Displaying 631 To 660 Of 4,429 Comments B’ito! McCain is – well, he sold his soul years ago. My favorite McCain statement from not that long ago was when he declared that he was never a ‘maverick’. I spent a good portion of yesterday afternoon researching the Democratic candidates for my area and those running against McCain so that we could mail in our primary ballots. Do you know, or have you ever known any voters, including Democrats that say things like – “Well, I voted for McCain because I knew he was going to win” or “I didn’t bother voting because I knew it would pass”? We know people who say these things and they are Democrats and/or Liberals and I just want to scream and pull my hair out when they say such stupid things and worse, vote or not vote for such stupid reasons! This is one reason why we get the leaders that we do. » Posted By javaz On August 17, 2010 @ 1:49 pm For anyone in Arizona – So, by now you must know that Jan Brewer has ties to private prisons. Don’t you find it curious that she has not commented on the escapees and the fact that one murderer and his fiance – his cousin so yee-haw on that one – are still on the loose? Don’t you find it odd that such dangerous criminals were placed in a private prison with middle security? A woman was able to drive up to the fence and toss wire cutters over and they escaped while her vehicle was right there with the engine running? Republicans are all for private prisons because the guards are not union and to make it even better, they are not trained in law enforcement and have no police power to arrest. Why is Governor Brewer silent on this issue? There are Republicans in the legislature joining with the handful of Democrats in calling for an investigation as to how this could have happened, yet our governor is silent? Terry Goddard should use this, but are any of my fellow Arizona Democrats disappointed in Goddard? What a freaking wimp. What do you think? Why is Goddard letting Brewer get away with this? » Posted By javaz On August 14, 2010 @ 7:44 pm Pepe, When you hike Alpine style, do you go alone? And do you worry about bears? When we were in Gros Ventre they had this really big awareness of bears thing going on and a ranger came over to our site and actually quizzed us. The ranger said that the grizzlies have been coming down from Yellowstone and The Grand Tetons and were spotted near Jackson Hole. The escaped convicts happened right around the time that we left the Glacier area so we just missed them. There’s a huge thing going on in AZ that doesn’t make the MSM about that incident. A private prison whereby violent criminals have access to a woman that can toss a wire cutter over the fence? » Posted By javaz On August 14, 2010 @ 7:26 pm B’ito! That is a really good article about Sheriff Joe and Andy Thomas. Last night, the local PBS Horizon – do you have a similar show in Tucson? – had the normal Friday night round-table and the reporters were discussing whether or not voters will vote for Thomas knowing he’s under a grand jury investigation and he might not be able to serve his term. As for Sheriff Joe or Thomas using tax-payer money for lawsuits – check out this article – http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bastard/2010/07/joe_arpaio_andy_thomas_could_b.php Maricopa County has put Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former County Attorney Andrew Thomas on notice that they may have to pay legal costs and possible settlements or awards arising out of ten different lawsuits, if they have violated any laws or acted wrongfully in those cases. In a letter approved by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, County Risk Manager Peter Crowley informs Arpaio, Thomas and Thomas’ embattled henchwoman, ex-prosecutor Lisa Aubuchon, that the county’s insurance trust fund will not be a blank check for misconduct. The letter states that though “the Trust provides coverage for many liability claims brought against Maricopa County and its elected officials, officers, and other employees,” there are also “certain exclusions from coverage.” Among these exclusions are coverage for any “loss, costs, claims, litigation expenses or other expenses,” arising from violations of state or federal criminal codes, or expenses “arising from intentional and willful/wrongful acts.” We’re doing great and really? It’s only 105 down by you? We are rested and already talking about heading out again to Show Low in mid-September for my birthday. How are you???? » Posted By javaz On August 14, 2010 @ 