tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23272010180790605342024-02-18T18:00:58.236-08:00Expeditions and AdventuresChristine Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900815486911784369noreply@blogger.comBlogger152125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327201018079060534.post-56393515223126819362020-06-13T18:44:00.002-07:002020-06-14T05:31:22.353-07:00Dogs and Water<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Shelter in Place they said. Maintain physical distancing. Okay, we can do that. At least in Ohio our state parks were not closed to hiking and our rivers were open. I was able to work most of the spring by going remote and working from home after the governor closed non essential businesses. I always wanted to work somewhere that my dogs could come to work with me everyday. Looks like I made it! Audrey and Lark supervised from the daybed in my office and made sure to continue supervising me every break time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But since coming back from Florida they had mostly heard me make excuses for not taking anyone for a hike and then even as the spring came around it all seemed too chilly and wet, but finally (before the heat and humidity set in) there were a few glorious Ohio, spring, sort of days. And those were not to be wasted......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First up was Audrey testing out the replacement Sea Eagle on the Little Miami river with me. I looked up and found a group of kayakers that get together in the Cincinnati area. Most of the group had dropped off their bikes at one point on the river and then drove to the start area. They paddled down river, peddled their bikes back up the bike trail and pick up their cars then to drive back to load up their kayaks. Then there was me who got a ride to the drop off area and paddled down stream to where my car was parked. I also realized about 5 miles into the paddle that 10 miles at the beginning of the season is about 4 miles too many even if the current is helping. Lesson relearned. I am a paddle, float, float, paddle sort of person. The rules were that you had to be able to handle your own equipment to maintain physical distancing. The trees were just beginning to green out and the turtles were seeking their usual sunbeams. I think some of the other paddlers were amazed at Audrey's "I'll just sit here and observe the water" behavior.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Even good dogs have to get up and stretch their legs.....she also agreed that ten miles was a bit long, lunch stop or no lunch stop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We paddled past the local Loveland Castle. And yes there is a long story there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sometime after Audrey's trip there was a trip up to Cindy's house in Granville. And Lark and Audrey brought a puppy home with them. She went three weeks without a name while I kept trying out new ones. After a while I think she got tired of of hearing all the "cute" and "special" names and told Lark to just call her Jane. She shared with Lark that she was quite confident that she would be noticed just fine without a unique or "special" name.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lark finally found a warm enough day, after the road to the Caesar Creek Visitors center reopened, to take me for a hike. She likes the trails where she is not apt to run into other hikers so that she can explore off leash a wee bit more. It makes the swims so much nicer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And then there were three again. And for those that wonder about Josef, he recently sent a video of himself swimming in his pool with his humans and playing water keep away with a tennis ball. I didn't have the heart to show it to Audrey. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The water in the lake was high but this end of the lake is very shallow. All the more fun to watch and listen to the large carp chase their prey through the lily pads. Lark found it interesting enough when they were 20 feet away but when they rolled and splashed right next to the kayak she had other opinions.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You could tell the color of the sky from the water drops on the lilies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This end of the lake had small coves and creeks that I like to paddle best. As shallow as the water was though I decided that I needed to come back with the Hornbeck because it doesn't draw as much water.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">About this time back at home both Audrey and Lark realized that their safety zone on the daybed was no more. Jane had watched Audrey and figured out she too could get up there using the smaller Ottoman that is out of camera range on the left.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The not being done with our water exploring. Jane got to visit the lake. I found the sandy beach I water but had forgotten that this end of the lake can also get waves from the wind. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not that it stopped Lark from demonstrating what fun could be found in the water.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But leaving the waves on the beach, we set out to find a creek. At this point Jane began practicing her walking on a leash skills. Training puppies to move in "sort of straight" lines is always easier when a professional is demonstrating.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So for now, my spring seasonal work is finished, there are no dog shows for Lark and Audrey and the puppy is just working on growing and learning new things. The RV sitting in the driveway is cleaned out and about to be put on the market. Adventures might have to remain local for a while longer. But considering what is out there, I am good for that. Any one interested in a used 2014 Thor Vegas with 64,000 miles on it?</span><br />
<br />Christine Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900815486911784369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327201018079060534.post-15386853520368690202020-01-07T11:21:00.000-08:002020-01-07T15:24:08.672-08:00Florida, the Short Trip<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was not forced into deciding to start my seasonal work several months early. It was a decision made free and clear but strongly motivated by my recently collected memories of Scotland and my imagining how many other destinations are still out there not discovered by me. Yet. So increasing the savings account requires staying around Ohio this winter. Making a quick visit to Florida to spend some time checking in with friends and remembering what warm weather feels like seemed like a good idea to motivate me to buy warmer boots and tough it out up north.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I took three days to make the drive to Live Oak, Florida, to hang out with Liz and friends. Judy and Birdie joined us on our first hike. Lark enjoyed her off leash opportunity and handled it responsibly like a good Golden Retriever should. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Liz no longer lives full time in her RV. She and her new husband Bob live in a retirement community with miles of trails and convenient kayaking access. The small campground available for guests and visitors is just around the block from her home. It is very easy for the dogs to stop by and gather their friends for morning hikes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I tried to locate my pictures from last December's trip when the Suwannee River was so high. I found them on iPhoto but not when I tries to pull them up to transfer to the Blog for comparisons. So now I have another project to add to my list. Organized photos. That being shared, last year the sand bars and banks where all covered.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And this section of grass was covered.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And the river was within a foot of the pavilion roof.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And the wonderful riverside hiking trail was our private very special watery kayaking trail through the woods. Last year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Coming to Florida also gave several of us a chance to create a mini Get Together up in Alachua. It doesn't take much more than the mention of food to gather folks together even with only a few days notice. Retirement helps.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Christmas Eve Day, Judy and a young friend, and Liz and I took to the river. After attaching the kayak to the roof back in Ohio, in the dark, in the middle of a sleeting cold rain, with frozen fingers, I was determined to kayak in Florida even if it was an overcast, light jacket weather.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And this is Liz's method of transporting kayaks. When she came off the road and traded down from her Class C to a smaller Class B RV, she specifically made sure that her Hornbeck would fit in the aisle. She reports having carried up to four kayaks when necessary, just don't try to get to the beds or the bathroom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From Live Oaks I drove south towards Cedar Key stopping at Nan's driveway in Beverly Hills for two nights. As important as it is for our children to purchase homes with flat driveways or acreage suitable for their mother's RV, it is very nice to have friends around with similar offerings. (The next best option is to live within 15 minutes of beautiful state parks. Claudia and Martha.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was invited to Nan's grandson's and Christmas dinner. No one went hungry. Nan and I enjoyed visiting during our car ride. Later, I got to go to Publix to refresh my supplies and spend more time catching up and sharing stories and perspectives on life. A mutual friend, Donna, made the short drive over from her Florida home to visit briefly. Lark and Audrey were invited into Nan's house to meet her new Min Pin, Jessie, and once again both remembered their good manners. We promised not to tell on Audrey and her raid on the trash tissues. It was only a small lapse of judgement, really!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This handsome feller quietly observed my paddling past before turning and slowly walking away through the vegetation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ok, so it wasn't a bright sunny day. It wasn't a rainy downpour sort of day, either. I was paddling on water. I was happy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Coming back into the campground, I took this picture to show Liz that her favorite campsite on the lake is still here. This is what a Premium Lake front site looks like.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And the water in the lake was up. Not as far a up as the river by Liz but enough to attract more sport fisherman. This particular campground is small and geared more to long term residents and fisherman.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the afternoon after kayaking I drove to the store to pick up dog food and later drove up highway 441 towards Gainesville. Nan had mentioned that Paynes Praire Park was slowly filling up with water again after a suspected shift in the limestone had drained it years ago. She was right. So the Bison and wild horses will have to be satisfied with less grazing land. However, the ducks, Ibis, Cranes and other water loving birds will be very happy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One of the reasons that I like to come back to this campground when I come through Florida is because the dogs and I get to take our daily walks around the beautiful village of McIntosh. Other years I have made posts of the wonderful old Victorian homes and the streets lined with large Spanish Moss covered Live Oaks. Many of the homes are beautifully kept up. Others are in need of love and a good handyman. Some appear to be more storage facilities than homes. As I walk past those I imagine an episode of "Hoarders" or the wild treasure hunt of valuable discoveries that might be made as one would work themselves through the various hallways and rooms. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And for those that have been following Josef's adventures in the conformation ring, he completed his Silver Grand Champion title in November and finished his Owner Handler year in the Top Ten for the third year in the row. He declined his invitation to Orlando this year. He had happily sent me off to Scotland in October to use up his Orlando funds. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here he is in PetSmart practicing a long down stay next to some of his favorite squeaky toys. He was learning how to be a better mannered companion animal. In early December he and I drove up to his Other Mother Cindy's house to meet a wonderful family from the Philadelphia area. He had been corresponding to his humans by email while he was finishing up his Silver title. It was pretty much like finding love on the internet. The dog version of Match.com. That "First Date" worked out so well, he left to go back to PA with them and meet the two younger humans in the family. He has sent pictures reflecting what being an"Only Dog" means to him: More snuggles on the couch, sleeping in bed with his humans and no other dogs to compete with for attention. He says he likes being THE "heart" dog to humans that need him. Just this afternoon he sent another email outlining how well his new humans are responding to his training. