Sierra Vista, Bisbee, Coronado National Memorial, Arizona

Coronado National Memorial commemorates and interprets the Coronado expedition and the cultural conflict and exchange between the indigenous peoples and Spaniards during the 1500's. The area offers panoramic views of the US-Mexico border and San Pedro River Valley.

At 6,575 feet, Montezuma Pass has sweeping views of the San Pedro River Valley to the east and San Rafael Valley to the west.  

 

To get to Coronado Cave there is an uphill half mile walk to the entrance.   This is a self guided cave adventure, the entrance and cave are unimproved.  

The rangers recommend two light sources for each hiker and plenty of water. 

Going down yikes!

I bought these headlamps for the grand kids, they came in handy.

  

We're at the start of our cave adventure, after you climb over the big rocks at the cave entrance you look back to the last bit of natural light.

Our lights really didn't shine that far.

First in and last out of the cave.

BISBEE

Our visit to Bisbee started at the peace wall

 The streets were very narrow and loaded with Gallery, Small shops and restaurants. Lots of history and stories.

Living on top of the world!!

A quirky little town close to the border of Mexico. Home of the Queens Silver Mine.   Lots of friendly local shop owners along with  great restaurants, entertainment and shopping.  

Travel stats as of December 21, 2018

71 Days on the road

7 States

2,617 Miles

12 Campgrounds

Our Camping cost are averaging $20 a day, we have used Passport America, Coast to Coast, Good Sam Club, State Parks, National Parks & Forest and occasionally Walmarts.

Here is a list of the campgrounds we have stayed at, how many days, what type of park or discount we used.

Walmart , 3 nights
                                                                        
Hellcreek Ranch, Hell, MI., 5 days, private.
                                           
Mammoth Cave, Cave City, KY., 3 days, National Park
                                  
Lazy Llama, Chuckney, TN., 7 days, Passport America
                                         
Pride Resort, Waynesville, NC., 7 days, Coast to Coast
                                      
Shadrock,  Bristol, TN .,  3 days, Passport America
                            
Shadyfork, Wytheville, VA., 4 days, National Forest Campground

Shenandoah, Gordonsville, VA., 14 days, Coast to Coast

Hunting Island State Park, Beaufort, SC., 6 days, State Park

Faver Dykes , St. Augustine, FL.,  2 days, State Park

Jonathon Dickson's , Hobe Sound, FL., 3 days, State Park

Bee's RV Resort, Clermont, FL., 4 days, Coast to Coast

Homosassa River RV Park, Homosassa, FL., 3 days, Passport America

We spent 7 days visiting in Marathon Key without our motothome.

Holdiay and weekend spent in Virginia

 Darren and Lilly making a lamb stuffed animal named

 Lamblamb.

 

Lilly with her electrifying hair.  

 Our campsite with a cabana and a hot tub inside, 

oh yeah.

  Skyline Drive in the Shenandoah National Park.  

Yikes snow on the ground. 

Bristol TN or is that VA

There is a street in Bristol that is in TN on one side and VA on the other a little strange, just like when we were in KY at Mammoth Caves our phones were confused with the time we were on the line of the Eastern and Central Time zone.  We showed up for our cave tour an hour early (like we wanted to do that).

We have been in Bristol for 3 days the Nascar race track is 1/2 mile away, tomorrow we head 65 miles north into Mtn. Rogers National Recreation Area to stay at Stony Fork Campground for a week, we will be off the grid, meaning no internet or tv, they have some electric sites, good thing it's been cold at night, we have an electric heater which is better than burning our propane.  It looks like a beautiful place with lots of hiking 

November 6, we spent the afternoon on the Virginia Creeper Trail which is a bike path 36 miles long.  We only had time to ride 9 miles and then back 9 miles to our jeep.  They do have bike company's that shuttle you along the trail with or without renting their bikes.  We got a late start due to over night thunderstorms.  It was a beautiful ride we went over 11 trestle bridges on our trip.  All of the pictures below were taken on the trail.

 

Lazy Llama Campground, Chuckey TN Appalachian Mountains

Were here for six days, the owners run a Llama farm and are part of WWOOF, World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms.  You can come and stay in a cabin and work the farm as an educational experience based on trust and non-monetary exchange, very cool place.  Saturday I get to attend a free art class, yeah! right up my alley, Carolyn is a fiber artist.  

Here's some photo's of our hike in the Rocky Fork State Park, about an hour from our campsite. This hike was 3 miles round trip but had a some very steep inclines as you got closer to the top. Beautiful view from the top, you could see the whole park from the rocky top. 

Beginning our travels on the road in our RV

October 12, 2018 we sold our house and moved into Hell Creek, 1 mile from Hell Michigan and 5 miles from our home of 30 years.  Everything has a starting point and this was ours.  We hope you will follow along on our journey traveling America.