YEAH!!!! WE ARE CONNECTED AGAIN!

Saturday, October 2, 2010




THIS IS A LAKE?

 Mom said we will have to post a few days all at once because she doesn’t have an Internet connection here. She connected with the phone, but the signal is REALLY weak because of where we are and she no sooner connected then it disconnected. We didn’t go very far today, but the scenery changed drastically. We are at Jacob Lake in Arizona – it’s really not more than a puddle – and I’m not kidding!   (Click on the picture to make it bigger, then click your back button to come back to the blog.)

We are in the forest and it’s real pretty and a lot cooler than the desert. They have some really cool squirrels here – they have big reddish brown ears and BIG BUSHY white tails – Mom said she will have to get a picture of one to share with all of you. Mom said we were REALLY ROUGHING it now because we don’t have any TV reception, hardly any cell reception, no Internet and she is all out of RUM! Anyway, we got camp all set up and Mom and Dad were sitting under the awning when there was this BIG BOOM from the sky. It was thunder! Then it started to rain REALLY HARD! We finally went inside and watched it rain for about a half hour or so – Mom said it was “raining cats and dogs” – but I didn’t see any! I think she was hallucinating! Mom got board watching Dad sleep and the rain and decided to make some apple turnovers from some homemade canned apples that she got from Aunt Nori. Boy, do they ever smell good! Anyway, after the rain the sun came out and Mom took me for a long walk while Dad took a nap, then Dad took me for a long walk while Mom sat and read. That’s about it for today. Oh, I forgot – the people next door to us are hunters and are trying to find turkeys, but, they said they haven’t seen any. (I think they are looking in the wrong place because every turkey I’ve seen came from Mom’s oven.) I’m not sure what tomorrow will bring…….

Sunday, October 3, 2010



HAIL ON THE PICNIC TABLE!

 Dad took Mom and me on one of his famous back road trips. He said we were going to go critter watching. Unfortunately, we didn’t see ONE critter. Mom really wanted to get the picture of the white tailed squirrel, but we didn’t find any. When we drove into our camp site – what do you think we saw? A white tailed squirrel! Dad drove 100 miles on the dirt roads looking for that silly looking thing, and he was at camp all along! Anyway, he was so fast and so far away, Mom didn’t get him. We had another thunder storm this afternoon – not so much thunder, but a lot of rain – then these little pieces of ICE started to come down – Mom told me it was hail, and if she hadn’t brought me in when she did – I would have gotten beaned! She took a picture of the picnic table and it was covered with the stuff. Guess we won’t be eating outside tonight.

Monday, October 4, 2010



DARK GREY CLOUDS 

 Today we went to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Mom was real worried about getting out of the camp site at Jacob Lake, because we practically jack-knifed the trailer to get in.  Actually they pretty much jack-knife all the units in their sites.  Well, Mom did a real good job in getting us out, with Dad’s help of course, and she didn’t even hit the tree! We got more of that hail stuff while Mom and Dad were hooking up, but it stopped when we hit the road (of course). We got camp set up at the Grand Canyon camp site – and what a great camp site it is – really big and level and everything. Then it started to rain and hail again. We hunkered down for a while and I got all warm and snugly, then Mom and Dad decided they wanted to go for a ride (the rain had subsided). We went to Angel Bright and the canyon looked really cool with the weather coming in.

We are back at camp now and it’s raining again! Mom and Dad both said they will be getting out warmer clothes tomorrow. We are still “roughing it”. Dad said this is a “dry” camp, which means we don’t have any hook-ups – no electricity, no water and no sewer! And, Mom still doesn’t have any TV reception, NO cell reception, no Internet and she is still all out of RUM!

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Well, today we drove all around the park and Mom took what pictures she could. It rained almost all day and it is very cold and damp. Mom and Dad are complaining about joints and stuff hurting. Mom said her (broken) arm is not a happy camper. When we were going back to camp, a big buck ran across the road in front of us – he sure was pretty – but too fast for Mom to get a picture. We also saw some does with their fawns. We have also seen some wild turkeys, but they were too far away for pictures also.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010



Grand Canyon Lodge

 RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY – COME BACK WHEN WE LEAVE!! Still cold and damp and to make matters worse, the furnace in the trailer was blowing cold air this morning! It’s working now, thanks to Dad. He thinks we have a drain on the batteries some place, because we can only run the generator two hours in the morning and two hours in the evening, and of course the solar panels haven’t done us any good, because we haven’t seen the sun for three days. But we are adapting to the generator schedule. We went for a little ride today and found some sunshine at the lodge (but not nearly enough). Mom took a few pictures. Mom and Dad notice that everybody in the Lodge were all bundled up and there were no lights on – come to find out, the whole Grand Canyon is without electricity! There was also a tornado warning, but the warning was for about 70 miles south of us in Flagstaff, AZ. Dad tried to take some back roads again, only to find them blocked by downed trees. The ground is so wet that the dead trees are falling over in the wind. Mom and Dad are going to the Lodge for dinner tonight – they might have a limited menu because of the electricity.

Mom was going to take a shower at the shower house, but it was all locked up because of no electricity. Good thing Dad knows about generators and the such – Mom was able to shower in the trailer, and seems to be in a much better mood now. Lucky me!  Mom and Dad were able to have Prime Rib for dinner and guess what I got????  LEFT OVERS - YEAH! 



Sunset at the Grand Canyon

 The storm seems to be breaking up and Mom got some pictures of a great sunset -too bad the sun is going down - that's the first we have seen of it for a few days...

We will be leaving in the morning and going to Page, AZ. Dad said it should be warmer and dryer there – I think we are all ready to go! Too bad, because from what we have seen, it is really pretty here.

October 7, 2010

SUNSHINE in the Grand Canyon

Well, we woke up to SUNSHINE today! But, the wind is blowing and it is still very cold. Dad and I took Mom back up the canyon so she could take some pictures of the North Rim in the sunshine. We were only out for about an hour and a half, and then went back to camp to get ready to go. Mom and Dad had the trailer hooked up in no time and we were on the road.

On the way to Page, AZ, Mom asked Dad what the date was and realized we still had a day left at the Grand Canyon! Mom called ahead to Page, and luckily, we will be able to get our camp site a night early. It’s already starting to warm up and we are starting to dry out. When we got to camp, mom called to have our mail forwarded because we are going to be here until October 14, 2010. Mom feels better connected now, because we have Internet, cell service, full hook-ups, including cable TV, and Dad was able to find Mom some RUM! Of course, he found himself some wine too…

I’m not sure what we will be doing tomorrow, but I bet it includes laundry :>(

I know Mom wants to go to Antelope Canyon to take pictures and I think Dad wants to get a boat and teach me how to fish! Sounds like fun to me :>)