A Time to Relax - ALMOST

But we did pick a good time to come home. The weather is going to be great. Except we might get some rain and wind. As long as it is under 100 that's fine with me. 

We got home Monday before noon. We were in Seligman, AZ and watching the weather reports for heavy rain in parts of Arizona. The part we had to drive to get home was just on the edge of the weather. So we decided  to leave and get home. Left there about 7:00, stopped in Kingman for fuel and were home about 11:00 - 174 miles. The I-40 continues to need lots of work. Worse then the roads we complain about in Mexico in some places. Lots of construction going on though so someday it will be fine. 
Everything was great at the house. Our flowers have exploded.

The ones in our very narrow front (actually side yard) are spreading into the neighbors yard. 

So Monday after getting home, unhooking and going out to breakfast and the market we came home and started unloading. And unloading and unloading. So then everything was spread all over the house waiting to be put away. Got most everything put away by late afternoon. Went to wash my hands and discovered we had no water. Notice my phone was lite up - message from the office. Plumber was looking for leak, as soon as he found it it would be repaired and water would be turned back on. This included the entire community we live in.! GRR. After the water came back on I discovered a dead lizard in my bathtub. ISH. 
Time to sit down and do nothing. Which we both did the rest of the evening. 
Yesterday I vacuumed EVERYTHING inside the RV. Window sills, inside drawers and cupboards etc. I could hear all the red dust being sucked up. Then cleaned all the screens and around the windows and mopped. All the while doing loads of laundry. Everything from inside the RV was full of red dust. 
This morning I finished cleaning the inside bathroom and kitchen and polished all the wood. It has never been so clean. And Bill washed the outside. Said he wore out a scrubby trying to get all the bugs off the bumper.

And back into storage he went. He is stored here in the park only two blocks away and only $20 a month.  In a couple of weeks when the RV doc gets the part of the jacks that has been recalled he will go there. Also we need to have them check the "Oh this type of window will never leak" window in the bedroom that leaked a whole lot during one rain we were in. 
And next week the jeep will go to the welder to have the whole towing set up fixed. He says we are lucky we didn't lose the Jeep. We are pretty sure this happened a year ago when we hit the tope in Hermosillo, MX.
But something we went over on this trip loosened it up so it was obvious. Looking under the front end of the car at the broken weld. 

 OOPS!

I am compiling all the info from the trip so will share it when it's ready. 
In the mean time. I'll probably be posting some more things from the trip that I didn't get to while traveling. 
It sure is good to be home!

Home

We are home. More tomorrow when I am not exhausted from unloading, laundry and cleaning 

Morning at Monument Valley

We are in Seligman now - a short 84 mile drive. But back down to a livable altitude, no wind and warm! 
So here we are going back into Monument Valley early in the morning. Our receipt from the day before got us back in without having to pay again. The sun shining on the rocks is a sight to behold. Here the road was a fine powder red dust. Luckily we were there before the traffic got heavy. A lot of this post will just be scenery. Bill says he feels like he is in a cathedral when here. Neither of us could find a word to really describe the area. Awesome, peaceful, magnificent...none do it justice

Another picture of the mittens, but check out the road. Every once in a while the dirt disappeared and the ragged rocks showed up. Better watch carefully for them because they are rough.

The three sisters with the sun on them. 

The different colors in the rocks fascinate me. Almost makes them look like a woven piece of cloth. 

The famous "point" at John Ford's Point. We went up there the night before so by passed it on the way in. More about the horse and rider later. 

Just scenery. Lots and lots of greenery around. 

Taken out the front windshield. A doggy in the road. Several Navajo families live here in the Valley.

The camel again. He looks kind of snooty. Like he is better then the rest of the formations. 

More rough spots in the road. 

Heading into Sand Springs. A natural aquifer seeps out where the De Chelly and Navajo sandstone formations meet under the sand dune.  Went right next to this rock. Hoped it didn't decide to tip over.

Looking at where the spring is. 

Different colors in the rocks. 

 The big chunks of rock that have broken off and slide down. 

 Eventually will be an arch. Many, many years from now. 

 Just like the look of this piece of rock. 

Organisms caught in the rock. 

 Just to show the size of some of these rocks that have broken off and slid down. 

  WHY? What makes humans do this?

 These little plants were all over, it is actually a bright turquoise color, camera didn't do it justice.

 Heading down the road again. 

Next stop will be Artist's Point. Breathtaking. For the next blog. 
We will be getting ready to leave Flagstaff as soon as it warms up some. Got to mid 30's last night. All we did here in Flagstaff was go out to eat a couple of times. The altitude here really bothers Bill as does the cold.
Did watch the Barcelona soccer game yesterday - boy they played horrible and lost to a not too good team! Then watched the NASCAR race. Parts of it were exciting. My driver finished second, loosing first about 25 laps from the finish.