Sedona - Laughlin - Las Vegas

Our journey has brought to Las Vegas, we're staying at Sam’s Town RV park.  It’s located on what they call the Boulder Strip.  We were in Sedona for 2 days, the second day we took a drive out in the country.  It was a beautiful ride on a beautiful day.  The drive from Sedona to Laughlin was a white knuckle day.  The road had steep inclines and declines with high gusting winds.  The truck handled the drive better than I did, in the end we stayed in Laughlin for the night.  We stayed in the Riverside Casino RV park, went to the slots and lost a couple of bucks and then went to see the Hunger Games at the theatre.

In the morning we drove north to Las Vegas.  We're at Sam’s Town RV park it's like a very large parking lot, but it does have a nice pool and hot tub.  Last night we went to walk the strip near Treasure Island and Caesars.  The wind was very strong and it was cold, the show at Treasure Island and the Volcano at The Mirage didn’t happen.  It must have been because of the wind. We waited in the cold but no show. The water show at the Bellagia went off on time and it was fantastic.  This afternoon we went to a free Variety Show here at Sam’s Town, it was a great show.  

We are going to stay one more day because of a high wind warning. Then we’re off to California.

As we continue our journey we find ourselves in Sedona.  We drove from San Antonio Texas to Albuquerque New Mexico and spent the night.  We walked around Old Town where we listened to several street musicians. Then off to see the Red Rock of Sedona.  Lesley went to Easter mass today in a church with a fantistic view of the red mountains. It was very busy but well organized.  We went to the top of the hill to watch the sun set, however it was very hazy. the sun didn't cast the beautiful colours on the hills.  We may try again tomorrow if the sky is clear.
I posted some additional photos yesterday and today.  Tomorrow I'll try to post some of Sedona.

San Antonio Texas

We arrived at San Antonio on Sunday night after a day of butterflies--hundreds of them from Brownsville to San Antonio.  Monday we went to the Riverwalk and took a boat cruise around the downtown area on a series of canals (these canals are only 3 feet deep).  What a great idea to revitalize a city.  Then we walked along the river and had lunch at a Mexican Restaurant.  Monday night we went back down and walked along the river to see the lights.  What a great place, very busy both day and night.  We took a bus right from the campground to the river.  Tuesday we went to an IMAX movie of the Alamo then went across the street to visit the Alamo.  
Wed we left and drove to Carlsbad New Mexico.  We saw quite a difference in the scenery, it went from trees and flat to hills and a lot of sand and cactus.  It was a long boring ride but we had an audio book John Grissom's  Confession.  Photos to follow.

Tomorrow we go to see the Carlsbad Caverns.

Brownsville

We spent 3 nights in Brownsville at Winter Haven.  It was a beautiful park with RV sites, park models and even many brick and mortar homes.  Friends from home have a park model in this park.  They helped make our visit even more enjoyable.  They took us to a great bar for Fish and Chips and on a tour of South Padre Island.   Thank you Barb and Glen!
Tonight we are in San Antonio.  Plans are to stay for 3 nights and visit the Alamo, Riverwalk, and enjoy the pool.  The temperature was over 90 today but they are calling for rain tomorrow.

Corpus Christi

We made it to Corpus Christi Texas today.  It was an uneventful trip from Galveston.  It seemed to take a long time.  Not much to look at from the road.  After getting set up and a quick tip in the hot tub we took a ride to the beach on Padre Island.  It was very windy with sand blowing in the wind.  We didn't stay long.  
I've uploaded  photos from New Orleans, and Texas.
Tomorrow we're off to Brownsville.

New Orleans & Galveston Texas

Tonight we are at a very nice campground in Kemah Texas.  That is between Houston and Galveston.  We went to Galveston and had lunch at the beach and drove around part of the island.  Tonight the campground hosted a pot luck dinner.  They supplied chicken strips with country gravy and catfish strips plus some other stuff, campers supplied salad and deserts.  It was a great meal.  Tomorrow we move south, not sure how far we'll make it.
We stopped in New Orleans for a day and visited the French Quarter Sunday.  Walked around and had lunch in an outside cafe.  It was very busy because it was the first nice day they had since all the bad storms they had last week.  Patches was having a ball with all the people and the smells from the outside cafes.  A lot of people stopped to talk and pet him.  The campground wasn't very nice but we only slept there 2 nights.

I'll try to post some photos in the next day or so.

Leaving Florida

Tomorrow is the day we leave Florida for our journey West.  We had a good time here, a month sure went by quickly.  We visited Rick and Linda in Clermont, near Orlando for a couple days.  After that we went to Punta Gorda for 2 nights to attend the Banjo Bash.  Moving back North we spent a month at Sun N Fun in Sarasota.  What a park that was, with over 1,600 sites it was like a small town.  We enjoyed our stay there, especially since Michelle, Mike and Brody visited for a week.  It was nice to see them and Brody is sure growing quickly.

As we travel West my plan is to update our Blog as often as I can.  I'll post some of the highlights of our day and upload photos to our gallery.  You can find the gallery on the right hand side of your screen.

Next we're headed to Texas for a week.