6:56 pm I think there is a joke section somewhere on this site, but I don’t know how to find it. I pray that this joke does not offend anyone, but here goes – An Irishman and a Mormon were flying back to New York from London and the attendant stopped and asked the Irishman if he’d care for a drink. The Irishman said – “Aye, thank you, and I’d be having a whiskey, please.” The attendant nodded and served the Irishman his whiskey and then looked at the Mormon and he replied – “I’d rather be tied up and raped by 12 whores than to ever allow alcohol to touch my lips.” The Irishman then handed his drink back to the attendant and said – “I did not know that we had a choice.” » Posted By javaz On August 14, 2010 @ 6:37 pm How do your cats fare with the heat? Our cats used to lay behind the toilet-tank when the temps got too hot for them and they’d shed like mad – then again, cats always shed like mad! We were up at 5:00 this morning and out before 5:30 for our 2-1/2 mile walk and it wasn’t really that bad. Spent the day indoors watching movies and finishing up laundry. We’re desert-rats so 112 for us is HOT but not unusual. » Posted By javaz On August 14, 2010 @ 6:17 pm Hello Lady Kalima! Is it still hot in Tokyo? It’s going to be 112 here tomorrow or 44.44 C tomorrow but the good news is that our humidity is low and our air conditioning is working – knock on wood! » Posted By javaz On August 14, 2010 @ 6:04 pm Looks like you all had another fantastic VOX Populi last night. I’ve been thinking a lot about all the overt racism – yeah, yeah, I know, whenever I start thinking it leads to trouble! But here’s my 2 cents for what it’s worth. The racism isn’t only against AAs, but seems that there is the anti-Muslim and anti-Hispanic racism going on also. Short term, all the racism might help the Republicans but long term, the GOP will pay and pay for decades, imho. The anti-immigrant rage is a bellwether issue and the racism has always existed but now it’s out in the open for all to see, and it ain’t pretty. The GOP base know they are racists, imho, but they want the excuse to be racists while denying it. FOX personalities and Tea Partiers and certain GOP officials and candidates give credence or justification for being racists and part of that is accusing anyone who calls them out gets accused of playing the race card. The GOP are trying to re-define the term racist and that works for them, but it does not work for most others. Anyone who has ever experienced or witnessed racism in any way shape or form understands the true meaning of the word and they are not fooled. The Hispanic population in Arizona is 30.1% according to the 2008 census – http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/04000.html – and if SB1070 doesn’t get the Hispanics motivated to register and vote then I don’t know what will. There might be a degree of fear for this November, but eventually that will change and then the GOP will pay. » Posted By javaz On August 14, 2010 @ 5:51 pm Sheriff Joe update – Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s investigations detailed in grand jury documents released Thursday Maricopa County’s top prosecutor says sheriff’s Chief Deputy David Hendershott and former County Attorney Andrew Thomas obsessively pursued criminal cases against county officials despite a series of legal rebuffs including a rejection by a grand jury. But Hendershott and Thomas say he is skewing the facts for political gain. Interim County Attorney Rick Romley said grand-jury documents released publicly Thursday show that the Sheriff’s Office and Thomas had a single-minded purpose: to prosecute their political enemies. Supporters of Joe and Andy Thomas, and the men themselves, like to scream and shout about the Obama admin suing Joe and Thomas because of SB1070, and screaming and shouting about Rick Romley and Horne attacking them for SB1070, but they are obscuring the real reasons for the grand jury investigations into Joe and Thomas. The grand jury is investigating abuse of power allegations. They are not investigating anything concerning Sheriff Joe’s illegal roundups and anything else having to do with immigration or SB1070. But typical of the radical right, they ignore the facts and stick to the lies. » Posted By javaz On August 14, 2010 @ 5:16 pm Woot-woot! Football is ON! Although, we might be closing our eyes during the Cardinal games this year with Leinhart QBing this season. » Posted By javaz On August 14, 2010 @ 5:04 pm For movie buffs – has anyone seen or heard of “Kick Ass”? Watched it