we were up early and at the amphitheatre
by 9 to listen to a presentation by Park Superintendent, Brent Ranger.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Superintendent Brent Ranger</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">There was a presentation each day in the Amphitheatre, </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> He has
been here 3 years, and is also a law-enforcement officer. He is passionate and
enthusiastic about this job, with loads of ideas for improvements for the Park.
He believes in giving a person a task and leaving it up to the employee how the
task is accomplished. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">He has added programs and Ranger talks at the Visitor
Centre, and twice a day a van takes you to a trailhead, so you can hike back to
the campground.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We again drove the Ajo Mountain Drive through beautiful
wilderness of the Sonoran Desert.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A map of the whole Park</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ajo Mountain Drive</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2B8XcZovSnA/VuYUGB3rKHI/AAAAAAAAKFs/c3fM4mql2PI0PItP0wuVvtVpGQvLxGaYQ/s1600/05.%2B0126.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2B8XcZovSnA/VuYUGB3rKHI/AAAAAAAAKFs/c3fM4mql2PI0PItP0wuVvtVpGQvLxGaYQ/s320/05.%2B0126.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The beginning of the loop</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ajo Mountain</span></span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We stopped a couple of times to take pictures
down the valley,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">View down the valley</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xqTcWd8yb20/VuYVaH0ZSII/AAAAAAAAKF8/SyQn1ELR0yMwP14-EteoepNSd5RCD32qw/s1600/05.%2B0146%2Bdown%2Bthe%2Bwash.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xqTcWd8yb20/VuYVaH0ZSII/AAAAAAAAKF8/SyQn1ELR0yMwP14-EteoepNSd5RCD32qw/s320/05.%2B0146%2Bdown%2Bthe%2Bwash.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">down the valley into the wash</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">toward the Ajo Mountain Range</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and walk up to Arch Canyon,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The road to Arch Canyon</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The two arches</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Arch Canon Trail</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">but only as far as the slip rock.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The trail to the Arches</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">part went through a wash...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MPIbHgTvN50/VuYWmIb0V2I/AAAAAAAAKGY/pCSWGSUTEUQlqextjpTdLvQfWbyTvbPyQ/s1600/05.%2B0214.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MPIbHgTvN50/VuYWmIb0V2I/AAAAAAAAKGY/pCSWGSUTEUQlqextjpTdLvQfWbyTvbPyQ/s320/05.%2B0214.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the sliprock, where we stopped to the right...</span></span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kLEdEXen69E/VuYdyoaWs3I/AAAAAAAAKIc/JSoBAK4kWJYugNgw5W9abP2EW6IyJ9rLg/s1600/05.%2B0215%2BArch%2Bcanyon.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kLEdEXen69E/VuYdyoaWs3I/AAAAAAAAKIc/JSoBAK4kWJYugNgw5W9abP2EW6IyJ9rLg/s320/05.%2B0215%2BArch%2Bcanyon.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The canyon to the left of where we were standing</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It
was beautiful, in a wilderness, with no one else around.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Di_n1GEJAaM/VuYecUxD1uI/AAAAAAAAKIg/Qkd7-aD9Y4wzx6A-cZXvlGgfO6E2w75FA/s1600/05.%2B0086.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Di_n1GEJAaM/VuYecUxD1uI/AAAAAAAAKIg/Qkd7-aD9Y4wzx6A-cZXvlGgfO6E2w75FA/s320/05.%2B0086.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ocotillos were just beginning to bloom</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OUL2yPJdLnQ/VuYYejVcowI/AAAAAAAAKG0/ZXu_pnKVIiwhRU2UY0RRnIto2ITbfkcbQ/s1600/05.%2B0167copy2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OUL2yPJdLnQ/VuYYejVcowI/AAAAAAAAKG0/ZXu_pnKVIiwhRU2UY0RRnIto2ITbfkcbQ/s320/05.%2B0167copy2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">the ocotillo bloom</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-To66Bni_4pI/VuYYhMOrxAI/AAAAAAAAKG4/IDuPagz86A8nIOZ-OVQio7U4VCLgaxkvg/s1600/05.%2BOrgan%2BPipes0235.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-To66Bni_4pI/VuYYhMOrxAI/AAAAAAAAKG4/IDuPagz86A8nIOZ-OVQio7U4VCLgaxkvg/s320/05.%2BOrgan%2BPipes0235.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Organ Pipe cacti</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IvGjwW6xSJo/VuYYL_Ec1eI/AAAAAAAAKGw/kTNc2vzgyDYEucFnhNwyyXcKmVDW04Nug/s1600/05.%2B0220%2Bthe%2Broad%2Bto%2Btravel.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IvGjwW6xSJo/VuYYL_Ec1eI/AAAAAAAAKGw/kTNc2vzgyDYEucFnhNwyyXcKmVDW04Nug/s320/05.%2B0220%2Bthe%2Broad%2Bto%2Btravel.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The road to Estes Canyon</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We stopped at Estes
Canyon, but decided not to walk the trail. Again we found the huge Organ Pipe
cactus with the crest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6-c_rWmeud4/VuYZA3T5PmI/AAAAAAAAKHA/1LbsUDL9qGIwt25CeUU268VabFozn5P_g/s1600/05.%2B0174.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6-c_rWmeud4/VuYZA3T5PmI/AAAAAAAAKHA/1LbsUDL9qGIwt25CeUU268VabFozn5P_g/s320/05.%2B0174.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The largest organ pipe</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-moCLBmG096k/VuYZA7viZbI/AAAAAAAAKHI/fd-RnSayX3g3F9RZLuzxU1tngjElzsnJA/s1600/05.%2B0177.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-moCLBmG096k/VuYZA7viZbI/AAAAAAAAKHI/fd-RnSayX3g3F9RZLuzxU1tngjElzsnJA/s320/05.%2B0177.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The crest in the middle of the organ pipe</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K_L99xou-zU/VuYZBMFFcRI/AAAAAAAAKHE/ZF_S38crFVM6EER_BUrartED8PyDf1xkg/s1600/05.%2B0180.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K_L99xou-zU/VuYZBMFFcRI/AAAAAAAAKHE/ZF_S38crFVM6EER_BUrartED8PyDf1xkg/s320/05.%2B0180.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">It is beautiful...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fETEz9aKyBw/VuYa2yVp2TI/AAAAAAAAKHw/-hOj4cnF0bYrVnCbHLtHty_hsEPfaNCxw/s1600/05.%2B0248Teddy%2BBear%2BPass.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fETEz9aKyBw/VuYa2yVp2TI/AAAAAAAAKHw/-hOj4cnF0bYrVnCbHLtHty_hsEPfaNCxw/s320/05.%2B0248Teddy%2BBear%2BPass.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Teddy Bear Pass, on the last part of the loop</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Since I was still not feeling up to par the next day, we decided to drive
the Puerto Blanco Loop. We had driven part of this road last year, but not the
high-clearance section. This year, we drove the whole loop. We started with a
quick lunch at Pinkley Mountain.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W7UCpunoUaY/VuYZkgFGbOI/AAAAAAAAKHU/oJHhSn4UINsao8pyWR2bGVwBqSdry20Ng/s1600/06.%2B0005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="181" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W7UCpunoUaY/VuYZkgFGbOI/AAAAAAAAKHU/oJHhSn4UINsao8pyWR2bGVwBqSdry20Ng/s320/06.%2B0005.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Volcanoes Mount Pinkley</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DR9h6Q8Ou6w/VuYZlCe1G8I/AAAAAAAAKHY/J4D_hgtPvnwq4qTRjivxHtSnsE9KYjOzg/s1600/06.%2B0007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DR9h6Q8Ou6w/VuYZlCe1G8I/AAAAAAAAKHY/J4D_hgtPvnwq4qTRjivxHtSnsE9KYjOzg/s320/06.%2B0007.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Lunchtime...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We drove through the gate onto the one-way
section of the loop.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aVlRnD3z5_8/VuYaPxxZ3HI/AAAAAAAAKHg/tSlaUxNCVXQgz1H-Ho95mLzAEFsaBzFCg/s1600/06.%2B0011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="219" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aVlRnD3z5_8/VuYaPxxZ3HI/AAAAAAAAKHg/tSlaUxNCVXQgz1H-Ho95mLzAEFsaBzFCg/s320/06.%2B0011.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">note the brown sign...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tRoWmZBLiz8/VuYaQPyDH2I/AAAAAAAAKHk/Zyd8Rr7qrM0D3TiAEazEoubr2GbptoE1w/s1600/06.%2B0012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tRoWmZBLiz8/VuYaQPyDH2I/AAAAAAAAKHk/Zyd8Rr7qrM0D3TiAEazEoubr2GbptoE1w/s320/06.%2B0012.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">through the gate onto the one-way section...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The views are breathtaking and we stopped to take pictures</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PRJiU5O3cPg/VuYhj-C-W7I/AAAAAAAAKI0/Dll3vLUycT8bpW8v4pDcAi0p4QX8Xr8EQ/s1600/06.%2B0024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PRJiU5O3cPg/VuYhj-C-W7I/AAAAAAAAKI0/Dll3vLUycT8bpW8v4pDcAi0p4QX8Xr8EQ/s320/06.%2B0024.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">John wanted a picture to send back to Peel...</span></b></td></tr>
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of
the mountains</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sbdCEiVfPaY/VuYlxSGQpeI/AAAAAAAAKJk/JszndaFmiSUYTWoHStJ6XiAh89jDgP2WA/s1600/06.%2B0033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sbdCEiVfPaY/VuYlxSGQpeI/AAAAAAAAKJk/JszndaFmiSUYTWoHStJ6XiAh89jDgP2WA/s320/06.%2B0033.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The beautiful garden...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KuulXs32_hk/VuYlxbvtBbI/AAAAAAAAKJo/S2R_vnUMBrQXs1UzLEr08Z1OWENUECMSA/s1600/06.%2B0041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KuulXs32_hk/VuYlxbvtBbI/AAAAAAAAKJo/S2R_vnUMBrQXs1UzLEr08Z1OWENUECMSA/s320/06.%2B0041.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">down the Valley of the Ajo</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and a sensor at a wash.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JCU0Oo0c00c/VuYi5aHCbCI/AAAAAAAAKI8/m9CNFGF6kM45y17L-GV7xx0_fiW595USg/s1600/05.%2B0021%2Bsensor.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JCU0Oo0c00c/VuYi5aHCbCI/AAAAAAAAKI8/m9CNFGF6kM45y17L-GV7xx0_fiW595USg/s320/05.%2B0021%2Bsensor.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A motion sensor/camera at a wash</span></b></td></tr>
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As we looked toward the mountains, we saw
movement; however, there were no trails on that side of the road. John got the
binoculars and I zoomed the camera in to see 4 smugglers headed north.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EV3KsHiBO9c/VuYjsvgxLXI/AAAAAAAAKJE/k7GN8y1WlXsKu2ReENKYsP8oSDBPJ1R4w/s1600/06.%2B0042%2B%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="254" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EV3KsHiBO9c/VuYjsvgxLXI/AAAAAAAAKJE/k7GN8y1WlXsKu2ReENKYsP8oSDBPJ1R4w/s320/06.%2B0042%2B%25282%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Look carefully at the bottom right ...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">We later found we could have reported them at this emergency tower</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We walked the trail to the Dripping Springs.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Dripping Springs Trail</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-efFcVPSV3EQ/VuYkKr0bJ5I/AAAAAAAAKJQ/ZTQ-r8qUVYgDTn-yeOoYq0sJwzBqUKsSw/s1600/06.%2B0062%2Bcacti%2Bout%2Bof%2Brocks.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-efFcVPSV3EQ/VuYkKr0bJ5I/AAAAAAAAKJQ/ZTQ-r8qUVYgDTn-yeOoYq0sJwzBqUKsSw/s320/06.%2B0062%2Bcacti%2Bout%2Bof%2Brocks.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Cacti grow right out of the rocks</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">a boulder on the trail</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It is amazing
to walk along a narrow trail between mountains in a valley through wilderness
with no other people or cars around. Looking for a good spot to take a picture,
I got jumped by a chain-fruit cholla. Luckily John had his comb and quickly
removed the jumpers. It is interesting here how late the saguaros get their
arms, if they ever do. In this part of the desert, saguaros get arms at about
90 years. [In the Phoenix area, they begin to grow at about 75 years.] In this
part of the desert, many saguaro do not grow arms at all because of the lack of
appropriate soil conditions. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">looking back across the </span></b><b style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Valley of the </span></b><b style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ajo, </span></b><br />
<b style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">many saguaro do not have arms </span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Yet some have multiple arms</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">On the third side of the road, through the La Abra Plain,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The Cipriano Hills edge La Abra Plain</span></b></td></tr>
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we stopped to look at an old mine</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-34wlkXrSCBI/Vub2pVbGF8I/AAAAAAAAKKM/_OuqNzCWsJYt_frw9h92tCtA7Vpd8dZ5A/s1600/06.%2B0105%2Bmineshaft.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-34wlkXrSCBI/Vub2pVbGF8I/AAAAAAAAKKM/_OuqNzCWsJYt_frw9h92tCtA7Vpd8dZ5A/s320/06.%2B0105%2Bmineshaft.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Golden Bell Mine shaft</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Golden Bell mine site</span></b></td></tr>
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and a well.</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Bonita Well</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The road is
dirt and in sections along here, we were driving along a wash!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Aquajita Wash is the road.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Near the end of the loop, we saw a sign for Quitobaquito.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4m2o7IqyopQ/Vub5PqLo96I/AAAAAAAAKKg/SW0ZSCMgkMIeT2QrnQIcPwUYarravfSSA/s1600/06.%2B0145.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4m2o7IqyopQ/Vub5PqLo96I/AAAAAAAAKKg/SW0ZSCMgkMIeT2QrnQIcPwUYarravfSSA/s320/06.%2B0145.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Quintobaquinto and an obvious path to follow...</span></b></td></tr>
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We followed the path winding along by the Mexican border to an oasis in the
middle of the desert,</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m2DIcqVwy20/Vub5twsmY-I/AAAAAAAAKKk/CPagVhI1mX0BuWaYsc2rexsgHfzopo3Qw/s1600/06.%2B0147%2Boasis.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m2DIcqVwy20/Vub5twsmY-I/AAAAAAAAKKk/CPagVhI1mX0BuWaYsc2rexsgHfzopo3Qw/s320/06.%2B0147%2Boasis.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">An oasis in the desert</span></b></td></tr>
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surrounded by rushes and inhabited by coots.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MsaaIW3SssE/Vub57M7a4uI/AAAAAAAAKKo/fFD9McVeyA0ug8BlzVHJtnztvJL2H1vng/s1600/06.%2B0157.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MsaaIW3SssE/Vub57M7a4uI/AAAAAAAAKKo/fFD9McVeyA0ug8BlzVHJtnztvJL2H1vng/s320/06.%2B0157.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Calm and serene, enjoyed by the coots</span></b></td></tr>
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The bottom section of the drive, runs along the border, some sections with just a double fence,</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S5bgM6RvDqk/Vub69BkGnHI/AAAAAAAAKKw/vpdMa3nSp7AO_3FjffUAtD-_5askO-6qQ/s1600/06.%2B0167and%2Bthats%2BMexico.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S5bgM6RvDqk/Vub69BkGnHI/AAAAAAAAKKw/vpdMa3nSp7AO_3FjffUAtD-_5askO-6qQ/s320/06.%2B0167and%2Bthats%2BMexico.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Here, the objective is to keep vehicles out, not necessarily people</span></b></td></tr>
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others with Normandy barriers,</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1n9bb5ObMS4/Vub7QWHZ5OI/AAAAAAAAKK0/7MsoEYE_NOkkrhQ-f9n2XcNtxYuVUcCog/s1600/06.%2B0173%2BNormandy%2BBarriers.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1n9bb5ObMS4/Vub7QWHZ5OI/AAAAAAAAKK0/7MsoEYE_NOkkrhQ-f9n2XcNtxYuVUcCog/s320/06.%2B0173%2BNormandy%2BBarriers.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">These are put where the vehicles were blasting through</span></b></td></tr>
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and of course the wall.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FPE92a4Qmng/Vub7rtbPBBI/AAAAAAAAKK4/BcrBTQ796R4-aoUUA2CAsLWMmOcUeUmkw/s1600/06.%2B0175%2Bwall.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FPE92a4Qmng/Vub7rtbPBBI/AAAAAAAAKK4/BcrBTQ796R4-aoUUA2CAsLWMmOcUeUmkw/s320/06.%2B0175%2Bwall.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The wall runs for several miles on either side of the border crossing</span></b></td></tr>
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As we were
driving back, a bobcat ran across in front of the car. The signs had warned us there
was wildlife in the area – we were
lucky, we saw 4 smugglers and a bobcat! </span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zDqmeVELCUk/Vub8E86_-9I/AAAAAAAAKK8/tzsuCtrbEt0DRwQj9loaYk36rYi6Owodw/s1600/06.%2B0181.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="185" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zDqmeVELCUk/Vub8E86_-9I/AAAAAAAAKK8/tzsuCtrbEt0DRwQj9loaYk36rYi6Owodw/s320/06.%2B0181.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The border crossing at the end of Highway 85</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The next day we were booked on the van to the Senita Valley
Trailhead, so we were up bright and early, to meet the van at 8:45.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Senita basin...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Our route- easy to the Victoria Mine...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QDi2STUOnS4/VucUKMILA-I/AAAAAAAAKLM/fwFMGvcv2NAoJMM-SwlDoWN0OD8wnEDQA/s1600/07.%2B0161.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QDi2STUOnS4/VucUKMILA-I/AAAAAAAAKLM/fwFMGvcv2NAoJMM-SwlDoWN0OD8wnEDQA/s320/07.%2B0161.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Our van dropped us at the trailhead</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This hike
starts with a walk on a wide sandy path through the Senita Valley. We walked the first section with a couple from Orillia, formerly from TO.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>an easy flat walk to start</b></span></td></tr>
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It was a pleasant walk through the
valley, but we didn’t see many senitas, and none near the path. These are like organ pipe cacti, but have only 6 ribs or pleats <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Senita- this is at the Visitor Centre, as there wasn't one close to the trail!</span></b></td></tr>
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rather than the multiple
pleats seen on the Organ Pipe. This is the northernmost group of senitas, as they do not tolerate cold. They are generally found in Mexico.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Ocotillas leafing, but not flowering yet</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">organ pipe cacti, saguaros, bursage bushes, and </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">vehicle lost parts,</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fFGdqoXHePY/VucXbpNKiQI/AAAAAAAAKL8/N56Qt0HuyAMjkpjCRVq5m0nSnN3EO-Osg/s1600/07.%2B0177%2Bwash.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fFGdqoXHePY/VucXbpNKiQI/AAAAAAAAKL8/N56Qt0HuyAMjkpjCRVq5m0nSnN3EO-Osg/s320/07.%2B0177%2Bwash.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">and along narrower washes</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">First we took the fork towards the Victoria Mine,</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z2Y3KnR_0Q0/VucYUeN2KuI/AAAAAAAAKME/TbYG16sCPLEgF7CIblUcxTIEJanyA3OaQ/s1600/07.%2B0183.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="209" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z2Y3KnR_0Q0/VucYUeN2KuI/AAAAAAAAKME/TbYG16sCPLEgF7CIblUcxTIEJanyA3OaQ/s320/07.%2B0183.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The route was well marked.</span></b></td></tr>
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an
abandoned mine site. There are the ruins of the mine store</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ofwbe_BuAoc/VucYlN2XkGI/AAAAAAAAKMM/uNtx-38xT04sIgxNe3G1SBk-1vqqdWaow/s1600/07.%2B0185mine%2Bstore.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ofwbe_BuAoc/VucYlN2XkGI/AAAAAAAAKMM/uNtx-38xT04sIgxNe3G1SBk-1vqqdWaow/s320/07.%2B0185mine%2Bstore.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Mine store</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">I made it this far with ease...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and several
mineshafts, covered over.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Most of them are blocked; however, one has been left
open for the bats to use as day roosting, rearing their young during summer and
hibernating during winter.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The mine property overlooked the Senita Basin</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The last 2.5 miles back to our site was down to a wash </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">not steep, but constant down and back up</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and
up the other side probably 8 to 10 times.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h8TMbmu3ZVU/VucbtDhrkjI/AAAAAAAAKMw/_OpUyfW7e7AL2Z-iV5vwOuRWq61e2evcQ/s1600/07.%2B0216.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h8TMbmu3ZVU/VucbtDhrkjI/AAAAAAAAKMw/_OpUyfW7e7AL2Z-iV5vwOuRWq61e2evcQ/s320/07.%2B0216.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The last climb had stairs, so was considerably easier, but still UP.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">None of them were really steep, but constant
and in the heat of the day, with temperatures climbing up to high 80’s, I
started to fade in the last mile, but I made it. I flaked out the rest of the
day, but was rejuvenated enough for Happy Hour with the Ontario contingent at
Jane and Henry’s RV.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We had seen the historic plaza in Ajo, and originally were
going to stop on our way out. However, we decided to stay at Organ Pipe Cactus NM an
extra day, and take a trip into Ajo. We walked to the Historic square</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The top, by the road</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and around
the historic plaza.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qEn8niCJyVs/VuccXizHg9I/AAAAAAAAKNA/5NjcuDb2_tEUnou74G9QJyA_gv0AXU_dA/s1600/08.%2B0216.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qEn8niCJyVs/VuccXizHg9I/AAAAAAAAKNA/5NjcuDb2_tEUnou74G9QJyA_gv0AXU_dA/s320/08.%2B0216.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The end of the Plaza- the Train Station, now the Visitors' Centre</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">to the left, including the Post Office, a restaurant ...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">to the right - a library, art gallery, market.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qPBORjyjpdU/VuceQp8PrYI/AAAAAAAAKNk/XuungMdjHeEXvHujuf-P4iJtY6Bz7hA2A/s1600/08.%2B0243a.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qPBORjyjpdU/VuceQp8PrYI/AAAAAAAAKNk/XuungMdjHeEXvHujuf-P4iJtY6Bz7hA2A/s320/08.%2B0243a.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Looking toward the highway, from the centre of the Park</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The architecture is beautiful.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZoRHg7DXZHE/VucdFiSg0qI/AAAAAAAAKNU/93oePOv1AjUI13bmGHdrl3XpjmUDGmuzg/s1600/08.%2B0207.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZoRHg7DXZHE/VucdFiSg0qI/AAAAAAAAKNU/93oePOv1AjUI13bmGHdrl3XpjmUDGmuzg/s320/08.%2B0207.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The arches by the train station</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wPTJpzkLmRw/VucdFlmTNFI/AAAAAAAAKNQ/uAL9-9FntMMYOjFLHb2ssjKPG2s5nnK7w/s1600/08.%2B0208.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wPTJpzkLmRw/VucdFlmTNFI/AAAAAAAAKNQ/uAL9-9FntMMYOjFLHb2ssjKPG2s5nnK7w/s320/08.%2B0208.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">the side arches from the Post Office</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We had lunch at the <i style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Oasis Café</i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> in the plaza. I had an
excellent BLT and John had an interesting ‘beef’ sandwich called </span><i style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It’s not Philly. </i><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We found a pamphlet for
a walking tour around Ajo, so decided that was a great way to see the town and
learn about it. The tour begins around the corner from the Plaza at a small
park with a wall called </span><i style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The Memory
Project</i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mPqIgrkUPt4/Vuce-Q5GrnI/AAAAAAAAKNs/idwJmOqBFPQnFxOFUBIL6-R3-UHXYxS_g/s1600/08.%2B0233.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mPqIgrkUPt4/Vuce-Q5GrnI/AAAAAAAAKNs/idwJmOqBFPQnFxOFUBIL6-R3-UHXYxS_g/s320/08.%2B0233.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The explanation...</span></b></td></tr>
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There are pictures, memories and a mosaic quilt</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SWtUA7zXKs4/Vucerh_h7EI/AAAAAAAAKNo/uaOPsKwILEAf-sam4gQ-0Dn25MBHN_Njg/s1600/08.%2B0237%2Bmoasic.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SWtUA7zXKs4/Vucerh_h7EI/AAAAAAAAKNo/uaOPsKwILEAf-sam4gQ-0Dn25MBHN_Njg/s320/08.%2B0237%2Bmoasic.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">a mosaic quilt</span></b></td></tr>
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showing the
history of Mexican Town, Indian Village</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Ajo township</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">and other sections of Ajo Township as a
‘company town’, where everything revolved around the company from stores to
hospitals to housing.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7lKKohhsYAY/VucffxJ3qUI/AAAAAAAAKN4/VW6AaRpqcHAHLlasaL6kMfUUH1E69Hslw/s1600/08.%2B0236%2BCompany%2Btown.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="203" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7lKKohhsYAY/VucffxJ3qUI/AAAAAAAAKN4/VW6AaRpqcHAHLlasaL6kMfUUH1E69Hslw/s320/08.%2B0236%2BCompany%2Btown.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A Company town</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The walk continues up a street with beautiful homes,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">to the
old Curley School, built in 1919.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> This is a beautiful building which now
houses thirty artists and their studios.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Walking up to the front door</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Thr front door, with the wise old owl above</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tM99PlB8bso/VucgVku0N7I/AAAAAAAAKOU/J8yh_koOFww4kOgZ37Dy9sZO6zehj2NpQ/s1600/08.%2B0256.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tM99PlB8bso/VucgVku0N7I/AAAAAAAAKOU/J8yh_koOFww4kOgZ37Dy9sZO6zehj2NpQ/s320/08.%2B0256.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A beautiful building, especially the bell tower</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> The walk back down a street with
historic homes</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-polYZzrLM_E/VuchFvF2IAI/AAAAAAAAKOc/9lUPFWRtk8oMqSu75PTeS-akwwWSE3Jig/s1600/08.%2B0255%2Bccti%2Bin%2Bmedian.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-polYZzrLM_E/VuchFvF2IAI/AAAAAAAAKOc/9lUPFWRtk8oMqSu75PTeS-akwwWSE3Jig/s320/08.%2B0255%2Bccti%2Bin%2Bmedian.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The median of the street had beautiful cacti</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Older homes</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">from several periods of the town's history</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">to the two historic white churches on the main street, a Catholic
church</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Catholic Church</span></b></td></tr>
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and a Federated Church.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The Federated Church</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>beautiful buildings</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We then decided to drive up to the mine lookout. You can
look right down in the open pit copper mine.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Open pit copper mine</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">On the way back to the park, I spotted the crested or
cristated Saguaro. <span style="background: white; color: #464646;">The growing tip
occasionally produces a fan-like form which is referred to as crested or
cristate.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Crested or Cristate Saguaro</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Our last day, John hiked up the Red Tanks Tinaja Trail, and
parts of the Baker Mine and Senita Basin Trails. I read and just hung out. At
the Tinaja, a pool in the desert, there are swarms of Africanized Honey Bees,
so he didn’t go to the bottom, but looked from afar!</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-phz8_78yrzI/VucjLOKs_XI/AAAAAAAAKPM/6tT9kMe_6xEPwgvAqi2CpvdlyiKk7YjEg/s1600/09.%2B0197wash%2Band%2Bwaterfall%2Brock.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-phz8_78yrzI/VucjLOKs_XI/AAAAAAAAKPM/6tT9kMe_6xEPwgvAqi2CpvdlyiKk7YjEg/s320/09.%2B0197wash%2Band%2Bwaterfall%2Brock.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The wash, and rock ledge where there is a small waterfall <br />into the Tinaja at the bottom- when there is water...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yp3xa5DZUkc/VucjLoftOdI/AAAAAAAAKPQ/XppcHLElo_QJUpwWYJMpgUJIAran-RJbw/s1600/09.%2B0200pool%2Band%2Bwash%2Bcont.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yp3xa5DZUkc/VucjLoftOdI/AAAAAAAAKPQ/XppcHLElo_QJUpwWYJMpgUJIAran-RJbw/s320/09.%2B0200pool%2Band%2Bwash%2Bcont.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">and deeper wash, where it flows on...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OkKkvK1kd-M/Vucj3RMvYcI/AAAAAAAAKPY/0sWPIVhwqz4oWwxBcCBGkMDhRWp32YR9A/s1600/10.%2B0262.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OkKkvK1kd-M/Vucj3RMvYcI/AAAAAAAAKPY/0sWPIVhwqz4oWwxBcCBGkMDhRWp32YR9A/s320/10.%2B0262.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Our last night, another magnificent sunset...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Then we got ready to travel again!</span><br />
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<tr><td><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6OZHqejFA2I/VuckSQnMHSI/AAAAAAAAKPk/VeWXMPF1AD8AkY3_UhXlUs1SylthwOf1Q/s1600/11.%2B0230.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6OZHqejFA2I/VuckSQnMHSI/AAAAAAAAKPk/VeWXMPF1AD8AkY3_UhXlUs1SylthwOf1Q/s320/11.%2B0230.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The necessary 'dumping of tanks, after 8 days-<br />three of the Airstreams left at the same time.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tMi6VnSFm1o/VuclHlXuc0I/AAAAAAAAKPs/rVijpTSwmpE0s7oQCxH7KN80nMZHcjaDg/s1600/11.%2B0231.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tMi6VnSFm1o/VuclHlXuc0I/AAAAAAAAKPs/rVijpTSwmpE0s7oQCxH7KN80nMZHcjaDg/s320/11.%2B0231.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">We went out of the Campground,</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w9T6e6SqxSM/VuclI5MJtrI/AAAAAAAAKP0/glMJrDE-N88Yrd1f2NnRaXrprHfanCMUQ/s1600/11.%2B0235.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w9T6e6SqxSM/VuclI5MJtrI/AAAAAAAAKP0/glMJrDE-N88Yrd1f2NnRaXrprHfanCMUQ/s320/11.%2B0235.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">out of the Park,</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oQZbOLKLRV0/VuclHnUShBI/AAAAAAAAKPw/cUB4SZnXggQotdxteave07z0vm28j5cQw/s1600/11.%2B0252.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oQZbOLKLRV0/VuclHnUShBI/AAAAAAAAKPw/cUB4SZnXggQotdxteave07z0vm28j5cQw/s320/11.%2B0252.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">back passed the 'badlands',</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s35LnzSX95M/VuclL9nHd4I/AAAAAAAAKP4/hk3ivWEPJTIyekcRgPz1pA68dVB4Z1okw/s1600/11.%2B0258.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s35LnzSX95M/VuclL9nHd4I/AAAAAAAAKP4/hk3ivWEPJTIyekcRgPz1pA68dVB4Z1okw/s320/11.%2B0258.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">and through the second Border Patrol checkpoint.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yVKcRVCNYLw/VucoNK-yQ1I/AAAAAAAAKQQ/R06ZthUHGVcOxtd1M-Svux2N87OCD7KWQ/s1600/11.%2B0263.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yVKcRVCNYLw/VucoNK-yQ1I/AAAAAAAAKQQ/R06ZthUHGVcOxtd1M-Svux2N87OCD7KWQ/s320/11.%2B0263.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Back up on I-8, passed irrigated fields,</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eK6ksNIJN5k/VucoOA815SI/AAAAAAAAKQY/yNl7I2ws84sQQ5Y57JirPGNigG6qbIqxQ/s1600/11.%2B0266.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eK6ksNIJN5k/VucoOA815SI/AAAAAAAAKQY/yNl7I2ws84sQQ5Y57JirPGNigG6qbIqxQ/s320/11.%2B0266.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">huge solar projects,</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j4wpdDqc0FA/VucoNxUayhI/AAAAAAAAKQU/g3ZJKGNDTccz4775H6ffgpy3LABEfT4KQ/s1600/11.%2B0271.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j4wpdDqc0FA/VucoNxUayhI/AAAAAAAAKQU/g3ZJKGNDTccz4775H6ffgpy3LABEfT4KQ/s320/11.%2B0271.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">and into Dome Valley,</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ITRRxoykBmg/VucoV76-70I/AAAAAAAAKQg/M-2BjqlV5vAV5EXBEj7Jit-BIMI1-MvWQ/s1600/11.%2B0272%2BDome%2BValley.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ITRRxoykBmg/VucoV76-70I/AAAAAAAAKQg/M-2BjqlV5vAV5EXBEj7Jit-BIMI1-MvWQ/s320/11.%2B0272%2BDome%2BValley.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Climbing through the barren rocks,</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uCFobBGPvO8/VucoVjXQbjI/AAAAAAAAKQk/3qe6EmDpnDg40D1wU6561b3MHH0X1U33g/s1600/11.%2B0276%2BYuma.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uCFobBGPvO8/VucoVjXQbjI/AAAAAAAAKQk/3qe6EmDpnDg40D1wU6561b3MHH0X1U33g/s320/11.%2B0276%2BYuma.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">to the fields just outside Yuma</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">and unique bridge,</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MyPgNuVmMnA/VucoWgNJwWI/AAAAAAAAKQo/jXrQyAJM-dYYSUF5D9JrR1GrFWNs2sY4Q/s1600/11.%2B0280%2BYuma.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MyPgNuVmMnA/VucoWgNJwWI/AAAAAAAAKQo/jXrQyAJM-dYYSUF5D9JrR1GrFWNs2sY4Q/s320/11.%2B0280%2BYuma.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">passed the Casino and mission,</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ksNQr8Onv2E/VucoYIxxWlI/AAAAAAAAKQs/lUQpp5fLJ20mOu0YZRf90yFIdKB0-2kRg/s1600/11.%2B0282.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="147" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ksNQr8Onv2E/VucoYIxxWlI/AAAAAAAAKQs/lUQpp5fLJ20mOu0YZRf90yFIdKB0-2kRg/s320/11.%2B0282.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">and many RV 'Resorts'.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We stopped at the Quechan
Casino</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> for the night along with 50 plus other RV’s.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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It now costs $10 for 3
nights, [we had to pay it for just one night], but security is good and so generally was the
food. Once you pick up your Players Card, a roast beef dinner cost $11.99 each-
perfectly cooked too! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we headed “home“ to
Santee Lakes.</span></div>
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poor RV'er was moving sites every night so he could stay here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> We spent a fair
bit of time at McDonalds, as theirs was the best internet connection here. It
was the best way to keep up with the news and with family and friends. This is
the time of year that the annual Tucson Gem and Mineral Show is in Tucson. This
show is reputed to be the biggest in the world. We have been in Tucson three
times, and only been to the Show once, at the Convention Center. For the first
two weeks, the exhibitors, collectors and merchants are in hotels, on Main
Street or Downtown locations in tents and in various hotel and motel rooms. Our
first visit we wandered around the Main Street location.</span></div>
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There were tents and a
large building with minerals, meteorites</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Charlie was hard to photograph as he was in front of large windows</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The next day we went to LA Fitness and then went back to the show, but this
time, after parking just off Main St., we took the free shuttle </span><br />
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to the Tucson Hotel. There
were dealers in the Lobby, in rooms, in the ballrooms, and outside around the
Pool. It was fascinating. There are so many beautiful minerals, the crystals
are spectacular,</span></div>
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from geodes to the most delicate crystals. I bought several
polished stones from Australian mines to be made into pendants. There are also
many fossils, from the smallest trilobite</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We were headed for a hike, before the Super Bowl, but
stopped to talk to a couple from Florida, who just came in behind us, in an
Airstream, They have been full-timing for 4 years, but have just had their
Airstream since December. We did get a hike in, but much shorter, so we did
part of the Bridle Trail</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">and part of the '50 Year Trail'.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Looking down on our campground at the foot of the mountains</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The paddock - there were always lots of horses and riders on these trails</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">After a weights workout at LAF again, we decided to check
out the gem and mineral show location downtown by the Convention Centre. The
big section of the Show that we were at a year ago doesn’t open until the end
of the week, but the multiple locations are open during the previous two weeks.
