Friday, October 10, 2014

What's Next?

Joan and I completed our job at Crazy Horse on Friday 9/26 and we both had a really great summer. If you weren't aware we spent the last 5 months in the Black Hills of South Dakota and would thoroughly recommend Crazy Horse as a workamping destination. This was our 3rd year living full time in our MH and we are so glad we made the decision to explore this type of lifestyle. From the 1st summer in Mt Hood National Forest, the short stint at Amazon in Nevada, the 2nd summer in central Colorado, this year in South Dakota and the 2 winters at Lake Mead we have had a wonderful experience and seen so many things that have surprised and amazed us. We have met interesting and entertaining people and we have made lots of new friends along the way. We have no doubt that there are many more surprising places to visit, sites to see and people to meet. Many friends and family members have asked how long we intend to do this....and our answer has remained the same....as long as it remains fun! No sign of that stopping anytime soon.
Beartooth
Beartooth

When we left South Dakota we had a little over a week to commute to southern Utah. Our route took us first to Cody Wyoming. We spent a couple of days there checking out Yellowstone, Beartooth Highway and Chief Joseph Scenic Highway.




Chief Joseph



Add those last 2 highways to your motorcycling bucket list....they are spectacular. We then continued our way south spending nights in Rock Springs Wyoming and Vernal Utah.







We parked the MH and spent several hours driving the car in and around Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area. We arrived in Hurricane Utah on Thursday and spent Friday just chillin' and driving the jeep across Kolob Terrace Road from Virgin to Cedar City. It was a beautiful drive with lots of fall color.



















On Saturday we jumped in the car and headed south towards Mesquite Nevada where I was meeting my softball buddies from Florida to play in the 1st of 2 tournaments. I've got to admit I was a little apprehensive as I hadn't had a chance to play softball since I finished playing on 2 teams last August in Colorado. We played 5 games over the weekend and went 3-2 to finish 2nd. On Monday we started the seeding games for the Huntsman Senior Olympics held in St George Utah. We played 2 Monday, 1 Tuesday, 1 Wednesday, 2 Thursday and went into the medal round on Friday where we played 1 and finished 3rd Overall with a Bronze Medal (4-3). 12 games in 7 days....I'm tired!



In our spare time between games we went sightseeing with members of the team.











I think everyone had a great time this week and I'm hoping we'll have started a new tradition.











Maybe we'll be seeing the guys from Florida make the trip next year to play Huntsman again.













Saturday we head to Boulder City Nevada where we'll park the MH, then Sunday we're flying to Florida to visit with the family before we start our winter jobs at Lake Mead.

Hope you've enjoyed the pics.









Stay Tuned. More to Come.

11 comments:

  1. Rock Springs WY...you know what I heard about there....oh never mind :-). So glad you enjoy this lifestyle so much, we do too! Although it sounds now as if you won't be in FL after Christmas this year??

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    1. Karen, we'll still be home at Christmas. Hope we can get together with you guys and Jonell and Dan.

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  2. Photos are gorgeous!! I can understand how the Flaming Gorge got its name!

    It was great to have little time to catch up with you two. Maybe we can get together in Lake Mead. Safe travels. Have a fun time in FL.

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    1. It was fun visiting with you guys. Enjoy your time here and we'll see you in Boulder.

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  3. I give you credit for playing that many games in such a short time, there is no way I could do that! We are on our way to Utah and hope to catch up with you guys sometime this winter.

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  4. WOW...the Flaming Gorge NRA is absolutely beautiful!
    Have fun with family...

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  5. We loved Flaming Gorge. Bear Tooth and Chief Joseph Highway are awesome!

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  6. Beautiful photos! We really enjoyed spending the summer with you two, and hopefully we can make some time in the future for a get together. We will be in FL on Christmas - what time is dinner?! Congrats on the softball championship - looks like a fun group.

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  7. Saw your 'gift' for Phil on his blog...LOL! Hey, we'll be in FL during Christmas, too - I'll cook [wink, wink]. Hope to ride those roads in your pics someday!

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    1. Always like meeting up with fellow rvers. We'll be in Central Florida for two or three weeks during Christmas/New Year. Maybe we'll hook up then.

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