Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Standin' On A Corner In Winslow, AZ


So, after Bethel Island we headed south making our way to TX for Thanksgiving. We have lots of time so no need to rush, we will just putz along the way. We spent 2 nights in a fancy-smancy members only park at Parker, Az on the CO River. The dealership where we bought the trailer gave us a 1 year membership to it so we decided we would take advantage of a couple free nights. The only cost was listening to their sales schpeel. To no avail however, we didn't think it would work for us. Anyway it was a lovely park and huge. 800 plus spots. Yikes! Some were beach front sites, but we didn't get one of those.
Standin' On A Corner In Winslow, AZ

Just as well, as they didn't allow dogs on the beach. It was very warm there. The first night we were there we spoke with a man from Victorville, CA and he knew Debbie Greenwood's brother who owns a car dealership there. Then our neighbors were from MT, he was raised in Spearfish, SD and dated Mike Kelly's sister in High School. Those kinds of things just never cease to amaze me!. You couldn't get away with a thing in this ole world! Makes you wonder how those people manage that go on the lam and manage to stay hidden for years. Must not talk to people.
From there we went to Mojave and stayed in the same park we stayed in when we went west. Nondiscript little park but nice. Then we stayed near Winslow, Az one night. Funny little town it is. They have really capitalized on the Eagle's song about the town and have one corner all fixed up for photo ops. So of course we had to take a picture standin' on the corner in Winslow, AZ. Barry was indeed a fine sight to see. Guess I must have been the girl in the big white Ford slowin' down to take a look at he! OK, Changed the words just a little . It's called poetic license. It was pretty chilly there as it is pretty high. From there we braved the strong winds and made it to Albuquerque. (I always hate the name of this town as it is so damn hard to spell.) We are here for 3 nights as we have some time to kill. Yesterday, (Nov.14) the wind was awful. Sand blowing really bad. Had to take out my contact and wear glasses. After we got here and got set up we went to Camping World and that is always close to a hundred dollar bill for us. So much neat stuff that we really need to have! The wind died down last night but it is still pretty brisk temp. wise. Went to the grocery store and it was pretty fun with all the ethnic foods that we don't have in Casper. 15 different kinds of green chili sauce and posole for sale. Seemed to be very cheap too, as we both thought we had about $100.00 in groceries and it came to 57. Oh well, it works for me. Today we are going to go to Old Town Albuquerque and goof around some more. We haven't done any fishing for quite some time, but guess it must be the time of year. Till later.

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