There are dealers and miners from all over the world. Some displays are open
only to wholesalers, while others are open to the Public as well. Many of the
booths here, at the <i>Pueblo Gem and
Mineral Show</i>, have tumbled minerals
and stones wrapped in silver or gold wire or already made up into jewellery,
rings, pendants, stunning necklaces or earrings. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">-one large crystal- beautifully backlit</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">You could buy jewelery ready to wear...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">or pendants just needing a chain</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A friend from Toronto came to Tucson for the Gem and
Mineral Show, but wanted to see the desert, so spent a day with us. We picked
him up and drove up through Gates Pass into the Tucson Mountain Park. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;">This is one of our favourite parts of Tucson. It is hard to believe you are right beside a major city. We first drove around a community to show him the adobe-style homes</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">I think he took more pictures than I did!</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">and ‘desert landscaping’, then stopped at the entrance to the park. </span><br />
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climbed up part way to get pictures of the valley</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Looking down on the valley, part way up</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">View from the shelter near the top- as far as I went</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and of the mountain. David
and John climbed almost to the top, and wandered around,</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TxNAEBkRWaQ/Vth02PhVI0I/AAAAAAAAJ2w/eE_r3PUpGg8/s1600/04.%2B0036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TxNAEBkRWaQ/Vth02PhVI0I/AAAAAAAAJ2w/eE_r3PUpGg8/s320/04.%2B0036.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">I came down this side from the shelter...</span></b></td></tr>
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<br />while I picked my way
down to the parking lot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We drove around Gilbert Ray campground, and took a
short walk around the Brown Mountain Picnic Area.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bi5VioAzYJo/Vth5ZhVbCmI/AAAAAAAAJ3U/dgIzUdrOdRQ/s1600/04.%2B0049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="204" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bi5VioAzYJo/Vth5ZhVbCmI/AAAAAAAAJ3U/dgIzUdrOdRQ/s320/04.%2B0049.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Lunch time break at Brown Mountain</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1l56wazWSiY/Vth5dzeQsFI/AAAAAAAAJ3Y/WKsm1dUaUCk/s1600/04.%2B0054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1l56wazWSiY/Vth5dzeQsFI/AAAAAAAAJ3Y/WKsm1dUaUCk/s320/04.%2B0054.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Brown's Mountain</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Someone had taken pot shots
at the park signs.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LSSAix5gD98/Vth5yV-gUjI/AAAAAAAAJ3c/T3RGpnu0tCA/s1600/04.%2B0050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LSSAix5gD98/Vth5yV-gUjI/AAAAAAAAJ3c/T3RGpnu0tCA/s320/04.%2B0050.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Target practice in the desert...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The desert here is similar to the areas around Usery Mountain</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AEsZNiLlO-U/Vth6EZJlo1I/AAAAAAAAJ3g/NlMG8rbLMco/s1600/04.%2B0056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AEsZNiLlO-U/Vth6EZJlo1I/AAAAAAAAJ3g/NlMG8rbLMco/s320/04.%2B0056.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Lush, verdant desert here too...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Our next stop was in The Saguaro National Park, West. We explored
the Visitor Centre<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G2rVQ_ZIs4k/Vth81pBIFZI/AAAAAAAAJ3w/pMEAh05vfR0/s1600/04.%2B0063.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G2rVQ_ZIs4k/Vth81pBIFZI/AAAAAAAAJ3w/pMEAh05vfR0/s320/04.%2B0063.jpg" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A Saguaro skeleton</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ludWlLihzOQ/Vth82OQP-yI/AAAAAAAAJ30/IzXC2-sPPjc/s1600/04.%2B0068.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ludWlLihzOQ/Vth82OQP-yI/AAAAAAAAJ30/IzXC2-sPPjc/s320/04.%2B0068.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">View from the back of the Visitors' Centre</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> and a few short trails.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4OGoEfJBt4c/Vth9P_RUTJI/AAAAAAAAJ34/Mlr355sM-E8/s1600/04.%2B0079.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4OGoEfJBt4c/Vth9P_RUTJI/AAAAAAAAJ34/Mlr355sM-E8/s320/04.%2B0079.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Javelina Wash Trail</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a6F3av1ol84/Vth9P_m65OI/AAAAAAAAJ38/eM_RXUvW1b0/s1600/04.%2B0082.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a6F3av1ol84/Vth9P_m65OI/AAAAAAAAJ38/eM_RXUvW1b0/s320/04.%2B0082.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Water has carved out the rock along the trail</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There was a Ranger-led short walk to
explain some of the different cacti and plants.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x-90kBKIDA8/VtiMg9iNklI/AAAAAAAAJ4w/3D49WPxgQpU/s1600/04.%2B0100.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x-90kBKIDA8/VtiMg9iNklI/AAAAAAAAJ4w/3D49WPxgQpU/s320/04.%2B0100.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Our ranger guide- interesting and knowledgeable</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">One small bush is really
flexible,</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-itdykIbGZks/Vth-PFEnrtI/AAAAAAAAJ4I/dJAlkqjACJA/s1600/04.%2B0090.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-itdykIbGZks/Vth-PFEnrtI/AAAAAAAAJ4I/dJAlkqjACJA/s320/04.%2B0090.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A very flexible bush, used for baskets</span></b></td></tr>
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and was a favorite of the native people especially for their baskets. The
ocotillo is not really a cactus,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xraTW-CjGoI/VtkISRdHxtI/AAAAAAAAKA8/v-5t0xdnHKY/s1600/08.%2B0063.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xraTW-CjGoI/VtkISRdHxtI/AAAAAAAAKA8/v-5t0xdnHKY/s320/08.%2B0063.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The Ocotillo...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4AFdUcmvGMU/Vth_jy0G1lI/AAAAAAAAJ4Q/8SZNtsmvpkA/s1600/04.%2B0125.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4AFdUcmvGMU/Vth_jy0G1lI/AAAAAAAAJ4Q/8SZNtsmvpkA/s320/04.%2B0125.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Ocotillo [far left- according to one of the rangers, it looks like<br /> "an alien squid fallen from space and landed upside-down".</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">but was popular for fences. When a branch is
broken or cut off, and stuck in the ground, it begins to grow, therefore
creating a ‘living fence’.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OOC_bYFnNbQ/VtiAk_kw_MI/AAAAAAAAJ4c/Lgu1sl5IGYw/s1600/04.%2B0211%2Bliving%2Bfence.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OOC_bYFnNbQ/VtiAk_kw_MI/AAAAAAAAJ4c/Lgu1sl5IGYw/s320/04.%2B0211%2Bliving%2Bfence.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Ocotillo, often used for a living fence... this one is kept trimmed</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We would have missed the tiny pincushion under a
nurse bush.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-41nst-Xj8ic/VtiMBMNoiwI/AAAAAAAAJ4s/RNG1ECqvW_I/s1600/04.%2B0093.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-41nst-Xj8ic/VtiMBMNoiwI/AAAAAAAAJ4s/RNG1ECqvW_I/s320/04.%2B0093.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Tiny pincushion cacti are often missed</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pBVL7l0_250/VtiM6tLXTgI/AAAAAAAAJ44/sfWcXL-sIDw/s1600/04.%2B0098.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pBVL7l0_250/VtiM6tLXTgI/AAAAAAAAJ44/sfWcXL-sIDw/s320/04.%2B0098.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">These tiny cacti will be huge saguaros. They are about 10-15 years old now.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We drove up to the circle road around through the Park,
stopping to take pictures and walk up the Valley View Overlook Trail.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n9qSEOH78Co/VtiN4hkYT6I/AAAAAAAAJ5E/EWAxKI_e7Vg/s1600/04.%2B0170.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n9qSEOH78Co/VtiN4hkYT6I/AAAAAAAAJ5E/EWAxKI_e7Vg/s320/04.%2B0170.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Part way around the road...</span></b></td></tr>
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This trail winds up a mountain</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--VVWcdEjuQE/VtiOaMsVvLI/AAAAAAAAJ5U/CvUl-hYKFts/s1600/04.%2B0110.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--VVWcdEjuQE/VtiOaMsVvLI/AAAAAAAAJ5U/CvUl-hYKFts/s320/04.%2B0110.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The trail started on the Bajada Wash Trail</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GsmISpqfyPw/VtiOZ-3-OJI/AAAAAAAAJ5M/gOXMCU9qPZA/s1600/04.%2B0111.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GsmISpqfyPw/VtiOZ-3-OJI/AAAAAAAAJ5M/gOXMCU9qPZA/s320/04.%2B0111.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">with more unusual Saguaros,</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VZ5ivnJiKkg/VtiOaaz4kcI/AAAAAAAAJ5Q/rmwX1913xdk/s1600/04.%2B0120.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VZ5ivnJiKkg/VtiOaaz4kcI/AAAAAAAAJ5Q/rmwX1913xdk/s320/04.%2B0120.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">pencil chollas,</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BGV1BbbEh9o/VtiOdsLp2BI/AAAAAAAAJ5Y/_T6Hkvu0bog/s1600/04.%2B0122.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BGV1BbbEh9o/VtiOdsLp2BI/AAAAAAAAJ5Y/_T6Hkvu0bog/s320/04.%2B0122.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">and skeletons of fallen cacti [this is a Prickly Pear],</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">all different types of vegetation</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Tc_82ZV_i2Q/VtiOe6ac7OI/AAAAAAAAJ5g/Y7OnmjP8Olc/s1600/04.%2B0128.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Tc_82ZV_i2Q/VtiOe6ac7OI/AAAAAAAAJ5g/Y7OnmjP8Olc/s320/04.%2B0128.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">This is why it is Saguaro National Park.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">in the Tucson Mountains to a cliff where you view the
entire valley. We looked north and spotted Picacho Peak, 40km away,</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eHBIdtcWXvs/VtiPhSXt1MI/AAAAAAAAJ5s/rbroz1WAGGY/s1600/04.%2B0157.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eHBIdtcWXvs/VtiPhSXt1MI/AAAAAAAAJ5s/rbroz1WAGGY/s320/04.%2B0157.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Our next State Park, Picacho Peak on the left across the valley.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">then wound our way back down.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The path back down...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">a Saguaro about 30-40 years old</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Instead of completing the loop, we took a shortcut into
Tucson which indicated it was for vehicles with a high clearance only. It
didn’t look too bad, so off we went. In fact, it was an easy drive over a dirt road,
with only a couple of rocks to be careful of. We were so glad we had taken it,
as at one corner, we saw a hawk on the top of a saguaro</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bqacUKzSbw4/VtiQihLiqBI/AAAAAAAAJ6A/Y6iFih88f1A/s1600/04.%2B0174.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bqacUKzSbw4/VtiQihLiqBI/AAAAAAAAJ6A/Y6iFih88f1A/s320/04.%2B0174.JPG" width="286" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A hawk sitting right at the top of the highest Saguaro</span></b></td></tr>
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and around another bend
a couple of small coyotes ran across in front of us. David quickly got out of
the car to get a picture, but they had disappeared into the desert vegetation.
After a short stop</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c_8_QOKIzJk/VtiQ6p7hAGI/AAAAAAAAJ6I/4TUhF2qNY1w/s1600/04.%2B0176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="177" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c_8_QOKIzJk/VtiQ6p7hAGI/AAAAAAAAJ6I/4TUhF2qNY1w/s320/04.%2B0176.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">We again only saw the mountains from a distance on the way home.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">to show David our home, we drove to Daisy Mae’s Barbeque and
Steak House for dinner. It was an excellent meal of perfectly cooked steaks.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We discovered that driving down Canada [<i>Can-yada</i>] Avenue was a fast way down to
LAF and into downtown Tucson, rather than taking Oracle which is Highway 77. It
is much more pleasant, not as much traffic or as many stores. The noise
barriers on the sides of the road have beautiful designs and patterns.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Some are tile designs...</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gHNAKm58USI/VtiRTj9aVeI/AAAAAAAAJ6U/EBLLYPyQvOs/s1600/05.%2B0184.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gHNAKm58USI/VtiRTj9aVeI/AAAAAAAAJ6U/EBLLYPyQvOs/s320/05.%2B0184.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">some use glass blocks and varied shapes and colours for a 3D effect</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cDoTzyrR6hM/VtiRTeyYXJI/AAAAAAAAJ6Q/AgyJv8rk3AU/s1600/05.%2B0187.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cDoTzyrR6hM/VtiRTeyYXJI/AAAAAAAAJ6Q/AgyJv8rk3AU/s320/05.%2B0187.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">or different shaped blocks. Note the 'crested' or 'cristated' Saguaro on the top section</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The RAM had to go into the dealers to get an oil change and
check-up. One of the items was changing the spark plugs, which is not an easy
task on this truck as there are 16 and they are awkward to reach. We drove it
down, and decided to walk around for the 3 hours it would take. There wasn’t
much around the area –just a couple of large U-shaped plazas with a lot of
stores closed-,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">and odd signs- on the doors-"CASH NOW", <br />but in the window,"NO CASH KEPT ON PREMISES"</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">until we walked up 22<sup>nd</sup> and found a Golf Complex.
There was a very unique driving range- there were flags and green to aim for
place down a long ‘fairway’,</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wDsXmiwaBQw/VtiUaFoZ91I/AAAAAAAAJ60/hlt7kAxwomg/s1600/06.%2B0208.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="169" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wDsXmiwaBQw/VtiUaFoZ91I/AAAAAAAAJ60/hlt7kAxwomg/s320/06.%2B0208.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Flags rather than distance targets</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dUBIavR__eY/VtiUaF01jCI/AAAAAAAAJ6w/Y_B_i9X4Zkg/s1600/06.%2B0206.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dUBIavR__eY/VtiUaF01jCI/AAAAAAAAJ6w/Y_B_i9X4Zkg/s320/06.%2B0206.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Not just a field, but rolling terrain</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and then a beautiful golf course and clubhouse
restaurant.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">at the entrance to the course</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5E91iUnkgcs/VtiU1telZEI/AAAAAAAAJ68/p_lK9a3mtfo/s1600/06.%2B0199.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5E91iUnkgcs/VtiU1telZEI/AAAAAAAAJ68/p_lK9a3mtfo/s320/06.%2B0199.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">the first tee</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WXme46z-S6Q/VtiU18c03II/AAAAAAAAJ7A/PBXP9AjMy4g/s1600/06.%2B0198.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WXme46z-S6Q/VtiU18c03II/AAAAAAAAJ7A/PBXP9AjMy4g/s320/06.%2B0198.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">mixture of greens and brown fairways</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We sat on the patio with cold water and $2 draft beer, before
walking back to the dealer.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Then it was time to move from Catalina up the road to
Picacho Peak State Park.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PkoGlyn26vY/VtiViERfntI/AAAAAAAAJ7U/vjlg9lqbKso/s1600/10.%2B0011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PkoGlyn26vY/VtiViERfntI/AAAAAAAAJ7U/vjlg9lqbKso/s320/10.%2B0011.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Our first close view of Picacho Peak</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We had been here before, and loved the openness and
security. [The gate shuts at 10pm, and no one can get in or out after that. [If
you are late, there is a 4km walk to the campground site.]</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Our site, wide and level</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hK17mXDDBfI/VtkRYeIso2I/AAAAAAAAKBw/ow0Gs2cbU_8/s1600/10.%2B0020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hK17mXDDBfI/VtkRYeIso2I/AAAAAAAAKBw/ow0Gs2cbU_8/s320/10.%2B0020.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">View to the highway and the other half of the mountain, Picacho Peak</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vq3g39rM6Yg/VtkRFByhveI/AAAAAAAAKBo/m3WlkB1Hoa4/s1600/10.%2B0028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vq3g39rM6Yg/VtkRFByhveI/AAAAAAAAKBo/m3WlkB1Hoa4/s320/10.%2B0028.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The wide open campground</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Picacho Peak up close</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This was important
for us as we took a red-eye flight back to Toronto to do some
banking, get the mail and visit with our daughter and grandson- all in one day,
before flying back the next day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We spent a couple of days driving back</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Army National Guard Aviation Training site</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nDKcVobvpjs/Vtjtr2yTvAI/AAAAAAAAJ8A/d5Qc9StSiY0/s1600/IMG_0020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nDKcVobvpjs/Vtjtr2yTvAI/AAAAAAAAJ8A/d5Qc9StSiY0/s320/IMG_0020.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>More barren desert driving back to Tucson</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and wandering around Tucson. The
Visitors Centre Plaza is a delightful place.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wSNhHn8xRUk/VtiWIcmQCVI/AAAAAAAAJ7g/EDeLfn48mvg/s1600/08.%2B0007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wSNhHn8xRUk/VtiWIcmQCVI/AAAAAAAAJ7g/EDeLfn48mvg/s320/08.%2B0007.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Bright colours on living space, </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IpDb7S4OlKo/VtiWKCukdLI/AAAAAAAAJ7k/aZczsHyKMzg/s1600/08.%2B0013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IpDb7S4OlKo/VtiWKCukdLI/AAAAAAAAJ7k/aZczsHyKMzg/s320/08.%2B0013.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">odd angles and a fitness club too!</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As are some of the interesting
historical areas. We walked around the Presidio,</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h3gK88NPp7A/VtjxgdOeV1I/AAAAAAAAJ9A/n6pOyQz8WFk/s1600/08.%2B0051.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h3gK88NPp7A/VtjxgdOeV1I/AAAAAAAAJ9A/n6pOyQz8WFk/s320/08.%2B0051.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Presidio wall</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-McCvI42OGig/VtkVo5xxU4I/AAAAAAAAKCo/QPkb5u0RkrA/s1600/08.%2B0178.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-McCvI42OGig/VtkVo5xxU4I/AAAAAAAAKCo/QPkb5u0RkrA/s320/08.%2B0178.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Inside the Presidio Wall today</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ObakJgS_9lA/VtjxmptjlnI/AAAAAAAAJ9I/RrXpcNE_klI/s1600/08.%2B0064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ObakJgS_9lA/VtjxmptjlnI/AAAAAAAAJ9I/RrXpcNE_klI/s320/08.%2B0064.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Log Palisade</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Presidio Wall</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9FjD6D4RTm8/VtjycVQ1RYI/AAAAAAAAJ9U/11zm529t6dE/s1600/08.%2B0036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9FjD6D4RTm8/VtjycVQ1RYI/AAAAAAAAJ9U/11zm529t6dE/s320/08.%2B0036.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">plaque on the adobe wall</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Sb7nXdAjKvU/VtjycwRYZ7I/AAAAAAAAJ9c/UdQiLqDVPdw/s1600/08.%2B0037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Sb7nXdAjKvU/VtjycwRYZ7I/AAAAAAAAJ9c/UdQiLqDVPdw/s320/08.%2B0037.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">a section of the the adobe wall of the Presidio</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">on the sidewalk, the site of the wall of the Presidio</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">and the timeline of Tucson history.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Follow the yellow painted line...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Then, we walked across a large Plaza, and got an interesting perspective on the surrounding buildings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eN0P2u-Cr7M/VtjvefERDeI/AAAAAAAAJ8Y/b4O9fgcgf2E/s1600/08.%2B0086.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eN0P2u-Cr7M/VtjvefERDeI/AAAAAAAAJ8Y/b4O9fgcgf2E/s320/08.%2B0086.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A large central plaza</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A type of telescope to focus on one feature</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Looking back at the government building</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We walked downtown up one one-way street,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Interesting architecture, and</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ufiv7mWyuZs/VtjumQUHC1I/AAAAAAAAJ8M/Pys113lSUPw/s1600/08.%2B0109.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ufiv7mWyuZs/VtjumQUHC1I/AAAAAAAAJ8M/Pys113lSUPw/s320/08.%2B0109.JPG" width="234" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The metal cutout,overhanging the sidewalk, allows the sun <br />to cast a beautiful pattern on the lower wall<br /></span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">finding a wonderful
place to have lunch- Fired Pie.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Kl58d7y9XQ4/VtjwFH35CbI/AAAAAAAAJ8o/GTTQjBMnkr8/s1600/08.%2B0105.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Kl58d7y9XQ4/VtjwFH35CbI/AAAAAAAAJ8o/GTTQjBMnkr8/s320/08.%2B0105.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Excellent spot for lunch</span></b></td></tr>
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The individual pizzas were excellent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bba8tzoBTb4/VtjwQxLbz5I/AAAAAAAAJ8s/eNy5OlGjG0Q/s1600/08.%2B0102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bba8tzoBTb4/VtjwQxLbz5I/AAAAAAAAJ8s/eNy5OlGjG0Q/s320/08.%2B0102.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Yummmmm</span></b></td></tr>
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Then we
walked back down the other way, discovering a great coffee house</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_DkU93eKGMQ/VtjwhiIrEEI/AAAAAAAAJ8w/8BcOGTGVpL8/s1600/08.%2B0110.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_DkU93eKGMQ/VtjwhiIrEEI/AAAAAAAAJ8w/8BcOGTGVpL8/s320/08.%2B0110.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Outstanding lattes</b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></td></tr>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--FSXwuqcniE/VtjwiZVqadI/AAAAAAAAJ80/Ksl5iqL8Zh4/s1600/08.%2B0112.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--FSXwuqcniE/VtjwiZVqadI/AAAAAAAAJ80/Ksl5iqL8Zh4/s320/08.%2B0112.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A great way to create a separate space. Note how table is made.</span></b></td></tr>
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and brewery.