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sadly, Lark and Audrey won't be helping me add 10,000 step to my Fitbit now that we are back in "frosted fingers" Ohio weather. Maybe walking around Rural King enough practicing our obedience moves will add a few steps. I still have a few days to locate those warmer boots before reporting to work on the 20th. </span>Christine Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900815486911784369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327201018079060534.post-65084799280684661792019-10-21T08:22:00.001-07:002019-10-21T08:22:05.243-07:00And Then There Came the Last Day<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aren't you relieved? I have had a wonderful time but was ready to enjoy this final day in Scotland and bring all these memories home with me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who remembers those slide carousels of their youth. My parents would invite friends over for cocktails and snacks and show the slides from their "last trip". They (or we/family) would sit in the darken room and have to sit through every. little. thing. and be polite. Then again the cocktails and wine probably helped. We were young. We didn't get any of that wine. Between the photos all having been taken on film with no chance to crop, delete or play with in iPhoto, some of those photos were more special than others. I personally really appreciate the current situation. I love my delete button and knowing that no one has to sit at their computer and "like" a single things if they don't want to. But these will be my memories and someday remind me that my hips and knees did work once upon a time....or they will until some "delete" button in my brain turns traitor to my spirit and starts to fog out the synapses.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The rental car got returned with all major car parts still intact. I am glad that I had the car to drive myself around. It allowed me to stay in places and the freedom to visit parts of Scotland I would not have otherwise, particularly this time of year when many of the the "day trip" offers are not available. On the other hand, I think each country and trip might be different and there are many areas that have different networks of mass transportation and different road conditions that might make other decisions more practical and economic. Having the car did make eating economically much easier. I had more choices.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I stood outside the Cincinnati airport waiting for my ride home and watching the gentleman in bright safety vests sort the mass of assorted vehicles wheeling past the arrival/pick up zone like herding feral cats, I also recognized what I didn't see much of on the roads of Scotland. I saw few huge, monster SUV. There were Transit vans and Sprinter vans but most of the daily driver type cars were of a modest size. I also didn't see many huge pickup trucks. There were plenty of farms but just driving down the roads I passed or were passed by few trucks. Then again the price of a liter of gas probably is a great motivator of driving smaller gas sipping cars. I know that the Ford Fiesta that I was driving had the electronic engine that turned off when the car came to a stop and turned itself back on when you touched the gas. It is strange to sit at a light or stop sign and not hear or feel an engine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Again, on the these final legs of the journey I was reminded of how many areas of Scotland resemble the rolling valleys, small farms and mountains of the Hudson Valley, or Virginia or North Carolina. The stone fencing is distinctive but my son's home in NY state also has old stone fencing but then the first section of his home was built in 1750. Then you notice the plethora of sheep. The difference is the number of sheep and how the land is used. Old stone homes spot the landscapes of the older east coast colonies in the US but again not nearly as many as one drives past on the roads of Scotland. And back to observations regarding driving issues, the posted speed limits seemed to be more suggestive than anything else, though I had been warned I was responsible for any tickets I should get. Most roads were posted at 60 kilometers (40 MPH) and the highest limits were on the large two lanes that mostly crossed through eastern Scotland and they were all the way up to 70 kilometer. Speed limits, as expected, fluctuated for small towns and school areas. As might be imagined, this touristy driver had no trouble staying under most of the limits but I also spent time frequently using the "passing areas" so that others could go on their merry, much faster way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before I headed toward Stirling I drove into St Andrews and drove around a bit. The weather was drizzly and I knew that my tank of energy would not last forever so I just waved at the St Andrews castle and the famous golf course with its impressive hotel and grounds and then headed west.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made it to Stirling with plenty of time to explore and the energy to make the walk. Information on the Internet had warned that parking at Stirling Castle was limited and that visitors should be prepared to park and walk or park down in the city somewhere and take a bus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found a parking spot right a good hike away from the castle but just around the corner from where the signs required paid parking. I took stock of my surroundings, pulled out a walking pole and headed off up hill.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just a sample of the small, rental caravans that are available over here. Just a reminder to me how happy I was to not have to find parking for a caravan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A pause in our castle programing to show the different to me, neat sink and hand drying combination. I had used these in the Edinburgh airport and found them again here at the visitor center. You place your hands directly under the faucet for water and then hold you hands under the side bars for the twin jets of drying air. Made by Dyson. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The old barracks. After the last of the royals and other important people moved off the place, the castle was used by the military for many more years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This raven and his friends were busy flapping around and having a loud discussion of important castle business.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And those little white spot off in the far off distance are sheep, of course.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The restored chapel that was built in 1594 because the protestant faith couldn't have used the old chapel used by Catholic Mary Queen of Scots .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Large hearths lined both sides. How many people did it take just to maintain the fires in these castles in winter?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">King Robert the Bruce, 1314</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An the walk back I passed the Argyll's Lodging just down from the castle. The sign on the gate said it was currently not open for tours but then again the gate was open so it was open for at least one picture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then I started my journey back to the car which turned out to be an adventure of my own making. Yes, I found it but I did have to back track up a road or two until I got it right. I told myself that I needed the exercise and the shops I passed were all so interesting. Knowing that I had parked in a more residential area and the angle of the road heading up to the castle on the GPS helped. What will help more in the future is if a drop a "pin" in the car location. We are a continual learner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Someone took time to add the lace around the bath towels. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And then it was off to find the car rental return at the airport which my GPS was not as helpful as I would have liked. No added excitement moving through the airports and customs. The plan was late leaving Edinburgh but the stop over in Philadelphia was generous enough to allows for delays and working my way through customs and over to the concourse for the flight to Cincinnati. Only hold up was when I realized that I had on orange in by backpack that had been picked up a couple days earlier for a possible snack. I had to declare it and then head over to Agriculture and confess and turn it in and have all my bags rescanned. I had realized my dilemma on my own and self reported as soon as I stepped into the bathroom and saw all the signs warning me not to thrown any food or agricultural products in the trash. The nice young lady in a hurry to make her connection was reminded of her apple in her bag by the agricultural searching beagle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But compared to traveling the border crossing between Canada and Alaska with Nan sitting in her RV ahead of mine eating her banana and grapes while being asked if she had any fruits or vegetables on board, it wasn't as funny.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So if you are still here reading thanks for staying awake for the entire slide show. Stay tuned for future adventures or turn around and share some of your own.</span>Christine Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900815486911784369noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327201018079060534.post-83670900569732526112019-10-20T19:23:00.001-07:002019-10-20T19:23:18.029-07:00On Tuesday the Travel Continued<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Tuesday my traveling the loop around Aberdeen and making my way back to the Edinburgh area continued. The drive for Tuesday was a short one in mileage since I was only trying to make it from just west of Aberdeen to St. Andrews. The shortness easily allowed for two stops along the way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First, I got to appreciate an early morning fog spreading across the city. I walked down to the Hardware store to purchase an adapter to replace the one that was left back at the farm. Were is Lark when I need a dog to blame for forgetting something? By the time I located what I needed the fog had lifted enough for this tourist to drive safely out of town.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First stop of the day was to see Crathes Castle, Garden and Estate. The estate boasted another of those tree line lanes and meditative water features.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The castle was one that only allowed you through with a guide so I spent the few minutes waiting by wandering around the grounds being thankful that years ago one of the previous owners took up the hobby of planning a wide range of trees from around the world while his wife concentrated on the flowers. This picture is of his Giant Sequoia. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Walking past part of the garden where the plantings surrounded the croquet lawn. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the old part of the castle that remains today. To the right at one time there were two later additions referred to as the Queen Ann additional and the Victorian addition. Those additions served the family up through 1920's until there was a fire and what remained of both sections had to been removed for safety.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the hall where the Lord of the castle would hear petitioners and also hand down decisions and punishments to the individuals under his authority. They have the ledgers and records of those decisions and as far as they can determine no one was ever put to death but there might have been some time spent in the stocks back in the day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The castle has a long history, as many of them do, but is best known for the small garrison of men that held off Oliver Cromwell's army for 8 months and was able to protect the Crown Jewels of Scotland. The castle also hosted the likes of William Wallace, Mary Queen of Scots -she did land many places over her lifetime didn't she - and the future King Charles II.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I mentioned some castles were known for their parties and others for their defenses. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And then it was time to make my way back up to the car park. Don't tell my daughter but I took two rest stops before I made it to the top. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was the small B&B that consisted all of two room on the back side of the house with a common area set up between then with two small tables ready for breakfast. The view out the window is of the back graveled lot for parking. Again though the cottage was just one in a street lined with small homes, but about a block down the street there was a small Inn and Pub/restaurant which was within perfect walking distance.</span><br />
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Christine Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900815486911784369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327201018079060534.post-54130137228366840262019-10-16T13:11:00.003-07:002019-10-16T13:17:27.918-07:00More Day Trips and Castles<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Initially here, I was still working out of my base outside Inverness until I wasn't and the next day I started my drive towards the Aberdeen area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My last day trip was to the west coast to to the small sea port of Unapool. I enjoyed the sunshine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I returned to my last night on the farm and was met by the Labrador greeter and she introduced me to momma pig.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Leaving the next day, demonstrating my increase driving confidence, I purposefully drove into Inverness to visit a used Book store.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The book store is in an old church and I did find some labeling of topics in certain sections but not well organized. This is a book store for just finding surprises. The range of bird books made me think of several of my friends from the WomenRV Forum. The UK love their birds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From the book store visit I headed east towards Aberdeen with a plan to visit at least one castle depending upon travel time and distractions along the route.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My first castle stop was at Huntly Castle, chief seat of the Gordon Dynasty. It is one of the magnificent ruins. The original section of the castle was first built in 1190's but out of timber and briefly used by King Robert the Bruce. It was remodeled by the early 1600's by George Gordon to more closely resemble the palace that you see here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One of the top floors missing its floor but who built that neat nest?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Leaving Huntly Castle, I still had enough time to swing past another castle, Fyvie Castle. Unfortunately, or fortunately since I was already heavily castled out for the day, I was working off a "Castle Trail" pamphlet that may have been out of date, because the castle itself closed earlier that I thought and only the grounds remained available. Another saving grace of coming in October is that tourist season is winding down. Many sites are not open after the end of September or run on more limited days and or hours. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This castle has had 5 successive families in its 800 years. Each family added a tower to make it their own. My feet didn't mind walking around the ground but were happy not to have climbed any of the stairs this time.</span><br />