this afternoon and I wasn’t so sure that I’d like it, but ended up really enjoying it. Very similar to “Kill Bill” with all the extreme violence, which made it unbelievable but fun to watch especially since it was a pre-teen girl kicking butt! LOL If you liked the “Kill Bill” movies you might like “Kick Ass”! » Posted By javaz On August 14, 2010 @ 5:00 pm Pepe. And I told my husband that and we decided that you were some National Park snob or something and then we went back to Yellowstone and we both agreed that your description was exactly right. Isn’t that a goddamn shame that they took nature and turned it into Disneyland? My god, don’t ever try to see Old Faithful as it is Disneyland with nowhere to park, too many gift shops and it just sucks what they’ve done. We get it now. You were so right. » Posted By javaz On August 12, 2010 @ 5:51 pm Khirad – We’re just a hop, skip and maybe 10 mile drive from Boyce and we go there often. In the early spring it’s awesome as they not only have all the cacti and other desert plants, but tulips and roses and it’s so incredibly beautiful. There’s hiking trails and all of them easy, but you should carry water – just a water bottle. There are huge trees that are native to Australian deserts and they even have an Australian cabin, windmill, and an old truck with Australia plates. There are plenty of Native American and Australian musical instruments on display, too. In March, they have a thing to watch the buzzards coming in and then in October they have a similar thing to watch the buzzards go down to South America. It’s cheap, too, to get in. It’s only 6 dollars per vehicle and if you ever do that day trip you should drive out and visit the Elvis Chapel! That’s located near the Superstition Mountain Museum, and yeah, it’s totally stupid, but the views are awesome. Also, the Superstition Mountain Museum is worth visiting, and then you are near Canyon Lake and they have a boat-ride – The Dolly Boat Ride – and let me tell you, that every single time anyone visits, we have to do that. We cannot even count the number of times that we’ve done the Dolly Boat Ride, and that’s cheap too, like maybe 6 dollars, but it is so cool. You see how big Canyon Lake is and it’s like being on a boat in the Grand Canyon and you see big horn sheep and javelinas, and it’s just a very cool ride and it’s not far from where you live! And depending how you come up, you could do the route along the way through Florence, which is the prison. But that road is where Tom Mix died and there’s a memorial thing to him. Try checking out Arizona sometime, because there is a lot here and not all that far from where you live! » Posted By javaz On August 12, 2010 @ 5:11 pm B’ito! We’ve been gone as you know, and we saw local campaign ads throughout our travels, but none as vicious as once we returned home. There really is a difference in the ads, and makes me wonder why all the hate in Arizona? We stayed a couple days in Kanab, Utah, and one evening their local CBS station cut the news short so that an owner of the station who is a head of Deseret in Salt lake City – a branch of the Mormon Church – could talk for ten minutes about immigration. He was appalled and shocked by the vitriol and anger from people who disagree with the SB1070 law in Arizona. He reminded people, Mormon and not, of Utah and their heritage and their persecution. He urged Utah residents to remember their heritage and the importance of families. He said that SB1070 from Arizona would destroy families in that many immigrants are here legally and living with illegal family that came here for a better life. He asked if Americans and especially people from Utah wanted to tear families apart by sending their illegal members back to Mexico and did they really want to even send legal immigrants back with them? He asked for Utahans to lead the way in better immigration reform and not follow Arizona. It was shocking. And even more shocking was buying a Salt Lake City Tribune and finding that it is such a liberal newspaper. The paper did not refer to Democrats as Democrats but referred to us as Progressives. Shocking. It was hard for me to believe that the Mormon Church spent so much on the Prop h8te in California after reading that Sunday Trib from Salt Lake and then listening to that man on the local CBS station admonishing Utahans for their hate towards immigrants. Maybe it was an anomaly, but it really surprised me. On another note – we skipped going to see Meteor Crater as they charge 15 dollars per person, and