We took a side trip down an historic street</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5pClx1X0IaQ/Vtj045kwGaI/AAAAAAAAJ98/sHqh1K9nNlQ/s1600/08.%2B0115.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5pClx1X0IaQ/Vtj045kwGaI/AAAAAAAAJ98/sHqh1K9nNlQ/s320/08.%2B0115.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The entrance to the Historic Street</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">to see the the historic buildings,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_V_dp11qrZA/VtkGhU71asI/AAAAAAAAKAY/1NbWzyJsl4I/s1600/08.%2B0133.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_V_dp11qrZA/VtkGhU71asI/AAAAAAAAKAY/1NbWzyJsl4I/s320/08.%2B0133.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A private semi-detached home</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X-FdzsKxMLk/VtkGiKeckEI/AAAAAAAAKAc/AdavjWkh7uo/s1600/08.%2B0135.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="233" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X-FdzsKxMLk/VtkGiKeckEI/AAAAAAAAKAc/AdavjWkh7uo/s320/08.%2B0135.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Royal Elizabeth B&B Inn</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NCq69QgkTKM/VtkGj1PIVNI/AAAAAAAAKAk/7abXKiOvvvU/s1600/08.%2B0138.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NCq69QgkTKM/VtkGj1PIVNI/AAAAAAAAKAk/7abXKiOvvvU/s320/08.%2B0138.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A hotel, for rent or sale</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lcwYNoqgBTY/VtkGnU0v7lI/AAAAAAAAKAs/b8bfBImv6AA/s1600/08.%2B0127.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lcwYNoqgBTY/VtkGnU0v7lI/AAAAAAAAKAs/b8bfBImv6AA/s320/08.%2B0127.JPG" width="227" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">TOBY- in the middle of the history!</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dPDZ785Ya4Q/Vtj1Q5MTgjI/AAAAAAAAJ-A/j6meEVkMWoo/s1600/08.%2B0124.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dPDZ785Ya4Q/Vtj1Q5MTgjI/AAAAAAAAJ-A/j6meEVkMWoo/s320/08.%2B0124.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Simple, beautiful, clean lines </span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">including the <i>Temple of Music and Art</i></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x8fVIkss-IE/Vtj2Az_qliI/AAAAAAAAJ-Q/H4yBm_0oSMQ/s1600/08.%2B0144.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x8fVIkss-IE/Vtj2Az_qliI/AAAAAAAAJ-Q/H4yBm_0oSMQ/s320/08.%2B0144.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">An outdoor courtyard</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o6n07Hqov54/Vtj2CNjKQRI/AAAAAAAAJ-Y/2BrJXaUwgWI/s1600/08.%2B0150.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o6n07Hqov54/Vtj2CNjKQRI/AAAAAAAAJ-Y/2BrJXaUwgWI/s320/08.%2B0150.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The entrance to the Theatre</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and Saint Augustine Cathedral.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zeavo7X96nA/Vtj6KWoyPFI/AAAAAAAAJ-k/RNiiQeisf2E/s1600/08.%2B0131.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zeavo7X96nA/Vtj6KWoyPFI/AAAAAAAAJ-k/RNiiQeisf2E/s320/08.%2B0131.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">An impressive building</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZKuitTJ4xoc/Vtj6Z-cKCmI/AAAAAAAAJ-s/qH2UWKFcHXI/s1600/08.%2B0160.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZKuitTJ4xoc/Vtj6Z-cKCmI/AAAAAAAAJ-s/qH2UWKFcHXI/s320/08.%2B0160.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Intricate carving</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rOXGMyJlm40/Vtj6aEqx6HI/AAAAAAAAJ-w/VZStqNdlzkU/s1600/08.%2B0162.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rOXGMyJlm40/Vtj6aEqx6HI/AAAAAAAAJ-w/VZStqNdlzkU/s320/08.%2B0162.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A flower bower at the end of the plaza</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MwEaTRdXi_Q/Vtj6V_dZXfI/AAAAAAAAJ-o/TAlORvey1HM/s1600/08.%2B0164.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MwEaTRdXi_Q/Vtj6V_dZXfI/AAAAAAAAJ-o/TAlORvey1HM/s320/08.%2B0164.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">An outdoor plaza</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and downtown unique buildings.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wiZcIgR3pNU/VtkTPGSEeOI/AAAAAAAAKCI/OBfA1EuWAgg/s1600/08.%2B0167.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="145" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wiZcIgR3pNU/VtkTPGSEeOI/AAAAAAAAKCI/OBfA1EuWAgg/s320/08.%2B0167.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A downtown tile wall</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-htlNyLjS7Ds/VtkTPDEYm9I/AAAAAAAAKCE/KY6cUKKdHZM/s1600/08.%2B0168.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-htlNyLjS7Ds/VtkTPDEYm9I/AAAAAAAAKCE/KY6cUKKdHZM/s320/08.%2B0168.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Newer and unique...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ksv8zmVF1a4/VtkTPdt0OxI/AAAAAAAAKCM/XJKPDJG8Iqw/s1600/08.%2B0170.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ksv8zmVF1a4/VtkTPdt0OxI/AAAAAAAAKCM/XJKPDJG8Iqw/s320/08.%2B0170.JPG" width="217" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The historic FOX Theatre</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Outside foyer of the FOX</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Just
before we got in the truck to leave, we discovered that Main Street, the street
we had parked on near the <i>Old Town Artisans</i>,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A variety of artisans in one building</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">had a number of historic homes. </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;">They are beautiful!</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cfXzZHTqR_0/VtkARN0730I/AAAAAAAAJ_U/wLp7UmbQhTc/s1600/08.%2B0196.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="195" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cfXzZHTqR_0/VtkARN0730I/AAAAAAAAJ_U/wLp7UmbQhTc/s320/08.%2B0196.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Story of the Presidio across the street</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Corbett House</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PygipkLvNxY/VtkAmyVsadI/AAAAAAAAJ_g/XIqr2SI_X6M/s1600/08.%2B0203%2BChayney%2BHouse.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PygipkLvNxY/VtkAmyVsadI/AAAAAAAAJ_g/XIqr2SI_X6M/s320/08.%2B0203%2BChayney%2BHouse.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Chayney House</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Kruttschnitt House, now <i>El Presidio Inn B&B</i></span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2EVMe790lH0/VtkAsOBfNLI/AAAAAAAAJ_0/vMD6TD1ffYk/s1600/08.%2B0225%2BOak%2BFlat%2Borig%2BOwls%2BClub.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2EVMe790lH0/VtkAsOBfNLI/AAAAAAAAJ_0/vMD6TD1ffYk/s320/08.%2B0225%2BOak%2BFlat%2Borig%2BOwls%2BClub.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Oak Flat, originally <i>Owls Club</i></span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5SLzeXxC3Bc/VtkArzW_zRI/AAAAAAAAJ_w/6KxzeBpYflg/s1600/08.%2B0229%2BFranklin%2BHouse.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5SLzeXxC3Bc/VtkArzW_zRI/AAAAAAAAJ_w/6KxzeBpYflg/s320/08.%2B0229%2BFranklin%2BHouse.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Franklin House</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LWCJKd4iz0Q/VtkAsAKk2TI/AAAAAAAAJ_s/wLnccJi-jP8/s1600/08.%2B0232%2Bunique%2Bdoorway.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LWCJKd4iz0Q/VtkAsAKk2TI/AAAAAAAAJ_s/wLnccJi-jP8/s320/08.%2B0232%2Bunique%2Bdoorway.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A unique entrance</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MfDoIJrIP_M/VtkAsoCvAdI/AAAAAAAAJ_4/S4N3wvL8clM/s1600/08.%2B0238%2BSteinfeld%2BHouse%2B.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="158" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MfDoIJrIP_M/VtkAsoCvAdI/AAAAAAAAJ_4/S4N3wvL8clM/s320/08.%2B0238%2BSteinfeld%2BHouse%2B.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Steinfeld House</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uKVSfBESsd0/VtkAt3sgzjI/AAAAAAAAJ_8/7QKkmm43xZM/s1600/08.%2B0244%2BGarden%2Bsculpture.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uKVSfBESsd0/VtkAt3sgzjI/AAAAAAAAJ_8/7QKkmm43xZM/s320/08.%2B0244%2BGarden%2Bsculpture.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Sculpture in one garden, with sun streaming through </span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">On the way home, we stopped at the Tucson Outlet Mall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> It
is quite upscale, and didn’t have many real bargains, but it did have Godiva
Chocolates! They were expensive, but oh so delicious.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It is time once again to say goodbye to Picacho Peak and
head to our last stop in Arizona, Organ Pipe National Monument.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Sue and Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01635905585485848696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772232128338847290.post-690666662454403632016-02-15T12:51:00.000-08:002016-02-15T12:51:30.711-08:00Phoenix, to Tucson<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Frank Lloyd Wright</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Usery Mountain is a beautiful, verdant Regional Park.</span></div>
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The
staff are incredibly knowledgeable and outgoing. There was a Full Moon Hike and
Campfire scheduled with Ranger B. We decided this would be interesting, and
invited our friends from Mesa Regal, and Bob, the President of Wally Bynam, Region
10, and his wife, Darlene. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">After a pleasant afternoon and dinner, we met along with
about 280 others, at the Trailhead Staging Area. After an interesting, intro,
we split into two groups, self-guided and guided hikes. We chose to go with
Ranger B and headed out on Blevins Trail. It was an incredibly beautiful walk
on an easy trail through the desert. The moon was indeed full, but behind a
film of cloud for most of the hike. We were amazed, however, how clearly we
could see the trail and the surrounding cacti. Ranger B answered questions, and
described the surroundings with knowledge, humour and passion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When our group finished the hike, we discovered that the
self-guided group had finished first, and with a large number of children, had
finished 5 bags of marshmallows. So we drove back to <i>Run Around Sue</i> and had our own campfire!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">John developed a bit of a cold, and was a bit sneezy, so
slept a fair bit the next day. By afternoon he was feeling better, so we decided
to go for a hike on Cat Peaks Trail and Cat Peaks Pass. To get there we drove
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">a picnic area as well as the trailhead</span></b></td></tr>
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and headed out on the Pass Mountain Trail to Cats
Peak. The trail is a bit rocky to start as it wound down into a wash</span><br />
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through the
beautiful Sonora Desert.</span><br />
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The first part wound around the east side of Cat Peaks.</span><br />
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the two peaks</span><br />
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of the Cat Peaks,</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> A narrow, but easy hike down...</b></span></td></tr>
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We took Blevins Trail</span></div>
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different-shaped Saguaros.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Some even have holes right through, and still flourish</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Beautiful as the sun sets across the campground...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">This one is probably about 100 years old.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I think we found the one with the most arms we have seen.
Even the arms had arms.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">I think there about 25 on this on [some are on the back side]</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The next day we were up early to go to Taliesin West, Frank
Lloyd Wright’s home and School of Architecture in Phoenix. We drove in off
Cactus Road to the entrance on Taliesin Road.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The entrance- The symbol is from a petroglyph. He saw this <br />as the linking of 2 hands and adopted it as the symbol of Taliesin West.</span></b></td></tr>
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Drawn to Arizona by the beauty
and inspiration of the landscape, Frank Lloyd Wright created one of his most
personal designs here. In 1932-33, he and his apprentices [“the Fellowship”]
built Taliesin West out of the stone and sand in the foothills of the McDowell
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">For walls, wooden forms were built about 18-24in apart, 3ft high. The space was filled with rocks, then concrete was poured in. When it dried, the forms were moved up and the process repeated, until the wall height was reached...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Some of those apprentices
who worked and lived alongside Mr. Wright, still live here as do current
students and faculty of the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. Interns,
or apprentices, have a Bachelor of Architecture, and receive their Masters here
at a cost of USD $40,000 per year. $1000 of this is refunded if the intern
decided to build a residence in the desert.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A student designed and built residence in the desert</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Our guide, Jim, was knowledgeable
and had a lot of interesting stories.</span><br />
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Large rocks with petroglyphs are placed
around the estate,</span><br />
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in the same orientation in which they were found. The
buildings are built into the brow of the hill.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">set into the brow of the hill</span></b></td></tr>
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entrance is built at 30 degrees, the angle the rocks were <i>in situ</i>.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">At the entrance. Look closely at the narrow side, about a third of the way down is a hammer accidentally dropped into the wooden frame. He decided to leave it there!</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This angle
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The view across to Camel Mountain from the house</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>His love of angles is evident</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and indoors, the office,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Chinese art, the blending of rock and wood </span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">private quarters, at right angles to the living room open to the courtyard</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The "Day Room", and his wife's room</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Bedroom- 2 beds, one on either side of the wood half-wall.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Living room from the courtyard- more triangles...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Living room- was in the deep blues, then oranges. Here the students were invited to gather each night to socialize before the bell rang for dinner</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">There are 2 panels of art using local materials</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The fireplace- note use of triangles on the chairs and tables are made of triangles</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The bell was rung each night announcing dinner</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The fire dragon atop the barbeque - black from smoke</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Movie Theatre - the ceiling lights are to simulate stars- <br />to create a sense of watching movies under the stars</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">he called his winter home and workplace. There is also
evidence of the influence of Chinese and Japanese cultures,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">One of these plaques is at each entrance and exit to each building</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and of course his love of triangles. He was also the first
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to the Musical Instrument Museum. It is spectacular, rated as the #1 Phoenix
attraction by Trip Advisor. It is a musical walk around the world, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: center;">both today
and back in time.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Paigu Yangshao People, Shaanxi Province,China 4000BCE</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: center;">When you walk in you are given a map and a pair of wireless
headsets which automatically sync up with the monitor in each area you visit. We
started at a general information exhibit,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>looking down from the second floor- instruments hanging above the hall</b></span></td></tr>
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then into an Orientation Gallery with
a display of guitars,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Caviola</i> from Brazil</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">each one more exquisite than the last.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Gong- Yogyakarta, Indonesia, at the foot of the escalator to the second floor</span></b></td></tr>
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up to the second floor with five galleries representing different geographical regions
of the world, Africa</span></div>
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Each gallery is further divided into
countries, and in some areas, into cultural divisions. The exhibits are exceptional.
Each one has a monitor displaying a series of short video and audio clips with
performers using the instruments in the display, ancient, traditional and
modern, in their cultural contexts. The instrument displays cover every
historical period from the Silk Road</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">to the Present, every geographical area
and country, every type of instrument from African thumb pianos,</span></div>
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East Asian nose flutes and lutes
from every region to modern artists. We heard music from beautiful cathedrals</span></div>
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to the Japanese opera, to street jazz bands of New Orleans, to the Steinway
piano</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The making of a Steinway Piano</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">to Taylor Swift. It was very interesting to see that so many regions have
used variations on lutes,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Seto Ngbaka People in Ubangi River region</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Turkish Lutes</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Boat Lute from Southern Philippines</span></b></td></tr>
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The building itself was
spectacular both inside</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VxU1Eb_tSBQ/VsFQWZ8pB_I/AAAAAAAAJrE/BqUA1F9p2CA/s1600/04.%2B0240%2Binside%2B.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VxU1Eb_tSBQ/VsFQWZ8pB_I/AAAAAAAAJrE/BqUA1F9p2CA/s320/04.%2B0240%2Binside%2B.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The second floor</span></b></td></tr>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cB1_TCqpAPs/VsFQWR0S1BI/AAAAAAAAJrI/uoQZRXWQ31k/s1600/04.%2B0668.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cB1_TCqpAPs/VsFQWR0S1BI/AAAAAAAAJrI/uoQZRXWQ31k/s320/04.%2B0668.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The main floor</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and out. We walked outside and were taking pictures,
and a gentleman commented that we “must have liked it if we were taking pictures”.
He was the founder of the museum, Robert J. Ulrich. He told us that part of the
exterior is polished sandstone from India.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZD_8WxvPBsM/VsFQ4mlmtGI/AAAAAAAAJrU/ZJMUj2Z6Z5E/s1600/04.1%2B0671.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZD_8WxvPBsM/VsFQ4mlmtGI/AAAAAAAAJrU/ZJMUj2Z6Z5E/s320/04.1%2B0671.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The main entrance</span></b></td></tr>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-svglYMkMf30/VsFQ4Xo5LTI/AAAAAAAAJrQ/iLulFOtWk0Y/s1600/04.1%2B0675.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="204" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-svglYMkMf30/VsFQ4Xo5LTI/AAAAAAAAJrQ/iLulFOtWk0Y/s320/04.1%2B0675.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">A stunning exterior</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We didn’t give ourselves nearly
enough time. We did not have time to see the Artist Gallery featuring
instruments, concert footage, photos linked to world-reknowned musicians and
music innovators, or the Experience Gallery, where you can try out different
instruments seen in the museum.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The next day we had planned to go to the Botanical Gardens.
We waited to go in the afternoon, because we wanted to see the lighted Gardens
too. However, we checked it on the internet before we went, and discovered that
the daytime cost was $20, and it closed at 5pm. Then it cost another $25 to go
back and see the Gardens lit at night. Since we have been to the Desert Museum
a couple of times, we decided it was not worth the $45USD each to see the same
plants and then under lights. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As we drove around Phoenix, we were once again impressed by
the landscaping by the highway overpasses</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2P4crabbZ4M/VsFRiiusBnI/AAAAAAAAJrg/7Fi24JJmTDU/s1600/05.%2B0002%2Bovrpass.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="203" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2P4crabbZ4M/VsFRiiusBnI/AAAAAAAAJrg/7Fi24JJmTDU/s320/05.%2B0002%2Bovrpass.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Coloured sand and stones form beautiful patterns</span></b></td></tr>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 17.12px;">the beautiful freizes on the overpasses and the sound barriers on the side of the highway,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lOGgAWh5J_I/VsFRncDk3hI/AAAAAAAAJrk/9bS3Uele7g4/s1600/05.%2B0692.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="145" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lOGgAWh5J_I/VsFRncDk3hI/AAAAAAAAJrk/9bS3Uele7g4/s320/05.%2B0692.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">coloured sound barriers</span></b></td></tr>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Xi-U129DIXI/VsFRnU22ORI/AAAAAAAAJrs/Nld2j53LMbQ/s1600/05.%2B0698.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="174" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Xi-U129DIXI/VsFRnU22ORI/AAAAAAAAJrs/Nld2j53LMbQ/s320/05.%2B0698.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">and beautiful designs, mountains</span></b></td></tr>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SHs9gOwEs64/VsFRnee0w4I/AAAAAAAAJro/iUFbyiaC02k/s1600/05.%2B0702.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SHs9gOwEs64/VsFRnee0w4I/AAAAAAAAJro/iUFbyiaC02k/s320/05.%2B0702.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">and cacti</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">and along the streets.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 17.12px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CqOLmPH6NTk/VsFTXKdX9CI/AAAAAAAAJsA/gqSFgiiGWZc/s1600/05.%2B0177.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CqOLmPH6NTk/VsFTXKdX9CI/AAAAAAAAJsA/gqSFgiiGWZc/s320/05.%2B0177.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">landscaping along by the road</span></b></td></tr>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AaWkSAaoqg8/VsFTXO7JqJI/AAAAAAAAJr8/kPYFatc06GY/s1600/05.%2B0183%2B%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><b><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AaWkSAaoqg8/VsFTXO7JqJI/AAAAAAAAJr8/kPYFatc06GY/s320/05.%2B0183%2B%25282%2529.JPG" width="320" /></b></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">We loved the desert landscaping</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We discovered how you could tell where an RV Park was – just look for
the tall palm trees!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 17.12px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-imuqa7feQds/VsFUqU_e8JI/AAAAAAAAJsI/TwpFTBWqQoU/s1600/05.%2B0125.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="209" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-imuqa7feQds/VsFUqU_e8JI/AAAAAAAAJsI/TwpFTBWqQoU/s320/05.%2B0125.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">An RV Park Resort</span></b></td></tr>
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Our last day at Usery Mountain was filled with washing,
haircuts and cleaning. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Then it was off to Tucson.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qHyWOF5M-7s/VsFsD9FpFJI/AAAAAAAAJw0/2YkFbm19YzE/s1600/06.%2B0006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="195" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qHyWOF5M-7s/VsFsD9FpFJI/AAAAAAAAJw0/2YkFbm19YzE/s320/06.%2B0006.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">From Hwy 60, our last view of the Superstition Mountain by Lost Dutchman SP</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We decided to take the back
road, Highway 79, rather than the main Highway 10. It is an excellent 2-lane
road through the Sonoran Desert. Initially, the terrain is flat with fewer
saguaros and chain-fruit chollas. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jHmV2HJ-0nw/VsFseIC6ZAI/AAAAAAAAJw4/pUgTu0xeEuc/s1600/06.%2B0009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jHmV2HJ-0nw/VsFseIC6ZAI/AAAAAAAAJw4/pUgTu0xeEuc/s320/06.%2B0009.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">We were surprised at the change in terrain, flat and not as verdant</span></b></td></tr>
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Past
Florence, the Sonoran became more verdant, and with many more cacti especially prickly
pear, larger chollas, and saguaros.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jhN-NIl7TPc/VsFs2q4sp9I/AAAAAAAAJxA/Z7S3EBYmqEY/s1600/06.%2B0013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jhN-NIl7TPc/VsFs2q4sp9I/AAAAAAAAJxA/Z7S3EBYmqEY/s320/06.%2B0013.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Many more cacti and palo verde trees,</span></b></td></tr>
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</span><br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-66Mf2dwJVyw/VsFs2unKr_I/AAAAAAAAJxE/zl95U_oXFbc/s1600/06.%2B0022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-66Mf2dwJVyw/VsFs2unKr_I/AAAAAAAAJxE/zl95U_oXFbc/s320/06.%2B0022.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">and much more grass than up around Phoenix</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As we got closer to Tucson, we could see
the Catalina Mountains to the south, with just a dusting of snow on them.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NTOzfJEviso/VsFtZovHSpI/AAAAAAAAJxM/8S4GFTtIRM8/s1600/06.%2B0030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NTOzfJEviso/VsFtZovHSpI/AAAAAAAAJxM/8S4GFTtIRM8/s320/06.%2B0030.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Catalina Mountain Range</span></b></td></tr>
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<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In early afternoon, we pulled into Catalina State Park in
Oro County on the outskirts of Tucson, unhitched and moved everything from
travel-mode to living-mode. It was quite different from living right in the
desert with cacti all around, to a large flat area,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-24dKo0EK1UU/VsFtsZ8vkoI/AAAAAAAAJxY/KFQQ7wvWITg/s1600/07.%2B0033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-24dKo0EK1UU/VsFtsZ8vkoI/AAAAAAAAJxY/KFQQ7wvWITg/s320/07.%2B0033.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Larger,flat area, with grass but no cacti in the sites</span></b></td></tr>
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</span><br />
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CnxyA37UGgE/VsFtr9d84cI/AAAAAAAAJxU/kRQ0R6Uj_fM/s1600/07.%2B0034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CnxyA37UGgE/VsFtr9d84cI/AAAAAAAAJxU/kRQ0R6Uj_fM/s320/07.%2B0034.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">But right at the foot of the Catalina mountains</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> with planted trees on each
site, and grass between. John called our friends who were staying in the south
end of Tucson, and arranged to meet them for dinner. We drove to their RV to be
greeted with great enthusiasm by the two dogs, Charlie and Tucker. Dave said he
was sure they remembered us, even though it has been almost a year since we saw
them at Santee Lakes. After catching up over a wonderful meal at the Desert
Diamond Casino, we headed back, hoping there would not be a gate that closed at
10, as there is at Picacho Peak SP. Luckily we were able to drive in, with no
barriers!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Since the weather has continued to be warm, we have enjoyed
coffee, just relaxing, walks around the campground, doing circuits at LA
Fitness and a visit to Mesa RV’s Show in the Oro Valley Marketplace parking lot
across the main road from the Park.</span><br />
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were able to go out without the umbrellas. We went to LA Fitness</span></div>
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a week, to do weights, our circuits or John to cycle while I did aquafit. We
found REI and Camping World, exploring both Mesa and Tempe. We stopped in at an
RV dealer that sold Airstreams. He also showed us a Retro trailer, set up like
a 50’s kitchen. While we were still at Lost Dutchman, we went to the
Superstition Mountain Museum and Apacheland.</span></div>
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When you first park, there is the <i>Hee Haw Corral</i> with a couple of Burros, for kids to ride</span></div>
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giving an interesting and detailed pictorial description of the formation of
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a life-size display of the wildlife,</span></div>
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and folklore</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WdgjlRTdDJE/VqbnMUljJLI/AAAAAAAAJdc/1lSisf5QMVc/s1600/01.%2B0071.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="290" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WdgjlRTdDJE/VqbnMUljJLI/AAAAAAAAJdc/1lSisf5QMVc/s320/01.%2B0071.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">One of many examples of the Folklore</span></b></td></tr>
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of the Superstition Mountain and surrounding area.