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Tomorrow is my Tuesday travel day and more site seeing.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And then you see this, over 40 acres of grounds and buildings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On each side of the battlements there was a sally door that soldiers could use to run out and confront the enemy. One side the door remains the same small size it always was and on the opposite side the door has been enlarged to serve as the main gate for the current military needs and vehicles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking back across the Parade Grounds at the main gate of the old fort and imagining just how many individuals were housed and marched here long ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the way back out I watched a young officer get out of his car and proceed to help his three small children out of the back seat. This housing might be a bit bleak for children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And these were only one section of barracks.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The view off the head lands of the Fort. It was and is still well positioned.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On my walk back towards the car working to keep my ears warm in the wind I spotted some brave Kite Surfers.....hopefully all in warm wet suits. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Later, I drove down the farm lane, past the chickens and up the road to the pub for dinner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next morning I got up and started a little earlier than usual so that I could make the first run of the Steam Train. There were clouds again but also sunshine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Steam Train runs from a small town south east of Inverness along the edge of the Cairngorm Mountains. The area was originally just known for its winter skiing but has now developed "wild" camping and hiking in the area and the stores in town reflect their hoped for market.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The train runs out to two different stops. At the second stop the train pulls past and waits while the engine repositions itself to pull us back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a small station out in the middle of nowhere. Luckily, I seemed to get in the line for the bathroom early. There was a bathroom on the train but I was not interested in that much of an adventure. Nothing fancy here, nothing to see.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the stop it became apparent that the windows do get washed. From our standard compartment we were not sure. They were dirty. We wondered if you had to upgrade to First Class to get clean windows. Apparently, First Class doesn't see out much better. It was difficult to tell which windows had been washed...... Old steam trains also have old steam train windows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the beautiful area around the small station.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And someone came to see their visitors off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If I opened the small window above the seats and stood, there were a few photogenic possibilities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back in town it was time to wander past the stores (including three different thrift/charity shops) and find something to eat. This was my Fish and Chips day. The fish was delicious but most of the chips got left behind. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the train ride I drove back north again to visit the Culloden Battlefield and Memorial. I met this handsome fellow grazing near the parking lot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a reproduction of the original crofter's cottage that stood on the field at the time of the battle and is referred to on maps and writing from the time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A big field on which the English and the Jacobites lined up across from each other. They were out numbered. They were out maneuvered. They lost horribly and so ended the last Jacobites rebellion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A four month old Cocker Spaniel out exploring the grounds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Individual stones have been set for each Clan and some for a mixture of more minor Clans. The battle field felt like holy ground in the same way that Gettysburg does but on a smaller scale. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This one is for the Clan Munro who I believe brought 426 men to fight for the English.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But he is just so handsome.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just throwing in random photos from the B&B including the evidence of puppy teeth chewing on one of the breakfast chairs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I know that my friend Sarah will appreciate the silver toast holder and appreciate that it gets used every morning. </span><br />
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Christine Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900815486911784369noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327201018079060534.post-460110069063736942019-10-13T12:41:00.001-07:002019-10-13T12:41:10.578-07:00Off to Explore Inverness<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sun agreed to smile on my departure from the Isle of Skye, that is the only reason I am posting these pictures. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Once off the Isle I traveled a road that switched from two track to one track and back again. Here I am off on the side waiting my turn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the other side of the road sometimes looked like this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A smaller falls on the right of the main one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And as I continued past the groomed path to the falls, these are the trails that made me glad that I had grabbed both walking poles from the car before I set off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before I arrived at the Netherton Farm B&B, I drove through Dingwall and found a late lunch/dinner option. You might think that my driving confidence is allowing me to voluntarily drive through towns now, but not yet. I maybe could have but I spied the large parking lot on the edge of town as I came in and stopped there for today's journey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My single at Netherton Farm. This is a working farm. The current owner of the house was born here. Her farther sold the house in the early 70's when she was 12 and she bought it back in the early 90's and over time added onto the original stone house to add rooms to accommodate the B&B. The house is full of antiques here and there all being used functionally. The hostess's daughter and grandson from Spain was also visiting. Her brother lives somewhere nearby and farms the land.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An upstairs "bridge way" connects the old part of the house to the new section. My room was in the remodeled older section of the house. Instead each room having the ability to fix tea, hot choc, etc., this space was open and convenient to all the rooms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The shared bath. Well normally it was only shared with one other room that wasn't booked for two of the nights I was there. Then again it may be the only remaining bath tub in the house and it was used for the baby every afternoon at his bath time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking back at my side window from the "bridge". The roof and the sides of the dormer were all in slate. Real slate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It rained in the night but the morning showed much better promise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The dining area is in the newer portion of the house. The hostess said she had to fight to have the wall of windows put in the way she wanted them. I am so glad that she won. It was a very welcoming space. A large country kitchen shared the space on the back side of the house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the farm's two black labs inspects my raincoat and bag as I get ready to head off on another day of rambling around.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made my way down Lock Ness to visit Urquhart Castle. First the museum that explains some of the history and shows you a model of what it looked like when all standing. As later drawings would demonstrate the site changes from the original fort built in 500. The site served different purposes in different centuries. The castle did change hands several times due to battles results. When Grant decided that the Castle was not worth fighting for anymore, the British soldiers set off a large quantity of explosives that took down the gates and made the fort useless to the Scots or Jacobites or whoever might have wanted to use it for defense.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And an example of the life environment of crofters in the shadows of the castle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I glanced out that way but Nessie wasn't interested in meeting me and making me famous.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This shot is important because it shows just how special the Constable of the castle was. He has his own latrine. It emptied right outside the castle walls. Here is hoping that they got their drinking water from somewhere else. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As one of the signs shared, Sir John Grant had another much more grand castle in another area of Scotland, but if a King gives you lands to develop who is going to refuse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">View from the other side of the grounds that held the ruins of the older parts of the castle and the point of the original battlements before Grant added his buildings to the grounds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I haven't yet gotten tired of seeing these falls of water along side the roads. Off in the distance you can see the ribbons of falls coming down out of the hills. They are everywhere there are hills/mountains.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Made the drive across the island to the south west and the Armadale Castle, Gardens and Museum. This bus is a reminder of the tour/s I didn't take.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I was walking up towards the Edinburgh Castle back days ago, I talked with a street performer about his costume and blue face, etc. He said that he was representing the Picts not the Gaelic heritage of Scotland. Scotland's heritage goes back to Norway, Ireland, the Picts, etc......especially out here on the western islands.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That is a long list of names associated with the Clan Donald. I am not sure how far back Dennis has made on Ancestry dot com but the name Allen shows up on the list. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The date on this gathering (1920) becomes more significant and sad when you connect it to the year that the family at that time moved out of the castle to a smaller home. The castle was only a little over 100 years old at the time. It was then neglected for 50 years and purchased by the non profit Trust in 1972. By then there was such significant structural damage that Historical Scotland soon gave permission for large parts to be torn down for safety while trying to maintain some of the main structural characteristics where ever possible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then there is the interesting story about the Scottish tartan. The Disarming Act of 1746 would have been to take away from the Jacobites' Highland clan identification and connections but nice to see it didn't last for long. Also, note that originally there was no distinction between particular plaids. I see an early and successful movement for advertising, marketing and Branding behind the redevelopment of the tartan as a symbol of Scotland and connection to particular Clans. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And because to the British "Clearances" and later efforts of the Clans Chiefs to move crofters and tenants off the lands and because of the failure of the potato crops that parallels those failures that occurred in Ireland, many Scots from the Islands emigrated. Each 6 by 3 ft bunk housed two adults or a combination of children depending upon size and age. This reproduction represents a particular ship that the museum had extensive records from. Many people traveling in small spaces. (See that room back in Edinburgh is looking bigger and bigger.) The trip only took 16 weeks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The signage said "Laundry". The creek/spring ran just of the left back corner, so that made sense.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The ruins of the castle are all that remain from the original which was built around 1815-1820, which was then left empty and neglected from about 1920 to 1972, requiring much of it to be gutted for safety. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The irony is that the white portion of the castle is part of the original and oldest part of the estate dating back to 1790's and it is still being used as part of the grounds and offices of the trust.