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.