There is archeological evidence of the presence of people some 9000 years ago. There
is also a dioama which is an exact replica of the Movie Ranch Set which was
located 11 miles west of the museum in the foothills of the Superstition
Mountains.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">"Apacheland" - Western Movie Location</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Originally it was built as a film location for movies and later TV
productions to capitalize on the popularity of western movies. It burned to the
ground in 1960, was painstakingly rebuilt to become one of the movie capitals
of the West, only to once more burn to the ground again in 2004. Only 2 of the
major buildings remained, the Elvis Memorial Chapel,</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>The Elvis Presley Memorial Chapel</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The chapel is still used for weddings</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Movie posters line both side walls</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A-s0nMRj6gA/Vqbgpe0DXzI/AAAAAAAAJbo/N6wnqplqjKo/s1600/01a.%2B0066otsd.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A-s0nMRj6gA/Vqbgpe0DXzI/AAAAAAAAJbo/N6wnqplqjKo/s320/01a.%2B0066otsd.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Poster for <i>Charro, </i>starring Elvis Presley</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">an intregral part of his movie <i>Charro</i>,
and The Apacheland Barn, the site of many barn scenes in movies, TV productions
and TV commercials. </span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_7ehFNrYF3Q/Vqbhc8dtn3I/AAAAAAAAJb8/ZhGSf1zsjXg/s1600/01a.%2B0075otsd.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="209" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_7ehFNrYF3Q/Vqbhc8dtn3I/AAAAAAAAJb8/ZhGSf1zsjXg/s320/01a.%2B0075otsd.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Apacheland Barn and Blacksmith shop</span></b></td></tr>
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Audie
Murphy made three movies here, and it is sometimes referred to as “the Audie
Murphy barn”. Today, the Barn itself is a museum to the Motion Picture industry.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The sign reads, "Why walk around half dead, when we can bury you for $22.50"</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">There are two walls of pictures of movie stars and other movie personnel </span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Both buildings were carefully taken apart and reconstructed on the
museum site. In addition, the 12-acre museum site has reproductions of 19<sup>th</sup>
century businesses, including a Wells Fargo office, jail,</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Jail and Wells Fargo office</span></b></td></tr>
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stage coach, <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Stage Coach by the Gallows</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;">and some artifacts from the 1800's</span>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Water Drill</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Outside there is also a 20-Stamp Ore Mill. This is a large
mechanical device used to crush ore that contains precious metals. It uses heavy
metal stamps to pound and break apart the rock, pulverizing it so the valuable
metals can be extracted for further refining. This basic idea has been used for
thousands of years. It became an important of the mining process. This stamp
mill, built in 1914, was originally used in Bland New Mexico.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">20-Stamp Ore Mill</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">You can also wander the nature walk trails which crisscross
the beautiful Sonoran Desert around the buildings. They are in the process of building a Model Railroad on the site.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Model Railroad site</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It was time to move to Usery Mountain Regional Park in the
northern part of Mesa, 21km away- our shortest move yet. This is a gorgeous,
well run Regional Park, with both camping and day-use areas. There are a lot of
programs offered for campers and for folks who pay the $6 entry fee for the
day. Some of these are run by Rangers, some by the Volunteers and some by
outside guests. In addition, there are miles of hiking trails, most of them
classed as easy or intermediate, with just two classed as difficult. One of
these is a 7.5 mile hike around Pass Mountain, and the other, which John is
going to do before we leave, is up to the Wind Cave, carved by wind erosion in
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lNIhZYzlbDY/Vqq8hz6377I/AAAAAAAAJeU/3XHHH-ah2Xw/s1600/02.%2B0006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="209" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lNIhZYzlbDY/Vqq8hz6377I/AAAAAAAAJeU/3XHHH-ah2Xw/s320/02.%2B0006.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Pass Mountain from our kitchen window. <br />The light band is <i>tuff, </i>volcanic ash welded together.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The sites are varied, but generally very large, level,
naturally landscaped,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">We are on the corner, this is from the side road</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Looking out the doorway</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and outlined with stones. Sites are well spaced, so we
hardly know we have neighbours.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Our first evening there we attended an interesting talk by
a local geology professor, A.J. Lombard, on the Geology of Arizona. He was
fascinating. We had read some of it; however, his talk and slides brought the
words to life. The Superstition Mountains are in fact a collapsed caldera of
ancient volcanoes, originally a mile deep, raised by resurgence or more recent
volcanic activity to a mile above the surrounding land. Slow uplifting and
erosion over 15 to 20 million years formed the mountain as we see it today.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We walked the Merkle Trail, which circles the bottom of The
Merkle Hills, with informative plaques around it.</span><br />
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but really attractive as
you see a vista from every direction.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Mistletoe in a Paloverde tree</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Then we hiked up the Vista Trail, over
the Merkle Hills. The narrow trail climbs up one side of a hill,<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The first Merkle Hill</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Across the valley towards Phoenix</span></b></td></tr>
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back up the second hill,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The path on the first hill</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A fabulous view of the Superstition Mountain </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Odd split in the rocks</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A pile of rocks, on the way down, all leaning one way</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sunday, our Airstream friends hosted a gathering of
Airstreamers who are staying at Mesa Regal RV Resort. We had a great visit,
connected with folks we had met in BC and met several new folks. Everyone share
stories about Airstreaming across the country, from being caught in
Tornado-like winds to full-timing for 30 years to having 5 Airstreams.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We started out to swim at LAF, but decided to drive further
along the Usery Pass Road past the Park to see what was there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> John had ridden
part way, but he was going downhill for a while and knew he would have to climb
back up, so turned around. This is another beautiful drive. The road winds
between mountains- rugged on one side and cones of volcanic debris on the
other. The cone mountains look as if they have been carefully placed in an
artistic arrangement.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We turned off on the Bush Highway to Saguaro Lake. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Rocky cliffs all along the road to the right<br /></span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We
drove into the “Water Users Recreation Site” an access to the Lower Salt River,
with a beautiful view of the river and cliffs.</span><br />
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A little further down the road,
we came to a turnoff to Saguaro Dam, but you can only drive to the resort and
Trail Rides, so we turned around. Further on We caught a glimpse of Saguaro Lake.</span><br />
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When we got to the lake there was a Recreation Day use park, the Sheriff’s office, Saguaro
Lake Marina and a restaurant.</span><br />
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and the
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>A beautiful serene lake</b></span><br /><div style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">before driving on. Just as we were about to turn around,
we spotted the Four Peaks, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">and a sign for a Day Use area, so we drove down a
long winding road and ended up in a beautiful park, with a sandy beach. We
missed our swim, but had an interesting drive.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The mountains fascinate me, they are so different, craggy and rounded...</span></b><br /></td></tr>
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noon. The day was perfect for driving to Arizona.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Bright blue skies...</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">and over the Colorado River into Arizona</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">It was getting dark as we neared Lake Havasu</span></strong></td></tr>
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However, by the time we
got there we were told that Passport America prices didn’t apply in winter, so
we tried several other RV Parks. All were full, but there was a casino 30 miles
down the highway in Parker. So although it was dark by now, we decided to
continue driving. The highway follows the Colorado River and apparently has
many scenic pull-offs! </span></div>
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spent New Year’s Eve with a free band, hats, balloons and cheap drinks. </span> </div>
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next day. It is quite beautiful, with all the resort rooms facing the river,
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">and a day-use area with a beach and picnic ramadas. </span><br />
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heard so much about Quartzite that we decided to drive straight down SR 95 to
I-10. It is a conglomeration of RV Parks </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">and 2 large BLM Long Term Camping
grounds </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">beside the Fairground where the big “Mineral and Gem Show” was just
starting. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Desert, and sits right at the foot of the Superstition Mountains – an awesome
sight. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">According to the legend, there is a rich gold mine hidden in the SW US,
believed to be in the Superstition Mountains near Apache Junction. There have
been so many stories about how to find the mine, each year people search for
it! In most versions of the legend, Weaver’s Needle is a prominent landmark for
locating the lost mine. </span></div>
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pull-through site with electricity and water. </span></div>
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mountain, and the kitchen side has an unobstructed view west over the desert.</span></div>
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The first couple of days were sunny and warm, and we walked the Discovery
Interpretive Trail from the campsite to the Rangers’ office, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">then the rain set in! It rained more or less steadily for a week. The
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Starbucks for wifi each day though. We tried our ‘go-to wifi’ place- McDonalds,
but their wifi was so weak, we couldn’t even send an email! On one of our
shopping trips to Walmart, we got Christmas lights [75% off so they cost $1US
each] to put under the truck so our wires and plastic under the hood would not
get chewed by the pack rats in the neighbourhood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Apparently one of the volunteers had
extensive damage done to the wiring of his truck. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">When we finally got another sunny day, we went to
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It was originally created by the rush
following the discovery of gold in the vicinity in 1892. At its peak, it
reached 4000 residents with a general store, hotel, post office and school. In
late 1890’s there were also three saloons, blacksmith shop, brewery, meat
market and boarding house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By late 1897,
it was abandoned when the mine had played out. From 1909 to 1910, a small
community evolved on the site called Youngsberg, but when the mines again
played out, this too was abandoned. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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moved to Mesa. <span style="background: white; color: #2c2b2b;">He had heard of the
old site of Goldfield, but upon inspection, he found little left other than a
few foundations and rambling shacks. He and his wife, Lou Ann, then
located another five-acre site that was once the location of the Goldfield Mill
and decided with to rebuild the old town. Purchasing the old mill site in 1984,
they first reconstructed a mining tunnel, which included a snack bar and opened
for business in 1988. Next came a photo shop, the Blue Nugget, a General Store,
the Mammoth Saloon and the Goldfield Museum. </span>Today, </span></div>
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gold panning. We were there on a weekend and caught the 1pm gunfight!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Then we drove to an outdoor Market and Swap in Mesa, open
only Friday, Saturday and Sunday.. This is huge - 2 looonnng tents filled with
booths selling everything you could want [but not necessarily need], from
purses and t-shirts to kitchen gadgets, flags and garden ornaments.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We finally touched base with friends who come down to Mesa
each year. They took us on one of their favourite drives, along the Apache
Trail [Highway 88], 42 miles from Apache Junction to the Roosevelt Dam.
Originally constructed so that supplies could be hauled to construct the
Roosevelt Dam, it follows the original aboriginal route used by the ancient
peoples. It winds its way through some of the most spectacular scenery in
Arizona. In many places, it is like driving down into the Grand Canyon, with
spectacular, multi-coloured cliffs rising above you as you drive switch-back
roads to the bottom. The first section to Tortilla Flats, where we stopped for
lunch, is beautiful, on a paved road winding up into the Superstition Mountains.
Our first stop, just past the Lost Dutchman State Park, gave us a view of
Weavers Needle, [4536ft]. </span></div>
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an extensive volcanic field from 20 million years ago. Early this was known as
the “finger of God” or “rock pointing to the sky”. Some say the lost mine is in
its 4 o’clock shadow. We took a short walk into the beautiful and green, after
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was being constructed. We had a delicious lunch in the funky "Tortilla Flats Saloon", where the
barstools were saddles and the walls were papered with $1 bills.</span></div>
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laid in 1906. Over the next 5 years, blocks were cut out of the canyon walls,
shaped and lifted by block and tackle and pulled by cable to fashion the
Roosevelt Dam. By the early 1980’s, it was determined that the largest possible
flood that could flow into the reservoir was far greater than originally
thought possible. The height of the dam was raised 77feet to increase the
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single span, two-lane- steel-arch bridge in North America. It was painted blue
to blend with the lake and the sky, thus letting the form speak. It was a challenge
to build due to the porous limestone foundations, a narrow width to height
ratio and erection 300 feet above the water. Notice the arch on the roadway
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6000ft, where there was actually a few inches on the ground beside us. Driving
into a beautiful sunset, ended a wonderful day. </span></div>
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Sue and Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01635905585485848696noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772232128338847290.post-23710950738575063612016-01-06T16:33:00.001-08:002016-01-06T16:33:11.826-08:00Hearst Castle to Barstow
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street festival, but folks were just closing up, so we walked around then
headed toward the ocean. We thought it was just a walk along the beach, but, to
our surprise, there were steps down to the Embarcadero along the water with all
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We stopped at <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Poppy</i> an interesting store with an
eclectic mix of gifts, women’s apparel, kitchen and Christmas ornaments (with
complimentary food and wine).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We were awake and up fairly the next day to go up to Hearst
Castle. However, before we had driven far, the rain began. The coast was to the
west </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">and domed bare hills to the east. The town of San Simeon is the closest to
Hearst Castle. I expected it to be quite large, but it is only about two blocks
long. We went first to the Visitor Centre of the Castle, <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Inside Visitors' Centre</span></strong></td></tr>
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where we decided to
buy tickets for the next day, as the forecast was for sun. We did, however,
watch the film “Building the Dream”, about the building of Hearst Castle. We
drove to look at the elephant seals a few miles up the coast, but it was
raining and blowing too hard to stay long. We had our computers, so we drove
back to the town of Cambria and found a coffee shop with internet.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Cambria MainStreet</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Cambria</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The next day dawned bright and sunny. </span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1mweg8LchFQ/Vo2aiQev45I/AAAAAAAAJD8/BH6_qdGaKsY/s1600/IMG_0001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="262" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1mweg8LchFQ/Vo2aiQev45I/AAAAAAAAJD8/BH6_qdGaKsY/s320/IMG_0001.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Morro Rock on the coast at Morro Bay</strong></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We left early to see
the elephant seals. They are amazing. They spend most of their life at sea, and
only come ashore to give birth and mate. Females can weigh up to 1,600lbs.,
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>A young female</strong></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">males up to 5,000 lbs. </span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CMYykcMtqts/Vo2bB-AnK-I/AAAAAAAAJEM/3jbP-QPBTiQ/s1600/IMG_0235.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="242" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CMYykcMtqts/Vo2bB-AnK-I/AAAAAAAAJEM/3jbP-QPBTiQ/s320/IMG_0235.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Pre-Adult Male</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpUEcTe79c4/Vo2cQ6DV0bI/AAAAAAAAJEk/Zi1h5jRhEsU/s1600/IMG_5893.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="222" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpUEcTe79c4/Vo2cQ6DV0bI/AAAAAAAAJEk/Zi1h5jRhEsU/s320/IMG_5893.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">5000 lb Adult Male</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">and can dive to over 5,000ft, spending most of their
time at sea. Pregnant females come ashore to give birth to their pups weighing
60-80lbs around December each year, peaking in January, on several beaches
along the coast. The pups quadruple their weight in less than a month. The
large males soon follow the females. There are also many adolescents and
pre-adults as well. These huge mammals lie together on the beach often in large
groups. They don’t eat while they are on shore. The juveniles and sub-adults
males spar, developing the skills needed for real life challenges. The seals
are very vocal: males challenge other males with battle cries, </span></div>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Young adolescent males mock fighting</span></strong></td></tr>
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females snarl to
ward off the males, moms moo to their pups, and pups cry for their mom’s
attention. From Late November to January the adult males battle for dominance
of a section of the beach. </div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_hTFAhwU1qk/Vo2b1LFEsTI/AAAAAAAAJEc/iafXR9INi2s/s1600/IMG_0042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_hTFAhwU1qk/Vo2b1LFEsTI/AAAAAAAAJEc/iafXR9INi2s/s320/IMG_0042.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">5000 lb male reacting to a challenge from another male</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The young are born December through February, and
nursed for four weeks, at which time the females become estrous and mate during
the last few days of nursing before once again returning to the ocean, leaving
the young to fend for themselves. The pups spend a couple of months developing
swimming and diving skills before heading out to sea. On their return to the
water, once the females gain back the weight they lost, the egg becomes implanted.
It was fascinating to walk along the shore and see the various groups</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kDYEHQ0Bc7A/Vo2dFU6stvI/AAAAAAAAJE0/KesutxcA4CM/s1600/IMG_5925.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kDYEHQ0Bc7A/Vo2dFU6stvI/AAAAAAAAJE0/KesutxcA4CM/s320/IMG_5925.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Some just lay in a big group...</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-chAtMwQkYkQ/Vo2dIoy1qLI/AAAAAAAAJE8/GFJ28vQZZqk/s1600/IMG_5942.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-chAtMwQkYkQ/Vo2dIoy1qLI/AAAAAAAAJE8/GFJ28vQZZqk/s320/IMG_5942.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Others spread out on the same beach</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> including
three pups from 1 to 3 weeks old.</span></div>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FNoMonOgsjs/Vo2czY3_idI/AAAAAAAAJEs/jC9NfLjJiPQ/s1600/IMG_5937.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><img border="0" height="193" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FNoMonOgsjs/Vo2czY3_idI/AAAAAAAAJEs/jC9NfLjJiPQ/s320/IMG_5937.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We had to leave the seals, as out tour tickets were for
12:30pm. </span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hTS4cBraSgk/Vo2d1wPsiHI/AAAAAAAAJFE/ZSJwqbTjXhY/s1600/IMG_0092.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hTS4cBraSgk/Vo2d1wPsiHI/AAAAAAAAJFE/ZSJwqbTjXhY/s320/IMG_0092.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Entrance Gates</span></strong></td></tr>
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Everyone has a specific time because you ride up to the castle along a
road which winds around the mountain. </div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ISsR6p5WFO0/Vo2exCSGrZI/AAAAAAAAJFY/izXylysMQ0Y/s1600/IMG_0095.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ISsR6p5WFO0/Vo2exCSGrZI/AAAAAAAAJFY/izXylysMQ0Y/s320/IMG_0095.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">One of the Ranch Houses</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VULFP5y4oXk/Vo2ewuOQpNI/AAAAAAAAJFQ/aGgk8XnLum4/s1600/IMG_0101.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VULFP5y4oXk/Vo2ewuOQpNI/AAAAAAAAJFQ/aGgk8XnLum4/s320/IMG_0101.JPG" width="251" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">On the way up in the bus</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sNrS89LT0Dc/Vo2ewMMxtDI/AAAAAAAAJFM/to1ROTDd1T8/s1600/IMG_0102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="224" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sNrS89LT0Dc/Vo2ewMMxtDI/AAAAAAAAJFM/to1ROTDd1T8/s320/IMG_0102.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Looking back at the road as we rounded a turn</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">There are several tours you can choose.
We chose the Grand Tour to get a tour through the grounds and the main floor of
the castle. It was amazing.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P9CDEQ-9L6w/Vo2fW7u_f3I/AAAAAAAAJFo/iNHea9SdoQU/s1600/IMG_0252.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P9CDEQ-9L6w/Vo2fW7u_f3I/AAAAAAAAJFo/iNHea9SdoQU/s320/IMG_0252.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Our first stop as we got out of the bus. Question "Is this a big house?"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Most of the group said "Yes". It is only a guest house though!</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cOkWBMi2UeE/Vo2jkSNBaEI/AAAAAAAAJGk/hGmVXhHRIM8/s1600/IMG_0184%2BHearst.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cOkWBMi2UeE/Vo2jkSNBaEI/AAAAAAAAJGk/hGmVXhHRIM8/s320/IMG_0184%2BHearst.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>This is Hearst Castle</strong></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TNd46inYuQY/Vo2jo4QwrOI/AAAAAAAAJGs/5tY8OvN0x4s/s1600/IMG_0185Hearst%2Bfront.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TNd46inYuQY/Vo2jo4QwrOI/AAAAAAAAJGs/5tY8OvN0x4s/s320/IMG_0185Hearst%2Bfront.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">with its imposing main entrance,</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">and intricate carving. "If it shines and glitters, it is gold", our guide told us.</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">William Randolph Hearst was a media genius whose influence
extended to publishing, politics Hollywood, the art world and American everyday
life. He was the only son of George and Phoebe Hearst, and at age ten travelled
Europe with his mother. This trip provided much of the inspiration for his
aspiration to recreate the majesty of art and architecture for his own
enjoyment. He went to St. Paul’s Preparatory School then continued his
education at Harvard where he excelled at journalism and as business manager of
the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Harvard Lampoon. </i>He persuaded his
father to turn over the newly acquired <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">San
Francisco Examiner </i>to him. His next newspaper was the New York Journal, the
second in a long list of newspaper holdings. He read each of his newspapers
every day, and sent them back edited. He chose a place high above the ocean on
the family ranch</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Looking down to the ocean</span></strong></td></tr>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> and engaged architect Julia Morgan to design and construct
Hearst Castle, the realization of his dream, a castle worthy of those he had
seen in Europe. It took 28years of hard work, constant redesigning and
rebuilding, and even then it was never completely finished. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Unfinished section of Castle</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Much of his vast art collection is housed in Hearst Castle.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Dining Hall. Hearst sat in the middle, the further from him you sat,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">indicated the length of time you had been there. Guests left before they ended up </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">eating off the floor! -indicting they had worn out their welcome.</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Carved Choir benches line one wall in the grand room and the dining room</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Magnificent tapestries,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Tapestry in the Dining Hall</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">End wall of the Dining Hall</span></strong></td></tr>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> sculptures,
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">There are two of these Golden Girls in front of one of the guest houses</span></strong></td></tr>
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art work, oriental rugs and Greek, Roman and Egyptian antiquities.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Sarcophagus</strong></span></td></tr>
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It was here
he entertained the elite of Hollywood, sports and politics. It is a truly
exquisite fulfillment of one man’s dream. We were able to wander the grounds
all afternoon after the tour, to find gardens, details we could examine more closely, and talk to volunteers who were wandering the grounds. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">It is said that these are modelled after his twins, only told apart, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-size: small;">because one kept sticking out his tongue.</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Each tower houses water cisterns, holding all the water needed, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-size: small;">pumped from a stream in a nearby hill </span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2d-hlkMxdyg/Vo2mUL6HUBI/AAAAAAAAJII/5kiS5zrCOHE/s1600/IMG_0219.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2d-hlkMxdyg/Vo2mUL6HUBI/AAAAAAAAJII/5kiS5zrCOHE/s320/IMG_0219.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Each flight of stairs was beautifully tiled, each one different</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Another guest house</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KBoFhtyWhQw/Vo2mU2THZtI/AAAAAAAAJIQ/P1cuwo3WBDo/s1600/IMG_0234.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KBoFhtyWhQw/Vo2mU2THZtI/AAAAAAAAJIQ/P1cuwo3WBDo/s320/IMG_0234.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">the second Golden Girl</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iHf7AzRH5Cg/Vo2mfvi-CHI/AAAAAAAAJIc/Yb8piVVrZvQ/s1600/IMG_5953.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iHf7AzRH5Cg/Vo2mfvi-CHI/AAAAAAAAJIc/Yb8piVVrZvQ/s320/IMG_5953.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">The third Guest House</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3JIs1UKtiiA/Vo2m0pajg5I/AAAAAAAAJIk/kQqkXW1Fac0/s1600/IMG_6003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="192" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3JIs1UKtiiA/Vo2m0pajg5I/AAAAAAAAJIk/kQqkXW1Fac0/s320/IMG_6003.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">The outdoor pool, being sealed and retiled when we were there, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-size: small;">because of a leak caused by a recent earthquake</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aKumQyFweAI/Vo2m6NYdqkI/AAAAAAAAJI0/RevSXdMfHAo/s1600/IMG_0271.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aKumQyFweAI/Vo2m6NYdqkI/AAAAAAAAJI0/RevSXdMfHAo/s320/IMG_0271.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Outdoor tennis courts</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5W6xzopk54M/Vo2m6BwthSI/AAAAAAAAJIw/MR5URNGPaIQ/s1600/IMG_0277.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5W6xzopk54M/Vo2m6BwthSI/AAAAAAAAJIw/MR5URNGPaIQ/s320/IMG_0277.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">the Indoor Pool, which became the Servants' pool, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-size: small;">as the guests used only the outdoor pool.</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2wB05Srs06Q/Vo2m5ymFLEI/AAAAAAAAJIs/67PZtyLymro/s1600/IMG_0282.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2wB05Srs06Q/Vo2m5ymFLEI/AAAAAAAAJIs/67PZtyLymro/s320/IMG_0282.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Indoor Pool</span></strong></td></tr>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">There was once a zoo with many animals, some in
enclosures. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">An enclosure of the original zoo.</span></strong></td></tr>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Today, some are still on the property. We saw zebras mixed in with
herds of cattle. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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on Highway 1 to Highway 46, since we had decided that it was the best road with
the fewest steep hills and sharp turns. The drive was beautiful, high over the
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was an easy day in bright sun on the drive to Orange Grove RV Park.</div>
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This is a wonderful
park: well run, friendly staff, full services, wide level sites, each with its
own orange tree, <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">and large spotless restrooms with large showers. We were able
to pick a bag of oranges. Absolutely delicious, fresh picked oranges, it
doesn’t get much better than that. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Unfortunately, we got a call from our son that his
father-in-law had had a heart attack and passed away that night. We were headed
to stay with friends in Barstow the next day, and then planned to go to Death
Valley for Christmas. However, I made reservations to fly to Calgary from Las Vegas, and
John stayed in Barstow. So we drove to Barstow,</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">and into the Mojave Desert</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> and I got one night to visit with our friends. John
drove me to Las Vegas then returned to Barstow. I spent Christmas and latter
part of December in the cold and snow. The children and I walked to the parks
by their home and played in the snow. </span></div>
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Garry drove us through Spruce Meadows,
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We got out and had hot chocolate and wandered through
the trees for a while, and warmed up by the fire pit. Christmastime was a busy
time at the malls while both David and Arianna showed us what they wanted from
Santa.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> Then just before I left, Garry got bob skates for the children, new
skates for himself and Karen dug out hers, and the whole family went to Bowness
Lagoon to skate! <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HXodZohUOWk/Vo2t-Wqb5gI/AAAAAAAAJLI/pE65B5DUoGI/s1600/09.%2B0016sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HXodZohUOWk/Vo2t-Wqb5gI/AAAAAAAAJLI/pE65B5DUoGI/s1600/09.%2B0016sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></div>
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the time in sunny Barstow where the only cool temperatures were at night. But
they did get wind alerts. Between ATV rides in the Mohave Desert, trips to
Victorville and trying new restaurants with friends in Barstow, he managed to
fit in visits to a borax mine,</span><br />
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somewhat confusing. You drive on a 4 or 6 –lane divided Freeway </span><br />
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roads, and then for no apparent reason, the highway becomes 2 lanes wide, not
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It does make sense though where there are groves of redwood trees,
which the highway has to weave around. </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The next night we stopped in Richardson
Grove RV Park, right off Highway 101. It is a large wooded area, and a smaller
open space. We had a pull-through in the open area, with full hook-ups. We were
right close to the washrooms too. However, this is a bit of a grand name for
what we found. One small white wooden building was divided in half - one half
or women, the other for men. Inside a rather grubby room, is one small toilet
stall with a ¾ door, and one shower with a wooden door- except in the Men’s,
John opened the door to check it, and it fell off in his hand!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Just after we pulled in, another Airstream pulled in behind
us. </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The owner and his black Lab, Kaley, of the 19ft. Bambi was returning to
Sacramento from a fishing trip up in Crescent City. It poured rain all night
from about 7pm on. When we got up, there were puddles everywhere, and to unhook
the electric, John should have had the wellies he didn’t buy in Tofino! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">On the way out we saw the One-Log House across the highway,
and decided to check it out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It is amazing that a 7ft high room could have been
hollowed out of one 32ft log. There were even roses outside the store.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">This turned out to be a large gravel parking lot, with full services, a few trees and a cold grubby washroom. The next day we decided to drive around the Sonoma area to the coast on a winery tour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">P</span>art of what makes this coast different from the Oregon coast is that in Oregon, the mountains are much closer to the coast, and towns are strung along the highway, while here, in this part of California, the towns along the coast are on both the ocean [west] and spread out on the east side of the highway. Valleys are much wider, and the hills are domed, barren and sculpted. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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experience. The ocean-view decks on the back offer a great vantage point to watch
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arrived just in time to see the feeding session for the sea otters. They are
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Life on the Bay<br />
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and the Shore, and the
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. There is a section for a Special exhibit- the one right now is Tentacles,
the lives of octopi, squid and cuttlefish.<br />
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explanations of all ocean life. For kids, both big and small, there are several
hands-on Touch and Splash Pools. </span><br />
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Anniversary at PF Chang’s in Monterey. Across from our table a man made a
comment about driving all day. We asked if he had been at Laguna Seca Mazda
Raceway, and discovered that he had been at an Allen Berg Race Driving School,
and raced with Allen Berg’s team. Allen, and another team member joined him,
and invited us to come to the paddock and watch the next day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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track. Allen has sophisticated analysis software, to help drivers improve their
techniques. After each session, each driver gets a debriefing on what they are
doing well, and areas they could improve, with specific instructions. It was
fascinating - even when it started to rain.</span><br />
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Pacific Beach to watch the waves. We had been told that the surf was running
really high because of the storms. It wasn’t as high as we had seen, but was
really impressive crashing on the rocky shore. </span></div>
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to Carmel-by-the-Sea. This is the prettiest town. We parked in a lot on Third
and Jaquinto, and walked to the downtown centre. The stores are beautiful.</span></div>
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it was Track Day, where anyone’s car which passes the safety inspection can
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Along the road we saw some unique bells, spaced about evenly apart, some with
plaques attached. This was the original El Camino Real, Spanish for “The Royal
Road” which was the California Mission Road between Sonoma and San Diego. In 1906
the California Women’s Club unveiled the first of 650 roadside bells to
commemorate the historic trail. Cast metal bells are hung on shepherd’s crooks
or “Franciscan Walking Sticks” I tried to get a good picture while we were
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was still early, we decided to carry on to San Luis Obispo. We chose to stay at El Chorro Regional Park just north of Morro Bay on Highway 1. There are three loops, with sites of varying sizes, some with no hookups and some with full hookups. We had a fairly private, level site in Romauldo Loop, with full hookups. From here it was a relatively short drive to Hearst Castle and to see the Elephant Seals.</span><br />
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Sue and Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01635905585485848696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772232128338847290.post-1584573898719451312015-12-15T23:20:00.002-08:002015-12-15T23:20:28.515-08:00Anacortes WA to the Redwoods CA<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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south, but to stay the night at the Washington Park right in Anacortes. It
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We were not planning
to spend much time in the north, <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6CqnGNT7z00/Vm9k9zE8O4I/AAAAAAAAIoI/25irRtuN2xs/s1600/02.%2B0019%2BSeattle.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="170" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6CqnGNT7z00/Vm9k9zE8O4I/AAAAAAAAIoI/25irRtuN2xs/s320/02.%2B0019%2BSeattle.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">This is all we saw of Seattle as we drove on the East side of the city</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">so drove right to the Airstream Park, <i>Washington Land Yacht Harbour </i>in
Olympia. [Actually it is in Lacey, just outside of Olympia.] Our plan was to
stay one night, if we couldn’t find our favourite hosts, Carol and Chester from
Mystic Springs, and two nights if we found them. Our GPS all the way south
wanted to keep us off I-5, and take us on a secondary state highway. I finally
turned it off, and followed the map until we got close. We drove in to find ourselves in a huge
gravel parking lot with white lines marking the spaces, and posts with hookups,</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gDAx61aeeAY/Vm9lUJrZnOI/AAAAAAAAIoQ/QeZ254reZvY/s1600/02.%2B0021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="195" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gDAx61aeeAY/Vm9lUJrZnOI/AAAAAAAAIoQ/QeZ254reZvY/s320/02.%2B0021.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A huge gravel parking lot</span></b></td></tr>
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and a few Airstreams and other RV’s.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">This is actually <i>Washington Land Yacht Harbour</i>- you have to own an Airstream <br />to purchase one of these homes.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Although the office was closed, part way
down the lot we found someone in a beautiful clubhouse. Walking further back,
we found an Airstream, like Carol’s, but no one was home. We walked back home,
and as John was unhitching, Carol drove in. We had a lovely visit catching up
that night, and decided to do our own things during the day and spend the next
