April 2018

Sunday, April 1, 2018 - Amado, AZ


HAPPY EASTER!


The moon is not quite full tonight, but I got a couple of nice pictures of it any way.



It way another wonderful day!



Tuesday, April 3, 2018 - Amado, AZ


This evening they had a final farewell party.  A lot of people have already left for the season, they wanted to be home before Easter, but there still several people here.

And the sunset was beautiful.

It was another wonderful day!


Thursday, April 5, 2018 - Amado, AZ


The sunset tonight was awesome, so I just had to take pictures of it.

It was another wonderful day!


Saturday, April 7, 2018 - Amado, AZ


Today Mike and I decided to head for Ruby, AZ, which is a ghost town.  The drive was nice.

Then we saw a road that went down to a dry creek bed, so we put the Suburban in 4 wheel drive and headed down the road.  It was a nice drive.

Unfortunately once we got back up on the paved road we could not get the Suburban out of 4 wheel drive.  We did not have any cell service out here and we knew we had about 12 miles to drive back, so we turned and drove very slow back and went straight to the dealership.  It will need to fixed on Monday!  Unfortunately the dealership is down in Nogales and home is in Amado.  I sent Margaret a Facebook message to see if they could pick us up.  Fortunately they had not started happy hour yet and were very gracious and came and picked us up.  :)  Thank you very much Larry and Margaret!


We will have to pick another time to go see Ruby. 


It was another wonderful day!


Monday, April 8, 2018 - Valparaiso, IN


Yesterday I arrived in Indiana to spend the week at the office.  The temperature sure is different from Saturday!

All I have to say is "brrrr!"


It was another wonderful day!


Wednesday, April 10, 2018 - Valparaiso, IN


The sunrise this morning was beautiful, so I just had to take a picture.  And it was still very cold outside!

It was another wonderful day!


Sunday, April 22, 2018 - Silverdale, WA


Today I arrived in Silverdale, WA to help Jess pack up and head for Indiana.  It was a beautiful day and I just had to take a picture of the mountains.

It was another wonderful day!


Monday, April 23, 2018 - Silverdale, WA


This morning Jess and I picked up the U-Haul truck, so we could start packing it for the trip across the country.

We have a lot of stuff to put into it.

By afternoon we had a lot done, but lots more to do.  We need to be on the road by Thursday. 

It was another wonderful day!


Tuesday, April 24, 2018 - Silverdale, WA


This evening after another day of packing Jess and the kids flew to Indiana, so Kim could watch the kids while we finished packing and drive to Indiana.  Jess will be back tomorrow evening.


It was another wonderful day!


Thursday, April 26, 2018 - Spokane, WA


With Kelly's help we were able to get all of the packing completed by about 4pm.  Then we headed for Seattle to pick up Mike.  He just flew in this afternoon.  Kelly's husband picked him up for us and they met at Dough Zone Dumpling House.  Oh my gosh, the food was amazing!  Thank you very much Kelly and Kory.


After dinner and "Good-bye"'s, me, Mike and Jess headed for Spokane, WA, where we will pick up Patsy in the morning.  She will be our 4th driver.  :)


It was another wonderful day!


Friday, April 27, 2018 - Bozeman, MT


Picked up Patsy this morning, ate lunch, then got on the road and headed east!  I sure do hope Patsy is ready for this drive.  We will be in Indiana on Sunday.


Today was a hard drive and we made to Montana.  And it was a beautiful drive.

It was another wonderful day!




Saturday, April 28, 2018 - Blue Earth, MN


Happy Birthday Mike!


Today we drove right by Wall, SD, so we just had to stop.  Patsy said several times that I owe her a slow trip across the country, as I would say about 25 miles north/south of here is ....  :)  We had lunch at Wall Drug. 

We spent a little bit of time here, but not much.  We needed to get back on the road.  Today we made it to Blue Earth, MN.




It was another wonderful day!




Sunday, April 29, 2018 - La Porte, IN


Before we left Blue Earth we stopped at a gas station as we were walking in we saw a tour bus arrive and they were taking a picture in front of the bus.  We all thought how odd.  While we were inside were talking about having breakfast at Hardee's, then Mike started reminiscing about our motorcycle trip with Mark.  As we left the gas station Patsy and I noticed the name on the tour bus was Thielen Tour Bus Co.  At about the same time Mike and Jess came across the radio asking if we saw the name on the tour bus.  We are sure Mark was showing us he was listening to us reminisce.  :)


It is hard to believe we made it, but we did!  We cannot thank Patsy enough for being the 4th driver.  We would not have made it without her. 




Now we had to unpack the truck and get it returned!




It was another wonderful day!