Paws and Friends

Sunrise on the Yellowstone River at Yellowstone's Edge RV Park. We have spent a month here, about 34 miles from the north entrance to Yellowstone National Park. We have taken two raft trips on the Yellowstone with friends from North Ranch. Marcia and Dennis, our neighbors at North Ranch, spent a weekend at Yellowstone's Edge. Steve and Linda, part of  SxS (side by side) group, Desert Tortoises, spent a week. A great time was had by all! Fortunately the sky and air was clear/clean when they were here! You can see from this picture MUCH haze and smoke! We have not been alone in facing this problem. Most of the north west US and western Canada have been suffering from the results of all the wildfires. It is sobering to think of the wide spread damage done across this part of the US! Tomorrow we begin our journey east and south. We will check on fires in Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico as we travel. Here's hoping for rain and cooler weather! Are you won...

Do you remember our story of biking at Redding CA in 2013? Click here to refresh your memory.  The very first paragraph of the 2013 entry will help build the background for this story, particularly the "walking the bikes up the hill" part. Now let me share with you our ride in 2018! Premier Redding RV Resort rents RAD electric bikes . The ones we rented were just like the one in the link! We had GREAT FUN riding! It was SO MUCH FUN to ride UP that hill! Lindy was going just a tad too fast...! She had to slow it down a bit! Sun Dial Bridge just as beautiful! Turtles -- for Turtle Bay.... We rented the bikes for two hours, and thoroughly enjoyed our ride from the RV Park to the Sun Dial Bridge and the trail along the Sacramento River. These bikes would be great to have in Valley Camp, for riding the John Wayne Trail!  Later! Roving Riders, SWIRVIN around North Bend, Washington--wanting to rent those RAD bikes...!

We enjoyed a week sitting on an ocean-view site at Pacific Shores Motorcoach RV Resort. What a treat! The trail to the beach was near, with just a few steps (NOT like the 76 steps down to the beach at Lincoln City!)  Yaquina Head Lighthouse Sunset on the Pacific Did Maddie make a heart...?! We explored tide pools at low tide. We all enjoyed the beach several times. Rupert doing what he loves -- playing with his ball, and Maddie being Maddie--just running around smiling and having fun! Click on any picture to make it larger. One fat starfish! Interesting pink plants.... After lunch at the Chowder Bowl Stairs-and note Rupert the Elder being carried.... Rupert LOVES the beach and playing ball! Later! Roving Riders SWIRVIN around Oregon

Currently we are in Silver City RV Resort, just south of Carson City, Nevada, enjoying the snow-capped mountains out our window! Temps in the low 30's--but sunshine warming both the body and soul! Went to Costco yesterday and returned with the top down on the Beetle Bug! And Mike successfully stowed all our purchases in the trunk, placing the pizza for lunch in the back seat! Yes! We brought it along! While in Beatty we loaded up the dogs, and geocached in beautiful weather! Maddie travels with Lindy behind the motorhome, and LOVES her princess mobile! Mornings when we are traveling, and ready to go, she is READY, waiting at the top step to go in her Beetle Bug! Beetle Bug at North Ranch We were able to dodge the wind while traveling, but did experience it while tied up:  in Kingman where we stayed an extra day; and in Vegas and an afternoon in Hawthorne. We also had rain and snow showers in Hawthorne and over a pass on US 395 coming into Minden. Oh well! Weather is as wea...