evening together. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">John and I went to Tacoma to see the Museum of Glass.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">View from the Bridge of Glass</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It is
awesome. You walk around the back of the building toward the entrance, where
Chihuly has a magical clear glass exhibit in a reflecting pool.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">View as we walked in...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nYUp67euNv8/Vm9mLErWtvI/AAAAAAAAIow/CiUKSUl8Ne4/s1600/03.%2B0131.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nYUp67euNv8/Vm9mLErWtvI/AAAAAAAAIow/CiUKSUl8Ne4/s320/03.%2B0131.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">and the other end as we were leaving.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> As you enter the
building, you see an amazing wall mural of glass.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Inside, there is a Hot Shop
inside a huge metal cone-shaped studio,</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y0_6IDoKeUY/Vm9nE0Vsg6I/AAAAAAAAIpI/niA4tx7hKaI/s1600/03.%2B0143.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y0_6IDoKeUY/Vm9nE0Vsg6I/AAAAAAAAIpI/niA4tx7hKaI/s320/03.%2B0143.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Viewed from the outside</span></b></td></tr>
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where artists are creating wonderful
projects using the 4 or 5 ovens. One artist was making glass water drops which
will be part of a wall installation.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cw4E6UJt6_c/Vm9nU2A_bEI/AAAAAAAAIpQ/NsYFZTjF-Jg/s1600/03.%2B0054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="203" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cw4E6UJt6_c/Vm9nU2A_bEI/AAAAAAAAIpQ/NsYFZTjF-Jg/s320/03.%2B0054.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The sketch on the right is his guide</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">completed water drops </span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">One artist was making barnacles while her
husband, Kelly O’Dell, created a clam shell. He was using a plunger technique
which I had never seen.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4KUIyy6IGIM/Vm9nuToqMhI/AAAAAAAAIpk/tUG2vraKGus/s1600/03.%2B0035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="197" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4KUIyy6IGIM/Vm9nuToqMhI/AAAAAAAAIpk/tUG2vraKGus/s320/03.%2B0035.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The plunger is created first of clear glass</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lqnVHDrjmAk/Vm9pA03RHJI/AAAAAAAAIp4/rtUfwsy7m0A/s1600/03.%2B0042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="233" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lqnVHDrjmAk/Vm9pA03RHJI/AAAAAAAAIp4/rtUfwsy7m0A/s320/03.%2B0042.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The assistants are fusing together strips of coloured glass </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">forming the Murrini pattern</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rPakh6-yspM/Vm9pQSCwyOI/AAAAAAAAIqE/fnKdnksIi_Y/s1600/03.%2B0043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="232" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rPakh6-yspM/Vm9pQSCwyOI/AAAAAAAAIqE/fnKdnksIi_Y/s320/03.%2B0043.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The plunger and the plate of coloured glass are fused together</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JttuEKsfqkY/Vm9qbU2hiUI/AAAAAAAAIqg/WBW9NP85l2I/s1600/03.%2B0056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="188" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JttuEKsfqkY/Vm9qbU2hiUI/AAAAAAAAIqg/WBW9NP85l2I/s320/03.%2B0056.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The clam shell has been transferred to another blowpipe, <br />and is beginning to take shape</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">While the artists and their assistants are working,
each step is being explained and questions answered, and overhead cameras show
what each is doing. Fascinating. Unfortunately, we couldn’t watch the whole
process as we wanted to see the galleries too. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Chihuly has a couple of galleries with his Venetian Series,
The George R Stroemple Collection,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The story...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">featuring puttis, many in gold, </span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HW8-dSNIoEE/VnC4ZrdZLeI/AAAAAAAAIrE/MwQ_wBVAkgY/s1600/03.%2B0060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HW8-dSNIoEE/VnC4ZrdZLeI/AAAAAAAAIrE/MwQ_wBVAkgY/s320/03.%2B0060.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Puttis with Hand</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4ablTv_qN1s/VnC4OAgoP8I/AAAAAAAAIq8/eT-yOP4ZbZU/s1600/03.%2B0078.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4ablTv_qN1s/VnC4OAgoP8I/AAAAAAAAIq8/eT-yOP4ZbZU/s320/03.%2B0078.JPG" width="255" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Delicate </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MuJup0vdVoM/VnC7OowiMLI/AAAAAAAAIrs/zmUHcYgCPe8/s1600/03.%2B0076.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="222" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MuJup0vdVoM/VnC7OowiMLI/AAAAAAAAIrs/zmUHcYgCPe8/s320/03.%2B0076.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> vivid pastels</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and others in
blazing colour, </span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5cvmVoqtb8E/VnC5BtZSPtI/AAAAAAAAIrY/NFbbyLfBTl4/s1600/03.%2B0069.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5cvmVoqtb8E/VnC5BtZSPtI/AAAAAAAAIrY/NFbbyLfBTl4/s320/03.%2B0069.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Amazing colour</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bvBaTVTATto/VnC7jENyovI/AAAAAAAAIr0/D3O1nh_Mlnc/s1600/03.%2B0072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="186" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bvBaTVTATto/VnC7jENyovI/AAAAAAAAIr0/D3O1nh_Mlnc/s320/03.%2B0072.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A larger putti, </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A collection of smaller works</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">all featuring the coiled tendrils and overblown flora. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The rest
of the museum features an interesting mix of glass, and glass and wood by Joey
Kirkpatrick and Flora Mace.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">There were a variety of flowers with roots in glass</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A delicate balance </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">One of an beautiful painted birds in glass</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HhXgH1rsi5k/VnC8Ez2erxI/AAAAAAAAIsE/GEJa_vnziWM/s1600/03.%2B0110.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HhXgH1rsi5k/VnC8Ez2erxI/AAAAAAAAIsE/GEJa_vnziWM/s320/03.%2B0110.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A vibrant bowl of fruit</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Each stem of the wine glasses is a different fruit.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In a long gallery on an outside wall are the children’s
imaginative works. Children draw their ideas, and then one is chosen to be
created by the artist in residence, and displayed along with the child’s
explanation. They are whimsical and amusing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Outside again, you climb the ramps or the great staircase
to the roof to cross Chihuly’s Bridge of Glass to Tacoma’s downtown and the WA State Historical Museum. On the west side of the bridge is a wall, with other pieces
of Chihuly’s Venetian Series mounted in blocks.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">This section is a small part of the wall of glass blocks</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It is incredible. The next
section has huge tumble of green glass blocks on poles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Then you pass under a
Chihuly ceiling, as you walk the last section</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">to the Museum <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">WA State History Museum</span></b></td></tr>
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and Union Station <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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on the other side of the bridge.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Looking back across the bridge, is the most incredible
sight- a modern bridge span, an old Millers Bros building turned into lofts, a
newer apartment building and Mt. Ranier covered in snow!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Mount Baker, modern bridge span, and an historic building now lofts.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We walked down from the roof just as the sun was beginning
to set.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">After a great visit with Carol, it was time to move on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We
drove south <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">One of Washington's Rest Stops</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">and into Oregon...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Crossing the Columbia River into Portland, Oregon</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">through Portland,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A maze of highways</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Crossing the Columbia River again, as we turned west,<br />downtown on the left, the harbour on the right</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and turned toward the coast on W99 to Champoeg [pronounced
<i>Sham-pooey] </i>State Park.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">View of the Park entrance to the campground and day use areas</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We had stayed
here two years ago, and found it the same beautiful gem of a park. We found a
full serviced pull through site for the night.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T7lQ-a46KH0/VnDFpXdPbEI/AAAAAAAAIuw/d6jqEKN8W5o/s1600/04.%2B0187.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T7lQ-a46KH0/VnDFpXdPbEI/AAAAAAAAIuw/d6jqEKN8W5o/s320/04.%2B0187.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Our large site</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Off again on Hwy 18</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Rainy, but the orchards need it....</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Skies cleared somewhat, but it was misty as we headed to the coast</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Part of the road was through the forest</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">to Lincoln on the Oregon coast.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DtAlFqxBoi0/VnDK8-e5eOI/AAAAAAAAIvY/7qfXF_ESMP8/s1600/05.%2B0020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DtAlFqxBoi0/VnDK8-e5eOI/AAAAAAAAIvY/7qfXF_ESMP8/s320/05.%2B0020.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">We finally got to the coast!</span></b></td></tr>
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We were
delighted, the temperature was no longer freezing at night and into double
digits [Celsius] during the day. The coast is as beautiful, wild and rocky as we
remembered.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tq0sEVJER9Y/VnDLvYvp7_I/AAAAAAAAIvs/6N-ibYs94nk/s1600/05.%2B0024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="173" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tq0sEVJER9Y/VnDLvYvp7_I/AAAAAAAAIvs/6N-ibYs94nk/s320/05.%2B0024.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The surf was up, and a beautiful site</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RJRYWu_vH8Y/VnDLupvyWNI/AAAAAAAAIvo/eS98gx4MqYs/s1600/05.%2B0033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="203" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RJRYWu_vH8Y/VnDLupvyWNI/AAAAAAAAIvo/eS98gx4MqYs/s320/05.%2B0033.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Much of the drive is right beside the ocean</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Cape Foulweather</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We wasted no time, but drove south to one of our favourite
campgrounds, Carl G. Washburne, for a couple of days.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vyXq1jDNN4Q/VnDNxzfLfEI/AAAAAAAAIwE/8_vyQli0UCE/s1600/06.%2B0002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="209" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vyXq1jDNN4Q/VnDNxzfLfEI/AAAAAAAAIwE/8_vyQli0UCE/s320/06.%2B0002.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The same site we had 2 years ago</span></b></td></tr>
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We took the trail to the
beach</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QaBAtlPFKDg/VnDVNDgrJII/AAAAAAAAIwU/ql5YIHGdy1g/s1600/06.%2B0004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QaBAtlPFKDg/VnDVNDgrJII/AAAAAAAAIwU/ql5YIHGdy1g/s320/06.%2B0004.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Moss on the trees- the rainy coast!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hvXhBB4zSvo/VnDVTsJULvI/AAAAAAAAIwc/JyE4V8aG8DM/s1600/06.%2B0014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hvXhBB4zSvo/VnDVTsJULvI/AAAAAAAAIwc/JyE4V8aG8DM/s320/06.%2B0014.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Branches form a tunnel to the beach</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YAUj2myKKic/VnDV0qBrTBI/AAAAAAAAIwk/mRym61Rrn9U/s1600/06.%2B0016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YAUj2myKKic/VnDV0qBrTBI/AAAAAAAAIwk/mRym61Rrn9U/s320/06.%2B0016.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The entrance to the beach</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and walked along the hard sand.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B27mTyxBGfw/VnDwTF7hyGI/AAAAAAAAIw0/8SzGGhBY_kY/s1600/06.%2B0025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B27mTyxBGfw/VnDwTF7hyGI/AAAAAAAAIw0/8SzGGhBY_kY/s320/06.%2B0025.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The beach at low tide</span></b></td></tr>
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Then we took the short cut back through the day use area and forest path to the campground. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hi0ytdfSoZM/VnDxTLwK91I/AAAAAAAAIxE/xaVzjixnPPw/s1600/06.%2B0030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hi0ytdfSoZM/VnDxTLwK91I/AAAAAAAAIxE/xaVzjixnPPw/s320/06.%2B0030.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Picnic area in the Day Use area</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-W3d6FqVChTg/VnDxPssL7KI/AAAAAAAAIw8/RX9IszNeJ4U/s1600/06.%2B0032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-W3d6FqVChTg/VnDxPssL7KI/AAAAAAAAIw8/RX9IszNeJ4U/s320/06.%2B0032.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I found my magic forest on the way back to the site</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We had to check internet and have a latte
and lunch at the Green Salmon</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">in Yachats [pronounced-<i>Ya-hots</i>], stopping first at Cook’s Chasm on the way to check the
“Spouting Horn”.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Cook's Chasm Bridge</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">View back to Cape Perpetua</span></b></td></tr>
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Then we drove south to Florence. The curves at Cape Perpetua
with its drop straight down to the ocean didn’t even phase me this time! We
drove to visit their lovely Old Town. This was the hub until the bridge was completed
in 1936. It was one of Roosevelt’s New Deal Projects to provide work for
locals. After its completion, Hwy101 went to the west of the town centre, and
merchants moved their shops up along the 101. The Old Town is now a lovely
place to walk around, with interesting shops, galleries and restaurants.
Unfortunately it was too dark to take pictures by this time, so we just
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Florence Bridge</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bsOjbCNWlPw/VnD0TuMY7NI/AAAAAAAAIx4/X6UuOlnvQvU/s1600/07.%2B0077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bsOjbCNWlPw/VnD0TuMY7NI/AAAAAAAAIx4/X6UuOlnvQvU/s320/07.%2B0077.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">And through the tunnel at the Hecata Lighthouse</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">to Brookings.
This coast is fabulous. At times, you are deep in dark tunnel of trees </span><br />
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<tr><td><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zCIq2kX6aXk/VnD1bb7xIAI/AAAAAAAAIyY/hVfiSpnUuPQ/s1600/07.%2B0074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zCIq2kX6aXk/VnD1bb7xIAI/AAAAAAAAIyY/hVfiSpnUuPQ/s320/07.%2B0074.JPG" width="266" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Through the trees above the coast<br /></span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and then
you turn a corner to an incredible view of the beach, dunes </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.9733px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; orphans: auto; padding: 6px; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Yrd3gCC3Gts/VnD0UvYfDEI/AAAAAAAAIyM/PD8yG0zAlrc/s1600/07.%2B0086%2BDunes%2B.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="227" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Yrd3gCC3Gts/VnD0UvYfDEI/AAAAAAAAIyM/PD8yG0zAlrc/s320/07.%2B0086%2BDunes%2B.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The Dunes</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and crashing waves, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span>
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<tr><td><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0UsrgEYlYG8/VnD0UcyCJ-I/AAAAAAAAIyE/h62oXwRKCJM/s1600/07.%2B0083.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="172" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0UsrgEYlYG8/VnD0UcyCJ-I/AAAAAAAAIyE/h62oXwRKCJM/s320/07.%2B0083.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The Coast<br /></span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and sometimes sea stacks.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9qv0Ia4Bvo4/VnD8JppqBII/AAAAAAAAIzU/dS195-ime6g/s1600/07.%2B0131.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="219" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9qv0Ia4Bvo4/VnD8JppqBII/AAAAAAAAIzU/dS195-ime6g/s320/07.%2B0131.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Sea Stacks </span></b></td></tr>
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We would liked to have stopped at Bandon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jbhRkpFac5E/VnD2-OT4gWI/AAAAAAAAIyk/GKXjEHNPIHE/s1600/07.%2B0110Bandon%2BBridge.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jbhRkpFac5E/VnD2-OT4gWI/AAAAAAAAIyk/GKXjEHNPIHE/s320/07.%2B0110Bandon%2BBridge.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Bandon bridge</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yJ47c0NAREI/VnD42xiCZgI/AAAAAAAAIy4/9ZNPbMR_kog/s1600/07.%2B0113.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yJ47c0NAREI/VnD42xiCZgI/AAAAAAAAIy4/9ZNPbMR_kog/s320/07.%2B0113.JPG" width="242" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Rain, as we drove through</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kZfi0S5nlJ4/VnD5KNGDx9I/AAAAAAAAIzA/lAmRkyN56LA/s1600/07.%2B0118.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="194" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kZfi0S5nlJ4/VnD5KNGDx9I/AAAAAAAAIzA/lAmRkyN56LA/s320/07.%2B0118.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Old Town Bandon- fond memories</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6WEvyZzxj34/VnD3bH-rT-I/AAAAAAAAIys/TKJNe7j64yQ/s1600/07.%2B0124%2BBandon%2BCranberry%2BFields.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="254" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6WEvyZzxj34/VnD3bH-rT-I/AAAAAAAAIys/TKJNe7j64yQ/s320/07.%2B0124%2BBandon%2BCranberry%2BFields.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The cranberry bogs of Brandon</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">or Gold
Beach,</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rdEPgaqrxj0/VnD54j_0LlI/AAAAAAAAIzI/fUiyI1XUvW8/s1600/07.%2B0142%2BGOld%2BBeach.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rdEPgaqrxj0/VnD54j_0LlI/AAAAAAAAIzI/fUiyI1XUvW8/s320/07.%2B0142%2BGOld%2BBeach.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The bridge to Gold Beach</span></b></td></tr>
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but we were trying to beat the rain and mist. We were not too
successful, as we drove in and out of rain all day. Luckily the mist was patchy
and never an issue for us. We got to Harris Beach State Park just in time to
get unhitched by dusk. We were actually in the same site as 2 years ago.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2iZLxD1Eur4/VnD96FrfYVI/AAAAAAAAIzg/-2aPZfrIWpM/s1600/08.%2B0048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2iZLxD1Eur4/VnD96FrfYVI/AAAAAAAAIzg/-2aPZfrIWpM/s320/08.%2B0048.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">We did get sun, on the day we left! Our site...</span></b></td></tr>
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There
were sites facing the ocean, but the wind was getting stronger, and rain was
forecast for the next several days, so we decided to stay further in. We had
decided to stay for several days, depending on the forecast. Fred Meyers
provided us with great food shopping and good internet access.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a3pYPqkBnAM/VnD-jECLvbI/AAAAAAAAIzo/t4VLmCVTHmA/s1600/08.%2B0046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="182" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a3pYPqkBnAM/VnD-jECLvbI/AAAAAAAAIzo/t4VLmCVTHmA/s320/08.%2B0046.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">One day we drove
down to the beach,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4_sG7zeal5A/VnD_dyO1bqI/AAAAAAAAIz4/QGrn6SlhKbU/s1600/07.%2B0149.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="179" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4_sG7zeal5A/VnD_dyO1bqI/AAAAAAAAIz4/QGrn6SlhKbU/s320/07.%2B0149.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Sea Stacks with crashing surf</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lzyoSYDLS0s/VnD-40a1VaI/AAAAAAAAIzw/YnjWtGITbKg/s1600/08.%2B0002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lzyoSYDLS0s/VnD-40a1VaI/AAAAAAAAIzw/YnjWtGITbKg/s320/08.%2B0002.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and then down to Brookings’ Harbour to watch the storm.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d3pmtmru7yA/VnD_2ohCGZI/AAAAAAAAI0A/6wiSRZAqGY4/s1600/08.%2B0014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="208" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d3pmtmru7yA/VnD_2ohCGZI/AAAAAAAAI0A/6wiSRZAqGY4/s320/08.%2B0014.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Waves crashing on the pier in the harbour</span></b></td></tr>
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The
rain was blowing horizontally on the coast, the wind was so strong.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ty-BAItf9hs/VnEAPkqQhdI/AAAAAAAAI0I/zMmdmdsKSDo/s1600/08.%2B0019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="202" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ty-BAItf9hs/VnEAPkqQhdI/AAAAAAAAI0I/zMmdmdsKSDo/s320/08.%2B0019.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The wind blew the rain horizontally across the bridge above the harbour</span></b></td></tr>
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Hot lattes
were really good. Another day we drove south to Crescent City just over the
border in California. First we visited the Information Centres for the State Parks
and the State, then had a late lunch at the harbour <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1yuGYTREE0g/VnEBuWYWhUI/AAAAAAAAI0U/mrAWtj2mczw/s1600/09.%2B0055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="189" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1yuGYTREE0g/VnEBuWYWhUI/AAAAAAAAI0U/mrAWtj2mczw/s320/09.%2B0055.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Restaurant at the harbour</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">with the sea lions and
seals just outside the window. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-orNed-WYfx0/VnECCPFFxiI/AAAAAAAAI0c/mv2-C0K1uHg/s1600/09.%2B0060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="185" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-orNed-WYfx0/VnECCPFFxiI/AAAAAAAAI0c/mv2-C0K1uHg/s320/09.%2B0060.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The Harbour</span></b></td></tr>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D5UXBcLAYXo/VnED5IqSKNI/AAAAAAAAI0o/WtgwzwZ97RM/s1600/08.%2B0057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D5UXBcLAYXo/VnED5IqSKNI/AAAAAAAAI0o/WtgwzwZ97RM/s320/08.%2B0057.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The seals just hanging out...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We just
had to drive again through the incredible, majestic redwoods of the Jedidiah
Smith State Forest.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DByDPZeIAgI/VnEEeewfWzI/AAAAAAAAI00/YQsDRWWmD1w/s1600/09.%2B0087.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DByDPZeIAgI/VnEEeewfWzI/AAAAAAAAI00/YQsDRWWmD1w/s320/09.%2B0087.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The forest is deep,</span></b></td></tr>
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</span><br />
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jgi6UJP08A8/VnEEfKfM7mI/AAAAAAAAI08/bxs2IIAz4Ik/s1600/09.%2B0099.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jgi6UJP08A8/VnEEfKfM7mI/AAAAAAAAI08/bxs2IIAz4Ik/s320/09.%2B0099.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>the road narrow,</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It is a narrow dirt road which wanders among the redwoods.
We were too late to do any of the hikes, but we enjoyed the awesome drive.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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The wind however, was fierce, and we were
glad when the road turned inland for a while away from the coast.</span><br />
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the first was the <i>Newton B. Drury Scenic
Parkway</i> through the majestic Redwoods,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Even the Airstream was dwarfed by the Redwoods</span></b></td></tr>
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incredible drives, on good paved roads, but still winding through the stately
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Sue and Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01635905585485848696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772232128338847290.post-80612227505622924192015-12-05T19:14:00.001-08:002015-12-05T19:14:12.300-08:00Beginning the Trip South- to Anacortes, Washington USA<div class="MsoNormal">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">What went up, has to go down!</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and moved back to Parksville to stay at Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park campground.</span><br />
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This park really is lovely, possibly one of the best we’ve seen in our travels.
The sites here are huge and the campground well laid out.<br />
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Most of the trees are relatively mature
second growth firs and cedars but there are many Douglas firs at least six feet
in diameter scattered through the campground. Before we left, we walked the path to and along the beach. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Ferry to the smaller island just off the "mainland" of the Island</span></strong></td></tr>
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"> and just over the bridge to Comax. We walked
around for a while, and of course found a café for lattes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Then,
after we walked around the Parksville campground, we headed back to Living
Forest RV Campground in Nanaimo.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"> Our site this time was a long back-in site</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">with a view over
the lower levels to the Nanaimo River and the Strait of Georgia. This is a very well run and well-managed Park. Staff are excellent to deal with, friendly and helpful. With an excellent monthly rate in the winter season, and excellent security, we decided to stay there until we left for the US, rather than going to Victoria.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">The first
night we were back, John opened the shower door and it literally fell apart in
his hand! The glass came out of the rubber strip in the frame and the whole
door came apart on the hinge side.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">The entire door was only being held by one
screw at the top of the frame fitting into a groove at the top of the door. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">So the door had to be propped on the small stool for a week or 3</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Nothing would go back together, so we decided
a new door was the only answer. Next day we headed off to Home Depot and found
one we thought would fit.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">A perfect door- it just wouldn't fit the Airstream</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">It was a bit higher, but the right width and we
figured it would work. Their installer was to come to check measurements. When
he called and we said it was an Airstream. He said, “No way, he wouldn’t work
on any trailer especially an Airstream.” The campground has a general
contractor they are pleased with, so we called him. He went with John to look
at the door, and figured it would work just fine, so we bought the door, and he
took out the old one and took off the frame. The next morning, he was ready to
install the door, but discovered he couldn’t use the new one. It was too high
and the frame was too wide to fit on the bulkhead. We searched the internet, and Airstream Forums for similar problems and solutions. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">But no luck! Nothing would fit.</span></strong></td></tr>
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">He sent us off to a glass
company who custom makes doors. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">A view of the city we became very familiar with as drove along Hwy 19</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Nanaimo from Hwy 19 as we drove to Home Depot, Best Buy, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-size: small;">Crystal Pacific and the Dodge dealer for the truck</span></strong></td></tr>
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">They had a perfect pivot door. Their installer
came to measure, and determined that their door couldn’t be used in the trailer
either! Meanwhile, we are planning to leave to fly to Toronto and Montreal to
visit, see doctors and dentists, and take John’s mum to a variety of
appointments, and also reset our travel insurance. Crystal Pacific Glass found
a company who, for a price, would custom make a door for us that would fit. It
was going to take 2 weeks to make us a door. Since we were going to be away,
the timing worked well. While all this is going on, my computer was going
slower and slower. I took it in to get it looked at, and the technician thought
the hard drive was going fast, so gave me instructions for making an image. I
took it back in, and they were going to check it and send it out to be fixed.
Guess what- it would be 2 weeks!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"> As we were dealing with this, we managed to walk around some of Nanaimo, </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">A luxury yacht in the harbour</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">A wonderful restaurant for fish and fresh-cut chips</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Meanwhile John picked up a cold, on the day we met his
cousin for a lovely walk out to Dukes Point, </span><br />
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and watched a BC Ferry leave for
Vancouver.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">The ferry leaving Duke Point in Nanaimo</span></strong></td></tr>
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"> Within a few days, John’s
cold became a miserable cough. </span></div>
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we were waiting and between contractors, we drove down to Ladysmith to walk
around the town. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Originally a hotel. Note the ornate brickwork-a Hindu symbol, the left-hand swastika, of the Kali and magic, in Buddhism, a symbol of good fortune and prosperity.</span></strong></td></tr>
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It was developed as a coal
shipping port with a copper smelter added in 1902.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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drove down to Victoria to stay overnight with friends, as I too started
coughing, and got an early morning drive to the airport. </span><br />
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After an easy flight,
and ride on the new UP train to Union Station in Toronto, we took the GO train
to Oshawa. We saw all our dentists and doctors, and got flu shots over the next
few days, before driving up to Montreal to visit John’s mum. She had some
appointments too, and a few errands to do. Back in Toronto, I had one more
specialist dentist appointment, we each had a doctor’s appointments and
prescriptions to pick up for our 6 months of meds. We did manage to see family
in Toronto <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">A special great-Grandson's, Hunter's, 5th Birthday- </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-size: small;">with Mommy Meaghan and sister Violet</span></strong></td></tr>
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and in Montreal<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Congregations are being amalgamated, we will lose </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-size: small;">our beautiful stained glass windows in the church, as we will be moving.</span></strong></td></tr>
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">before we flew back to Victoria. We picked up the
truck at our friends' home and drove back to Nanaimo. Our new door was successfully
installed the next day without a hitch.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The glass is called "raindrops", fitting we thought</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">After several trips back to Best Buy to
work with the Geek Squad, my reset computer finally had the data and programs
back, and, after almost a month, I could work on my pictures and blog again.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">The weather had turned cold [for Nanaimo] and rainy. At night we thought Violet was tap dancing on the roof of the airstream, with the rain and drips from the trees above!</span></div>
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took the truck in for an oil change before we left. The mechanic found a leak
in the exhaust manifold, and they wouldn’t be able to get the part until the
following week. The repair was covered by the power train warranty (5 years or
100,000 km.; Big Brown had covered 98,000 km.) so we caught a break.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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before we left, that weekend, we went on a trip down to Chemainus. We had
stopped here briefly a couple of years ago, but had not walked around the town.
It is a charming town </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">with yellow footprints on the
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The yellow footprints lead one all over town from one mural to the next</span></strong></td></tr>
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the truck was ready, the shower fixed and the computer running smoothly and
fast once more. We were ready to leave Canada to begin our trip to warmer
climes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Frost on the fields and ice on the puddles, a good reason to head south</span></b></td></tr>
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and boarded the Washington State ferry to
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"> It was a beautiful day for a ferry ride.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"> We stopped at
Friday Island,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"> and wound through the San Juan Island to Anacortes.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Mount Baker in Washinton was visible most of the way to Anacortes, <br />but the best view was just as we arrived</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Almost at Anacortes...</b></span></td></tr>
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Sue and Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01635905585485848696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772232128338847290.post-65546237442142102132015-12-04T11:43:00.003-08:002015-12-04T11:43:51.234-08:00Vancouver Island to Tofino and Ucluelet<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EPwcAG3FDnc/VmDToD5DiZI/AAAAAAAAITM/l0ssyGXMt80/s1600/04.%2B0147.JPG" imageanchor="1"></a>The
ferry ride </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The ferry wasn't crowded</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">to Vancouver Island was beautiful. It wasn't too warm, it was
blowing wildly, but it was sunny, and at the front, behind the partition, it
was very comfortable. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">View back to the coast of the mainland</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">We ate a quick lunch and wandered around for a while, then
I settled in to read and do the crossword, while John roamed! In no time we
were in Duke Point near Nanaimo. We went right to Living Forest Campground for
a couple of days to stock up the cupboards and frig, before heading to Pacific
Rim National Park. It is a really beautiful campground. Our site, 51 was
perfectly level.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">We stayed only one night before we headed up Hwy 19 to Parksville
and west on Hwy 4, passing Cameron Lake </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cathedral Grove with its magnificent tall,
straight trees.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">I had forgotten how winding and hilly this road was!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">We passed Port Alberni
and were surprised at its size. We went down to the harbour when we were here a
couple of years ago. But a large section of the city continues west to a couple
of large malls, and plazas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Then we were back into the wilds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">We stopped at the
rest stop at Taylor River, a lovely picnic stop. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">View up the mountain from the picnic table</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">The drive is beautiful,
sometimes by the river, </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">We stopped to watch a group of teen playing on the rocks. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">We went up and around the mountains in the distance</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">sometimes twisting up and down mountains. We stopped at
the Visitors Centre and then on to Green Point Campground in the Pacific Rim
National Park halfway between Tofino and Ucluelet. We found a campsite- a bit
of a difficult back-in, as many are, but we made it. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">A very private site</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">We walked down a path to Long
Beach, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fIOSfp14tro/VmDPqeA9exI/AAAAAAAAISE/PkUUs5eKlyQ/s1600/02.%2B0275walk%2Bto%2BLong%2BBeach.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fIOSfp14tro/VmDPqeA9exI/AAAAAAAAISE/PkUUs5eKlyQ/s320/02.%2B0275walk%2Bto%2BLong%2BBeach.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The first view of the Ocean</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">and along the beautiful expanse of sand,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">and over to the next beach,
Combers Beach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">and back to Long Beach to watch the sunset.</span></strong></td></tr>
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decided to drive to Ucluelet first. It is a neat little town.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Headed down to the harbour</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Interesting story...</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Commercial right on the waterfront by the main wharf</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The aquarium</span></strong></td></tr>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Inner harbour</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">They have a hike
in sections along the coast called the Wild Pacific Trail. We chose to walk the 2.6km lighthouse section first.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jy-oxPru7DU/VmDVHe_U1xI/AAAAAAAAIUk/P0HsB1V_RT0/s1600/03.%2B5661%2Blighthouse.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jy-oxPru7DU/VmDVHe_U1xI/AAAAAAAAIUk/P0HsB1V_RT0/s320/03.%2B5661%2Blighthouse.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Stepping back to look at the Lighthouse</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The beginning of our walk, beside the lighthouse</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">The coast is rocky and rugged, </span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FeOJ4p4lBDI/VmDV8nZmHNI/AAAAAAAAIU0/GH7SpQoKDLg/s1600/03.%2B0063%2BWPT.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FeOJ4p4lBDI/VmDV8nZmHNI/AAAAAAAAIU0/GH7SpQoKDLg/s320/03.%2B0063%2BWPT.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Islands and coves along the walk</span></strong></td></tr>
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">but with coves
of sand along the shore. </span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bqJj4R6ecDU/VmDX_Cy-5rI/AAAAAAAAIVc/KMQv17okRk0/s1600/03.%2B5626.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="229" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bqJj4R6ecDU/VmDX_Cy-5rI/AAAAAAAAIVc/KMQv17okRk0/s320/03.%2B5626.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Even I could walk near the edge on these trails.</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oCzGrqv1Mxs/VmDX-w7gXMI/AAAAAAAAIVY/918564P3Nxs/s1600/03.%2B5630%2BLighthouse%2Btrail.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oCzGrqv1Mxs/VmDX-w7gXMI/AAAAAAAAIVY/918564P3Nxs/s320/03.%2B5630%2BLighthouse%2Btrail.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">The sea foam to the left ...</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">explained.</span></strong></td></tr>
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Along the path in scenic spots, are benches on
platforms for walkers to rest and enjoy views of the ocean. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Bend to rest, and ...</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">We looked up from one of the coves to see...</span></strong></td></tr>
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The path is wide
and gravelled, extremely well maintained, with careful attention to detail,
even curved logs outlining the path’s curves. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">An easy path to walk</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">...even a step to reach the seat.</span></strong></td></tr>
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We found a small café, in town,
for a very late lunch, and as a bonus, with an owner who made amazing lattes.