yes, we could get the senior discount – meaning 14 bucks for each of us and then another 2 bucks off for staying at the beautiful campground, but still. That’s a lot of money just to see a humongous hole in the ground. Plus, I always thought Arizona owned that, but they don’t. I do remember from all them years ago when I was 7 or 8 that there is a really nice center there and gift shop, but jeepers, it’s expensive. It really is just a huge hole in the ground! And one more thing – if anyone reading this ever visits Kanab, Utah, do NOT fall for the Moqui Cave. They have the Book of Mormon in every language and that was fascinating, and they have pictures of all the Mormon Temples around the world, and that was also fascinating, but why should anyone pay to see an old bar inside a cave and a gift shop and have to hear about the Mormons? I must give the Mormons credit as they did settle the west and suffered horrifically from Indian attacks and the severe cold and disease. If you’re ever in that area, the best place to visit is the Pipe Spring National Park, which is in Arizona just over the border and that is a highly educational and interesting place and owned once again by the Indians! » Posted By javaz On August 12, 2010 @ 4:11 pm Khirad! Shoot, drats, darn-it-all and multiple other curses, but we are back home and back on the old dial-up and I cannot view your latest installment to your trip back east. But I get the general idea that you visited arboretums and wanted to ask if you’ve ever been to the Boyce Thompson Arboretum on the way to Globe in the Superstitions? If not, I recommend you make the drive in the early spring! That’s such beautiful country back in PA and in Lancaster. We used to have a bumper-sticker on our old motor home that was from Intercourse, PA and it had the carriage and horses, but you would not believe the comments we got from that and it was such an innocent bumper-sticker! Needless to say, we will never place bumper-stickers on the new trailer. I used to collect them, and the back of the old motor home was loaded, but it was that Intercourse one that really offended folks. » Posted By javaz On August 12, 2010 @ 3:39 pm Greetings from Meteor Crater in Arizona! » Posted By javaz On August 10, 2010 @ 6:13 pm Kes! Good to see you! » Posted By javaz On August 7, 2010 @ 6:09 pm Ketchup is a vegetable according to St. Ronnie when he was governor of California. » Posted By javaz On August 7, 2010 @ 6:01 pm BT – I know you are so going to hate me saying this – but we have a lot in common. Whenever I get a reaction for the things that I type here, my husband always tells me to channel my inner Blues Tiger. It’s because you rile up people, too, and I hope that you are not offended by that. We’re not mainstream thinkers and don’t exactly fit into a slot of true liberals or Democrats even. I respect your input here, and excuse the one time that you attacked me personally, because, believe it or not, I’m a lot like you! You hate reading that, don’t you? » Posted By javaz On August 7, 2010 @ 5:06 pm Greetings from Nephi, Utah – not sure how that’s pronounced but it sounds biblical to me or Mormon to me, no offense. It’s high desert with pine tree lined mountains and red dirt. It’s beautiful actually. Stopped at a Walmart for supplies in Blackfoot, Idaho yesterday, and yowza – it was Mormon country and once again, no offense. The woman in front of me at the checkout was very young. The thing that struck me as odd was that she was using food stamps – and there’s nothing wrong with that. But it struck me as odd because she was married by the ring on her finger, and I am going to guess that her husband works or maybe he’s laid-off, but she needed to utilize government assistance. I have no problem with that, actually, except that most Mormons that I know are Republicans, and Republicans are always harping on single women that need government assistance and they usually describe those women as being Democrats and/or Liberals. I’d think that a person would not have so many children if they cannot afford them and yet, I don’t know what it is that I am trying to say, but it seems to me that Mormons might want to rethink voting for Republicans. » Posted By javaz On August 7, 2010 @ 4:34 pm It was very bad timing for a black man – the only black employee at a beer distributor – to open fire and kill white people. And then to have the people that know and loved him, say that he killed his coworkers due to racism. It plays right into the hands of FOX and Beck et all. Do I think that