I'M BACK

I know, it's been  long long time since I have posted anything on this blog.  A lot has happened. LIFE has just happened.

Last summer was spent workamping in Flagstaff AZ.

Took a road trip to Montezuma Castle with my granddaughter while she visited.

Before we left Flagstaff, Ted and I took a trip up to the Grand Canyon.

Then we headed down to Casa Grand.  Ted flew home to San Francisco.

We were able to visit family.

My granddaughter. Elyzabeth Jeanette moved in with me.

We moved back to the Phoenix area, Chandler.

I went back to work to try to save a little bit of money.

I worked for one of the Sam's Clubs that would close in January.

In February, we moved back to China Camp State Park in California.

My granddaughter has gotten two jobs.  She has been saving money to be on her own.

I've been doing a lot of painting and am going to a watercolor class at the community center.

The above pictures are all from different parts of the State Park and campground.

That's pretty much what we've been doing for the past year.  A lot more happened, but this is just a sampling of our activities.

Now that I have figured out how to download pictures again, I will begin blogging again.

For those who are still interested , thank you for sticking by me.

Thanks for visiting, 

Susan and Angel and Jeanette

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Our Trip To Montezuma Castle

 

It’s just Katie, my youngest granddaughter, and  me on this road trip.  It was really hot, although not as hot as down in the Phoenix area where she lives.

It was a bit of a distance to the ruins.  You can no longer go into the ruins, only an occasional archeologist can go into the ruins for study.

I have included most of the signage, explaining much of the history.  If you are interested, you should be able to click on the image to enlarge for reading.

 

Zooming in.

   

 

These holes are additional homes to the left side of the castle.

 

More signs.

 

 

There was also an interpretive Ranger  out in the heat with the rest of us with some great information.

 

A diorama showing what the rooms look like on the inside, created when they no longer allowed the public in the castle. 

    

 

Once we finished visiting the castle, we were back out on the road.  If it wasn’t so hot we could probably have stayed longer.  We would start to head back north, only through Prescott.  It was fortunate that we went when we did as one of the roads that we took was closed because of the Goodwin Wildfire that consumed more than 25.000 acres a week or so later.

 

In the picture below on the left is a view of the Camp Verde in the Verde Valley.  The next four are of Jerome AZ.

 

                 

We say goodbye to Jerome and head into the Red Rock Country. 

  

We head back to Flagstaff by way of scenic Hwy 89A along Oak Creek Canyon.  It was a nice drive even though there was construction and we had a brief wait time for one way traffic. 

It was a long day but still enjoyable and was fun doing it with my granddaughter.  She is  the one taking all the pictures.  I will do some more posts of our other road trips.

I hope that you are having a great summer.

Thanks for visiting

   I’m glad they left me at home, because of the heat.

Susan and Angel

Granddaughter’s Visit

This is just a short post about about a week long visit from my youngest granddaughter, Kaitlin.  She took off a week from her high school volleyball practice.

We had a good time even though it was hot for Flagstaff, but definitely not as hot as where she lives in  El Mirage, near Phoenix.  She was here for their hottest of 120*+.

While she was here, she did a lot of the cooking.  She was open to learning some good

knife skills and following recipes.

This is the meatloaf that she made in my “Perfect Cooker”, with a spinach salad.  It was really good.

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That is selfie was taken in front of Montezuma Castle National Monument just north of Camp Verde AZ.  

Katie is somewhere on the left joining the last group taking advantage of the archeological program at Elden Pueblo just about a mile east of where I am parked.

Later that day we headed over to Lomaki Ruins near  Wupatki Pueblo.

Here, Katie is up close and personal at Wupatki Monument.

This is just a quick post and will do more on each location.  She took over a hundred pictures.

I hope that you all are keeping cool.

Thanks for visiting

   Of course, they left me at home for most of their trips.

Susan and Angel