November 27, 2012 – Travel to Casa Grande, Arizona

Our final long travel day took us thru:

 

 

Into the town of Organ and Las Cruces:

And back to the interstate (1-10) where we saw lots of these signs – LOL:

I HAVE to see this THING one day:

OH-OH:

Cool town:

Neat rocks:

Our second home place –

PECANS, WALNUTS, AND WINE – OH MY! -  What more could I ask for – LOL:

Scenes from the road:

 

 

SAGUAROS!!

Our second home street – :-))

We set up on our lot at the Escapee Park in Casa Grande – Rover’s Roost and it was like coming home again – great to see so many friends.  We will be here for the next 5-6 weeks – I may not be blogging every day but will keep you updated on what we are doing…

Until next time – enjoy today!

 

 

 

Stats for today:

Miles Traveled: 417 Miles

Routes Traveled:

New Mexico: Florida Avenue; First Street; US-54; US-70; I-10;

Arizona: I-10; I-8: Montgomery Road

November 26, 2012 – Travel to New Mexico

 We continued our travels today thru western Oklahoma:

Into:

Where the roads also go on forever (the road on the far right is part of the old Route 66):

This area of the country during this time of year has some beautiful shades of beige:

 

We went past Groom, Texas that has the leaning water tower:

And this huge cross:

Past Cadillac Ranch (we explored the area around Amarillo a few years ago – neat stuff here – :-)):

And wind mills – Oh My!:

Neat looking farms:

Wouldn’t you love to hear the stories that this house could tell?:

Hills in Western Texas:

An old gas station on Route 66:

And into….. New Mexico:

Where the mesas appeared:

In Santa Rosa, we got off the interstate and headed south on US-54 – Yippee!!!   I love the “blue” roads! 

Not much traffic:

Interesting scenery:

Love the face on this guy – he came near us when we were at the rest area:

Moon rise and sun set in Alamogordo, New Mexico where we stayed at the Moose – another great lodge :)

 

 

Enjoy today!

Stats:

Miles Traveled: 497 Miles – Another long day!

Routes Traveled:

Oklahoma: Elk City Lake Park; Washington Avenue; Lakeview Road; SR-6; I-40

Texas: I-40

New Mexico: I-40; US-54: First Street; Florida Avenue

November 25, 2012 – Lake Elk City

What a nice relaxing day we had here at Lake Elk City – the weather was just perfect! Not yet T-shirt but pretty darn close. 

Our site:

 

Elk City Lake Park has 5 RV sites with 30 AMP Service.  Water is available near the sites.  It was built between 1967 and 1970 for flood control and erosion.  But over the last few years the lake continues to go down.  So sad:

There were a few fisherman:

And many birds: 

And some huge fresh water clam shells:

An interesting amphitheater:

And many trees that grow this way… (must be windy more days than not).

 

The RV Area has 5 spots.  We are on the left:

Our view to the back:

Our view to the front:

So glad we took today to just take it easy.  We were here last year and took in the great museums in town.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk_City,_Oklahoma

http://visitelkcity.com/history-of-elk-city

http://thehitzels.blogspot.com/2011/09/september-22-2011-route-66.html

Tomorrow we will continue our westward journey.

Enjoy today.