he suffered racism? Absolutely. Do I think he was justified? NO! NO! NO! It saddens me because it gives fuel to the fire of reverse racism » Posted By javaz On August 5, 2010 @ 5:59 pm What is this, that we leave it up to a vote when it comes to who can marry? California – I guess it’s not as blue as we’d like to believe. After all, if it weren’t for California, we would not have had Reagan. Imagine a world where it would be up to voters to decide who can marry and who cannot. Sounds like an Arab country to me. Gay people, yeah, they cannot procreate, and that is so not true as lesbian couples can give birth, or adopt. Same for gay men in that they can adopt, and unlike some straight people, they want their children. There’s something wrong when a populace can decide who can marry and who cannot. » Posted By javaz On August 5, 2010 @ 5:44 pm Greetings from Dillon, Montana! We are in the middle of a raging storm with heavy winds, heavy rain and awesome thunder and even more awesome lightning. It is sort of scary, being in a rocking trailer, but we’re still hitched to the pickup so that adds weight, hopefully. This is like being in a boat and it is amazing that we still have power. We can see lightning streaking across the sky and the rumbling thunder is ear-splitting. I do not know the difference between prairies and plains, but once we left East Glacier it was a quick trip down to the prairies of wide open spaces, rivers, ranches, rolling hills with few and far between campgrounds. Many other RVs followed after us, but we got the primo spot near the office and have 5 bars for WIFI! Plus, we have privacy, and the views are awesome. I wish Pepe were still around, as I would like to ask what is up with all the casinos? There are casinos everywhere. We’re not casino people, but we’ve been to Vegas, and Indian Reservations, but the casinos here are small but plentiful. Are they only slots and Kino? When we went to Columbus Falls near Glacier, we counted 5 casinos on Main Street and that was a very small town. There have been casinos since we’ve been in Montana from Yellowstone, but they are small. Have seen lots of signs against secondhand smoke and Meth and texting while driving and maybe there should be signs warning about gambling and drinking? As it seems every hole-in-the-wall-bar, besides the gas stations, having casinos. Our goal today was to make it to Idaho, but you can see for miles and miles and we saw this storm coming in, so we pulled over early and it was a good thing that we did. We get one TV station and it’s NBC and the corporate news is saying that Kagan was appointed. YAE! Now, if Obama gets the chance, we need a black woman. I might be biased, LOL, but women on the high court, imho, would be the absolute best thing! » Posted By javaz On August 5, 2010 @ 4:35 pm We’re still camped near Glacier but this is our last day. Today we went back to Glacier and found the bakery that operates without electricity but bakes their breads and goodies using solar. Had to buy a loaf of their huckleberry bear bread, or beer bread – am not sure as the woman was hard to understand. Also stopped at another store up there that is run by 2 hippies that moved to the area in the 70’s and lived off the land and never planned on opening a store but it somehow just came about. It is a very cute store that also has a small bar that is made completely from knotty-pine and they also have an area for RVers with hookups, except they push generators and RVs must be self-contained. We spent quite a bit of time talking to the couple as they were so friendly and we talked about a variety of subjects in rapid succession. This is the first day since we’ve been here that it hasn’t rained, but it looks like it might. Have heard from neighbors via email and they say that AJ has gotten lots of rain and it’s in the 90’s, which is rare. We’re in no hurry to get home, which is something as I’m normally ready to go home after 3 weeks. This is so much easier and a pleasure. And I’ll say it again, but there are so many people vacationing and if a person did not know about the economy, you’d think everything is just fine. It’s not all old farts like us either that are out and about, it’s younger people with families. » Posted By javaz On August 3, 2010 @ 4:24 pm OMG There is a road in Glacier National Park called the “Road To The Sun” and let me tell you, that is one scary ass road. It’s narrow, and 2 lanes, and no RVs or over-sized vehicles are allowed. My husband was white-knuckling it and I could barely stand to