South to Tucson, Slowly

Terri deep inside Antelope Slot Canyon - Page, Arizona.

It has been a long time since I've updated our travels. Following our Panama Canal cruise we stayed around Seattle and Tacoma for a few days to recover from colds we both caught upon our return to the PNW's fine rainy weather.

We decided that we were in no big rush to get back to Tucson to retrieve the motorhome from storage, so we spent a full month working our way down the West coast.  We stopped along the way and visited family and friends.

On the Oregon coast.

We traveled down Highway 101 along the coast and enjoyed the small towns along the way.  The Redwood forests of Northern California were next and we wandered every small road we could find.

We visited Terri's sister in Dublin, California and went to her grandson's little league baseball game.  Next we went to San Diego to visit Terri's childhood friend.  All our slow wandering took care of the month of May.  It was time to head east to Tucson.

Dangling her feet into the Grand Canyon

It was 103 when we arrived in Tucson so we only stayed a couple of days.  Phoenix was 107 so we only overnighted there to visit friends Daryl and Cindy from our old yacht club, DIYC.  We needed to gain some altitude so we headed for the Grand Canyon and the temperatures dropped to 90.  We stayed two nights in Camaron which is a town that I couldn't even find on a map.

We are now in Page, Arizona for three days to see slot canyons.  Here is a picture from Antelope Slot Canyon.  The next blog will contain many more photos.

We have 5 or 6 weeks to complete a 5 day drive back to Tacoma.  We aren't sure of our route but we will make it up as we go.  There's lots to see since we're not in a hurry.  One or two hundred miles every few days with a few vacation days in between.  No big hurry for us.  Once we get back we will begin our Summer travels to Banff and Jasper National Parks in Alberta, Canada on July 27th.

Life is good.