Finally feel like we are getting into the travel mode. No matter how much you pack away in storage and tips you read, it’s just so draining physically and emotionally leaving a house and settling into a RV. I still am trying to organize cabinets, clothes and food! Figure I’ll have that mastered after about a month. I do love our 5th wheel, it is so comfortable.
We spent two days at the State Park in Fruita near Grand Junction,
stocking up on Colorado wine and organizing ourselves.
A couple of days of skiing in Durango before heading to Arizona.
We were hoping for warmth in Arizona but it hasn’t happened yet. Spent a windy day walking around the Petrified Forest and Painted Desert. Pretty amazing seeing logs turned to stone that are over 200 million years old. Saw what looked like a piece of off white wood and picked it up, it was so heavy, completely turned into stone – so cool!
Mostly staying in RV parks so that we can have electricity with the cooler nights, lows have been in the teens and 20’s. Yesterday we stayed in a State Park with a nice lake, so windy that thuge ponderosa pines tree trunks were swaying in the wind… but much nicer to have the wilderness around us as opposed to an RV park.
On our way to Phoenix!
Wandering Judy 
Yea to the beginning of a wonderful adventure! You have done the tough part of parting from your beloved home and many possessions. Now you can enjoy your travels,, and the SW is a beautiful area to start. We loved the Petrified Forest too, but your trained eye understands the weathering process more! We have been experiencing the SW wind too, as we are with friends on the Cochiti Pueblo near Santa Fe.
Yea to the beginning of a wonderful adventure! You have done the tough part of parting from your beloved home and many possessions. Now you can enjoy your travels,, and the SW is a beautiful area to start. We loved the Petrified Forest too, but your trained eye understands the weathering process
more! We have been experiencing the SW wind too, as we are with friends on the Cochiti Pueblo near Santa Fe. We will live vicariously through you – happy travels!!❤️
Sandy, so good to hear from you. Just got back from FOSS training in Berkley over the weekend. Finally feeling warm down here in Phoenix!(not going to stay log enough to feel the intense heat:-) Going to a few ball games this week.
Somehow I missed the notification on this entry when you posted. You have been on my mind and I decided to take a look on here and sure enough…there was a new post! It’s all so exciting! How interesting about the petrified wood and a smile from Jake brightens everyone’s day! Looking forward to your next installment 😊❤️