MOUNTAINS

AGAIN YESTERDAY WE oops left the dry desert area for he mountains ..those in sequoia and the park...we drove aver 6500 feet UP and i mean UP back and wiorth across the mountain we went...i didn't look down just out..we went from dry desert to snow on the mountains and the gaint trees again...it is just a marvel to us at all the huge trees and that they weren't cut donw many years ago...glad someone thought enough to say we had better stop cutting them down and leave them for others to enjoy...we can just imagine what it is like during the top tourist season as it is plenty busy now..but then we have been going from place to place as some are enjying spring break...

today we are heading north again towards yosemite to see what the marvels of it are...

still way too much to see and do and we wil hardly touch the tip of the iceburg of all that is out there to enjoy..

life is good...

SNOW

yesterday found us leavingthe desert and headingto the high country...we are now in kingsbury.calif...we are in a campground where it is 80 and no snow but we can drive an hr and there is plenty of the white stuff...spent the day going to kings canyon national park where the GIANT SEQUOIA are..and i mean they are big trees..most interesting..first we drove thru acreas and acres of orange groves-peaches trees-grapes..and we thought we had big orchards in ney york but these just don't compare to ours...as far as you can see and mile after mile of trees..so you just know that the biggest employeer here has to do with farming of one sort or another...

today we are on our way to sequioa national park the south entrance..but first a stop at mcdonalds for some wi-fi...the campfround dosen't have any but there is a near by mcdonalds..so if any one of you are traveling and you need wi-fi just find onoe of these and you'll be all set...lar is drinking more coffee this way but he dosen't seem to mind...

tomorrow we head for yosemite so hope fully there will be available wi-fi and the next campground...

enjoy your day we will enjoy ours...

MONDAY

today we left indio, calif around 9 am.. but first i must mention that yesterday i was giving lar a hair cut that he neede badly and all of a suddeen things started to mave around ..firtst we thought maybe it was the swind but i looked ataour jacks on the rig and they were moving and the one next ti us was also moving more that wind...then we both looked at each other and said it is an earthquake...and sure enough it was...it is something that for me was kinda scary especially when it was all over and we could think of it...now why didn't we move away fro the rig just in s=casre it just tobble over...i don't know why we just didn't...it seemed to lost a very long time but on the news it lasted only about 35-45-seconds less than a minute but it felt that it was much longer than that....we sure can understand why those who ex[perience an earthquake that cause mcuh damage why they run when the grounds starts to shake...something i be aware of for us..something we really don't have to think about back hiome...just "BLIZZARDS'...

today finds us in bakersfield, calif on our way to yosemite but getting here was a different story..very windy and i mean very windy..lar handled it well but it was a very trying day...just not your average driving day....he did all the driving thinking that it was too much for me and he was probally right...we had rain-snow very near by us-and high winds...anyway we were glad when we decided to stop at 4pm...also we wanted to watch tonight basketball game and hope that butler wins...we like the underdogs...so go BUTLER....

HAPPY EASTER

YESTERDAYSATURDAY FOUND US GOINGTO JASHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK...oops....can itell you how beautiful the desert was it was just full of desert flowers..we have never seen the desert this colorful and i have probally said this in another blog but we are just amazed at the beauty of it....we hiked some and spend alot of time taking pictures..they will never show the true beauty of it but it will job our memories on how beautyful it is at tthie time ofyear..

today being easter we decided to go to church..we had one picked out and was on our way when we passed another one and decided t attend that one...there must have been 3-4 thousand people in attendance ...what a moving experience it was even with so many there...they had coffee and crumpets being served outside so i guess we didn't really need breakfst before going there..cars parked all over the parking lots and lawn about 3-4 football fields full....everyone was friendly...funny how god works as lar and i were both moved by the service... a good easter service and what a great way to start our day...god bless to all...

amen

SAT-CALIF

here e are in a mcdonalds as the camp gorund we are in has a charge of 5.00 for 24 hrsof internet and we just didn't want to pay for it ..so here we sit as lar drinks coffee and eats an apple pie....so he is happy..

we are now in indio, calif just a shbort distance from palm springs...going across the desert yeaterday the wilkd flowers were just in full color..we have never seen the desert this full of color but then we have never been in the desert this time of year...as we look out our windows we can see snow on the mountains and palm trees...the flowers are in full bloom in town.....makes me feel like it ought to be may ortjune back home with the full color...

today we are going to go to joshua tree national park..yep for another stamp and also a hike ithe desert..maybe we can catch a ranger led hike but we well find out when we get there...

just one more state before we have been in all 50...then we will be on a slow trek back towards ithaca...but there is still much to see and do...

HOPE THESE GO

MARCH 31, 2010

yesterday was a busy day of sightseeing...first we went off to CHIRICAHUA (chair-a-cowa) national park and did a mile hike into the park..most interesting rock formations all over..reminded us or both bryce and zion....

then we headed to fort bowie and did another 3 milke hike into the ruins..the wind has not stopped in many days and we wer glad it was windy yesterday as we were hiking and if there wasn't any wind to help cool it off i'm not so sure we would have made the hike..the temp was 85 so walking on the desert and up mountains with altitude it would have been abear at least for us...angain a most interesting place..when you look up the mountains you can just see the indians on horses up there with their bow and arrows (glad they weren't)...for some reason the white man made the indians mad and the indians made the white mad so i guess it still continues...