look down. There are cemented rock things on the side, and they are maybe 2 feet tall, and that’s all there is between you in your vehicle and the drop down. The views were breathtakingly beautiful, but here’s where I need help when it comes to the glaciers. When I think of glaciers, I think of pictures of glaciers in Alaska. You know, huge big blue things of ice. It’s not like that in Glacier, or maybe it is, but we didn’t see those. We were just so damn grateful to get to Logan’s Pass, then we could drive back down and we were hugging the jagged mountains and that was scary but not as scary as the trip up. We went to Goat Lick Pass today and they are natural rocks that are covered with nutrients and salt and the white mountain goats with black horns love to lick. They have a mighty nice pull-off for that, whereby you can park and then walk out onto a platform over the canyon, but there were no goats. They had to build a tunnel under the road since so many goats were killed due to traffic. It was on the way back and across from the road and that’s where the goats were and it was a wonderful sight to see. After stopping there and taking pics, we drove back and my God, low and behold, there was a black bear with her 3 cubs at the side of road and while we were struggling to get the camera back out, a motorcycle group drove through with them loud and noisy mufflers. They scared them bears right off. But at least we got to see them. We’re city-slickers, more or less, since we do live in an area with wildlife, but nothing like this. We’re in the Rockies, and it’s rained everyday since we’ve been here, and in the middle of the night, we get the most terrific thunder and lightning storms, and they always wake us up. I always feel badly for the tent campers, but never for long. I used to be one of them. I remember being a tent camper and remember how I thought I was really camping compared to RVs or trailers. Let me tell you – camping in a tent sucks, and I’m glad that I am sleeping in a warm, dry bed when it rains! LMAO » Posted By javaz On August 1, 2010 @ 7:54 pm YIKES Just had a storm blow through, and it was awesome. I think you have to be from Arizona to love rain. My husband thinks he knows how to fix this laptop problem, but he wants to wait till we get back home to fix it. He was the head of the computer department for awhile when we worked at Honeywell, and a fine job he did then, as I worked there then, and he really kicked ass and took names later and did fix all of that! I’m so lucky in that my husband is a computer genius, and good with everything mechanical. Well, the rain has stopped, so I’m going to go sit outside while the potatoes cook on the grill and enjoy the pine trees and mountains and cooler temps. For anyone that wondered – my brother is doing much better, thank you God. » Posted By javaz On July 30, 2010 @ 2:25 pm B’ito! We never eat out, ever, even when we’re home. Well, that’s not exactly true. When on the road and if we run out of bread or lunchmeat, we’ll stop at McDonald’s or another fast food place and order from the dollar menu, but never drinks, because we always have sodas or milk. My husband is the biker and even has bike-riding outfits – I bought for him last Christmas the shirt that is the AZ flag, because no matter what anyone says about AZ – our stare flag is cool. Dr’graz is bbqing as we speak. Hope you are doing well. » Posted By javaz On July 30, 2010 @ 1:52 pm We made it!!! I can’t read any posts on the site – the avatars are huge and block the replies. We are in the pines and it looks like Flagstaff, but more so. We’ll be here a week as we plan on going into Glacier nearly everyday and then also visiting another area just down the road called Hungry Horse as the campground host recommends that. The campground host also said that we will most likely lose our WIFI – we are in the middle of nowhere and it is absolutely gorgeous – but the host said that once the campground fills, especially with those big rigs that we will lose our connection. A really big thing here are huckleberries. Seriously, I think he’s eating blueberries, and must research what a huckleberry is! Oh, that Flathead Lake is huge and so incredibly, breathtakingly beautiful. This is the first day that we haven’t had to use the air conditioning – yeah, we’re really roughing it! But Montana and Gros Ventre in Wyoming were so hot during the day and worse – humid. (still can’t figure out how to get spellcheck back, so forgive my misspellings!) » Posted By javaz On July 30, 2010 @ 