June 9, 2010

Wednesday evening June, 9th, Kitty and Ken are in Virginia.
Soooooooooooooooo sorry for those who are our daily followers. I'm getting emails and phone calls on why haven't I posted since June 3rd., especially since I said I would be back on June 7th.
We have been on the road since Sunday morning heading back to New Hampshire.

We had a wonderful visit staying in Sedona with my daughter, Michelle, son-in-law, Bill, his son, Matt and my grandson, Neil. We were wined and dined and it was so grand to have home cooked meals after so many days on the road eating in restaurants. We relaxed, rested, put the motorcycle in the trailer and just enjoyed our visit. I played golf with Neil two mornings at a great par3 course, Canyon Mesa Country Club right near their house. He also had me at the driving range on Saturday morning. Friday night we did take everyone out to dinner at a local restaurant as a Thank You for their superb hospitality. On Saturdays night we celebrated Neil's eleventh birthday. The weather was great but hot, it got up to 100 degrees on Saturday.

Saturday we packed the car as we were off on the road at 5:00am on Sunday morning for the trip home. It was 96 degrees, clear and sunny. We drove up I-17 to Flagstaff where we picked up Route 40 and stayed on Route 40 across the country. We were concerned about Tornado season but after checking weather reports there didn't seem to be any major storms on the radar. Driving on Route 40 provides various views: desert in Arizona and New Mexico, flat farm land in Texas, hilly country and trees in Arkansas and Tennessee. It is amazing how many wind farms you see. Farmers must lease much of their farms for wind turbines. Much of the Route 40 follows the old Route 66 and there are many places where there are historic Rt 66 sites. East of Amarillo we saw something we hadn't seen before was a Safety Rest Area built into the ground, probably as a protection from tornadoes.

Sunday night we stayed in Tucumcari, New Mexico. As soon as we left Arizona we lost an hour since Arizona does not observe day light saving.
Monday we stayed in Van Buren, Arkansas again loosing an hour going through Texas. Tuesday we stayed in Mt. Juliet, just outside Nashville, Tennessee. We discussed sightseeing but decided that after 79 days of travel that we would go directly home. So far we have lucked out again on the weather as today was the first time we have hit rain and that was only for a couple of hours. It was overcast all day and we left Route 40 and started north on Route 81. Tonight we are staying in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
And now we are finally on Eastern Day Light Saving Time and it feels good to be back in the East seeing rolling mountains of green.