He was the seventh best barista in western Canada last year!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">A great place for a lunch and cappuccino- but they close at 4</span></strong></td></tr>
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day we drove the other way into Tofino.</span></div>
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outfitters, surfing gear shops and fishing
charters offering whale watching, Hot Springs trips and surfing! We stopped in
at the Eagle Aerie Gallery, a traditional Longhouse, displaying the magnificent
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The chips were frozen and nasty, but the fish was OK, just a bit greasy (give
this place a pass if in town). Later we drove down to the beach parking lot and
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rained some part of many days while we were on the rainforest coast. The moss
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the rainy times to go on the Internet in Tofino, walk through galleries and
shop for food. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ucluelet, we ate at <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jiggers Fish and
Chips</i>. This was amazing- excellent fish and fresh-cut fries. This is a converted
bus, which we couldn’t find the first day we were there. However, they told us
they get their fish fresh each day, and if there isn’t fish, they don’t come! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">and Wickaninnish
Beach to the west. We walked along the trail, but didn’t go far as we were told
a bear had been seen earlier (the piles of fairly fresh bear poop were a
giveaway). We went back to walk the beach a few days later when the tide was
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spent some time in Ucluelet and some time in Tofino. We tried to go back to the
café we found the first day in Ucluelet, but it was closed. We did find the
best fish tacos on the coast though, again in a bus at Tacofina Cantina on the
Pacific Rim Highway, behind a group of outfitters and surf shops. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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did go back and walked through the Rainforest Trail Loops. There are two loops.
Loop A </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">is untouched by man, and is a fabulous old growth rainforest – gigantic
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and ancient fallen logs <br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">carpeted with hanging gardens of moss,</span><br />
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undergrowth with lots of ferns,<br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">and skunk cabbage. Here we found our red
chairs!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Further in, however, there are some of the massive cedars, and some more mature rainforest.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Still some of the mature, 700+ year old trees</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">There are places where roots grow over stumps of 700 year old trees, then the trees rot and the roots are left up in the air.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">the roots of the other tree remain up in the air</span></strong></td></tr>
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had the tail end of a hurricane and two other storms converge on the west
coast. We drove to Incinerator Rock during the rain </span></div>
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beautiful Best Western Tin Wis Resort </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">All the little dots are surfers waiting for the perfect age.</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">the waves were calming down and
skies were clearing. We looked at the other campgrounds in Tofino and Ucluelet.
None were comparable to Green Point. Although they had hookups, sites were
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last hike was to Schooner Cove Beach. Schooner Cove Trail is a lovely walk
along a raised boardwalk through a mature rainforest of huge cedars and
hemlocks, </span></div>
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over two moss draped streams, and down a series of stairs and ramps to
Schooner Cove, <br />
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in the campground, as our site was booked. <span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">We found another that worked well, </span></span><br />
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rains and mist didn’t drive us away, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">but
it was time to head back to the east coast of the Island.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Sue and Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01635905585485848696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772232128338847290.post-8295359868361396732015-11-25T19:12:00.000-08:002015-11-25T19:12:08.930-08:00From Shelter Bay Ferry to Tsawwassen Ferry<br />
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two free ferry rides! The first one is the Shelter Bay Ferry, at the north end
of Arrow Lake. There is a Provincial Park just at the ferry dock, but it is
like a wayside campground with small sites close together. We got there at 5,
just as the ferry left. We decided to wait and take the 6pm ferry. </span></div>
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didn't get in until almost dark, and there were no hookups available, so we
went to the overflow area. It was a beautiful private and large field, which we
had to ourselves.</span></div>
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a drive down to the McDonald Creek Provincial Park. It is really pretty,
with only a new section that has electricity. Unfortunately though, it is a
large field with just split rail fences between sites. The other sites are
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Then we decided to drive up to the Nakusp Hot
Springs. We thought it was just outside town. However, the turnoff is just
outside, but the hot springs are up and around the mountain, nestled in the
woods We decided it was definitely worth a trip! There is a campground, but we
decided we would not want to be towing up the twisting road up the mountain!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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day, more rain, but we went out to the Farmers Market anyway. Except we had
been given the wrong information, it was over at 1pm, not 4pm, so most of the
vendors had left. We decided this was the right time to dip in the Hot Springs.</span></div>
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It is a huge round pool, with a wall dividing the very hot smaller section from
the larger and slightly cooler section. They provide lots of pool noodles, so
practically everyone in the larger section was floating around. It was really
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rain the next day, so we decided to drive southeast on Highway 6 to New Denver.
We stopped to look at Summit Lake Provincial Park Campground. It had closed
that morning, and workers were starting to clean up sites and put tables away.
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New Denver, we shared a sandwich at an eclectic little store, “Sandrandipity”,
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town, so we got in the truck, and drove around. There it was, right behind the RCMP
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">He just watched us as we watched him!</span></b></td></tr>
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next day, it was time to move on. We continued south then west down Hwy 6. The
highway is often like driving through a canyon. </span></div>
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to Needles. This is a smaller, cable ferry, and still free. While we were
waiting for the ferry, a van pulled in behind us. A woman got out and put up a
portable cage. While we watched she brought out six of the most adorable, rolly,
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>They were the hit of the
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Provincial Park for a couple of nights, before we had to be in Penticton for
our appointment. We found a beautiful site in the South Campground, on the second level, where we could
just see the lake through the trees. We walked down to the beach, and along the shore </span><br />
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day in Kelowna was spent catching up on the Internet, and visiting Okanogan
Distillery to get our favourite Raspberry Liqueur. It is decadent and we were
looking forward to tasting it again. We also decided it was haircut time as we
had an extra hour. On the way back, we stopped at "TBones”, an excellent butcher
with a grocery store next door. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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next day we were at Midtown RV by 8:30. We hung around and talked to the mechanic,
explaining our concerns, most of them relatively minor. While they worked, we
went for a walk, drank lattes, had lunch and checked the Internet. By the time the work was done, it
was too late to move on, so,we Midtown-Camped for the night. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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next day after the bill was paid, and we moved to Wrights RV Campground for a
couple of days, so we could see more of the Penticton area. This is a large park, on the
shore of Skaha Lake.</span><br />
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Some sections were closed as it is really the end of the
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">and wineries. It was too late to visit them, but we did climb up Munson's mountain to get a view of the area.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fn3m22kvY50/VlZB6vqIQFI/AAAAAAAAIKM/toN0H9xiS1k/s1600/03.%2B0320Munsons%2BMtn.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fn3m22kvY50/VlZB6vqIQFI/AAAAAAAAIKM/toN0H9xiS1k/s320/03.%2B0320Munsons%2BMtn.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A great job revitalizing the area</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Looking back at Penticton</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">John climbed to the top, I relaxed on the bench.</span> </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">View from my bench to the south</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I did walk over halfway up though</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A place to rest and enjoy the view of Penticton</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It
rained the next day, so we just hung out at the RV. Early afternoon, we saw
another Airstream pull in. John went up to talk to them, to discover that it
was the BC Chapter of the Wally Bynam</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Club </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">who were
on a Winery Rally. Soon a whole row of Airstreams was parked in our row!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">They invited
us to join them for Happy Hour. What a great friendly group they were! We felt
as if we had known them for ages. We were invited to join them for their activities
and enjoyed dinner at a Chinese Buffet. We joined their Chapter as Affiliate Members, so we can keep in touch. Lunch
the next day was hosted by Midtown RV. Everyone was doing their own thing for
the afternoon, so we decided to drive to Summerland, a small town just north of
Penticton.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Main Street, a pretty town...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">with decorations everywhere...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">But we were back in time for Happy Hour. We enjoyed breakfast at the
Pasta House in downtown Penticton, then a tour of some of the wineries on the
shore of Lake Okanagan.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Tasting and learning about the wines</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Each winery was unique,</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;">most had </span></b><b><span style="font-size: small;">many varieties of grapes nearby</span></b></td></tr>
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We were sorry to part ways the next day, as we were
going west to Fort Langley, and they were going North to Kelowna. We waved them
off then headed to Fort Langley to the Fort Camping campground.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">They are removing some of the sharp curves along highway 3</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Another gorgeous day, and interesting drive</span></b></td></tr>
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To our delight
this is an interesting, easily walkable historic town.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">One of the many beautiful old homes</span></b></td></tr>
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cafes, and wandered around the town along the tree-lined streets. We spent an
interesting afternoon at Fort Langley. The Fort was built in 1827 as a Hudson’s
Bay Company fur trading post. On the banks of the Fraser River, it was part of
the British trade route at the centre of the a large population of Aboriginal
people. To win the trade of coastal furs from the US, the HBC Governor drove
the price way down, losing money for the HBC but winning the monopoly of the fur
trade. Relations were cemented with the encouragement of marriages between HBC
employees and Aboriginal women, and the employment of Aboriginals in the Fort. In
1858, with the discovery of gold on the Fraser River, Fort Langley became the
centre of the gold rush as 30,000 miners arrived.</span></div>
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importance declined. In 1923, it became a national Historic site, and later its
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Today, it is a beautifully
restored and well kept Historic site, with costumed, knowledgeable guides with
stories to tell of life in the 1800’s in the Fort. We talked longest with the
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I have a beautiful one for the
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evening we took the sky train into Vancouver and had a great visit with one of
John’s Queen’s classmates at a local Brew Pub. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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again, time to move on, this time to Vancouver Island. We packed up, hitched
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Sue and Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01635905585485848696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772232128338847290.post-14468936542713100182015-10-25T23:23:00.002-07:002015-10-30T17:27:52.568-07:00Meziadin to Calgary then to Banff<br>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Travelling south on the Cassiar from Meziadin, the
highway was in good shape, but there was some resurfacing being done, and we
had to wait for the pilot car. John got out, and noticed a trail of water. A
stone on the newly chip-sealed section of the road had sheared off the drain
valve of our fresh water tank and all out fresh water was draining out! There
was nothing we could do right then, but a few phone calls to CanAm, and to
dealers in Prince George, and we were good to go. We just had to be sure to
have water hookups until then!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Just before the junction of the
Cassiar and the Yellowhead highways, was a small Indian reserve of Gitwangat,
with a row of some of the finest authentic totem poles in the area. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">but some only just started. Just across the
road is St Paul’s Anglican Church with a bell tower beside it housing the
original bell from the 1893 Bell tower.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">We drove as far as the town of
Smithers </span></div>
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for lunch at Two Sisters, a fabulous little restaurant,<br>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and a walk
around. </span><br>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">It was a lovely town, but we decided to go further before we stopped
for the night, so we could be as close to Prince George as possible. We stayed
on Fraser Lake at Pipers Glen Campground. It was a modest little campground
with much to be modest about. </span><br>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">We were up and off early (for us), heading to
FraserWay RV in Prince George. </span><br>
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</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Luckily, it was a fairly easy fix. They put on a
better grade drain. It surprised us that this sticks out at the bottom of the
trailer, and is not protected. The trailer was not ready until late afternoon,
so we decided to stay at the Casino for the night with a dozen other folks.</span><br>
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ate at the restaurant attached to the hotel, and were able to watch the Blue
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">We planned to stay at the
Provincial Campground at Mount Robson, but needed to stop one night on the way,
so we could arrive early to get a good site. We stopped for lunch at the little
town of McBride. </span><br>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The historic train station where we ate lunch, is the Visitor Information Centre and has <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Beanery2 Internet Cafe,</i> a café with
all home-made soups and sandwiches.</span><br>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">We chose to stop here for the night at
Beaverview RV Park and Campground, not even unhitching. We were once again in a
large field but with water and electricity. </span><br>
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to the Provincial Park at Mount Robson. On the way we stopped at Rearguard
Falls on the Fraser River. </span><br>
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Pacific salmon. As we watched, a group piled into 2 rafts and headed off to the
rapids for some fun. </span><br>
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of the mountain named in his honour. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br>
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the smoke from the Washington forest fires.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We found a
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It is the
highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. Later, John hiked up the smaller mountain
to the east and got a somewhat different view. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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walk, but what they didn’t say was that it was all downhill, often on a
switchback trail. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In 1862, 175 men and one woman travelled overland from
Ontario, heading to the newly discovered goldfields in central BC. The usual
route was around the tip of South America, hence this group was named the
Overlanders. </span><br>
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thick that the vistas were eerie. </span><br>
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3760ft/1146ft, the border between BC and Alberta. </span><br>
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our favourite coffee house [in the laundromat] for a latte before heading down
the Icefields Parkway towards Calgary. Jasper is ringed with mountains. However
walking around town, you couldn’t see any of them for the smoke. </span><br>
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the night at the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Columbia Icefield
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which covers 241sq.mi./388 sq.km., and its most visible long finger, the
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$15.70, the same price as the unserviced National Parks campgrounds. We walked
up to the Centre, but everything was closed, so we just wandered around. John
went out fairly early the next morning to get some pictures of the icefield
before the smoke settled in.</span><br>
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saw some views of some of the glaciers close to the road, and only ghostly
images of some of those which were further away, as we drove beside the Saskatchewan
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The smoke was thick right into
Calgary. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In fact we could not even have a fire in the fire pit for the first
week that we were at our son’s house because the air quality was so bad,
outdoor fires were banned. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We had a lovely visit with our grandkids, giving Karen and
Garry a holiday while we looked after them for several days. We spent a lot of
time playing at the local park, </span><br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Look at me too!</span></strong></td></tr>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">and spent a day at Heritage Park. </span><br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">"Gasoline Alley" with all the cars was their favourite</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kHbvUrO_0RY/Vi2waG7hEXI/AAAAAAAAH_w/gzdOoGLHCPE/s1600/25.%2B0326.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="249" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kHbvUrO_0RY/Vi2waG7hEXI/AAAAAAAAH_w/gzdOoGLHCPE/s320/25.%2B0326.JPG" width="320"></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">I'm not sure which he like more this swing or</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LrW8V_zZqWA/Vi2wffFQY9I/AAAAAAAAH_8/fTyRrE0OJEM/s1600/25.%2B0330.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LrW8V_zZqWA/Vi2wffFQY9I/AAAAAAAAH_8/fTyRrE0OJEM/s320/25.%2B0330.JPG" width="320"></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">the big Ferris Wheel</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eDaCf2TQalo/Vi2we7F5qRI/AAAAAAAAH_4/Id6gWV7YjYk/s1600/25.%2B0344.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eDaCf2TQalo/Vi2we7F5qRI/AAAAAAAAH_4/Id6gWV7YjYk/s320/25.%2B0344.JPG" width="320"></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">But they both loved the Steam engine train ride- but not the hand stamp!</span></strong></td></tr>
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">We even spent
time at their favourite stores, “Malnart” and Mastermind Toys.</span></div>
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were on our way again. The first trip took us back to Banff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had to go down to Ocotocks first to weigh
the trailer, axles and truck, so we took the Black Diamond route to the main
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">However, we were soon on the Trans Canada and into the mountains. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We
stayed once again in the Tunnel Mountain Campground in the RV section with full
hookups. The first day was warm and sunny, so we took a trip back to Canmore. The
views were spectacular, but still there was smoke. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The bike trail beside the
highway had more traffic than the highway, with folks of all ages enjoying the
beautiful weather. Canmore is such a pretty town</span><br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Entering Canmore- The Three Sisters Mountains</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">with interesting buildings.</span><br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Main Street</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">A store on the ground floor</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We
walked all over, and then took the boardwalk trail over the marsh, beside the
river. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We crossed a beautiful wooden bridge </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">to a stunning condo complex, with
the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Three Sisters Mountains</i> in the
distance,</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Out came hats and gloves and an extra layer! We discovered
a section of Banff that we had missed before, to the south end of the City
Centre. We took a walk around the area, and a walk along the river</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span><br>
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Club. It was pouring most of the time, but umbrellas worked to keep us fairly
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</div></div>Sue and Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01635905585485848696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772232128338847290.post-91217729175989475922015-10-18T18:19:00.002-07:002015-10-18T18:19:47.898-07:00Down the Cassiar Highway<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Cassiar Highway, sometimes called the Stewart-Cassiar Highway runs south from the Alaska Highway, just west of Watson Lake, to the Yellowhead Highway from the BC coast to Edmonton Alberta. The highway begins in the Yukon,</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">but in 5km you enter British Columbia.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The road initially runs through the Yukon Plateau -flat , forested country-, and through areas of a 2010 forest fire,</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Devastating, only underbrush has regrown, and a few small trees in the 5 years<br />since the fire</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">started by lightning, that burned more than 30,000 hectares and closed the Cassiar for several days. The highway at the north end is quite narrow, without centre lines or shoulders. The Cassiar Mountains are soon seen in the distance.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We didn’t drive far, just a short 109km, but stopped for the first night at Boya Lake Provincial Park.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sites were beautiful, many right on the lake. Ours backed onto the lake,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We again wished we had brought our kayaks. Since we were no longer in the Yukon, there was no free firewood. However, in BC, you can take firewood from one park to another. So we bought a large bin of firewood for $10. John had a grand time splitting it so we could have our campfire. The campground was run by a Park Operator who had been there for 10+ years. She considered this HER campground, and was really proud of it. Sites were raked, washrooms (i.e. pit toilets) were spotless, and NO bears were allowed. She had a “bear dog” from that chased any who came near. We walked around the lake to the day area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">We passed the site of an active placer mining operation 90m [295ft] below the road.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">The gold rush town of Centreville, where a miner found the biggest all gold [no quartz] nugget found in a BC, weighing 72 oz. was located here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">Down the road is Jade City,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">population 50 and Cassiar Mountain’s Jade Store.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"> It is not really a city, but a community made up of one jade business that specializes in jade products, and free jade-cutting demonstrations. It has the largest selection of Canadian jade. The family has mined and designed jade since 1972. [It is designed here then sent to China mainly to be cut and finished, before being sent back here to be sold!] About a million pounds of jade are mined per year from the Cassiar Mountains, and about half is exported.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">Travelling south we had an excellent view of Needlepoint Mountain,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">the site of an HBC post in 1838, and a boat-building centre during the gold rush. We had run out of propane in one tank, so needed to refill it. We were told that there was propane available at Dease Lake. We drove around and finally found the right place, a house with a large yard and several outbuildings behind it, several kilometres from the highway out by the airport. John got out, looked around and finally knocked on the door of the house, but no one answered. We knew we had one tank of propane left, but with no electrical hookups in any of the local or Provincial Parks, we were going to have to be careful. We decided to stay at the Lions’ Club Tanzilla River Campground, in Dease Lake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">This is a modest campground with sites cut into trees with some along the river. We almost took a river site until we realized the door would open into a muddy puddle, so we chose a site in the trees.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">There was lots of beautiful wood cut, ready for fires, at a cost of $3, so another campfire. When we were driving out we noticed lots of mushrooms growing in the campgrounds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">We had seen them beside the road, but not in the numbers we saw here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">On the highway, we crossed Gnat Pass at 4072 ft [1241m]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">and came to a marshy area at Gnat Lake, on a wide plain. We got out to take pictures, but lucky for us, didn’t see any gnats.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">They were stunning. Some of the closer mountains just had traces of snow left. It was a beautiful drive, past lakes and mountains of all sizes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> This is another campground run by a Park Operator (all B.C. provincial parks are run by independent park operators), who takes personal pride in her park. Sites are raked, and spotless. Again we backed right onto the lake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> It collapses into a small package, easy to carry. They caught a lake trout earlier, and shared it with us.</span><br />
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It was delicious! They had also been given a salmon from another camper the day before, which they also shared with us. We had another beautiful campfire with interesting friends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">The next day we were off again! The day dawned clear and sunny,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">but with low clouds, We now drove on roads with a clear centre line and shoulders!</span><br />
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We later learned that the area behind our site was where the local grizzly had been sleeping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">It wasn’t well marked, but we found it, after driving off the highway, down a narrow road. We walked down the path and found the top of the fishway above the falls. Taking another dirt road down and around a hill, we discovered the camp, and the rest of the ladder.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">We watched fish trying to jump the falls. You watch, and want to point them to the easy way, using the fish ladder!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">To the north, the mountains were rugged and rocky. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;">To the south they were higher with waterfalls tumbling down from high glaciers.</span><br />
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It was an incredible sight. We came around a turn and a stunning sight greeted us- Bear Glacier. The Glacier swept down the mountain from the ice fields right into the river at its foot.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Our first glimpse of Bear Glacier through the fog</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The next day and a little further along the road, a clearer view</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">We parked at a pull out and stared in awe. We knew we were into a special part of the area. Since it was becoming dusk we did not go any farther, but turned around to have a campfire after dinner. The next day was clear and sunny, so we again drove down the Stewart highway. It is a spectacular drive.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Good road, good day, beautiful drive on Stewart Highway</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A clearer view of one of the glaciers high in the mountains</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> Just past Bear Glacier, [we could actually see it this time], you enter the steep-walled Bear River Canyon, snaking between two mountains,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Entering Bear Canyon</span></b></td></tr>
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following the path of the rushing river.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">View of the river as we exited the canyon</span></b></td></tr>
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As you exit the canyon, you come up to Avalanche gates.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">and the second set of Avalanche gates</span></b></td></tr>
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This is not a road I'd want to be travelling in winter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Stewart is a small town of 699 on the border with Alaska. The Visitors Info Centre is right at the beginning of an estuary boardwalk at the head of the Portland Canal, a narrow saltwater fiord,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">forming the Alaska-BC border. Stewart has a deep water harbour and is Canada's most northern ice free port.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Gold and silver mining dominated the early economy. Rich silver veins were found in the Upper Salmon River Basin in 1917-18. There are the remains of the pilings of the building of original town on the tidal flats. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>All that is left of parts of the original town</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">From there, we drove into Hyder, U.S.A.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Entering Hyder in U.S.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> There is no U.S. Customs, but there is a Canadian Customs when you return. Hyder is a tiny forgotten town with a population of 100. There is one store and scattered houses. We had been told, the place to have the best fish and chips ever, was "the bus", so we found it on a little back road.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The recommendation was right- excellent lunch!</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">We drove along the Salmon Glacier Road past Fish Creek, through the U.S.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Along the Stewart river- note the road!</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and back into Canada</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Who knew? back into BC!</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">on our way to the Salmon Glacier. The road started out paved, but very soon became a winding, narrow, gravel and dirt road. It climbs and winds around the mountain, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px;">past mining shacks.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Interesting road! narrow, dirt, winding...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Looking back and down at the road we drove and a mining operation</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The views of the Salmon Glacier are spectacular from the summit viewpoint.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The story</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">John shooting Salmon Glacier</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A "kettle" at the Toe, coloured green by the minerals<br /></span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">or climb down to the toe of the glacier, but we chose to view it from the summit as it swept down from the Icefield.</span><br />
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The road to the mine gets even worse, more narrow and rocky. You are looking down on the glacier rather than across or up as with most of the glaciers we saw. From here there is also an incredible view back down the valley.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">This is where everyone comes to see the bears, as the salmon are plentiful in this narrow section of the creek.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">One motel in the area, guarantees seeing bears from its cabins. But of course, because we were there there were no bears. They had not seen any for a couple of days, which was unusual. We watched the salmon for a while, then left, stopped at the one store/Gift shop in Hyder,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and found a little restaurant</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> on the main street, </span><br />
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t<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">o have pizza before heading back to Meziadin. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">This was a lucky stop for us, as on the way back we saw 8 black bears enjoying the salad along beside the road.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">At one point, all I had to do was put my arm out the window and I could have patted a mother and her cub (but I didn't). Just as we got back to the turn-off to the campground, we saw a wolf and a small black bear about 25 ft apart across the road. Unfortunately, they moved before we could get a good picture!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The next morning we were up before 6, to see if we could see the bear that we were told had been wandering around the camp each morning. But, guess what, no sign of it that morning. However, I did get pictures of the calm morning lake.</span><br />
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Sue and Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01635905585485848696noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772232128338847290.post-37379897601665428722015-10-02T13:38:00.001-07:002015-10-02T13:38:12.777-07:00Carcross and Atlin: The last stops in the Yukon...<div class="MsoNormal">
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feels like coming home”. This was our third time in Whitehorse. The next
morning, we were both still sore from our hike- John’s quads and my calves, so
we planned just a little walking! I had not had a chance to get T-shirts for
the grandchildren, so that was one of our priorities. We walked around town
enjoying the familiar and friendly feel of the city, and had a latte at our
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looked at the buildings which had been relocated from the squatters community at the north end of downtown, to the south.</span></div>
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Takhini Hot Springs. On the way, we had one more museum to see- the Copperbelt
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air, but relaxing in the pool was just what we needed. Too bad there were no
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time! We retraced our steps a short way back down the Alaska Highway, then
south to Carcross, on the Klondike Highway towards Skagway, Alaska. This is the
original route of the Alaska Highway built in 1943, and the gold-seeker’s
“Trail of 1898”. The road runs through a valley between high grass, shrubs,
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">is a quaint
little town, like a step back in time. There are some of the Yukon’s oldest
buildings, dating back to 1898. The visitors centre and the artisans and shops
surrounding it,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">including the house of Skookum Jim [one of the first to find
gold at Bonanza Creek], which is now a museum and art gallery,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">are a beautiful
tribute to the Tagish First Nation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">There are many houses from the Gold Rush
era around the village. Some are abandoned,</span></div>
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some are homes or shops.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The Trading Post</span></b></td></tr>
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barracks is now a bake shop with original doors,</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>original NWMP Barracks, now a Bake shop</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">This is the terminal of the Yukon and White Pass
train from Skagway Alaska, a narrow gauge railroad, built in 1898 during the
Klondike Gold Rush. A train arrived while we were there!</span></div>
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On the Nares River is
a unique tribute to the Tutchi riverboat which burned while it was being
restored. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The bow was the most intact section</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We drove back up Tagish Road
and onto Atlin Road.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">In many places the mountains swept right to the road</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Atlin Lake ran beside the highway</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The lake widened </b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We spent the night in the Snafu Government Campground, on
the Atlin Road. We chose a beautiful site up on the hill overlooking the lake.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gQCQI6G3xRk/Vg7atdIS9RI/AAAAAAAAHh0/xPwdsNg8ObU/s1600/07.%2B0187.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gQCQI6G3xRk/Vg7atdIS9RI/AAAAAAAAHh0/xPwdsNg8ObU/s320/07.%2B0187.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">After some rain, a beautiful rainbow -good rain is over...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We
were the only ones there for a several hours, then a German couple, spending a
month camping in the Yukon, drove in. We had an interesting visit at our
campfire in the evening, while listening to the loons on the lake.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Our 4 stools around the fire ...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> There was construction as they rebuilt bridges at Snarfu and Tarfu Creeks.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A new Bridge</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;">The next day, it was pouring rain, but we decided to go on down to Atlin anyway.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Just past TARFU Lake, we entered BC.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wPZSq91AXO8/Vg7cgYoJSPI/AAAAAAAAHig/_ySpnv7PHtU/s1600/08.%2B0207.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wPZSq91AXO8/Vg7cgYoJSPI/AAAAAAAAHig/_ySpnv7PHtU/s320/08.%2B0207.JPG" width="251" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Back into BC for a while...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Many people had said it
was a beautiful drive, and well worth the 100km drive. It was a pretty drive
with scenic views of lakes. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>A pretty drive</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rBashKcoDhA/Vg7c77JIxpI/AAAAAAAAHio/0zr3wEJerzM/s1600/08.%2B0214.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rBashKcoDhA/Vg7c77JIxpI/AAAAAAAAHio/0zr3wEJerzM/s320/08.%2B0214.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">But dusty then wet...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-loi0tyktsD4/Vg7c8Dj0s4I/AAAAAAAAHis/NRUmj-WqTJY/s1600/08.%2B0216.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-loi0tyktsD4/Vg7c8Dj0s4I/AAAAAAAAHis/NRUmj-WqTJY/s320/08.%2B0216.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The rain created interesting vistas</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">However, the road was under construction in several
places, and, first dusty then, with the rain, muddy! </span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3QgB9RZU9sw/Vg7djbg0t_I/AAAAAAAAHjE/_7GFP6fr2tA/s1600/08.%2B0218.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3QgB9RZU9sw/Vg7djbg0t_I/AAAAAAAAHjE/_7GFP6fr2tA/s320/08.%2B0218.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Resurfacing...</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Mzzm05AuoYM/Vg7djT6osXI/AAAAAAAAHjA/raxyQPv6QNA/s1600/08.%2B0221.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Mzzm05AuoYM/Vg7djT6osXI/AAAAAAAAHjA/raxyQPv6QNA/s320/08.%2B0221.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">so, no centre line, but not muddy</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Atlin is an artsy little village built on a
hill up from the largest natural lake in BC, Atlin Lake. There are many of the
old buildings from gold rush days when the population went from 500 to 10,000
people during 1898-99.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The Globe Theatre and two of the stores [neither is in use today]</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A Home, part of the General Store</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The General Store, next door- still in use</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The Atlin Gold Rush is considered BC’s last ‘great
stampede’. Many who came here were those tired and discouraged from trying to
reach Dawson City. There is still an active placer-gold mining industry.