12:52 pm Have we lost Pepe? Montana is such a beautiful state but how you live here during the winter is a mystery! I love the mountains and the rivers and creeks and streams. You have water everywhere, and from a desert-rat, and former Michigan person, you have no idea how much I miss the water and green from trees and grass. You also have mosquitoes, and I sure as hell do not miss them. Seriously, I’d rather put up with scorpions and rattlesnakes. » Posted By javaz On July 28, 2010 @ 6:30 pm A long,long time ago, when I was in the 7th grade going into the 8th, I travelled with my family and the road that we are on now. I have pictures from the 60’s of my one brother tossing snowballs, because we are in the Rockies, and there was snow way back then. There’s snow on the highest peaks, but it’s sparse. So many pine trees are dead or dying, and it’s not from fire, but from the pine bark beetle. It’s very sad to see. Even in The Grand Tetons and Yellowstone, the high mountain pine trees are dying. It’s hard to ignore global warming, yet so many of us do. I kid you not, but there are miles and miles and hillsides and moutainsides of dead pines throughout Flagstaff, Utah, Idaho and Montana. And the once glorious snow-topped mountains are no longer. It’s 80 degrees here and that’s not normal for this area. We’re maybe 200 miles from Glacier National Park, and we should have been able to make the entire drive today from Bozeman, except we ran into miles of stimulus money and road work. The stimulus dollars are at work, even in Yellowstone. And there are so many people on vacation and that’s a wonderful thing to see. » Posted By javaz On July 28, 2010 @ 6:05 pmComments Posted By javaz
I think he might have even denied ever referring to himself as a maverick.
Oy.
We ended up voting for a few Democrats from your area!
And then the alarms went off in the Kingman private prison, alerting the prison of an escape, but the prison did not notify police until 48 hours later.
We were in Gros Ventre when the grizzly attacked the tent campers and killed that man.
Gros Ventre is just outside of The Grand Tetons and it’s a huge campground that is for RVers and tent campers.
I am scared spitless when it comes to bears and read anything and everything when it comes to them.
We only got one question wrong, btw, and I never knew that bears were attracted to bug repellents.
And then the prison doesn’t notify the police until 48 hours after the escape?
And the governor that signed SB1070 has ties to private prisons and she’s silent on the issue?
Of course, all the locals now believe that the Arizona Republic is a “liberal” paper and really, that is hilarious.
It’s sort of a tradition that we go up there for my birthday.
We stay at Fool Hollow – http://azstateparks.com/parks/FOHO/index.html – and it’s a beautiful campground with full hookups, but the only problems are no WIFI and the only TV station is FOX!
LOL
We bring lots of DVDs so the only time we need to watch FOX is on Sundays for football!
As long as we can get out before the sun rises above the mountains, it’s not that bad.
We’re used to it, sort of, and know how to stay cool.
We have all the blinds closed and the ceiling fans on and we’re drinking sun-tea and watching football!
I remember when you wrote an article and compared Yellowstone to Disneyland, and I was somewhat offended by that and don’t ask me why.
LMAO
And before that is Oracle where they have the Biosphere and that is a very cool thing to tour.
He was appalled that Utah people were threatening people and threatening people’s lives that disagreed with the SB1070 out of Arizona.
It’s private yet all the people wear the uniforms similar to Forest Rangers.
And no one should ever have to pay to enter a gift shop!
That’s slightly cheaper at 5 dollars per person, but all it is is a cave that they painted over.
Originally it was a bar until the Mormons scooped it up, and they do still have the original bar in there, but really, all it is is a bunch of rocks and people talking to you about being a Mormon.
It would be a day-trip for you and it’s worth it.
But because it had the word – Intercourse – which is an actual town in Lancaster County – people were offended.
Some were even outraged.
We were going to spend the last night of our wonderful vacation in Flagstaff, but then I got to looking at the map.
My husband moved to Arizona when he was 3 months old and he’s never been to Meteor Crater and I have been here, but when I was 8 years old, so we decided to check that out as it is on the way home.