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is just one of the huge old tree that caught my eye. Well, yes, they are trees and I am usually easily distracted by dramatic trees. Several of them looked familiar and the signage reassured me that they should as in this case the tree is a western cedar that was planned back in 1880 or so. So far these great trees have outlived the castle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Driving off the island tomorrow and heading towards just a bit east of Inverness. If you are picking up a pattern of my finding B&Bs that are outside the towns, you would be correct. They all also have free parking on the grounds in their listings. I had several memories of small town hotels and lodging back in Ireland that Liz and I stayed in that did not have good parking options. I have done well so far in my driving adventures but I am not eager to learn all these new skills at the same time if I can plan my way around it. Bit by bit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not sure which roads I will take tomorrow. I have two main options and am planning to consult with Jackie and Colin tomorrow at breakfast. I do like driving the singe track roads but only if they are in reasonable conditions. </span>Christine Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900815486911784369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327201018079060534.post-8571112084256370022019-10-08T17:09:00.002-07:002019-10-09T11:06:06.152-07:00On the Isle of Skye<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tuesday started off with rain and stayed with that theme on and off all day. I had read up on the various hiking options in different areas of the island and narrowed it down to the ones I thought most possible for me and most interesting. Lovely research, but each time I approached the area of one of the possibilities was when the skies would open up and the sheets of rain would fall. Sadder still was when I would realize that what limited parking was still all taken and it is raining hard. I don't mind walking in the drizzle but I am not scrambling up and down rocky trails in a hard rain because, well because, I don't have to. I still got a couple of shorter rambles in but over all my body was thanking me and reminded me that walking up and down stairs in castles count as exercise, too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now we get to drive the single track in hilly terrain. Don't get too comfortable with those nice curbs and well defined road ways. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Later in the afternoon, one of the other guests that I had met this morning at breakfast walked by while I was sitting and checking my email out on the porch. I shared that I hadn't made several of the proposed hikes because of the weather when I was driving past. He admitted that they had made this particular hike and had been caught at the top when the heavens opened up. He went on to say that the rain wasn't the worst part. The hardest part was the wind gusts. He said 70mph. Even at an exaggeration, I was very happy with my timing and my decisions. His wife also agreed that the parking even for such difficult weather was non existent. She made some approximation of how tight the parking was and again my mind thought, "Maybe with my 9 year old Honda Fit I would try something like that but not with a rental car where they are going to measure all the dents with their little "dent measurer". And yes, that is a real thing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Castle Dunvegan, seat of the Clan MacLeod. Interesting history. The original chief came from Norway and married into the land. The fort/castle at that time was still wooden though, so he gets credit for beginning the upgrades. There are still members of the Clan occupying rooms on the top floors. There was also some information regarding a conference of the Clan with members coming from all over the world to attend. That is a family with deep roots.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is the water rushing down the hillside into the garden but let it represent all the waterfalls cascading down out of the rocks and hills everywhere. I just can't stop and take pictures. It has been raining and the water is all making is way to the sea or Loch. The flows remind me of the waterfalls of Alaska, especially when they are rushing off of the highlands.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And when you get back to your room, you find a neat pile of clean, sorted laundry. The Hostess said it was just something that she like to offer her guests.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is the sign by the front door out on the glassed in porch. There was a line of boots each evening. I had to add mine today. I think the three muddiest sets came from the three brothers from Germany.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tomorrow is Wednesday and, hopefully, I will wander my way around the southwestern part of the island. I have determined that my driving skills have improved enough that I am not nearly as worried about staying on the left side of the road and not hitting a curb as I am concerned about the mysterious depth of the pot holes on the deteriorating single tracks up by some of the popular hiking areas. I was warned about potholes and, gee, I live in the midwest where by late Jan or Feb you can lose multiple car parts on the roads, so I knew it to be true. Under the conditions I found today, driving slow was the only option. On one long section the road had no shoulder or what shoulder there was appeared to have 10 inch mud ruts. The pavement had both small and large, random areas of standing water which is hiding what???? and it is now your turn to seek the pull off area.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not all the highways with three numbers are equal. The one this morning made me quite happy to return to driving on a two lane. It also made me appreciate I am driving these roads in a shoulder season when the high traffic of summer is past. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Again, I was having flash backs to when Nan and I drove our rigs over the Top of the World Highway out of Chicken, Alaska - a very narrow road with no shoulders, A wall of rocks on one side and a cliff on the other. When the huge tow truck pulling the large Class A that had gone over the edge the day before was approaching, you just slowly moved over as far as you thought you could, stopped, folded in your mirror, looked straight ahead, kept breathing and hoped the truck driver knew what he was doing. </span><br />
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<br />Christine Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900815486911784369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327201018079060534.post-45701647977355513372019-10-08T14:03:00.001-07:002019-10-08T14:03:36.680-07:00A Day Exploring the Glen Coe area<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Armed with recommendations from my Host, I headed off to take a brief ferry ride in order to take the single track to Glenfinnan rather than the two lane.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I never did see any of he "feral goats" the signs warned me about. I did see the body of the large,shaggy, antlered stag along the side of one of the main roadways. I also now have a greater appreciation for the working collies that have to eventually sort these guys out. Every time I see the large expanses of grazing lands and the scattered grazers, I think tired dogs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eilean Donan Castle in the rain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No photographs allowed inside. The castle is often used for weddings in a beautiful banquet room. There is a private apartment in the castle where the current owners still live.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is what the castle looks like when the rain has passed and the shy is blue again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another view from another window. The Hostess met me as I arrived and I don't know if she just made the decision when she saw my gray hair or if she had already decided, but she asked if it was okay that she put me in the double downstairs with the bath instead of the single I had reserved with the bath in the hall which was upstairs. A fine by me. There are several other guests here so it wasn't that she was empty. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A sitting room/porch as you enter. You can watch the storms and listen to the rain beat against the windows from here.</span><br />
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<br />Christine Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900815486911784369noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327201018079060534.post-63196629036094844582019-10-08T12:39:00.001-07:002019-10-08T12:39:22.432-07:00Onward into the Highlands<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Saturday, I took the tram back to the airport to pick up the rental car and proceed with adventure. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Learning to drive all over again. My mind ranged back to reflect on the level of concentration that the 16 year old uses when they first try to learn the muscle memory that experienced drivers take so for granted. To reassure my confidence that this skill can be mastered, I also reminded myself of more recent learning curves of the last 15 years. For example, the time I drove a 25 foot RV around the historic squares of Savannah, GA, in my early RV driving days. The time I found myself driving down a narrow western North Carolina road and noticed that vehicles wider than 8 ft are not recommended. (My rig was 8.5 feet wide at the time.) Then there was the driving the narrow roads of Baja and watching the huge buses bearing down on you and there. are. no. shoulders. So yes, I was very tired at the end of that first day of driving but I still had a left front tire and rim. FYI, I had taken note of the battered left rim as we did the walk around at the Enterprise lot. The young man said that they counted that as normal wear and tear. On the other hand, some where on the inside of that rim I suspect there is a series of notches that record how may tires have been replaced. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Oh, I also marveled that they allow us "differently trained drivers" to drive off with their cars. I had similar thoughts years ago when the hospital allowed me to take that day old baby home without any background checks into by ability and depth of or lack of skill and knowledge.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, off I drove with several OMG moments of here and there, none of them leaving any marks. Early on, I decided rumble strips can be a friend. Better than a sharp, left hand curb.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was heading off into the Highlands. On the way I stopped at Linlithgow Castle, birth place of Mary Queen of Scotts. This castle was stunning and huge. My imagination was busy following the ladies in waiting and palace followers going to and fro. Meanwhile the mind is incorporating the different players that called the castle home over the centuries. History.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The walkway above the Great Hall. Can you "see" the ladies walking past above the party below?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For my English Cocker friends. A local chap, enjoying a family romp on the castle grounds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The old kirk that stands next to the castle. The inside was totally remodeled and updated but the weathering on the stone and the dates on the headstones told the story.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Each and every headstone was clearly numbered. I know that many cemeteries have numbered plots and maps but I bet this places is a step above in its organization and record keeping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Three islands. The largest one was used as the burial grounds by three different Scottish Clans. The didn't often get along but agreed to share these Holy grounds. They each had separate landing places and if they came to island for a burial and found another Clan there, they would turn away and wait for another day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The last berries of the season.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another real, if fuzzy, (English) cocker spaniel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh, this is the emergency fire route map for the easyHotel in Edinburgh. The rooms were small RV size. The least expensive ones came without even a window. As you could tell from earlier posts, I liked my upgrade with its window.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tomorrow, the road will call me back for more. </span>Christine Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900815486911784369noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327201018079060534.post-24568108126184976062019-10-04T15:32:00.001-07:002019-10-04T23:40:22.446-07:00More Adventures in Edinburgh<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thursday dawned without rain but also without the sunshine of Wednesday. This is Scotland in October and so far it hasn't been any colder than last winter out west in Arizona. It is all about layers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today started out with a bus ride back to the Holyroodhouse for a tour and a wee walk up to Arthur's Seat. So glad that the royal families of the past decided that visiting Scotland was a good thing and the building and grounds were worthy of bring back and maintaining. It is fascinating to read through all the individuals who moved through these spaces over the centuries and to know that they are still used today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Between history class and historical novels most of the names were known to me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No photography is allowed of the inside but the courtyard is impressive enough to start. The royal rooms are on the first floor above the ground floor with accommodations for important guests and followers on the second floor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The sense of the monarchy from one century to another is strong when you see pictures of the Queen meeting guests in the same rooms used by Victoria and Albert. And many of the furnishings remaining the same.