However, the population is now back to 500. Unfortunately the Visitors Centre and Museum in
the old schoolhouse was closed.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The door was only open to tell us it was closed!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Relics from thee Gold Rush days - an outdoor display</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> However the Arts Centre and Gallery in the old
Court House was open. It has wonderful art and crafts by local folks. In one
shop, I commented on the variety and the wonderful arts, and the answer was,
“Our winters are long”. Atlin hosts an
Arts and Music Festival each July. Beautifully painted benches are all over the
village commemorating these, one for each year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The MV <i>Tarahne</i> is beached on the downtown lakeshore. A gas-powered
propeller vessel, it operated in the 1920’s as a luxury tour boat offering
trips around Atlin Lake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">They now host ‘Tea on the <i>Tarahne’</i>, with hosts in period dress, the first Saturday in July
each year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> It was really interesting to wander around the village,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">but we were
soaked, even with rain jackets and umbrellas. I changed socks and shoes before
we left. We drove around to the RV Campground on the lake, but the weather was so
miserable, we decided to head on towards Watson Lake. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We stopped the night back
in Teslin at the Government Campground. Atlin was an interesting stop on our
travels, but we debated whether it was worth the extra 200km.</span><br />
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hook-ups, in Watson Lake in the rain, over muddy roads much of the way back up
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drive down the Cassiar Highway. After talking to lots of people, and much
research and discussion, we had decided to take the Stewart-Cassiar Highway
back down to Highway 16 and back to Jasper, rather than retracing our drive
down the rest of the Alaska Highway. The Cassiar was reported to be not as good
a road and under construction, but we had lots of that. The surface was
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Sue and Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01635905585485848696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772232128338847290.post-4292933861168489062015-09-22T12:49:00.000-07:002015-09-22T12:49:03.782-07:00Kluane National Park and Reserve<div class="MsoNormal">
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up to Tombstone. However, it had been cool and wet, and the forecast for the
following week was more cold, wet weather, so we decided to go south and west
to Kluane National Park. This meant driving back down the Klondike Loop to
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out of the rapids, making this a dangerous section of the river to navigate for
those on their way to the gold fields. The safest passage is the near, or south
side, of the rocks. A chain was anchored to the shore above and below the rapids
allowing the sternwheelers to be winched against the swift current. We
discovered that there is a trail to the river, but we did not have the hour to
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and one car had driven around twice. On his 3<sup>rd</sup> pass, he stopped and
asked if we were staying longer than one night. Having been assured that we
weren’t, he put his kayak trailer in the other side to reserve it for the next
day. We ended up having a long chat with them that evening, </span></div>
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Whitehorse. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;">Since it had been dry, the sections under </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;">construction </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 19.9733px;">were really dusty!</span></div>
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recommended. So Braeburn Lodge was a necessary stop. It was rather
disappointing- not as much cinnamon and quite doughy. But it was huge- easily
the size of 3 others. </span><br />
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Cristina
and Paul were having a tire fixed, so we unhitched and went to see them for a
short visit before they began their trek to the NWT.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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laundry was top priority. We stopped in at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre
first. It is a beautiful modern building on the shore of the Yukon River.</span></div>
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and a large hall with a beautiful dugout canoe in it. The Kwanlin Dun originally
lived where the city is now, but were gradually moved up and then away from the
river as the city grew. This stunning Conference and Cultural Centre celebrates
their way of life and is a gathering place for people of all cultures.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">followed by the Whitehorse rapids, making it an imposing challenge for
miners on their way down the river to the gold fields. When the news of the big Klondike gold strike
reached the outside world in 1896, the rush was on! Thousands poured through
Skagway in Alaska en route to the goldfields around Dawson City. Most crossed
passes, mainly the Chilkoot Pass, and built rafts at Lake Bennett. From there
they could float to Dawson City. 7,000 were on the lake within 48 hours..
Except they had to get past Miles Canyon and the rapids. Within a few days of the arrival of thousands
of boats, over 150 were lost and 10 people drowned. Sam Steele of the NWMP
directed that a boat could only use the river with an experienced pilot. Many
people decided to portage. Norman Macaulay and John Hepburn saw an opportunity
and each built a tramway, on either side of the river, horse drawn carts on
wooden rails to move boats, rafts and supplies around the canyon and rapids</span>. </span><br />
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make a fortune with a railway from Skagway to Dawson, they bought out the
tramways in 1899, set up a townsite in Whitehorse and celebrated the completion of their railway in July 1900. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and this was the beginning of the last leg for the 40 relay teams, and a check
point for the full marathoners.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Cheering the runners as they take off up the hill towards the Finish</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">On the way, we saw one house on the way
where the occupants were having fun with bicycle wheels. Amazing eh!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> All bicycle wheels...They are beginning to build a smaller one too</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The fish were a community project</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">They were so successful, the school children were asked to decorate more fish</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">For thousands of years,
salmon have travelled up the Yukon River to spawn in its many tributaries,
including in the headwaters near Whitehorse.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The remnants of a First Nations fish basket </span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">By the mid 1950’s, the Alaska
Highway and the Klondike were complete, linking many communities, the
sternwheelers which operated from Dawson City to Whitehorse had become
obsolete, and the capital had been moved from Dawson to Whitehorse. Thus
Whitehorse had grown rapidly. The Whitehorse Rapids Hydroelectric Facility was
built to meet the growing electricity demand. The Whitehorse Rapids Fishway was built to
help the ancient migration by allowing passage of the salmon around the dam.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Fishway, with the Hydro-electric plant in the background</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Incidently, the building of the dam also tamed the
Whitehorse rapids, created Schwatka Lake, and raised the level of the water in
Miles Canyon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">At the end of the parking lot, we discovered another
check-point for the marathon, as they came out of the mountain towards the city
and the finish.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">She is almost finished, 1 km to go!</span></b></td></tr>
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couldn’t get a good look at Whitehorse because the trees had grown up at every
viewpoint. But it was quite a drive.</span><br />
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and get a burrito at the Rotary Peace Park at the north end of downtown by the
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west to Haines Junction. At Mile 962 [km1548] at Canyon Creek, during the
construction of the Alaska Highway, an old bridge was dismantled and a new one,
described as the most ambitious built by the US Army 18<sup>th</sup> Engineers,
was hand-built in 18 days. </span><br />
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spectacular natural area, features Canada’s highest peak, Mount Logan, and the
largest icefields outside of the polar cap. Kluane National Park and Reserve,
covering 21,980 square km, [roughly the size of New Jersey] is the Yukon’s
component of the largest internationally protected area in the world and is a
UNESCO World Heritage Site. These parklands are the traditional territories of
the Southern Tuchone people, the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations and the
Kluane First Nation. We drove from domes,</span><br />
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finally to rugged peaks on both sides.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Haines Junction is a village on the edge
of Kluane National Park and Reserve. We stopped at the Visitor Centre which is
in a beautiful building shared with the Da Ku Cultural Centre, celebrating the
culture and traditions of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations people.</span></div>
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village is at the junction of the highway south to Haines Alaska, and the
Alaska Highway west to Tok, Alaska.</span><br />
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Kathleen Lake,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">On the drive down, we had just seen a lynx run across the road.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> on the road to Haines Alaska, for the first couple of days.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">John had to make sure our bear spray worked!</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
campground is very pretty, carved out of the forest, but $15.70 per night (cash
only)! Who comes up with these numbers!! We drove down to Kathleen Lake, with mountains
7-8000 ft high, right down to the water.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It was a perfect day – warm, sunny and
no haze. We walked along the right side of the lake along the boardwalk</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The fireweed are just beginning to go to seed here</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">and pebbly
shore, and discovered two Red Chairs.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9PcQ9lhA4Vs/Vf-Nl554lGI/AAAAAAAAHVk/o00vrBMWrUU/s1600/09.%2B0307.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="276" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9PcQ9lhA4Vs/Vf-Nl554lGI/AAAAAAAAHVk/o00vrBMWrUU/s320/09.%2B0307.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">It has become a game to look for the red chairs!</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The lake was calm and the view
incredible.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g5acfJkXj9A/Vf-Od1AOzjI/AAAAAAAAHV0/Jbuq2_Uv9DY/s1600/09.%2B0311.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g5acfJkXj9A/Vf-Od1AOzjI/AAAAAAAAHV0/Jbuq2_Uv9DY/s320/09.%2B0311.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Amazing clear view.</span></b></td></tr>
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We could see the Weisshorn – a Matterhorn-type Mountain peak,
12,000 ft high- of Kluane 100 km away.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DTZCEfjQZ7Q/Vf-OB4Hvu4I/AAAAAAAAHVs/DLIG2NEAbis/s1600/09.%2B0314.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DTZCEfjQZ7Q/Vf-OB4Hvu4I/AAAAAAAAHVs/DLIG2NEAbis/s320/09.%2B0314.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Weisshorn 100km away</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We talked to a man who was kayaking and
lived in the area, who suggested we walk along the other shore. So, we went
back and walked along the left side of the lake</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cRJfMLHxT78/Vf-O3TyzqoI/AAAAAAAAHWA/3qvgQFuZL6g/s1600/09.%2B0324.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cRJfMLHxT78/Vf-O3TyzqoI/AAAAAAAAHWA/3qvgQFuZL6g/s320/09.%2B0324.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The pebble beach </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xvNZJoyreuc/Vf-O2wA3MRI/AAAAAAAAHV8/E1UE735nEm0/s1600/09.%2B0340.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xvNZJoyreuc/Vf-O2wA3MRI/AAAAAAAAHV8/E1UE735nEm0/s320/09.%2B0340.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A view of Mount Kennedy and Mount Hubbard</span></b></td></tr>
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and were able to see even
higher magnificent, snow covered mountains, Mount Kennedy and Mount Hubbard. It
was a stunning sight!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">On the road again, back through Haines Junction to Kluane
Lake, the largest lake in the Yukon. We saw some evidence of the destruction of
the spruce beetle.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i4mqGXVWuow/Vf-PyrQr-5I/AAAAAAAAHWY/iK2ywtIF3VU/s1600/10.%2B0030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="195" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i4mqGXVWuow/Vf-PyrQr-5I/AAAAAAAAHWY/iK2ywtIF3VU/s320/10.%2B0030.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Many of the trees are brown from the spruce beetle</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There was still lots of Fireweed with seed pods quite red,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Fireweed seed pods</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">before they explode much like dandelions.
Magnificent mountains rose from the valley as we neared Kluane Lake.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The mountains were magnificent as we drove toward the lake</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The
mountains ring the lake and sweep right
into the deep blue water.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The moods of Kluane</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The stunning untamed wilderness takes your breath
away. When we reached the campground, it was a debate as to whether we would
park in the open with the water behind us, or park in a more private section.
Privacy won, as we chose a large pull through in the forest.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">... and of course, our nightly fire with free wood!</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It turns out that
the site of this park was a poor choice- it is in prime grizzly habitat- a huge
soapberry patch, near a former local dump and with a large patch of locoweed [
the flowers are a favourite of the bears in the spring] right where the
playground was located. In May the Park had to be evacuated because the
grizzlies were mating! However, of course, we didn’t see any grizzlies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The next day was grey and cloudy, so we drove to
Destruction Bay and Burwash Landing. It is really an area of mountain
wilderness.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">rain and more rain...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> There are no homes of any kind between “towns”. It is a desolate, but beautiful drive. Destruction Bay was named when the
construction camp was destroyed by a severe windstorm while the Alaska Highway
was being built in 1942. It was one of the rest stops and with access to the
superb fishing in Kluane Lake, still a busy rest stop.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Burwash Landing was established as a Jaquot trading post in
1904 as a result of a gold strike on the Fourth of July Creek. It was the
summer gathering place of the Southern Tutchone people. When the highway was
built, it was made the administrative centre for the Kluane area.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6MMMXO0F35E/Vf-V-0e0XmI/AAAAAAAAHYU/u0bIVtsKkx0/s1600/IMG_0102%2BBurwash.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="146" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6MMMXO0F35E/Vf-V-0e0XmI/AAAAAAAAHYU/u0bIVtsKkx0/s320/IMG_0102%2BBurwash.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Burwash Landing Resort, unfortunately closed now</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H3lwj_8w-lw/Vf-WB4bqrRI/AAAAAAAAHYc/7NueW0OckyE/s1600/IMG_0105%2BBurwash%2BLanding.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H3lwj_8w-lw/Vf-WB4bqrRI/AAAAAAAAHYc/7NueW0OckyE/s320/IMG_0105%2BBurwash%2BLanding.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Our Lady of Holy Rosary Mission built in 1944, still in use today.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This is also
the site of the first school in the Yukon administered by a First Nations group,
and the site of the Kluane Museum of Natural History</span><br />
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exhibit and displays of First Nations clothing and weapons. The gift shop has
many locally made crafts, and outside is the World’s Largest Gold Pan with a
mural by Roman Catholic missionary Fred </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The next day dawned clear, so we decided to spend our last
day in Kluane climbing Sheep Mountain [Tachal Dhal]. We took the Sheep Creek
Trail which leaves from just behind the Visitor Centre. </span><br />
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dwindling. We had one more area to see- so back to Whitehorse, and down to Carcross
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Sue and Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01635905585485848696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772232128338847290.post-74683759212665280282015-09-07T19:48:00.004-07:002015-09-07T19:48:28.258-07:00Dawson City<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">We left
Whitehorse, but with a very short drive ahead of us. We went as far as Takhini
Hot Springs. This is a beautiful private campground, with
electricity only, but they have a dump station and fresh water fill-up.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A beautiful wide site, with lots of privacy</span></b></td></tr>
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staff are friendly and very helpful, and the grounds are beautifully kept with sites are carved out of the forest and are well separated. After choosing our
site and eating, we went up to the hot springs.</span><br />
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This one is a very large
concrete pool, with the hot spring water coming in at one end- the hot shallow
end- then through a gate into water 1.7m deep with a shallow end in a much
larger section- with outlets at this end to the natural stream outside the
fence.</span><br />
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It was delightful, to just lie in the water, paddle around and move from
cooler to warmer and back again! There were people there of all ages, young
babies, toddlers, quite a number of kids having fun, all ages right up to the
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Everyone had to follow the rules, especially <i>No Snowballs</i>!</span></b></td></tr>
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got back, the campground police came knocking! Our Nova Scotia friends were
there waiting for a part for their truck. We had a great visit and catch-up
before they left the next morning to get it fixed. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">It rained the
next day, and John felt miserable, so, we stayed an extra day and just hung out
in the trailer. We couldn’t do much with the Internet as it was really
weak. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">We began our
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">View across Lake Leberge</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">30 Mile Heritage River</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
It was a bumpy dirt road, but we had to see the site of the Cremation of Sam
McGee. </span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">We had decided
to stop at Twin Lakes Territorial Park,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Formation of Twin Lakes</b></span></td></tr>
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and when we got there, Christina and
Paul had already arrived. We had a beautiful large site up on a hill
overlooking the lake.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SGnYVo17yvQ/Ve3G3ztwv0I/AAAAAAAAG7E/enE7XIuJ96Q/s1600/IMG_0069.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="264" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SGnYVo17yvQ/Ve3G3ztwv0I/AAAAAAAAG7E/enE7XIuJ96Q/s320/IMG_0069.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The view from the hill behind our trailer</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Actually it was a double site, but the Park was not busy,
so we did not have anyone else come in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The park was really pretty, with sites
of all sizes, but well separated and level. We enjoyed another campfire at
their site and were joined by a lady from Colorado. She raved about a Territorial Park up in Mayo, on the way to Dawson. She said it was much prettier
even than Twin Lakes. So The four of us decided to go up there for the next
night, before carrying on to Dawson City.<b> </b></span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The next day
was a bumpy green day!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">rounded hills</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Montague Road House</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">There was a roadhouse every 30-40km</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We drove over three separate areas of road construction,
6km and 8 km and on only a few hundred feet, and lots of frost –heaved bumps
and pot holes! There were several spectacular views of the rivers,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">We drove into what was once Beringia</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Pelly Crossing Bridge over Pelly River</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but the
drive was mainly through green fir trees and aspen. It was generally flat with
some mountains in the distance. The road up to Mayo had several sections under construction [what else is new !].<b> </b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">More muddy roads</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">When we got to Mayo to the Five Mile Lake
Campground, Christina and Paul were already there. The campground was beautiful
with wide sites well separated, but there were no sites on the lake,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
and we
couldn’t even see it, unless we walked up the road. It was a narrow lake, with a gravel beach and
swimming area<b>.</b></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7-fXa6RsPlE/Ve3RzBlCNFI/AAAAAAAAG8Q/XlOkdywhmTw/s1600/03.%2B0006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7-fXa6RsPlE/Ve3RzBlCNFI/AAAAAAAAG8Q/XlOkdywhmTw/s320/03.%2B0006.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A narrow 5 Mile Lake the next morning</span></b></td></tr>
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Several children were enjoying a raft near the shore when we arrived. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">However, it certainly
did not rival Twin Lakes or Muncho Lake Park. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The next day
dawned bright and clear. We took a quick drive into the town of Mayo before we
left. There is not much there, but they have developed a beautiful lookout and
small park above the river with spectacular views of the area. </span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D3nUyUUpb-k/Ve3Ub6l4fFI/AAAAAAAAG8k/QkpMx3ZQm0U/s1600/03.%2B0020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="244" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D3nUyUUpb-k/Ve3Ub6l4fFI/AAAAAAAAG8k/QkpMx3ZQm0U/s320/03.%2B0020.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">View from The Mayo Gazebo</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VBFgTR4Jj78/Ve3UdOjxXBI/AAAAAAAAG80/pZAH0wuikVM/s1600/03.%2B0133%2BStewart%2BRiver.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="206" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VBFgTR4Jj78/Ve3UdOjxXBI/AAAAAAAAG80/pZAH0wuikVM/s320/03.%2B0133%2BStewart%2BRiver.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">We drove right
to Dawson City. It was a rather ordinary day of driving, once we got back on
the Klondike highway, broken only by gravel patches.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-teRenWmivc0/Ve3WH0ut7QI/AAAAAAAAG9o/L32ZGfJ8om8/s1600/05.0036%2Bgravel%2Broad%2Bto%2BDawson.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-teRenWmivc0/Ve3WH0ut7QI/AAAAAAAAG9o/L32ZGfJ8om8/s320/05.0036%2Bgravel%2Broad%2Bto%2BDawson.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Our truck and trailer looked just as muddy</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">One section we drove km
without a pilot car, but with graders and rollers on half of the highway. We
finally had a pilot car for the last few kilometres. The terrain was fairly
flat, with rolling, domed green large hills.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Fairly flat</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> We drove right to the Klondike River Territorial Campground, another beautiful, well maintained campground<b>.</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Lots of room for a bonfire and chairs</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>We met Cristina and Paul, and later after dinner
at the Greek restaurant, </b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Our first meal in Dawson City</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">we decided to take the ferry</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Looking back to Dawson City from the ferry</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>to West Dawson</b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">We don't really think this is the Hostel, but maybe....</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Moosehide Slide</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The explanation...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to check out the other government campsite. </span>T<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hen <span style="font-size: 14pt;">we drove up to the top of the Dome Road to get a view
of the whole area. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Stewart and Yukon Rivers</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Dawson City</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">and the road back down...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">As you drive
towards the city, you are welcomed</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>and then you see high, long curved mounds of gravel.</b></span><br />
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<tr><td><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fVMdPk_-pbQ/Ve3fS3Rtp0I/AAAAAAAAG_s/Fo6oYV63980/s1600/09.%2B0079%2BTailings.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fVMdPk_-pbQ/Ve3fS3Rtp0I/AAAAAAAAG_s/Fo6oYV63980/s320/09.%2B0079%2BTailings.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The tailings</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> These are all
tailings from the dredges. This whole are had been mined for gold. This is a
picturesque town, of 1998 people (according to the guidebook- no kidding). It
has the look and feel of an old frontier town, streets are wide,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the
brightly coloured stores have a frontier appearance. Front Street, along the
Yukon River, is paved with white asphalt,</span><br />
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while all the others are dirt roads with wooden sidewalks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are a lot of historic buildings, some fixed up and in use,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and some needing to be renovated, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and many of which are not open to the public. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">We found out that
many are Government Historic Sites and are open at certain times of the day
only, or only opened on one of the many walks with a tour guide. We learned to
plan our day around when buildings are open or a walk is happening. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">But some have explanations,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>and some houses are beautiful private homes.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The folks at
the Visitors Centre were very helpful, and interesting. There was a water hose
out back, that we could just drive up to and use. We filled our 6 gallon
container several times and our trailer before we left. The wifi however was
iffy. Macs, iPhones, and iPads connected with no problem, but the signal was
weak, but my PC would not recognize the network after the first day. I was trying to connect at the Visitors' Centre while John toured the Keno National Historic site. The Keno, an 130-foot riverboat built in 1922 in Whitehorse, was the last steamer to run the Yukon River from Whitehorse in 1960.</span><br />
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Later, we finally went to the Library to use their wifi.</span><br />
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There were only Four places to get wifi,
the Visitors Centre, the Library which was connected to the Elementary school,
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Unfortunately, one Monday we wanted
wifi and, both the college and the coffee shop were closed Monday's. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">There was so
much to see and do, we were busy every day- not that we started out very early,
because evening lasted until after midnight almost every day! The sun was
setting about 12:05 or so each night and it really felt like the “Land of the
Midnight Sun”. John’s axe got a real workout as we had fires most nights.
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">We walked the
streets several times, as we toured various buildings. There was the beautiful Palace Grand Theatre.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is used once a year for a grand revue for the town, for</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">the annual
Music Festival and by Parks Canada in the summer. It is magnificent, and has
been restored to 1937. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The Bank, the
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">and Post Office </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">are three of the buildings we saw on our evening guided
tour. They are not open to the public, but appear just as they would have
during the gold rush! <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">One day we
drove to the Top of the World highway. We crossed the Yukon River, on the barge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It will carry about 9 cars or trucks, or one big Class A, and a couple
of cars! The line-up is usually long, particularly the first weekend we were
there as it was the Music Festival. We drove to the end of the road on the
Canadian side, overlooking the Canadian US border.</span><br />
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Christina and Paul were
camping up there for the night, and we drove up to see it and have dinner with
them. It was an incredible drive. You feel as if there is no one else around
for most of the drive. The road goes across the tops and around some of the
higher mountains in the range.</span><br />
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caribou off in the distance, a couple of hills away. Then on our drive back,
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We saw about 5 herds as we wound our
way back. They ran beside us along the meadow and crossed in front or behind
us. They are quite skittish though, and would not come too close.<b> </b></span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">One evening we
all went to Diamond Gertie's Gambling Hall for the 8:30 show.</span><br />
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This is actually a casino with
a floor show. We got there early, but there were no seats on the floor except
way at the back, so we sat up in the balcony on the side. It was a great show
of song and dance!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">We enjoyed it so much, we stayed for the 10 pm show too, but
decided not to see the midnight show! It was great fun! <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">We toured
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">at Jack London’s
cabin. This cabin has been moved here. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px;">Only the bottom half of the original cabin, that he lived in in 1897, was used in this cabin, The logs from the top half are in a replica in Jack London Square in Oakland, CA.</span><br />
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kinds of shops, only a few are touristy. There is a great bakery, but you have
to get there early, several great jewellery stores with local artists work and
gold nugget jewellery, a couple of grocery stores in original buildings,
several boutiques, a home hardware, and a couple of banks. There are a variety
of restaurants from Chinese and Greek to Klondike Kate's. </span><br />
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We found out how the huge arcs of
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on the front work in an arc digging from the
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">of drums and
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until only the waste gravel is thrown out
30ft from the back. These are huge machines! We saw several smaller mining sites. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Then we drove up Bonanza Creek</span><br />
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to see the first claim, the Discovery Claim, at Bonanza Creek.</span><br />
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And the confluence of the Klondike and Yukon
rivers. Then we drove into the campground on this side of the Yukon River, to
see the paddle-wheelers graveyard. We parked at the end of the park, and
followed the beach<br />
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with her sister came in. The next morning, the lake was crystal clear, but the
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Nova Scotia for half an hour or so, and began the drive to Watson Lake, Yukon. Our
last two days of driving were short, but this was a longer day for us, 274km.
Just outside the campground, we saw the Stone sheep on the road, the ewes and
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flashers on to warn other drivers of wildlife. As we rounded the next corner,
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">And into the Yukon!! Watson Lake, the first Yukon
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was started in 1942 by a homesick US Army G.I., Carl Lindley of Danville, Il.
While working on the Alaska Highway, he erected a sign, pointing the way, and
stating the mileage to his home town. Others followed his lead. Today, there is
an acre or two beside the Visitors’ Centre with rows and rows of posts with
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some are licence plates, some are homemade from a variety of materials- plastic
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10,000 sign was erected in 1990, and by Sept 1013, there were 78,336. Unfortunately,
we had no materials, so no sign. We stayed at the Downtown RV Park, a private
campground with an entertaining and friendly owner, in a level, but not so
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Highway Interpretive Centre. Here not only did we get information on the
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display interpret the remarkable history of the Alcan highway and the
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direct link to the Space Telescope Science Institute. It has an amazing multimedia
show in a domed Electric Sky theatre of the theories of the Black Holes and one
of the Aurora Borealis, using time delay photography set in the northern
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too many places to shop in the Yukon, and there are long distances in between
communities. John talked to a couple in a large Class A motorhome, from Alaska
across from us. He had hit a moose which just ran up from the ditch beside the
road in front of his motorhome. Luckily there was only minor damage to the
grill. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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would be difficult to see an animal in the ditch. Along some stretches of the
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stop was in Teslin. We drove into the Teslin Lake Territorial Campground and
chose a site back from the road. It wasn’t long before the two Nova Scotian
RV’s came in. Passing us, they went down to the lower level. There are a lot of
trees between the campsites and the lake. We walked down and talked to them for
a while, then sat around the campfire and talked with the four of them. I
glanced at my watch, and realized it was 12:30am and it was still light out!
