The Grand Canyon, AZ

Obvious one of the most breath taking sights to see in this country. With all there was to view, we had a bonus sighting of a group of elks while hiking up the south rim trail. We were up close and personal with a couple of them. Another bonus we had was our RV park. It was the Grand Canyon Railway RV Resort. The train makes daily runs to the south rim of Grand Canyon. It is also located on route 66 in the little town of Williams with an atmosphere of the past in the late 50's and early 60's. It brought back good memories.

Sin City

Happy Mother's Day from Las Vegas. This is definitely a fun place to be, even without the gambling.  We had good times, saw a good show (MJ Live at The Rio) plus we are getting out of town without putting up the RV keys as a bet on the poker table.

Oasis Las Vegas RV Resort

We are staying at The Oasis Resort on Las Vegas Blvd about 2 miles south of the strip. Mary Ann won so much money at the poker table in Las Vegas that they gave her a free stay at The Oasis for 3 nights. Not a bad deal. (Joke?...yes...but it is one great RV park)

Yosemite National Park, California

We stayed at the Yosemite Westlake RV Park for 4 days from April 30 to May 3 and went into the west entrance of Yosemite on route 120. The first thing that hit us was the devastation of the forest fire that hit Yosemite last year. Over 600,000 acres of beautiful trees were destroyed at the entrance of the park. The base of Yosemite is full of beauty around every corner and we lucked out because they opened the  Tioga Pass road, that goes from east to west over the mountain (of 10,000 ft.) the weekend we were there. This gave Mary Ann and I the chance to have a picnic lunch at the top of Yosemite Falls but we were disappointed that no bears showed up. 

Lunch time on the Pacific

We took off from Ventura, CA and headed up the coast on scenic highway 1 to Santa Cruse for 2 days... April 28 & 29. The journey was more exciting then the destination. After the ocean towns of Morro Bay and Ventura, Santa Cruse was a bit disappointing. Highway 1, along the ocean, is everything it is built up to be, but  Mary Ann could have done with a little less cliff action.

Hearst Castle...San Simeon, California

One of the places everyone should put on their bucket list to see is Hearst Castle. It is an amazing architectural and historic icon built between 1919 and 1947 by art collector and publisher William Randolph Hearst and famed San Francisco architect Julia Morgan. What sets this apart from other wealthy estates is the original art work collected, from all over the world, by Hearst. Part of the original 250,000 acre estate, Hearst Castle sits high on the hill top of San Simeon looking over the Pacific Ocean. 

Morro Bay, California

We spent April 26 & 27 in Morro Bay, a few hours north of Ventura, but I wish we had spent more time there. It is another great little ocean town and surroundings that surprised us. We stayed at Bay Pines RV Resort, in the hills just east of town, with spectacular views of the mountains. North of this quaint little town is Hearst Castle and a bay where over a thousand elephant sea lions soak up the sun after a very busy mating season.