New Location Samuel P Taylor State Park

I am finally at Samuel P Taylor State Park.  I was supposed to be here in mid July.  However, I have had problems with my Motorhome.  It wouldn’t start!  I was working with a mobile repair man.  What a big mistake!  He was able to get it started, but it couldn’t be driven.  It just wouldn’t run.  I spent more time waiting for him than he was there to do any work.  Fortunately I remembered that I had roadside assistance for towing and had an extended warranty on the MH.  After so much frustration, I made alternate arrangements.  So on Monday the August 6th, I had Diego Brothers’ Truck Repair come to get it at China Camp State Park.  While they had it I stayed at my son’s apartment in San Francisco.  Thank you, Ted and Mark (his roommate) for your hospitality.I was there for 3 nights.  After Ted was done at work on Thursday, he drove the MH to the park and helped me set it up, connecting all the hookups and leveling.  Thank you Ted you are a great help.

While I was in the city, I drove around a little to see what I could see and of course Angel had to see the sights too.  I was able to do a little bit of painting during the day.  It was fun to go places I haven’t been.

First one is the Golden Gate Bridge from Fort Miley near Land’s End, the second one was of Alcatraz from just outside of the Warming Hut at Crissy Field.

  

I have also been purging in the processing of downsizing. I even have purged some of Angel’s things.  She won’t miss her fencing or her wire crate

 

That stack of stuff on the right is just the beginning. So much more has followed to the thrift store and community center as donations.

Before I left China Camp I met a fellow RVer through RVillage.  She was house sitting for some friends in San Rafael. Below is the view from where she parked her rig;

She has a Class B RV.  It is what I want to downsize to.  Thank you, Joannie for the tour and friendship.  Hopefully we will be able to meet again soon.

Now that I am not at China Camp, my granddaughter is living in her van fulltime.  She really likes it.  It saves her a lot of money.  Every now and again she will come out to visit Angel and me.  This park is really beautiful.  I’m located close to the creek.

    

Below… near the picnic/day use area  and Jeanette posing on a HUGE Redwood  stump.

 

On one of my days off I took a ride out to Tomales Bay State Park and the Point Reyes Lighthouse.  There is a sandy beach at the State Park even if it is a long drive to reach it.  It was an even longer drive to the lighthouse and very boring. When I got there it was closed (which I knew about). I was hoping I could at least take some pictures, but it was way too foggy.

 

This deer was one of several that I spotted near the road near the coast. On the road to and from the lighthouse goes right through some dairy ranches with lots of cattle.

I took some time to paint the mini watercolor of My Spot II.

I guess that gets me sort of caught up to date   I hope that you all are doing fine and having a great summer

Thanks for visiting

There are so many new smells here.

Susan and Angel

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