ON OUR WAY TO EASTERN WASHINGTON

WE HAD ACCEPTED JOBS  FOR THE SUMMER WORKING FOR COLUMBIA SUN RV RESORT IN KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON. WE WERE EXCITED TO BE GARDENING AGAIN, IT HAD BEEN A LONG TIME! WE WERE ALSO EXCITED TO BE "ON THE ROAD AGAIN".

BEFORE LEAVING MESA, I WENT TO AVALON  BEAUTY SCHOOL AND HAD A PEDI/MANI. THE COLOR I CHOSE WAS "I'M NOT REALLY A WAITRESS!"

I THOUGHT THAT WAS  A FITTING END  TO OUR TIME IN MESA.

ALSO, GOT RID OF THE "BLONDE LOOK" WENT TO SILVER!

I LIKE IT MUCH BETTER!

THERE WERE QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT ROUTES WE COULD TAKE TO KENNEWICK, PAM AND RON, WHO MAKE THIS  TRIP OFTEN, HELPED US PLAN OUR ROUTE. WE CHOSE TO GO STRAIGHT  UP FROM ARIZONA. OUR FIRST STOP, BOULDER CITY, NEVADA.
WE WENT THROUGH WICKENBURG, ARIZONA,

MADE A TURN AT KINGMAN

IT WASN'T LONG AND WE WERE IN NEVADA.

WE DROVE  BY  HOOVER DAM,   HOPE ONE DAY I GET TO VISIT IT!

WE HAD RESERVATIONS AT CANYON TRAIL RV PARK IN BOULDER CITY, NEVADA.

WE HAD A VERY NICE SPOT, IT WAS A GREAT RV PARK!

WE GOT A PRETTY EARLY START THE NEXT MORNING, HEADING FOR ELY, NEVADA, BUT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH LAS VEGAS FIRST.

WE MISSED OUR TURN TO ELY TWICE!!

FINALLY GOT IT!!
WE WERE TAKING HIGHWAY 93, PAM AND RON WARNED US ABOUT THIS ROAD, NO SHOULDERS, NO REST STOPS, BUT WE DECIDED TO RISK IT. THIS WAS THREE HUNDRED  PLUS MILES CLOSER THAN GOING THROUGH CALIFORNIA.

IT WAS A GOOD ROAD,  BUT NO REST AREAS, WE FOUND A PLACE WE COULD FIT AND PULLED OVER TO LET MAGGIE AND MARLEE OUT AND GO POTTY IN THE RV.

BEAUTIFUL SCENERY!
 WE HAD  FINALLY FOUND IT!! THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE!

WE HAD RESERVATIONS AT THE KOA IN ELY FOR THE NIGHT.
IT WAS A NICE RV PARK.

SAYING GOODBYE, SEDONA, TESTS

LOTS OF CANADIANS WERE LEAVING AND THINGS WERE WINDING DOWN BY THE MIDDLE OF MARCH AT SUN LIFE. THERE WAS TALK OF THE CAFE CLOSING APRIL 1. I WAS SURE HOPING SO.........THE "LATER GATOR" PARTY WAS HELD MARCH 22. US GIRLS WENT OVER EARLY TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A PLACE TO SIT INDOORS, AS IT WAS VERY WINDY THAT DAY. 

MAGGIE AND MARLEE AND I  HAD A PLAY DATE WITH BAXTER AND SHERRY. GAIL,  HER NEIGHBOR, WENT WITH US  WITH HER BABY CHIHUAHUA.

THE GIRLS SEEMED TO ENJOY IT, THEY HADN'T BEEN ON GRASS IN MONTHS.
MARLEE, AS USUAL WANTED TO BEAT UP ALL THE OTHER DOGS, INCLUDING, THE BABY CHIHUAHUA.

WE HAD MADE PLANS  WITH JOHN AND KERRY TO HAVE EASTER DINNER TOGETHER. I PUT A TURKEY IN THE OVEN. THIS WAS THEIR LAST DAY TO WORK, SO WE ATE AFTER THEY GOT HOME, AROUND 5.

 IT WAS VERY GOOD.

I MADE THE TURKEY, MASHED POTATOES AND GRAVY, JOHN AND KERRY DID EVERYTHING ELSE.

EVERYONE WAS LEAVING......SHARON AND EDDIE LEFT FIRST, THEN CONNIE, THEN SHERRY AND BAXTER. WE SAID GOODBYE TO KERRY AND JOHN THE THIRD OF APRIL.

G STREET WAS ALMOST DESERTED!

WE FINALLY GOT TO GO TO SEDONA, I HAD BEEN WANTING TO GO THERE SINCE ARRIVING IN MESA. I HAD SEEN PICTURES OF THE RED ROCKS OF SEDONA, BUT PICTURES DON'T DO IT JUSTICE. SUCH A BEAUTIFUL RED!

SEDONA IS A BUSY TOURIST TOWN.......

WE HAD  MAGGIE AND MARLEE WITH US, SO WE HADN'T PLANNED ON STOPPING....TOO MANY PEOPLE FOR US!

FINALLY FOUND OUT THE CAFE WAS CLOSING APRIL 9, I WAS SO GLAD TO HEAR THAT! I WAS GLAD I STUCK IT OUT, BUT HADN'T  ENJOYED  THE JOB AT ALL!

 BARB, MY BOSS, WAS VERY KIND TO ME. SHE KNEW WHAT A STRUGGLE IT WAS  FOR ME AND WAS VERY UNDERSTANDING. SHE HAS BEEN IN THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS ALL HER LIFE.

 

DR. JARVINA HAD ORDERED A BUNCH OF TESTS FOR ME, SO I WAS GETTING THOSE DONE IN THE MONTH OF MARCH.  I HAD A COLONOSCOPY, PAP, BLOOD WORK,  DEXA SCAN, AND A MAMMOGRAM.  DR. JARVINA IS AN EXCELLENT DOCTOR AND MESA HAS STATE OF THE ART MEDICINE.
WHILE DARRELL WORKED THAT LAST WEEK, I WOULD GO OVER TO THE HOT TUB/ SWIMMING EARLY MORNINGS. I HAD IT ALL TO MYSELF!

 

 IT WAS WONDERFUL!!

 DARRELL  FINISHED UP WORK THE 13TH OF APRIL AND WE LEFT MESA ON SATURDAY, THE 16TH OF APRIL. WE HAD ENJOYED THE WINTER WEATHER IN MESA AND HAD MADE SOME GOOD FRIENDS, BUT NEITHER ONE OF US HAD ENJOYED  OUR JOBS.