Daily Archives: June 9, 2010
Red Devil and Greer…
Today started out with sleeping late and just got better all day long.
I got up about 10 am and, after doing some computer stuff, Mister and I went outside to do some things around the coach.
Mister decided to help out by taking a long nap in Jan’s chair. At least he was out of the way.
i got the ladder out of the back of the truck and started cleaning all bugs off the front of the RV. I did the hard part first, which was to get the painted part of the rig clean. Tomorrow I’ll finish up the windshield itself.
This Elks Lodge RV park is nice, with full hookups and 50 amp electric, and the surroundings aren’t too shabby either. We’re in the middle of a pine forest, but not too thick, so satellite reception is still good. Here’s Nick and Terry’s rig right next door.
And this is the view out our front window.
A little while later the four of us headed back over to Pinetop, first for some errand stops, and then a late lunch at the Red Devil Italian Restaurant.
Jan and I had a cup of Potato Bacon Soup and then a really good pizza with pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, onions, and jalapenos. I think the crust was maybe the best we’ve had since New York City last year.
After lunch we took a sightseeing trip about 40 miles out in the country, thru the Apache Indian Reservation, and ending up in Greer, AZ, a resort area in the middle of the Apache National Forest in the White Mountains.
You really have to want to go here to get here, because the road ends here. Then you turn around and go back home.
Which we did.
But after leaving Greer and getting back on the main road, we decided to come home a different route, making a big circle thru Eagar and Springville on the way.
In Springville, we stopped off at the Western Drug and General Store. Right next door is one of the Madonna of the Trail monuments. The 12 monuments, erected in 1928 and 1929, are in 12 different states, from Maryland to California, and are placed along the National Old Trails Highway, much of which later became US 40 and US 66.
Our road trip today was great fun, and we finished it up with some more of Terry’s great cinnamon rolls before returning to our coach about 9 pm.
I think we’ve about got our route back to Austin planned out for when we leave here. Now we just need to figure out when we’re going to leave.
More tomorrow…
