Back for winter

Sorry for no updates the last 3 months. We have been very busy and the updates were the last thing on our minds. I will try to catch everyone up to date. When we got back from Yosemite NP We went to Payson AZ it is 75 miles north of Phoenix but the weather was 20 degrees cooler. We were able to turn off our air and enjoy the nice days and the cool nights. We stayed at the Payson Elks Lodge and the people there were wonderful. We took some small trips and viewed the scenery. Here are some of what we seen.



This was our sight at the Elks Lodge. Behind us was a farm with pigs,horses,donkeys, dogs, roosters, chickens, goats and more.




This school house was built in 1884 and is the oldest standing school in AZ.





Here we have the Tonto Natural Bridge.The bridge is 150 feet wide 180 feet high and 400 feet long.

We also took a ride on the Mogolion Rim it is about 7000 feet above sea level. The road was great you could only go 10 mph at best and the road was 35 miles long. The View was breath taking and as you will see we were atop a couple forest fires.




We also took a ride to a place called Montezuma Castle National Monument. The latest estimated date of Sinagua occupation for any site is for Montezuma Castle National Monument around 1425 AD. The five-story stone and mortar dwellings contain 20 rooms and once housed about 50 people. A natural overhang shades the rooms and shelters them from rain. Another part of the cliff wall bears the marks of an even larger dwelling.




Another great trip we did was going to Harrahs Casino in Laughlin NV.We spent three days there and enjoyed a a jet boat rid on the Colorado Rive 58miles down to Lake Havasu to see the famous London Bridge. The boat ride was wonderful we seen wild burros along the way.




Yep that's right we passed an airplane



We were lucky to see wild burro's and the scenery was outstanding.


We had a wonderful day with our good friends Gary & Jean.
Well we made it to our destination The London Bridge. It was bought and reconstructed in 1964 and was finished in 1973.






The lights were made from melted down cannons.

We are now in Apache Junction for the winter. lots of sun, golf, hiking, and doing what ever we want.

NOW THE UPDATE ON BUFFY aka. PAT
The doctor she was seeing said the cancer was growing and he could not do anything more for her. He did refer us to another doctor in Scottsdale about 30 miles away to try some experimental treatment. We saw that doctor today Monday the 18th of November and we left his office feeling very good. The treatment is not going to be like the chemo that she has been on for the last three years. Her hair will come back and she will not have the same knock down beat up feeling she has had for the last three years. We both left the doctors office feeling real confident.

Yosemite

Well two weeks ago Buffy had a chemo session on Monday and we headed to Yosemite National Park on Tuesday. We arrived at the Oakhurst Elks Lodge on Thursday and had to wait till Monday for her to feel better to leave the RV to see the park. It was a wonderful two days.


We went to the see the giant Sequoias but the pictures do not do justice to the size of them



Remember to click on the pictures to make them bigger for better viewing. Here we stopped at Glacier Point. The view was wonderful








We were lucky to see the falls this late in the year, Usually they are dried up by this time but because of all the snow they had last year the falls keep flowing.








Here is what they called a controlled lightning strike fire I hope they are right.

Buffy wanted to go someplace cooler so off we went to Pismo Beach CA. We were here a couple of years ago and came back to visit with my God Mother Rita and her husband Ed. The weather was wonderful 65 to 70 during the day and 50 to 55 during the night. I walked 4 miles everyday on the beach. There are sand dunes just off the beach and people camp out on the beach and play on the dunes with thier ATV's. On Saturday they closed the beach because over 50 thousand people were there. On Sunday it looked like a freeway






People play hard in the ocean and on the beach, They fly kites, para surf, and ride the waves on jet skies. Boy this looks like fun. I think I could live here with temperatures like this all year round.




Then I saw something and said I am going to do that.



Well here we go and don't ya know as soon as I was strapped into the plane my camera stopped working. We met a couple of great people who stayed next to us Ken And Darleen so I invited Ken to fly with me and he did after which we went to a winery to celebrate him not puking. hehehehe





We are heading back to the Tempe AZ area for a couple of days. Buffy must have some blood work done on Friday then we will be heading to Payson AZ for the rest of the summer. We will keep you all informed about what we are doing and where we are.

Paul & Buffy