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This big, bright, friendly fellow was met as I headed up the path to Arthur's Seat. He and a slightly smaller female were busy bounding around with their mistress.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Did I mention that he was really, really big. I was going to call him Rollo until I remember that Rollo never made it to Scotland. (Outlander books)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I went this way. Picture was taken during one of my "let the Gray Haired Lady sit on this large stone" moments.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And I did not count the number of individuals who were jogging up and down the paths. I could admire their health and conditioning but really didn't have the extra energy to spend marveling.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This picture is for Liz. Some things just need more attention than others. The young man on the ground was very intent on whatever he was capturing and his friend was very patient. The Holyroodhouse and ruins of the Abby are in the background.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And the closer you get to the top..... The joggers were not running on these paths.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Continuing the walk back towards the Holyroodhouse and the bus stop. Look another GHL rock but this time on flat land.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This picture is for Jim of Dunbar Gordon Setter fame....... Not all the Closes were fixed up this nicely.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The dates on these stones, when even readable, makes wandering church yards in America seem so recent in time lines. And many of the names do not disappoint the imagination.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Heading up towards the castle on Friday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First stop though was the Camera Obscura 7 World of Illusions. Views for the roof top as we waited for the an introduction to the original camera.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After seeing the camera it was time to explore the museum of illusions and wonders.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Alas, I guess there are some down sides to traveling solo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Much, much more. Many of the magic eye and other pictures and illusions but all in one place. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Outside the castle a small group arrived chauffeured up in a fine taxi. Looking like an official ceremony of some sort. I took two pictures because there were two very classy dressed Scotsman. "Yes, the GHL tourist is looking at you my fine young man."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This photo from the castle was to remind me of the ramble up to the top yesterday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The hotel with the orange window blinds (they appear almost salmon colored in this picture) is the EasyHotel The reception desk and a few rooms are on the first floor above the shops on the ground floor with two more floors above that. My room was the one on the far right, 2nd floor. I only had two floors of stairs to climb.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This canon was described as the weapon of mass destruction for its time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Followed this young family down from the castle. The young man was willingly trouping along happily dragging his umbrella across the cobble stones and enjoying the click, click, click, click, click. If that is all it takes to keep him walking......good lad. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The display of fish hooks made me think of my friend Martha in Louisiana. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So many wondrous sights to see and so tired are the feet that take us there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And about feet....does this bring back any memories? It was a wonderful device used to show what your foot looked like inside your shoe. X-rays and all. We had one on our town growing up and I do remember looking at my feet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And another memory of the headlines for Dolly, the first cloned sheep.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tomorrow it is time to leave Edinburgh for the highlands. Any further editing needed will need to wait. </span>Christine Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900815486911784369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327201018079060534.post-38062347796676077502019-10-04T13:16:00.001-07:002019-10-04T15:33:05.818-07:00First Leg of the Journey: Edinburgh<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I arrived in Edinburgh on Wednesday morning, October 2, after successfully catching my connecting flight out of Philadelphia. At the time it felt like no small feat after several delays getting off the ground in Cincinnati. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I took the Tram into City Center and walked down Princes Street to drop my luggage at my hotel for a small fee until after check in was allowed. As you will see later this hotel has no frills, no TV or WIFI without extra cost. When you are spending all day walking around the city that doesn't seem important. Getting one of the rooms with a view did cost a little extra but I will gladly give up TV for that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Many views of the castle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The rest of the day began with a search for the Hop on Hop Off buses. I had a 2 day pass for three of them. The stops were not as well marked as the ones in Dublin but by following one of the buses for a block you can learn at least one stop. I then began to collect the maps of the city and the routes which came in handy the next two days a I picked which bus got me to which attraction/s the most interesting way. As I mentioned to someone on Messenger, after you ride around the city enough different directions, you get a sense of where most of the important/historical sights are and can better plan the rest of your explorations. My one tourist stop on Tuesday was for the Royal Yacht Britannia. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The World's End Close is along the Royal Mile. It is so named because in the early days of old Edinburgh many inhabitants never had the means to leave the city and or pay the toll to return and lived their entire lives within the walls. For them it was the "end of the world" as they knew it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Britannia was interesting. It is beautiful and is younger than I am, being commissioned in the 1950's. It reflects a the history of a different time. The names and places associated with it being back moments in our lifetimes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I liked the wooden storage areas for the china. The shelving appears capable of protecting the Queen's china from the vagrancy of the high seas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This picture of her silver storage is for Sarah from the Women's RV forum.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yes, there are the interesting bedrooms and offices. They definitely gave off the feeling of the times without being over the top. The chairs and love seat in the Admiral's cabin had been used in a previous Royal Yacht. Those royals know how to make things last. I liked the size of the laundry show below. It not only handled the Royal Family's laundry but, on separate days mind you, it also handled the laundry of all the officers and attendants on board. Several times it was mentioned the frequency that many of the seaman had to change uniforms in one day. Must look proper for the Queen and important guests.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The engine room. The ship was built in the early 1950's and over the years you could see where early computers had been added in the offices, etc. Apparently the engines never required an upgrade but keep producing their horsepower as required until it was decommissioned.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now back on land and look</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, I still get to enjoy Thrift shopping in foreign countries. This was one of the stores in the mall connected to the mooring for the Britannia. Yes, I went inside to see but was not tempted by anything. The trip is still young. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Outside the mall faithful Border Collie waits for his owner to return. I watched as they walked up. The gentleman looped the leash a couple of times and left a tug toy with the dog. He returned shortly and they continued their walk.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Riding the bus back I got to go past the Palace again and managed to catch the tops of the gate. The Lion of England on the left and the Unicorn of Scotland on the right. Something about both Scottish humor and pride and the Unicorn being one of the few predators of a lion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The memorial for Sir Walter Scott</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And just some of the many creatures that live there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Remember the reference to spaces found more likely in small RVs? The shower is about the size of the one in my rig. Did I mention that the price was very nice for "location, location, location." I had read through the reviews and what I found is what I expected. I did spurge, but not much, but only for the view. Many of the rooms don't have windows. You will understand later when you see the tall narrow building that is the Hotel. If I remember to take a picture of the fire escape plan that would do it, also.</span><br />
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<br />Christine Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900815486911784369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327201018079060534.post-13259201157953532222019-08-03T09:41:00.003-07:002019-08-03T09:41:47.717-07:00July's Adventures in NYC<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apologizes to my son who has lived in and then around NYC for a while now but it took me a while to actually go there to the city explore. Trips to the wilderness. Check! Trips to large cities, not so often. My daughter kindly took pity on me and agreed to be my tour guide. It meant doubling the number of museums I got to see but so worth the trip and I got to watch my daughter try to stay supportive of my city hiking skills. Sadly, I will probably not be around when she is almost 70 to compare notes on how she is doing but maybe she will think back with a fresh perspective. It does do my heart good to think that she has such high faith in my abilities though. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And yes, maybe I could have taken more pictures, but I confess that after that first afternoon of lugging the big camera around I opted for reducing carrying weight. Then, I opted for not even getting the phone out very often but just feeding my future memories with my eyes and ears.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found "hiking" the canyons of the city as tricky as clamoring up and down forested trails of rocks and gnarly tree roots. Besides keeping up with swift footed, nimble daughter, which I can usually do on flat land, there was the constant, "must watch where your feet are landing" issue, dodging foot traffic, and frequent changes in the consistency of the pavement. For someone who was trying to take in the sights, that walking stuff was just distracting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kate took me on a walk that was expected to end with a climb of the "Vessel" Unfortunately it started raining just as we arrived so we didn't get to climb. But the "Vessel" could still be appreciated for its artistic architecture and marketing, as in build it and the tourist will come to visit and maybe stay and shop and eat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But if you can't climb one tourist attraction you apparently can head over to the NYC public library and make up any missed steps. I appreciated meeting the famous lions out front and the grandness on the interior. But, yes, the Morgan Library later visited on Saturday afternoon was the best!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Don't mess with my ride."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The word "iconic" kept circling through my brain frequently all weekend in response to sights and sounds and experiences but not wanting to seem like a complete rube I keep most of those comments to myself. The city is all that myth, and story and history make it out to be. On the other hand it is a large international city in similar ways as are other large diverse cities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apparently getting married in the Park on a Friday afternoon is a thing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Listening to the tour guide on the boat speak about the history and story of Ellis Island and the Lady is enough to make your heart ache at this particular time in history and politics. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And Grant gives his Aunt Kate the stick eye for what only an 18 month old might think.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, I didn't take many pictures but after a couple of days what did fascinate me among all the new and shiny glamour of the city was the old but effective technology of keeping up the water pressure with wooden water tanks perched above the buildings. They were everywhere. How large cities support everyday needs of millions has always peaked my interest and imagination. All that plumbing, wiring and infrastructure in the layered tunnels under a city.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, yes I finally made it to the Apple. No, I didn't take many pictures. Yes, I would like to see a Broadway show or two next time. But as those of us that travel know, you can't see everything, so enjoy what you get to see and plan a trip back if you are interested in seeing more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These guys said I was missed.....</span>Christine Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900815486911784369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327201018079060534.post-37749657208852135322019-03-05T17:18:00.001-08:002019-03-05T17:18:36.456-08:00Of Spiderwebs, Driftwood Creatures and Campgrounds<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heading home. Not happy with this cold freeze that is coming through but if I can drive out of Ohio during unfavorable weather I ought to be able to drive back. It just isn't as much fun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spiderwebs are what I woke up to the last morning in Potters Creek COE Campground in Texas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is what a great bone yard of magical creatures looks like</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you watch closely she may wink at you..... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is what a Senior Discount and $18. will get you in an AR State Park. If you were tent camping on the pad up by the table in warmer weather, you could go to bed listening to the creek that runs behind this part of the loop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And if you brought your horses and stayed in the other loop, here are some fine box stalls under cover to keep them safe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> There are more pictures but I think you have probably seen enough. Tomorrow Lark and Audrey and I take the last leg of the drive back to still frozen Ohio. But the sun is predicted to shine. We take what we can get. And if we are really fortunate by my calculations the propane should last through the night. And those two jugs of pink antifreeze that I have been hauling around since I left Ohio in December just got dumped into the holding tanks to help keep them from freezing....</span><br />
