Got PINK BELLY??????

Mom and Dad took me to this REALLY COOL place called Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park.  they let me run on the dunes and I had a GREAT time!  But, as you can see I ended up with a PINK BELLY!  Mom and Dad thought it was really funny and laughed at me!



PINK



BELLY!!



 

As you can see -

it really is pink!

EVERYTHING around here is PINK!

Any way - it did brush off and I am back to normal now.  We are staying at Kanab, at the Kanab RV Corral RV Park for a few days before we head down to the the Grand Canyon.  It's really hot here, but it's supposed to cool off in a few days.  We will be going back to Zion today to see if Mom can get some better pictures.

I almost forgot - before we came here we made a little side trip to Kodachrome Basin.  That was really neat too - lots of strange sandstone formations.  Come to think of it - there is nothing but sand and stone in this part of the country!



Kodachrome Basin State Park - can you see the moon?

If you double click on the pictures you can see a bigger view - just use your back button to get back to the blog.

Until later...

Lots of stuff going on here.....Four days in one post!

Friday, September 24, 2010


Bryce Canyon National Park



Today we went to Bryce Canyon National Park. It sure is pretty over there, but the canyons are REALLY deep and REALLY red.

It was very warm, so Dad found this little back road and we went WAY UP into the mountains and Mom took a lot of pictures of the fall colors. It took us a couple of hours to get up there, and then we had to turn around to come back. The GPS said we could keep going down hill, but Dad wasn't too sure about the road.  Oh, and we had a picnic lunch up there too.  See that little white spot on the horizon of the photo at the right?  Those are cliffs and we were right next to them.  That's were Dad took us!

Bryce Canyon National Park



We were WAY up on top of this!



Saturday, September 25, 2010

Today we went to Zion National Park.  Mom was real disappointed because they were doing road work and all the pull outs had equipment in them, so she had to take all the pictures from the truck.  Dad found another one of his famous back roads and we went into the high country again.  I got to see cowboys herding SHEEP.  Dad said some dogs make a living doing that.  The only dog I saw was on the back of an ATV - now that looks like FUN!  Mom took more pictures of the colorful trees in the high country and we had another picnic lunch up where it was cool.  We also saw wild turkeys - what funny looking birds - and they play follow the leader!  I bet if one of them jumped off a cliff - the rest would follow!


Zion National Park





Sheep Drive



 Sunday, September 26, 2010





WHEW - housework is
HARD WORK!



 Mom and Dad did house work today, so I just rested up.  Man, they cleaned EVERYTHING - the trailer, the laundry, the truck and they even got to my ears!  Dad even gave me a pedicure and brushed me too.  Sure glad I have short hair - the dog next door had to have a bath!  He had very long hair and had to be dried with a blow dryer and brushed at the same time - didn't look like any fun to me! 

We will be moving on Monday so not sure if I (Mom) will get time to write much.  We aren't going very far because we are going to go North, (to find cooler weather) and will have to come back South to go to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon - Dad got us reservations (finally) for October 4th through the 8th.








Monday, September 27, 2010

We moved to another camp site today - it's a Utah State Park under construction, but its OK for the night.  They have a petrified forest here.  On the way here we went through the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.  Boy, is there ever a lot of ROCK in this country! 


ROCK!  As far as the eye can see.....Escalante National Monument

 I also got to see my first cattle drive - those guys are sure BIG, and NOISY.  I don't think they liked being moved along the highway.


Cattle Drive!

  Mom said she will add more photos later - she is having trouble with the Internet connection - also she said she will work on that map.

Until later......

OK, Mom added the photos, but will work on the map later.  We are at Ruby's Inn Camp Ground at the entrance to Bryce Nation Park (again).  We are going to stay one night and head south tomorrow and maybe try to get some better pictures at Zion Nation Park.  After a few days there, we are heading South because Dad got us reservations at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon from October 4th through October 8th.

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Easy day...

Thursday (September 23rd) was an easy day.  We didn't go very far, but saw some really pretty country - finally got out of that desert.  When we left Cedar City, UT, we went through Cedar Breaks National Monument and they already have fall colors.  Beautiful aspen trees all along the route.


Fall colors in Cedar Breaks
National Monument

 Mom and Dad have decided to stay here in Hatch, UT, for at least three nites so we can go to Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park.  We may do some other exploring while we are here too.  The weather is really nice - in the 80's during the day, but cool at night - in the 40's.

Mom is still tweaking the map at the right - if you click on the little "-" sign, it will zoom out so you can see our whole route.  Under the map, you can click on "View Bessy's Map in a larger map" to see a bigger map.

Dad is still in bed, but Mom and I are up and ready to go (almost - Mom still needs to get dressed).

We will see what the day brings - more photos I bet!

LOTS of new stuff today!



The Extraterrestrial Highway



WHEW!  What a day!  Things started out pretty quiet and calm.  When we left Tonopah, NV it was cool and partly cloudy.  We headed East on Route 6, then we took the Extraterrestrial Highway (375) down to Crystal Springs, NV.  There wasn't anything too exciting about it until we went past Rachel (nothing at all happening there).  The wind was really blowing and against us, so Dad wasn't too sure about the gas mileage.  The low fuel light came on and we literally coasted into Caliente, NV (not as bad as it sounds - we still had 3 gallons left), and we went and got gas (Dad filled up the extra gas can)!



