Shortly after 9:00 we drive out to Big Water to the Bureau of Land management to get more information about some rock formation (hoodoos) we have seen in the visitors guide. We are told that it would be a 4.7 mile walk back into a creek. We get the directions and head off. Since it…...

At around 10:00 we head out to the Antelope Marina again. Early afternoon we return to our room to take a nap. Later we inquire about renting a car to drive the 46 mile gravel road through Escalante National Monument to Cannonville. We get a lot of different information depending on whom we ask and…...

Odometer: 115,820 At 8:00 we leave St. George towards Hurricane again. We drive through Zion National Park and once again enjoy the beautiful mountainous scenery. Only just the way to Zion through that valley was fascinating and it would be a place to have a little farm and maybe a Bed and Breakfast. Later on…...

Odometer: 115,313 07:00 time to get up. 08:00 we are on the road again on Hwy 15 north. Shortly after 9:00 a.m. we stop at the Factory Outlet at Lake Ellsinore where we have a coffee and wait for the stores to open at 10:00. At Nike we buy tennis shoes for Marco and we…...

After an exhausting trip we need some deserved rest and enjoy some days in San Diego although to our disappointment, the weather is still kind of lousy. We also take care of the Toyota and get it cleaned....

Odometer: 114,432 6:15 Marco gets up. 7:00 I get out of bed. It’s raining slightly. 9:00 we take Hwy 10 south and then follow Hwy 347 and 238 to Gila Bend. It’s now raining more heavily. We start our journey back to San Diego on Hwy 8. This is some how marking the end of…...

Odometer: 114,185 At 6:30 we get up and slowly get ready to leave at 9:00. The sky is overcast and it looks like rain. We take Hwy 87 south to the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Unfortunately the big building they have is under renovation. We take a short walk around and still take a…...

Odometer: 113,930 6:20 time to get up. 8:00 on Hwy 260 west driving through highland forest and meadows. It’s cool but sunny on this Monday morning. We turn left into a 50 miles long gravel road along the Mongolian Rim. Two detours to Bear and Knoll Lakes add another 15 miles. It is beautiful up…...

Odometer: 113,670 7:15 getting up. 8:00 leaving - driving up to Canyon Lake, Apache Lake, Roosevelt Dam and Lake. In Globe we turn onto Hwy 60 and drive through a beautiful canyon and mountainous landscape to Show Low a small town with a population of 7700. One of very few towns that doesn’t welcome you…...