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<br />Christine Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900815486911784369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327201018079060534.post-18931678719529158652019-02-21T16:10:00.002-08:002019-02-21T16:10:26.875-08:00Mostly Rocks, Still in Arizona<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today was the catch up on errands and get ready to pullout tomorrow if the weather cooperates. Errands were run before the weather app showed the high wind symbol. Now Audrey and Lark are looking at me and wondering why their "house" is rocking so badly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday was sunny, windless and supportive of horseback riding. The Triangle T Ranch is located off I-10 just a few miles East of Benson and the start of the Dragoon Mountains. This is the area that Cochise and his people would winter in after spending the rest of the year avoiding the military by holding up across the valley in what is no referred to as Cochise's Stronghold. I out maneuvered the military for ten years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before we start looking at rocks, I thought I would throw in this picture of one of the front lawns here at the Escapee's Park in Benson. When you live in tan RV and maybe a small Casita, hobbies go where they can go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This root was noticed back at the ranch before we started out. The computer does not always post pictures in the order in which they were taken and, yes, I sometimes get lazy about rearranging picture order. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The mountain over there is Cochise's Stronghold area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This rock area is on the museum property next to the ranch. According to Buddy, our trail guide, there is an Indian Elder that comes out a couple of time each year to preform sacred ceremonies in several areas around the ranch and neighboring areas. This rock area was one that the tribes would use when they came together in this area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This building was originally build around the time that the US government took over the ranch temporarily at the beginning of WWII to house the Japanese Ambassadors and other Embassy individuals until they could be shipped to Europe and traded. It was all secret, secret at the time. There are several areas where you can still see iron spikes coming out of the rocks that marked the limits of how far the Japanese could walk. The rustic porch that was on the front got grabbed away about a year ago in a micro burst. The building had been used in the 50's for a movie site: The 3:10 to Yuma.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Rig tanks have been emptied and we have water on board. We are ready to pull out tomorrow if it is feasible. If not we will hunker down for one more day. Either way West Texas is in my future at least on more time.</span></div>
Christine Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900815486911784369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327201018079060534.post-54866478110619520632019-02-19T19:57:00.001-08:002019-02-19T19:57:35.805-08:00Happy Birthday Lark<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lark turned two today. I told her that the snow we woke up to was her birthday present. Lark seemed to accept that. Audrey just laughed and mumbled about the gullibility of Golden Retrievers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I looked out the window and saw Lark's present I grabbed some clothes and boots, two dogs and my camera. I know the snow dusting everything would not last for long. As soon the the sun, wind and temperatures all gained strength the magic would be gone. But in the meantime the desert look different under the dusting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Audrey had to remind Lark that yes they were still cactus and maybe she should be careful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After our walk we headed back to the rig and stayed warm for several hours. Later, I texted Beth to see if she wanted to go with us to visit Whitewater Draw. This area is known for hosting huge flocks of cranes and some other migratory birds. Beth has been here many time and even boondocked out in the small parking lot. Given the chilly temperatures and the wind today it was not a campsite either of us would have wanted to park out in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Given the blustery weather the cranes were here but hunkered down. So I didn't expect to see any mass fly in or fly out, which is what people come to observe. The amazing thing for me was to think about all the hundreds of miles in this area of Arizona and this relatively small area of wetlands is where these thousands of cranes come back to each year. Granted Arizona probably doesn't have many environments conducive to support so many birds but still that they are here in the middle of nowhere is striking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was Lark's birthday but Lark graciously invited Audrey to come on the ride-along with her. Beth kindly offered to be her walker. As Beth noticed, Audrey went to sleep as soon as she got in the car and didn't get up until we arrived. Yes, Audrey is the perfect ride along dog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I'll just tuck my head under my wing. Wake me when the wind die down....."</span><br />
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<br />Christine Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900815486911784369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327201018079060534.post-3567400088753417342019-02-18T19:09:00.000-08:002019-02-18T19:09:44.384-08:00Out and About Benson, AZ<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made it to the Benson Escapee Co-op park on Saturday without mishap and with easy traffic past both Phoenix and Tucson. I have only been to three other parks in the Escapee's system but this one is by far the nicest. The views of the mountains aren't bad either. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunday, Ginger, a friend of both Beth's and Liz's, picked Beth and I up to take us to a wonderful spot in the Coronado National Memorial that runs along the Mexican and US border. The road becomes gravel and takes a few switch backs past the Visitor's Center. Ginger drove and had a handle on where most of the small pull offs were because it was wide enough for a one way road.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That faint straight line in the distance is the Mexican/US border. I noticed no hoards pushing their way across the boarder.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Okay, there may actually be a wall down there but not the across the entire space. In the distance on the left it appears to change into just a road. But yes, it is a wall on the right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Always more views up each little rise or around the last bend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Todays adventures out were to Kartchner Caverns. The cavern were discovered on private property in 1974 and secretly explored for a couple of years before the property owners were informed. The importance of the find was recognized immediately. The property owners, the Kartchners, approached the state and a deal was made. What sets the caverns apart was that the engineers set out to learn from what had been done or not done to explore, develop and showcase the beauty of other known cavern systems. They were able to learn from the past mistakes of others and were able to build in design features that worked to minimized the effect of millions of humans. They also built in air locks and came up with rules for the visiting public that again would minimize the human impact on the fragile environments within the caverns. No cameras, no backpacks, purses or anything loose that would have a potential to bump into walls or be dropped over handrails. Since the temperature inside that caverns is around 70 degrees and very humid I left me coat in the car. It was chilly on the trolley ride up the the entrance but it was one less layer to peel and carefully wrap around my waist with no floppy ends to come into contact with anything. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having visited other famous large caverns that were developed long ago and wear the damage of humans over time, it was as interesting to see how Kartchner Caverns is trying incorporate what studies have shown is healthier for the beautiful rock formations inside, as it was to see the formations. And yes the formations in side were awesome.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Walking back to the parking lot I had to retrieve the camera and return to these beauties. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On my way back to Benson, I followed Ginger's example from the day before and took a brief side trip through Tombstone. I visited 5 years ago so just did a quick walk up and down the street. Maybe it was the cooler temperatures today but everything appeared tired and the empty store fronts struck me a reflection of maybe the economy and of the tourist traffic coming through. I found a piece of home made Carmel apple pie and decided on that over a burger for lunch so it was definitely a salad for dinner night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rain started about 4 pm and their might be snow before morning but with tomorrows temperatures going up into the 40's I expect it to be gone by the time want to head out anywhere. As of now I expect to stay put until Friday. I think it is expected to rain on Friday but that looked better than the gusty winds that are currently predicted for Thursday. Now if I could only find a self serve dog wash.... Shhhh, don't tell Audrey. She may end up in the rig shower again.</span><br />
<br />Christine Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900815486911784369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327201018079060534.post-77564952597135127552019-02-15T21:27:00.003-08:002019-02-15T21:27:55.426-08:00Other Things in Sedona<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More pictures of the recent explorations of Sedona and the surrounding area and sights, minus the exciting laundromat and grocery store stops.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every cave looking thing up in the hills has the potential to have been someone's home.... This one was spotted and confirmed during the horseback ride.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Later that day these were taken as Lark and I approached Jerome. She was a good ride along dog and the temperatures have been cool and dog friendly all week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jerome was known back in the old days for being a hot bed of illegal activities. But the miners liked to spend their money here. Now the tourists come on small buses, wander through the art shops and galleries, eat lunch and spend money.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lark and I wandered around town on the narrow streets. Walking a dog helps keep you out of touristy stores. It saves money.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think the views from those porches would be nice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back in the car I drove up the road to see what the "Ghost Town" and closed King Mine was all about. It was pretty rough and generally appeared to being used as a junk yard for old equipment and trucks and....here is a fixer upper RV that might be restored. Not. Though it had some unique design features that were before their time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are pictures from the Tuzigoot National Monument. Researchers are not able to determine why the people left. They had nice views.