This was the first of many late night campfires in a Yukon Territorial Park
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Teslin” is from the Tlingit word ‘Teslintoo’ meaning ‘long narrow
waters’. The Tlingit people are descendants of the Taku Quan from Alaska. The
construction of the Alaska Highway and Canol Road prompted the semi-nomadic
Tlingit to move permanently to Teslin. We toured the beautiful Teslin Tlingit
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This is an amazing collection of photographs and historical memorabilia. One of
the characters of the Yukon, he was a Tlingit elder trapper, fur trader
photographer and entrepreneur. Before the Alaska Highway was built, Teslin was
a remote paddle wheeler outpost. He had announced that he wanted a car.</span><br />
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Meanwhile he ordered an Eaton’s catalogue camera, and documented daily events
in Inland Tlingit life, developing the film himself in his little cabin.</span><br />
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1928, he began to have a road built and in 1929, after a good trapping season,
he took a 15 minute driving lesson at the Whitehorse airport, and had a 1928 Chevrolet shipped
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">He drove it on 80 miles
of ice and 3 miles of his road, charging 25 cents per mile, and adding
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see the trucks and cars abandoned when the Alaska Highway was finished.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We knew we were getting close to Whitehorse, when we came to the unique Yukon River Bridge at 1393km [Mile 867.3] from Dawson Creek.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Whitehorse,
the Capital of the Yukon since 1953, is a city of almost 26,500 people, and the
transportation and communications centre of the Yukon.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">On the banks of the Yukon River </span></b></td></tr>
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It got its name from the
rapids in the Yukon River, where the frothing water looked like the manes of
white horses.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">An artist's impression of the rapids</span></b></td></tr>
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The business downtown district lies on the west bank of the Yukon
River. As you drive into the downtown on Robert Service Way, you can see Grey
Mountain across the river and you have a beautiful view of the city by the
river, with the SS Klondike in the foreground.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Our first view of Whitehorse</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Since we needed the trailer jack post toggle checked, [it
would raise the trailer, but not lower it, without jiggling the toggle], we
went first to the Visitor Centre</span><br />
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to find a recommended RV Service. The first
one we called couldn’t do anything for 3 days, but the second said bring it in
and they’d look at it. Meanwhile we had a call from our Nova Scotia friends
from the Annapolis Valley. They were at Wolf Creek Campground, so once we had
checked in with Philmar RV Service and determined it could only be a loose
wire, and they’d do it at 8 in the morning, we headed for a visit with Cris and
Paul. We camped at the Philmar RV for the night, plugged in, with wifi, and a
water hose to fill up!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Sunset at Philmar- no smoke!</span></b></td></tr>
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The next morning, once the problem was fixed in the
rain, [It turned out to be only a loose wire, twisted around a safety disk.],
we drove to Wolf Creek, and found a beautiful site right by the creek.</span><br />
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Once
we’d parked, and unhitched, the first order of the day was to get a new 2-step ladder
(nicked by someone in Watsin Lake) and an axe, then shop at the Superstore and
find the Yukon Brewery. It had stopped raining by then, so we enjoyed our free
firewood and campfire.<br />
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tour by walking around downtown Whitehorse. It is an interesting small city,
and an easy walk around the downtown.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">There are stores for everyone, small
boutiques, a wonderful book store, Mac’s Fireweed”, and good outfitting stores.
On the edge of the downtown, are Superstore, Walmart, Canadian Tire and
assorted larger stores, car dealers and gas stations, and the Yukon Brewery.
There is a yellow trolley which runs along the waterfront from one end of town
to the other,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">and through its historical roundhouse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">On each of our trips
there, we counted the number of RV’s in Walmart. It is advertised welcoming
RV’s overnight. I am sure some were there each time we visited in the weeks we
were in the Yukon. The numbers ranged from 50 the first time to the low 20’s! There
are quite a few log cabins</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">scattered around, some still in use, like the “Log skyscraper”,
a three-storey log cabin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> Since we knew we would be back in Whitehorse again,
we chose to explore only some of its five museums and attractions on our first
visit. We tried a latte at a café up on 4<sup>th</sup> street, and stopped in
and explored the McBride Museum.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> It is fascinating.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Right inside the door- a neat story...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">and the picture to go with it!</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Divided into sections, it
tells the fascinating stories of pioneers who built the Yukon from the gold
rush fever</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The climb up the Chillcoot Pass during the Gold Rush</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">to the birth of Whitehorse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Natural World Gallery has animals and wildlife in natural settings, from grizzlies
to Ptarmigans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The Gold to Government Gallery tells the history of the Yukon.
In the mining section, we learned the real story behind Robert Service’s “The
Cremation of Sam McGee”,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The real story...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> and saw the real Sam McGee’s cabin.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The real Sam McGee's cabin</span></b></td></tr>
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The Special
Exhibit in the Lower Gallery was of artist, photographer and raconteur, Jim
Robb’s’ The Colourful 5%”. He claims that only 5% of the people you meet are
truly unique, “colourful” he calls them, because they have something which sets
them apart from the other 95%.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">He illustrates and tells the stories of the
characters of the Yukon, some historical and some he has met since he came to
the Yukon in 1955. I couldn’t resist buying two of his scrapbooks with the
stories, photos and drawings. Latterly, he has expanded his definition to
include buildings, and ships. He is at work on his fourth book now, at 80 years
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The next day day, we were set to go to visit the
S.S.Klondike, but were delayed by a leak under the bathroom sink. The water had
been running out slowly, and we had tried several things to fix it, but without success. Now,
everything had to come out, and John took off the trap. YUK! It was filled with
gunk, including the earring that went down the sink just after we left in 2013.
We cleaned it out, poured hot water down, and some drain enzyme cleaner we had
got at Philmar, still slow, but better, so we used the plunger. It Worked. Now
off to the SS Klondike.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a fabulous
old sternwheeler.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">She was 210ft long and 42ft wide, with no keel, and a very shallow
draft, of 4ft when loaded.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">S.S. Klondike- note the two red chairs, a symbol of a National Parks site</span></b></td></tr>
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The bow was designed to channel water under the hull
and help support the hull. Launched in 1937, this is a replica of the first SS
Klondike, who ran aground on a reef in1936. The original was launched in 1929
to carry ore to Whitehouse. This SS Klondike was used as a cargo vessel and
secondly from 1952 to ‘55 as a tourist cruise boat. The bottom deck was for
cargo of all kinds from Reindeer Milk to canned vegetables, wood, zinc
concentrate for the smelters and liquor of all kinds.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">An important cargo</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The passenger dining room [closed off when we were there though]</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Like many of the towns we saw on this trip, Whitehorse has
murals scattered throughout the town, telling stories of its past and memorable
people.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The backs of a row of buildings, as it might have looked...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Out front is a DC3 airplane on a pivoting pedestal,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">acting as a wind vane. This is the historic airplane that started Canadian
Pacific Airlines after WWII. It was fascinating, each time we passed, to check
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We discovered the Café “Baked”, which made the best lattes
ever! We didn’t go to Starbucks at all! Each trip into town from the campsite,
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We loved this friendly city. The folks we met were
outgoing, glad to give us help, advice and suggestions of things to see and
places to visit. It was the welcoming atmosphere we have found in smaller
towns, in a city. Everyone had time to chat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and quite surprising. We passed a coal mine outside Grande Cache. <br />
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our way north, we stopped for lunch in Grande Prairie. This is quite large, and
even had a Costco wine store! The countryside outside Grande Prairie is very
flat, excellent farm country, some herds of cattle, and canola fields</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>The original Mile '0' </strong><strong>pointing North, </strong><strong>as you enter Dawson Creek </strong></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">The original Mile'0' sign post</span></strong></td></tr>
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We drove around Dawson Creek, Mile “0” of the
Alaska Highway, originally called the Alcan Highway, and hunted for the Northern Lights RV Park, <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Our site</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Sunset the first day from the RV Park</span></strong></td></tr>
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supposedly at Mile
2.4. We finally found it, 2.4 miles from Mile “0”, but off the main highway.
Our directions had been wrong. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Milepost</i>. This is a “catalogue-sized” book with all the historic
information of significant kilometres/miles along the highway- where to watch
for wildlife, campgrounds, lodgings, what to stop and see, locations of all the
pull-outs and what is at each one [garbage bins, information panels,
washrooms,…], and information and maps of all<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>cities and large towns. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Looking at Dawson Creek from the RV Park</span></strong></td></tr>
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We were spending a couple of nights here as we
wanted to see the Visitors’ Centre, the museums and the Alaska Highway House.
This was the first day we could smell smoke from the forest fires. One of the
first stops was the Visitors’ Centre to buy <br />
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We walked around Dawson Creek<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Main Street from Mile '0' </span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Unused buildings have been repurposed</span></strong></td></tr>
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looking at their
historic murals, <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">and the Mile “0” cairn and arch, </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>The first Mile "0" marker</strong></span></td></tr>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">had our photo taken at the iconic
Mile “0” marker, </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Mile '0' iconic marker today</strong></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The original Mile'0' Marker </span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">and viewed the interesting history of the building of the
Alcan in Alaska House<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Alaska House</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">The Alaska Highway route</span></strong></td></tr>
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[later called the Alaska Highway] in 8 - 9 months in 1942, depends on
what you listen to or read. Dawson Creek was the end of the railway in 1942,
when Japan bombed Pearl Harbour, bringing the US into WWII. The U.S., fearful
of an attack, decided they needed defence in Alaska. Getting the support of
Prime Minister Mackenzie King and the BC government, the US Army Corps was
charged with the task of building a road. Since Canada had built a series of
airports called the NW Staging Route, [for defence and supplies], this route
was chosen rather than a coastal or interior BC route. The route was divided
into two parts, with work beginning simultaneously. Each section was subdivided
into 3 sectors, each containing 6 construction crews responsible for building
32 miles of road each.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">The route divided </span></strong></td></tr>
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</span><o:p>Working on the highway was no picnic!</o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Part of a letter home...</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We met a family from Utah who were having trouble with
their bank cards being rejected, and their phones and iPad [internet] were
dead. We offered them our phone to contact their bank, but the Visitors’ Centre
said they could use theirs. The bank told them that they noted that the family
was driving to Alaska, but didn’t know they would be in Canada! How did they
think they were getting to Alaska!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">From Dawson Creek, we headed up the Alaska Highway. We
decided that we would only go as far as Fort St. John, so we could stop at
important mile markers on the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Much of the highway has been straightened
out and rebuilt. Our first stop was at the Mile Marker 21 on the original road
to see the Kiskatinaw Bridge, a 162-metre curved and banked wooden bridge, the
first of its kind in Canada.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is banked as well as being curved</span> </span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It is the only original timber bridge in use
today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The old road and bridge are
bypassed with the newer highway, but there is a Provincial Park and Campground
there, so it is accessible via a loop road. </span><br />
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We stopped in Taylor <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Chainsaw wood sculpture In the garden</span></strong></td></tr>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The woman on duty was very helpful, and we left with
many booklets and lots of extra information-like where to buy gas, get the best
cinnamon buns, eat, and in some cases ‘stop, but don’t stay there!’</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Then we drove to Fort St John, passing a number of work camps.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Road to Fort St. John - Peace River Valley</span></strong></td></tr>
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We drove around Fort St. John looking for the
Information Centre marked on the map. The roads were in poor shape, so we left.
Unfortunately, we later found out that it was inside another building! We did
stay at the Rotary Campsite on Lake Charles. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Looking through back to the Rotary RV Park</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Looking to the site of the barge sinking</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;">n<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3ULUWCccYEs/VcjkdPfck8I/AAAAAAAAGgc/1UDUpFLPtpA/s1600/09.%2B5023%2Bif%2Byou%2Bwant%2Bto%2Bread....JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="223" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3ULUWCccYEs/VcjkdPfck8I/AAAAAAAAGgc/1UDUpFLPtpA/s320/09.%2B5023%2Bif%2Byou%2Bwant%2Bto%2Bread....JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">This is the lake where a pontoon
barge carrying heavy equipment and trucks sank killing 12 soldiers. There is a
memorial to the soldier on the side of the lake.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Beautiful country, but miserable weather</span></strong></td></tr>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">then clear skies</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8yyCRTQP0mo/VcjpvQpbK0I/AAAAAAAAGg8/O0NegEpqEE8/s1600/IMG_0160.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8yyCRTQP0mo/VcjpvQpbK0I/AAAAAAAAGg8/O0NegEpqEE8/s320/IMG_0160.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">The road is being improved</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eeB9YlnlT8A/VcjpzH-HL6I/AAAAAAAAGhE/syWfIgPdPg0/s1600/IMG_0189.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eeB9YlnlT8A/VcjpzH-HL6I/AAAAAAAAGhE/syWfIgPdPg0/s320/IMG_0189.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Finally clear beautiful blue sky and sun</span></strong></td></tr>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">to Buckinghorse
Wayside Provincial Park, past many construction camps.</span><br />
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This is a small park,
just off the highway, but we backed right onto the Buckinghorse River.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It was
beautiful and relaxing. </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">There is lots of smoke, but the rain stopped and the
sun came out so we enjoyed watching the river, as we enjoyed our evening
cocktail. <br />
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We are getting a little discouraged by this point, as despite all the
signs on the road which warn of wildlife and drive responsibly, we have seen
nothing but a couple of ravens and butterflies.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">On the cover of Milepost, this is the only grizzly we have seen- no moose or black bears or sheep either</span></strong></td></tr>
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<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">And so on to Fort Nelson… We are a little concerned about all
the smoke, as it is quite strong most of the time, and looks like fog in
pictures.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KpCfV1ZCB8U/VcjtYsxH2CI/AAAAAAAAGh8/Js5O6E3ljIo/s1600/11.%2B00034%2Bto%2BFort%2BNelson%2Bsmoke.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KpCfV1ZCB8U/VcjtYsxH2CI/AAAAAAAAGh8/Js5O6E3ljIo/s320/11.%2B00034%2Bto%2BFort%2BNelson%2Bsmoke.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Driving into a valley</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">This is smoke!</span></strong></td></tr>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> We passed more construction camps, and drove on patches of loose gravel
for several km. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">There are five fires burning in Fort Nelson area, accounting for
all the smoke. We stopped at the Visitors’ Centre to get local information, and
to use their wifi. It was part of the beautiful Northern Rockies Regional
Recreation Centre. This has a community hall, 2 ice arenas, a curling rink,
fitness and meeting rooms and a large Aquatic Centre with a huge water slide, a
25m lap pool, a recreation pool, a children’s pool and a shallow pool. We
decided to treat ourselves to lunch at the Gourmet Girls Cafe. They do
excellent wraps and sandwiches, and lattes. They had a dinner special for $25
for 2, so we ordered ribs to be picked up at 6:30. They were not bad, tender
with lots of sauce with mashed potatoes [John’s favourite-not!], butter dill
veggies and Caesar salad. We camped for the night at the Triple “G” Hideaway. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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From here the Alaska Highway veers west and winds through
the Rockies for the next 200 miles-330 km. On our way early the next day, we
first climbed winding 10.8 km at 8% grades up Steamboat Mountain </div>
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to a beautiful
look-out,<br />
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then down 8% winding grades for10.8km. Shortly after, we came to a
7km stretch of construction, which meant waiting for a pilot car, and gravel
and dirt roads.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> The country has become really interesting, mountainous, </span><br />
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high hills
covered in firs, <br />
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a huge rock cut <br />
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and into beautiful valleys. We stopped at
Testa River in early afternoon to get a “world-class cinnamon bun’- a ‘MUST
STOP’ said the little lady in Taylor. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Testa River</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Testa River Bridge</span></strong></td></tr>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It certainly was too! Delicious! Although
there were frequent signs reminding drivers to drive cautiously to avoid Stone
sheep and bison, we did not see even one. The northern Testa River flows by the
road, and then flows under it through huge culverts, and on into Summit Lake
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Stone Mountain at the Summit</span></strong></td></tr>
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We looked at the campground, but decided to carry on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Inside the store and restaurant, they have over 10,000 hats [and counting]
on the ceiling.</span></div>
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there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We walked around the park, to
choose a site, and stopped and talked to a couple from Victoria, and a couple
from Colorado who were on their way back from the Yukon. He was a Robert
Service aficionado and loaned us a copy of Robert Service’s poems, and gave us
tips on ‘must sees’ in Dawson City. The site we finally chose backed on to the
Beaver Pond, at one end of the lake. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Across the lake we watched a moose and her
calf in the water, and later there were two moose in the same spot. The beavers
behind us entertained us as they busily gathered logs to build up their dam.
This was our first wild life sighting! Finally!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We made the long trip to Muncho Lake, all 50km of it, the
next day through a beautiful river valley </span></div>
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the rocky river-bed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">There’s not much of a river here now though, although this
area is prone to flash floods. Above can be seen the rocky peaks of the higher
Sawtooth Mountains of folded limestone. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Road around Muncho Lake</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We stayed at Strawberry Flats Provincial Campground,
in a site backing right on to the lake. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--F0mzjXTz2w/Vcj-0eX6MAI/AAAAAAAAGlQ/tWhN3PJVMjg/s1600/13.%2B0051%2BStrawberry%2BFlats.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--F0mzjXTz2w/Vcj-0eX6MAI/AAAAAAAAGlQ/tWhN3PJVMjg/s320/13.%2B0051%2BStrawberry%2BFlats.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">A beautiful site!- the best yet!</span></strong></td></tr>
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We were sitting outside with our evening
cocktails in the smoke, and a couple from Nova Scotia stopped by to chat. They
couldn’t talk for long because they were off to go fishing! [Someone had told
them bacon was good bait…]<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Muncho Lake is a deep, cold glacial lake, known for its
deep green and blue waters. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XJs7Mh8wnI8/Vcj_TNZvGJI/AAAAAAAAGlg/U4_lQUmMLGc/s1600/13.%2B0086%2BMuncho%2BLake.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XJs7Mh8wnI8/Vcj_TNZvGJI/AAAAAAAAGlg/U4_lQUmMLGc/s320/13.%2B0086%2BMuncho%2BLake.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">To the South</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1YMZJma7NHA/Vcj_TKBdfYI/AAAAAAAAGlk/d5Dv92N10EQ/s1600/13.%2B0089%2BMuncho%2BLake%2B%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1YMZJma7NHA/Vcj_TKBdfYI/AAAAAAAAGlk/d5Dv92N10EQ/s320/13.%2B0089%2BMuncho%2BLake%2B%25281%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>To the West across from us</strong></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WPccIb0-glE/Vcj_SK2PK8I/AAAAAAAAGlY/HYbdRcqXOQE/s1600/13.%2B0089%2BMuncho%2BLake%2B%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WPccIb0-glE/Vcj_SK2PK8I/AAAAAAAAGlY/HYbdRcqXOQE/s320/13.%2B0089%2BMuncho%2BLake%2B%25282%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">the calm still water</span></strong></td></tr>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Llq9dHq1YDA/Vcj_VqKvFHI/AAAAAAAAGlw/KRcGvrnjD6I/s1600/13.%2B0089%2BMuncho%2BLake%2B%25283%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Llq9dHq1YDA/Vcj_VqKvFHI/AAAAAAAAGlw/KRcGvrnjD6I/s320/13.%2B0089%2BMuncho%2BLake%2B%25283%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">The blue-green seen best at in the evening or in the morning</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The colours are due to copper oxide leaching into
the lake. It is 12km long and a mile wide, and said to be 700ft deep, although
it has only been measured to 400ft. We were only going to stay for one night;
however, it rained during the night and in the morning, so we decided to stay
another night. <o:p></o:p></span><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Rain stopped by noon, so we decided to drive to the
fabulous Liard Hot Springs. On our way up, we got our first sighting of
wildlife- Stone Sheep, right by the road licking the salt beside the road. </span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xdczD0ZJRbk/VckAREplLHI/AAAAAAAAGl8/EyRSxO0FZJk/s1600/IMG_0014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="217" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xdczD0ZJRbk/VckAREplLHI/AAAAAAAAGl8/EyRSxO0FZJk/s320/IMG_0014.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Stone Sheep Ewes and a lamb</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The
Hot Springs are beautiful. You walk from the parking lot along a boardwalk</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nggfYX4w_u0/VckAstOP5NI/AAAAAAAAGmE/ALE_s6Xwk94/s1600/IMG_0035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nggfYX4w_u0/VckAstOP5NI/AAAAAAAAGmE/ALE_s6Xwk94/s320/IMG_0035.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">A Boardwalk all the way to the Hot Springs</span></strong></td></tr>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> to
the Springs. There is one large room for men and one for women to change in.
You walk out onto a beautiful wooden deck with steps down into the water,</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P-GL0gT2Pq4/VckBDhrkVXI/AAAAAAAAGmM/y6O_J97Zhy4/s1600/IMG_0047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P-GL0gT2Pq4/VckBDhrkVXI/AAAAAAAAGmM/y6O_J97Zhy4/s320/IMG_0047.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Resting on the steps, hearing about the road closure due to a fire</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">the
small side upstream is hot and the lower downstream section is slightly cooler. We started in the lower section.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-y6eDseXJsnU/VckBe_WA-iI/AAAAAAAAGmU/0dTVl4R5FFA/s1600/IMG_0036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-y6eDseXJsnU/VckBe_WA-iI/AAAAAAAAGmU/0dTVl4R5FFA/s320/IMG_0036.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">The lower cooler pool</span></strong></td></tr>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ubct7Dp1s8k/VckC4sDK4xI/AAAAAAAAGms/KWF7-qiyw9w/s1600/IMG_0081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ubct7Dp1s8k/VckC4sDK4xI/AAAAAAAAGms/KWF7-qiyw9w/s320/IMG_0081.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The upper pool</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Opposite the steps and the bottom are
completely natural, stone bottom and natural stream banks.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kzz7zMSji_w/VckCe1NB2GI/AAAAAAAAGmk/WXCe5_jdtno/s1600/IMG_0057.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kzz7zMSji_w/VckCe1NB2GI/AAAAAAAAGmk/WXCe5_jdtno/s320/IMG_0057.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">An Oasis of relaxation</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We were warned not
to leave silver jewellery on, as the minerals will react with it. However, even
the white gold band of my ring changed colour. [Jewellery polish returned this
and the silver band in my wedding ring to their silvery colour!] We just lay
back and relaxed. Then we took a short walk up to the hanging gardens. <br />
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-giCrgRydSjk/VckDvJFZthI/AAAAAAAAGm0/pG92o61lvtY/s1600/IMG_0069.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-giCrgRydSjk/VckDvJFZthI/AAAAAAAAGm0/pG92o61lvtY/s320/IMG_0069.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">A bit of a walk up...</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-23AaRzmi_Zs/VckDwyyfMWI/AAAAAAAAGm8/BvTvWMVcazI/s1600/IMG_0072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-23AaRzmi_Zs/VckDwyyfMWI/AAAAAAAAGm8/BvTvWMVcazI/s320/IMG_0072.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Beautiful even without the colourful flowers</span></strong></td></tr>
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Few of
the flowers were out yet, or had finished, but apparently it is a riot of
colour in the summer.<o:p></o:p><br /></span> </div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BLqxPdDFvh0/VckEQth9XNI/AAAAAAAAGnE/PKZ7kRQk7GM/s1600/IMG_0098.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a> </div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We headed back to Muncho Lake only to come to complete stop
on the highway behind a line of cars and trucks. A herd of bison were crossing
the road, at their own pace, in spite of the semi drivers honking and yelling.
We just had to sit and wait until they decided to cross the road.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">They rule the road!</span></strong></td></tr>
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Sue and Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01635905585485848696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772232128338847290.post-32945012443806761562015-07-20T22:59:00.000-07:002015-07-28T13:22:49.966-07:00Beginning Year 3 = Jasper, and North<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We begin Year 3 in Jasper! We loved it when we were here in
2012, when it was rainy and 8-12 C. We loved it even more this year in the
Airstream! It is a more ‘laid-back’ casual town than Banff. Roads and sidewalks
are wider, <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HerVV4_6EtY/Va3YJAXiv2I/AAAAAAAAGOI/LAgRWqMaTGg/s1600/01.%2B0095%2Bwide%2Bstreets.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="195" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HerVV4_6EtY/Va3YJAXiv2I/AAAAAAAAGOI/LAgRWqMaTGg/s320/01.%2B0095%2Bwide%2Bstreets.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Wide streets with parking</strong></span></td></tr>
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and there are large parking lots along the main street. There is
also a wide parking lane catering to RV’s and the many people from all over the
world who rent them.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lYsJLekUqQs/Va3Yu7D5dXI/AAAAAAAAGOQ/Pw6RBq7qW6U/s1600/01.%2B0039%2Bwide%2Bstreet%2BRV%2527s.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="197" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lYsJLekUqQs/Va3Yu7D5dXI/AAAAAAAAGOQ/Pw6RBq7qW6U/s320/01.%2B0039%2Bwide%2Bstreet%2BRV%2527s.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>RV Parking on the street</strong></span></td></tr>
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The town was interesting to drive, bike and walk around.
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2GhnCz5I6Qc/Va3Z6xC4rgI/AAAAAAAAGOo/ftVq3ltKMT4/s1600/01.%2B0048%2Btotem.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2GhnCz5I6Qc/Va3Z6xC4rgI/AAAAAAAAGOo/ftVq3ltKMT4/s320/01.%2B0048%2Btotem.JPG" width="170" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">The new Totem Pole across from the Visitors' Centre</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rftU7_GGiVk/Va3aLPTMcDI/AAAAAAAAGPE/GAnO6qZ_hT8/s1600/01.%2B0059%2BVisitor%2BCentre%2Bback.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rftU7_GGiVk/Va3aLPTMcDI/AAAAAAAAGPE/GAnO6qZ_hT8/s320/01.%2B0059%2BVisitor%2BCentre%2Bback.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>The back of the Visitors' Centre</strong></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JyxMEGCIU34/Va3aK1VMQgI/AAAAAAAAGPA/aUAkb-EQ330/s1600/01.%2B0063%2Bpost%2Boffice.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JyxMEGCIU34/Va3aK1VMQgI/AAAAAAAAGPA/aUAkb-EQ330/s320/01.%2B0063%2Bpost%2Boffice.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Post Office</strong></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ATw50OFPUAY/Va3Z_bnUp8I/AAAAAAAAGOw/hAAL0KbBN2I/s1600/01.%2B0090%2Btrain.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ATw50OFPUAY/Va3Z_bnUp8I/AAAAAAAAGOw/hAAL0KbBN2I/s320/01.%2B0090%2Btrain.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">eastbound train- they are cleaning the tops of the observation cars</span></span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CcpBTdEja60/Va3aC1I5qDI/AAAAAAAAGO4/YwkgdBZDMo4/s1600/01.%2B0094%2Btrain%2Bstation.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="179" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CcpBTdEja60/Va3aC1I5qDI/AAAAAAAAGO4/YwkgdBZDMo4/s320/01.%2B0094%2Btrain%2Bstation.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
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People are here from all over the world- we met many from the US, and Canada,
but also folks from New Zealand, Holland, and Australia, and heard a myriad of
different languages. We tried coffee in several different cafes <br />
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and found the
best flat white when we went to do washing at the laundromat on Patricia St.
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The elk were out and about every day at both campsites. <br />
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who lived just
beside our table. We did a number of day trips, walked around Jasper, relaxed,
and John went riding one day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of snow still on it that dominated the range to the south-west. We drove up the
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Cavell, the Cavell Glacier. The mountain is named in honour of a British nurse
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recently covered with ice. As I had hurt my tailbone in a fall in Edmonton, I was not going to walk up. But it was so beautiful, so taking it slowly- baby steps- I made it to the viewing platform. As we walked up we heard and then saw mini avalanches
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This is one of the most recognizable of the Canadian Rockies,
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As the weather warms and the snow and glacial melts cease, the water in the
lake disappears down a network of underground fractures in the limestone floor
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artist, and her friends were the first tourists to see this lake. She rode
northward on horseback from Laggan in 1907 searching for a remote lake called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Chaba Imna</i> by the Stoney people. She
found it in 1908, and explored it by raft. Major Frederick Archibald Brewster
from Banff, arrived in Jasper and set up backcountry camps</span></div>
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artists, millionaires, adventurers and movie stars. Set up in 1925, Maligne
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">was the most prestigious of his seven camps. Today the Chalet serves
High Tea each afternoon. One of the many trails, The Skyline Trail, completed
in 1937, from Maligne Lake to Jasper Lodge, is today one of the best high
country trails on the continent. We took a much shorter trail, the Mary Schaffer
Loop, along the lake. </span></div>
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part of his Camp. In winter, it was used to store boats he built, including
seven-metre power canoes and eight-metre power boats.</span></div>
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and out to Jasper Lodge on Beauvert Lake. It was so beautiful that we drove
back so I could see it too. We were there the first time, just at dusk. </span><br />
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Lake and Pyramid Lake. Patricia Lake is a small quiet lake, perfect to paddle
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is at the foot of the Pre-Cambrian
age, Pyramid Mountain, a member of the Victorian Cross Range.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">This is the
highest mountain in the Jasper townsite vicinity. It has red-orange hues caused
by oxidization of iron minerals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
is a Lodge and cabins at one side with boat rentals- only paddle boats, canoes,
kayaks and 2 electric boats- no motor boats are allowed on the lake.</span><br />
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further around the lake we came to a parking lot for Pyramid Island, so had to
explore it. The island, accessible by a wooden bridge, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">is small but has picnic tables, several lookouts, with benches, and a rustic shelter built in 1933 as a Federal Relief Project during the Great Depression. This has been recognized by Parks Canada as a Federal Heritage Building.</span><br />
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toward Hinton, and up Hwy 40 to the Alaska Highway through Alberta. It started
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Just before we turned
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Our first stop was Grande Cache.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We stopped at the Tourist Interpretative
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Centre just in time to hear a speech from the Mayor as he closed a time capsule,
and enjoy a piece of chocolate cake as we browsed their historical exhibits! Their
claim to fame is a series of three 125 km <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Canadian
Death Races, </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>individual or relay
teams of five, held each August long weekend, September long weekend and a
Snowshoe race held 3<sup>rd</sup> weekend in January.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are a 24 hour races of gruelling
mountain trails crossing 3 summits and gaining over 17,000 ft. in elevation. We
stayed at a pretty treed site in the Municipal Campground, but decided not to
unhitch, as we were just staying one night.</span></div>
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