Life is A Journey

"Life is a Journey, Not a Destination"

 

We started out just raking up miles on the car odometer. We would drive the country roads of north east Texas. We have traveled miles down roads only to discover a Dead End sign.

We expanded our horizons and took a ten day road trip of the Lone Star State.

We happened onto some interesting little towns and people. We have flown to Colorado, rented a car and spent ten days exploring the mountains. What a beautiful place! We have done the Colorado thing a few times.

Places we have flown such as, Illinois. explored Chicago. Florida. explored Miami, South Beach and all the keys. Key West was Great! Puetro Rico, Explored the island. Las Vegas. Did that a few times! Lost Money but, snapped some good pictures. California, there we have visited Los Angeles, Hollywood, Redondo Beach and San Francisco, Mexico, Cancun, Play del Carmen, Yucatan and Cozumel. Beautiful beaches.

Cruises we have been on such as, Mexico and explored places like Mazatlan and Cabo San Lucas. 

We have driven to Savannah, Georgia. Visited Paula Deen's Place. Had lunch at Mrs. Wilkes.

The southern cooking was delicious! We look forward to doing that again.

We have driven the motor home thru Louisiana, Camped in Slidell, Shreveport and New Orleans. Mississippi and camped in Bay St. Louis. That was before the hurricane.

Florida and camped on the beach.

We have a great time no matter where we end up.  But the truth of the matter is that we love driving the roadways. We enjoy having the privilege of not having a schedule. We can go as far or as near as we like. When we like.

Eureka Springs, Ark

Eureka Springs, a 19th century Victorian village nestled in the Ozark Mountains of northwest Arkansas, is known for its historic buildings and downtown. The entire downtown area is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is a neat place.

We decided to drive up for the weekend and celebrate New Years somewhere new. This is a laid back charming place. It is a peaceful place. The weather was great and we explored the town and the areas around it for 3 days. At this time of year, a lit of the restaurants and shops are closed. There were a lot of people out and about but it wasn't crowded by any means. I like visiting places in their off season. That is when you get a true sense of the area.

This town is loaded with Bed and Breakfast, Inns, Motels, Hotels and restaurants. Downtown offers a lot of speciality shops. They are also known for the Passion Play.

Colorado Road Trip 2004

We both love Colorado. We have been known to catch a flight and go for a long weekend. In September decided it was time for our Colorado fix. So we loaded up the jeep and drove from Dallas to Colorado for a wonder ten day vacation.

It was also the the week that Durango has it's annual Roaring thru the Rockies Bike rally. We made reservations for a cabin on the Delores River at Priest Gulch RV Park.

The campground/RV Park features 88 sites, many right on the river. Each site is spacious and has a picnic table and fire ring. They offer free firewood to our guests. They are open May 1 through October. It is a beautiful place We would love to live there! Priest Gulch - In the heart of the San Juan Skyway - longest National Forest Scenic Byway in the country.

The campground is located between Delores and Telluride.

We spent a day in Durango during bike rally and parade. We spent another day riding the Durango- Silverton Narrow Gauge train. This was so much fun and I shot a lot of pictures.

The train is a historic coal-fired, steam-powered locomotive. It winds through 46 miles of the San Juan National Forest to the old mining town of Silverton.

In Silverton we had a couple of hours to explore. We had lunch and shopped.

Then we rode the train back to Durango. We spent a day exploring Telluride. This is a neat little town with lots of photo ops

Every evening we looked forward to returning to our cabin. We would build a fire in our fire ring next to the river and listen to the soothing sounds of the water roll past us. This was a really relaxing trip.

The Trike

Dawn has said she was going to buy a motorcycle for her fiftieth birthday.

Even though she is not fifty yet, she bought a Honda Gold Wing and had a Trike conversion put on it. Short legs create a problem for people that insist on large bikes!

It took a few weeks to get the conversion kit done. She couldn't wait to get to drive it.

She just beemed when she finally brought it home. I believe it is the largest toy she has had so far!

We have more fun on that thing. We go on Sunday rides with friends and cruise around town. We ride when it's cold, windy or HOT.

She really loves that thing. She spends her Saturday evenings washing and waxing it for the Sunday rides.