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would say they had a view of Jerome (over on the hill) but we all know that Jerome wasn't even thought of yet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 2006 the Phelps Dodge Corporation capped the tailings and revegetated the millions of tons of mining waste..... This area is right in front of the National site. 2006 isn't that long ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also spent time on a rainy day walking through the Copper Museum in Clarkdale. The museum is fairly recent. The gentleman taking the entrance money was also one of the two individuals that pulled together all the research for the museum. When he wasn't busy at the front entrance he would wander through and check if anyone had any questions. The museum is housed in the old Clarkdale High School built in 192?. It refurbishing was well done and the use of space for displays excellent. I liked the airy rooms and high ceilings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is a whole section on how copper was used in the military. This was only one wall displaying what soldiers in WWII would make out of the empty shells from the big guns. There was a picture showing the huge pile of empty shell. It was a chilling sight as it represented an aspect of a war that didn't have daily media attention on the nightly news. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apparently the soldiers sitting around in the trenches for days on end would make decorative objects out of the shells. Each had its own pattern or design. The museum identified the different countries that they came from so the activity was not unique to just the Allies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who else didn't know that Horseshoe Crabs have blue blood and get bled for medicinal reasons. Wait till the Animal Rights get a hold of this.....They will want to know if those clamps are human.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If the print is too small, the main point is that in the original building of the high school a cat apparently wandered through the fresh cement. From following the tracks they found that the cat looked into every room except the Principal's office. The cement was covered with tile until the restoration of the building for the museum. Now whether or not it was the same cat that during restoration the workman found mummified in the crawl space might never be known.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also made a spot at the Fort Verde State Historical Park. I learned about the same famous Buffalo Soldier that I learned about 5 years ago when I visited Fort Davis in Texas. The military moved folks around even then, especially when he was a highly educated black man and worked with some white commanding officers that found that difficult to take.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And, yes, back in the sixties at the riding stables we had two horses that used old army saddles. They both had pretty dominant backbones and these worked to save their backs from damage because is reduced the pressures on their backs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This section of the cliff is to the left of the still existing dwelling. From the pattern of holes on the side of the cliff they know that this structure was five stories at one time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lark got to walk with me when I visited Montezuma Well, another site of ancient ruins.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And who doesn't enjoy taking their cats for a walk. (Lark sat quietly on her sit/stay like a good girl, though she was so delighted to see cats out on a walk, too!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lark was such a good girl she got to sit next to me on the patio while I stopped for a late lunch. (She got a bowl of water. Delicious.)</span></div>
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<br />Christine Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900815486911784369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327201018079060534.post-70053243008142156212019-02-14T19:15:00.001-08:002019-02-14T19:15:46.901-08:00Sedona<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made it up to Sedona knowing that the temperatures might be a little bit cooler. Considering the up and down that the thermometers have been for the past two months over all the decision has been a success. As the day goes on you just get to remove another layer as long as there is some sun peaking out. Today, Thursday, was all rain so the layers stayed on but I ran a schedule of inside jaunts that included museums, a couple of interesting stores, laundry and groceries. Having good electric at the campground is just what this weather needs, that and a warm lap robe, a furry dog and a book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First adventures this week were a general walk around Sedona, a quick tour of the area, a Jeep Trip and a horse back ride in the Dead Horse Ranch State Park.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sedona has its share of public sculptures. These were two of three located outside the local newspaper office: Lady Liberty and the news boy sharing the news. The two seem pretty important to representing the foundations of the free press.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't notice the donation sign until after I saw the picture on the computer but the resting dog waiting patiently in the middle of a busy town, for what ever comes next did catch my eye.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will admit that driving up here on Monday I did some second guessing about why I headed into possibly cooler temperatures and why I was adding these extra days to my schedule. Then as I got close to the outskirts of Sedona I began to see the changes in the scenery rising up around me. And I just smiled. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then there was the horseback riding the next day. It was a little less sunshine but the day also found enough warmth to require some removal of layers as the ride and day progressed. The trail ride takes place within the Dead Horse Ranch State Park. These are the riders that were in the group before mine as they passed by the lagoon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lark was my "wait in the car" dog but she also got to take a couple of investigative walks before my reservation. When we headed down to look at the river Lark and I both noticed the effects of the rains and recent high water by the debris left behind. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking at the covered wagon made me appreciate the roominess of my RV. This makes Road Treks look big.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The white spot in the middle of the hill above the town is a large J for the notorious mining town of Jerome but that visit comes later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is Christian was my guide. His mother runs the riding operation in the park. They trailer the horses in each morning from the family ranch about 5 minutes away and then haul them back to the ranch at the end of the day. She said that they have about 38 "trail horses" and all told about 60 head. Christian's grandfather also runs cattle on the ranch and Christian has been working with horses all his life. His great grandfather was original owner of the land that became Dead Horse Ranch State Park. The story is that his great grandfather's horse Tod died right before a family from Minnesota came to look at ranches in the area to possibly purchase. The dead horse was lying just outside the gates of the ranch. After the family had looked at several pieces of property the father asked his children which one they liked the best. The children said they liked the one with the dead horse. Years alter when the family sold the land to the state for the park, they sold it with the stipulation that the state had to use the name Dead Horse Ranch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pictures from additional excursions to follow.</span>Christine Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900815486911784369noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327201018079060534.post-86295529100874014982019-02-12T19:27:00.001-08:002019-02-12T19:27:16.910-08:00Last Day in Tucson Just Horsin' Around<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunday was my last day at the Pima County Fairground and by then the dogs and I had walked past the RV's in the RV show multiple times. So on Sunday Audrey and Lark took their morning walk around both the horse shows venues and then later agreed to wait in the rig while I went back over to catch a few photos to share.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First was the Hunter Jumper show which was finishing up Sunday with their big finals. The Grand Prix class was finishing up in the afternoon. This being the West rather than the East or Midwest Guess I should not have been surprised that the entries over all were small. The big Grand Prix class had the most with twelve entries had. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Walking through the barns earlier in the week the visual differences in the athletes was already apparent. Most of the hunter/jumpers seem a good two hands taller than the quarter horses. Then as you watch how differently they use their bodies it is self explanatory.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the landing makes my ankles ache just watching.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some hobbies never really change. A pile of dirt can still keep the kids occupied while the grown ups take care of their mounts and/or watch the events.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think this exhibitor was German or Austrian.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And over in the practice ring. They started with a lower jump height and then raised the poles and increased the width.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then I wandered back to the arena and the National Team Penning Competition. Earlier in my stay I had watched a few minutes of the three member teams. On Sunday I watch the finals of the two member teams. The patterns and strategies were easier for me to watch. (I thought of Martha and her late Harold. Harold trained cutting horses. And Martha said, back in the day, the two of them could move an entire herd by themselves.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were many more horses and people watching the competitions in the arena. The waiting area of the arena, at least on the outer rim, was lined with quiet, patient horses waiting for either their people or their next event.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Each team worked 10 plus steers. They had numbers on their back with a couple extra left at the end. The announcer called out a number between 1 and 10 and that was the steer that the team had to cut out first and send into the second pen. From that number they had to cut out each successive number. After reaching 9 they started back at 0 and sorted the remaining numbered steers one at a time through the opening into the second pen. With the un-numbered steers included in the initial ring/herd, even towards the end of the exercise the contestants still had steers that had to be blocked and by then some of the steers were really concentrating on getting with their buddies in the second pen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hopefully you might be able to notice how the riders and horses take turns cutting out the next steer and driving that animal toward the pen while the other horse and rider stay busy blocking the remaining cattle from running into the pen until it is their numerical turn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most of the riders would turned their attention back to the next job as soon as they saw the steer they were driving commit to the second pen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then the "driver" becomes the gate guarder while the second member of the team has already spotted the next steer and horse and rider are off to cut them out of the herd.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Blocking. Blocking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until it was time to switch positions and jobs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And she looks to immediately switch up her role and</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the family and friends just watched and waited. The calmness and temperaments of the horses were impressive. But once on the job they were all alert with muscles, movement and agility moves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Are you not paying attention. Not your turn, yet. Look this horse in the eye and tell him you didn't see him the first time. Now get back there and wait until your number comes next and we cut you out and drive you over. It's your friend on the lefts turn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And we are the lucky ones that get to take turns getting pushed around by the horses. We get to rest so we can behave with abundant energy for the next team.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are in Sedona as of Monday afternoon. The camera is full of today's pictures but they might not get looked at until Thursday. It might rain on Thursday and until then there are too many things to see and do around here. More later.</span></div>
