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We were confused on the time this morning. Nevada participates in day light savings, Arizona doesn't. After coffee and putting things away we left Eagle view at 7:45 AM, Nevada (PST) time. The route was south on US-89 to Shea, west to Loop 101 North, to I-17 North, to AZ-74 to US-60 to US 93, north to I 40, west to Kingman, west to US-95 and then north to I-515 then on to I-215 west to home. It was a total distance of 317 miles. We did stop at the Petro station east of Kingman for fuel. We also stopped at the Cracker Barrel in Kingman for a late lunch.
This trip started on the 20th of August shortly after my mother died. I was able to take care of some of the details of her estate while traveling.
Our first stop was Tonopah, NV. We stayed there three nights. While in Tonopah I did the oldest active geocache in Nevada and some of the caches in the ET Highway series, plus some caches around Tonopah. Our next stop was Reno for a visit with our daughter Kathleen and the grandkids there. After Reno we headed west across Nevada and Utah on US-50, the loneliest highway in America. Along the way I found caches that completed my goal of doing a cache in each of the Nevada counties. We spent some time in South Fork, CO visiting our friend Alan Howleth and seeing some sights in the area. We spent a week in Southfork before heading out to visit Mike Ault in Nolan, TX. Our next stop was Roanoke, TX, where we had dinner with Gerri's cousin Ken Barnhart and family. Then on to McKinney, TX to have work done on some of our window shades. From McKinney we went about 8 miles to Melissa, TX and spent time at a park visiting friends from Havasu City, AZ, Alice and Keith. While in Melissa we also drove to Argyle, TX to visit and have dinner with Gerri's cousin David Perley and family. We will be visiting his parents in East Texas later in this trip. We then worked our way further east to Columbus, MS. In Columbus we visited with classmates of Gerri 's from High School. Her class was celebrating their 65th birthdays. We then turned west heading for Texas. Our first stop in Texas was Garrison to visit with Gerri's cousin Jo Nell and her husband Herb. They are David's parents. We stayed longer than planned in Garrison because of an injury to my right leg that required a couple of doctor visits and the needed rest. We had to cancel visits with some of my Family in Spring, TX. After leaving Garrison we traveled to the Austin area and visited friends we met several years ago in Ohio. Carl and Joyce Wolf are camper workers at a park near Lake Travis. From Lake Travis we went south to Spring Branch. While there we visited friends Paul and Ann Conner. Paul retired from LVMPD. We visited two other couples while in Spring Branch; Ken and Sylvia Harwood, RVers who we met in 2008 in Indiana. We also visited Brad and Bernadette Dass in Bulverde. Bernie is one of Gerri's best friends who used to live in Las Vegas. While in Spring Branch we drove to Kyle to visit our son Curtis and his family. Later we moved to an RV park in San Marcos to be closer to them for more visiting. We also got to visit our oldest grandson, Sean, in south Austin. By the 29th we had pretty much worn out our welcome in Texas and headed west. We did stop for three days at Fort McDowell, AZ, north of Phoenix to rest up and visit friends Beth and Tim Burton, who we met on a cruise last year.
It was a great trip and seemed to involve a lot of meals during visits with friends and relative. As with any trip there were some hiccups along our way, but we were blessed with safe travel.
Our next trip starts on November 15. We are going to Maui for a week with Gerri's mother. Until then it will be catching up on doctor visits, including one to evaluate treatment of my knees.
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