Nevada Antelope



I learned three things today: #1:  When Dad says something about "Low Flying Aircraft" not being around - DON"T believe him!  Dad had no sooner said something to Mom about that, when that thing when ROARING past mom's side of the truck and scared the heck out of her and me (I was snoozing)!  Then Dad spotted something running up the road and it was #2: Antelope.  Dad said one of them was a pretty nice buck (what ever that is).  Mom took pictures as they stood on the side of the road. 

Then we got stopped for some road construction and while Dad and I were talking to some truckers there was this #3: REALLY BIG BOOM AND THE GROUND SHOOK!  Mom said it was a sonic boom and it was nothing to be scared of.



My new friend Chase



After lunch we took another short drive and went to the town of Panaca, NV.  Dad found this little park for me to play in and across the street was "Chase".  His Dad let him come over and play with me for a while and we did a lot of running - I think Mom and Dad were trying to wear me out?? 



Formations at Cathedral Gorge State Park



Then we went to this place called Cathedral Gorge State Park - they had some really funny looking sandstone formations - any way that's what Mom called them.

Well, that is it for today.  Tomorrow we will head East again.  Mom said she is going to work on getting a map posted on the blog so you all can see where we have been.  When you see the map, it is "interactive" which means you can zoom in and out and all that technical stuff.  Hope it works OK.  Let mon know how you like it.


 

We really enjoy reading all of your comments - keep watching - you never know where or what I will be up to next!

Bessy Has Left the City!

Workin' out the kinks!

Well, we FINALLY got on the road.  We have been at the Comstock RV Park in Carson City for the last week "working out the kinks".  As you can see, it is very hard work to work on those "kinks".

On the way out of town, we had to stop at DJ's to get our tail light fixed - we burnt out the bulb - so they were real nice and fixed the burnt one and gave us a spare.

Oh heck!  Our Internet connection isn't too good here, so Mom will have to upload the pictures later.  We made it all the way to Tonopah, NV today - a whopping 230 miles!  Mom and Dad made a rule that I couldn't go any farther than 400 miles in one day, but we stopped here because it was convenient.  The "camp site" isn't anything to brag about - just a parking lot behind the Ramada - but it has hookups and lots of sage brush around to sniff.  There wasn't much to see between Carson City and Tonopah, but while Dad was driving, Mom and I thought we saw a Jack Rabbit with a canteen around his neck!

Tomorrow we are going to Caliente, NV - more sage brush I bet - and maybe more of those poor Jack Rabbits.



Tohopah or Bust!



We will add the pictures later...Yea!!! Mom got the Pictures added!

Really getting serious about this now!



All our STUFF in boxes

 (Written September 15, 2010)

Well, there certainly have been a lot of changes around here.  Mom and Dad packed EVERYTHING, and what they didn't pack went outside and a bunch of people came over and gave Mom money and took stuff home with them. I guess they call that a Yard Sale.  Mom and Dad seemed pretty happy about that and I had fun because everybody made a fuss over me and I got some donut holes!

On September 2nd, my buddy Duke came to visit, and his Mom and Dad helped my Mom and Dad pack and move stuff around.  Duke and I just played the whole time they were here - Mom even let Duke come in the house to sleep (he has to stay outside when he is at home).  They took some stuff (mostly fresh halibut) and put it in their camper and then they left.

Lots of people had dinners for Mom and Dad and they said they really appreciated every one of them because they were soooo tired.  I got to go to one of the dinners last week and they had two little dogs and we ran and played the whole time - boy was I pooped when I got back to camp - I slept through the night and most of the next day.

On Labor Day (I guess that is a holiday), two men came to the house an started taking all the boxes out of the house and put them in a big truck.  The only bad thing about that is they took the bed and I had to lay on the FLOOR in the bedroom to take my sunbath!  Then we moved out into the trailer to sleep, but Mom and Dad took showers and made coffee in the house.  Oh, and Mom's job ended on September 10th, so she is home all the time now.


Our empty house!


THEN, three ladies came and cleaned everything and two days later two guys came and cleaned the carpets!  I'm not so sure I understand what is happening here, but it seems like we spend more time in the trailer now.

Last night, Mom and Dad left me in the trailer because they had to give the keys to the house to the lady that is moving in - so Mom said we are officially "homeless" and "on the road".  We moved the trailer this past Monday, (September 13th), to a RV park in Carson City.  Mom and Dad said we are going to stay here until next Monday, September 20th, and then we are going to take off for real because Mom and Dad are still "tweaking" our little home on wheels and fixing up a few things.  Mom says she needs to get the inside straightened up a little more, and Dad says he needs to get some things done on the outside.  It looks like we will be moving out on Monday and heading for the Bristle Cone Pine Forest first then I will put my nose back to the ground and find the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.  (This weekend we will be going to the Basque Festival in Carson City.)

We noticed that a few of you are following along with this adventure, and hope you are enjoying these little stories.  We really enjoy reading your comments - so keep it up!!  Hopefully they will get more interesting as we move along.