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Christine Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900815486911784369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327201018079060534.post-32234473076230275362019-02-09T21:48:00.000-08:002019-02-09T21:48:41.404-08:00Plants, Animals and Rocks<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More pictures from trips to Saguaro National Park, the Desert Museum.....people, places, animals and things.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First day trip was out to Saguaro National Park on the east of Tucson. Left to Right: Cheryl, Eileen and me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Besides a visit to the Visitor's Center the exploration of the park is done mostly by taking a slow drive around the park loop. With many pull outs for pictures it was a good choice on a cooler day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The urge to make several of the desert pictures black and white was hard to resist after a visit to the Desert Museum. Several rooms were dedicated to Hollywood and the movies that have been filmed throughout the state and the southwest in general. The posters and picture stills from the old westerns evoked that sense of childhood and those old black and white TV shows and movies of years gone by. In your imagination it was not a big stretch to think you could hear the thundering hooves of the horses. And the music backgrounds for the dramatic chases.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, Cheryl, I see you, too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">David Weller and Eileen Weller taking pictures at one of our stops. Cheryl was out tour guide and driver for the day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Saguaro doesn't begin to grow any of its arms until after the first 50-75 years. And then you see one with this many...... Yes, we Googled that after it was apparent that not all memory cells were set for perfect recall. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next day we headed west of Tucson to the Desert Museum.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I watched as one young woman just backed away from the displays in the reptile building and quietly told the people she was with that she would wait for them back outside.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Real Estate Agent for the critters can list this one as the town house with a patio and view.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The fox had been turned into the program by its owners that had tried to raise it until they realized that a pet fox just wasn't going to work out as a good idea. The care givers are trying to maintain some human-animal bond with the fox to aid in providing improved veterinary care over time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I almost didn't even go into the hummingbird display. I did get to see more than I was able to catch on camera. Of all the animals I saw displayed, from the snakes to the cats to the wolves, I think the thought of the hummingbirds not getting able to fly free hit me the hardest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This picture is to hold me to honesty. When I was in Quartzsite I took two tins of cookies that Martha had so kindly thought to send west and remembered to share them at the GTG. The reports by all recipients at that time were that the cookies were delicious. Then a funny thing happened when I was out in California and went digging through the back cabinet to find my Canon camera, it seems Martha had actually handed me three tins....... This tin had the sugar cookies. yum. yum. yum. I do want to report after leaving some with Laura and Alice out in California the remaining cookies have been delivered to more of the WomenRV forum members. </span><br />
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The pups and I have reservations at a campground near Sedona for a couple of days starting on Monday and then we are trying to find an open site somewhere over on the east side of Phoenix so that we can drive up by the Salt River area and see if we can glimpse of some of the wild horses. </div>
Christine Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900815486911784369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327201018079060534.post-28253824145747807262019-02-06T19:29:00.002-08:002019-02-06T19:29:56.158-08:00Deserts. Just Deserts. And a Lark Dog.<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have made it back to Tucson and are parked for a week at the fairgrounds while we visit friends and check out sites in the area. After getting a new battery put into the RV, the intermittent difficulties starting seem to have been resolved. The drive across Arizona toward Tucson began to get a little blustery only in the last 30-45 minutes of driving. I watched a pile of tumbleweeds move across the interstate to block off the right lane in front of me. Luckily I was able to move around it on the left lane before it completed its attack on us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I thought I would post these Arizona desert pictures that have shown up in the camera since California and make way for some new pictures this week. For those of you that have been out to the western deserts these pictures may just be repetitious. For those folks that have not been out in the desert, these just give you more glimpses into the different landscapes out here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every time I look off at the mountains, I am reminded that not all mountains have trees..... That growing up in the midwest thing is hard to shake.</span><br />
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<br />Christine Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900815486911784369noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327201018079060534.post-46585700414523731472019-01-31T02:06:00.004-08:002019-01-31T02:07:57.698-08:00From Quartzsite it is on to Beaches and California history<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After visiting the donkeys in Oatman on a Monday, I hung around the Quartzsite desert until the next Saturday. Most notable activities was Thursday's large get together at Sheila's rig with her Indian Tacos being the center pieces surrounded by other food donations carries to the table. This gathering brought in not only those of us parked out in the desert with Sheila but also other members of the WomenRV forum, some past, some present and friends of friends. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Other not so exciting activities included laundry, walking dogs and walking dogs some more, taking the rig in for a solar check up and upgrading the batteries. (The original batteries were 5 years old so that was no surprise) I have been trying these past days dry camping out on the beach and have decided that the two batteries are not enough for how I use my electric with dry camping. As planned though, I do need to head back east and back through Quartzsite so I will be able to get the additional batteries put back in. This time they will all match and be wired up correctly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No pictures of the exciting laundry trip but we did remember to get a picture of all of us gathered right before dinner on Thursday. As some of us might realize it isn't always easy to get this many women to stop visiting (and stop getting ready to eat) long enough to take a picture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anita was one of those that had driven in from her RV park in Yuma just for the day. Her ride was the best as always! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The following Saturday the dogs and I headed off farther west. We broke the drive into two day and arrived at Doheny State Beach on Sunday afternoon. And as always on RV treks, there are opportunities to learn new skills. My new skill this time was "How to pay road tolls on line." Several of the interstates I took driving down are toll roads but have no "cash" options but are clearly marked with information on how to pay your tolls on line within 5 days. For once I will say, it really was as simple as they said it would be. All I had to do was plunk my license plate number in and then get ready to put in a credit card number.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We can practice our sit stay here on the berm above the beach but the Gray Haired Lady says we have to wait to play on one of the beaches that allows," advises Audrey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Catherine drove down from the Los Angeles area to meet Laura and I for dinner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The view from Dana Point over looking the harbor. The state park area is right around the corner out of sight on the left.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another view of just how close the beach is to civilization. Do you want to be the real estate sales person representing the condos that sit on top of the hill....the condos that sit above the state park and the highway and the commuter train tracks and on the hillside waiting (maybe) for the next earth quake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dress for the morning whale watching trip. And yes I was warm enough. When the full sun came out some layers were removed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My last day here Laura and I visited the Mission at San Juan Capistrano.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What was left of the stone church after the earthquake of 1812. Because of the time of the quake and the holy day upon which it fell, many worshipers were killed after the initial quake jammed the two main entrances closed and the aftershock took the bell tower down which then collapsed the building.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We also heard to history of politics and money that flowed around the establishment of the 21 missions along the coast of California. Some Missions got saved and restored better than others. History is not always kind and attentive to what to preserve. Luckily this site was eventually restored.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A reconstruction of what swallow nest looked like under all the arches of the old stone church. Unfortunately while the remains of the old stone church were trying to be saved by stabilizing the walls, clearing the bushes and other plants trying to grow out of the walls thanks to the birds dropping seeds, etc., most all of the swallow nest had to be removed. So though the swallows still return to Capistrano they don't return to the Mission.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And a big thank you to Laura (and to Alice) for all the time and energy Laura spent showing off her cities and sharing the history of the areas. </span>Christine Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900815486911784369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327201018079060534.post-39797285490156740382019-01-24T12:30:00.002-08:002019-01-24T12:30:58.567-08:00Deserts and Donkeys<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thursday already out here in the desert. Time flies. Some days more than others. We could have all done without the fierce winds of earlier in the week but similar to other parts of the country, if you don't like the weather wait 15 minutes (or a day) and it might change altogether.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One day I rode with Lyn up the road a bit to where the RTR, Rubber Tramp Rendezvous, folks were parked out. Probably more than a thousand rigs of mostly the smaller kind. Some tent and car/van campers and Road Trekers, Sprinters and smaller Class C's and trailers. The population and economic class is also much more diverse than the general Quartzsite "retired folks" populations. These folks would have been more thought of as the "hippies" if this were the 60's. Most are working on the road one way or another but aren't into the quiet suburban soccer and PTA life style. According to a friend their Rendezvous has grown over the last few years from a small gathering of 60 to what we saw. They had speakers on different days. Lyn and I heard part of the presentation for solo women travelers. Neither of us heard much that was new but especially when it is Lyn, who fulltimed for 17 years and still drives across the country solo in her 80's. We won't tell her age but she did mention planning to attend her 70th high school reunion this year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cheryl came to visit. She parked her rig up the road in a campground in Beverly. Cheryl with Beth's Ty, Sandi with Abby and Bindi and Sheila.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cheryl, Sandi and I headed up the road to Oatman, AZ: Oatman of the donkey fame. The scenery along the way occasionally made us stop for photo opportunities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some of these reminded me so much of the Sea of Cortez and Baja, Mexico.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Getting to Oatman required some driving along the Route 66. Okay, I can now say I did that. Looking at some of the old markers reminded me of the recent news posted about the Roy Roger's Museum closing and the family auctioning off the pieces and parts because so few people connected to that part of the past. How many of the remaining generations really care about the famous road that took folks out west before the interstates?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And then we arrived. The small town is out in the middle of no where and without inviting the wild donkeys in and bribing them with hay and tourist bought treats the town would not get many visitors. But the donkeys are here, they are not so wild anymore and the tourists come.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Hey, lady! Did you bring me anything?" "Just checking for a friend."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cheryl playing the part of a tourist. The donkey playing the part of a donkey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There was some discussion between Sandi and Cheryl regarding how easy it might be to tip a baby donkey into the back of a Honda Fit. (No baby donkeys were harmed in these discussions...)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The babies do have a strong cute factor going on. This picture shows a close up of one of the babies and you can see the prominent sticker on its forehead reminding tourists not to feed a baby the donkey food that is sold to feed the grown ups. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No Cheryl. Its mother would miss it. We don't care how cut and fuzzy it is.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another picture of Cheryl and Sandi posing as tourist and taking donkey pictures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another picture of a donkey posing for a tourist.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, that is about how long the main drag is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sandi, being a good sport.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And a picture across the way of some wild donkeys Cheryl's sharp eyes spotted on our way back to the main highway. They were way off in the scrub and I didn't bring my good "Liz" quality camera. These three were hold outs from "the man". They weren't buying the easy life dodging tourists for treats back in town.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cheryl came back to her rig happy. She had seen the town donkeys again and spotted some wild ones on top of that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tonight is Sheila's famous Indian Taco for dinner with Anita, Louise and others driving in for the annual offering. I am guessing there will be multiple cameras at that gathering.</span>Christine Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900815486911784369noreply@blogger.com4