The campground is absolutely beautiful and gated with guards, and not sure why the security is so high, but we’re not complaining. And, it’s only 27 dollars per night with full hookups! Plus, it’s 84 degrees at 5:00!
We’ll leave our little dog in the trailer tomorrow morning and drive the 6 miles to the Crater and take the guided tour, as we have a discount coupon for staying at the campground.
I do remember this from all those years ago on a trip my parents took from Michigan out to Long Beach, California to see my paternal Grandpa.
The memories are flooding back and they are all good ones.
My father drove a Mercury Monterey in them days and that car had the back sliding window. No air conditioning.
Before coming here way back, my dad drove us through the Petrified Forest, and I really would like to do that again, but that’s for another day.
I remember that my dad bought me a paper-weight that held polished rocks and pieces of petrified wood.
I have no idea what happened to that thing, but I remember staring at it and just loving it.
It was a pretty thing.
I have been so hungry for tacos, and we have been searching for an easy accessible Taco Bell for days, but this campground has a Mexican Restaurant – The Hole Enchilada – and we are going to do carry out and finally get some tacos.
It will be such a nice break from cooking and doing dishes.
We have so loved this trip and it was the best trip ever.
We love trailer living, but all good things must come to an end.
LMAO
I doubt that she was even 30 and she had 4 young children, including a ten month old baby and another in the oven.
and plays right into FOX and Beck’s and Limbaugh’s and the Tea Bagger’s meme.
Plus, we should be grounded being on rubber tires, right?
We can see the Rockies on one side and the rolling hills with cattle on the other.
Every single gas station has a casino.
Will be heading out tomorrow and making the trek home, through Montana driving route 15 and we’ll be taking our time.
We’ve never been through that part of Montana.
Also picked up a huckleberry brownie, 3 huckleberry macaroons and a huckleberry bear claw and it’s times like these that I wish I could eat sugar!
The husband so enjoyed the brownie, though, and I did take a bite of the macaroon and it was memorable.
That means that they provide water – no electric and no dump station – and if we ever come back this way, we’ll camp there for 3 days.
3 days is all we can manage when it comes to gray and black water.
But I think it’s because we’re towing a trailer with a pickup, instead of our old POS 1987 Ford Tioga motor home.
For the first time, we are able to camp, unhitch, and then drive compared to that old motor home whereby we had to walk or ride bicycles to get around.
I was better than them for really roughing it.
Plus, when I have to get up and pee in the middle of the night, I can pee in a toilet and not squat in the woods!
I cannot see the sidebar thing of my postings or anyone elses.
(did I spell that right?)
I could read part of it!
(I’m the milk drinker as I love ice-cold milk, but only drink skim!)
Picked up fresh corn on the cob and genuwine Idaho potatoes from a farm stand and we’ll have them with steaks.
We’re at a campground 6 miles from the entrance to Glacier Nat’l Park!
We’ve been having massive problems with the laptop so it’s most likely that.
We’re lucky we can even log on.
It’s raining, so we are staying at the campground and simply enjoying the cooler weather.
We’re in a town called Coram, Montana.
I have no idea what huckleberries are, even though I do remember Huckleberry Hound!
Anyway, my husband thought he found some growing on bushes, and he’s been eating them, so we’re going to time this thing and see if he starts hallucinating and if so, then I am chowing down!
LMAO
We liked that area much more than Jackson Hole, Wyoming as it isn’t crowded at all, and not as hoity-toity.
The town there at the lake – Polson – is the epitome of a quaint western town.
I think that entire area is an Indian Rez – The Blackfoots?
Just a gorgeous area with lots of farms.
LOL
It’s gorgeous here though and perfect weather for desert people who are unaccustomed to rain!
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There is snow, but it’s sparse.
It’s nothing like the good old days.
It’s hot for them and it is hot, and this is from an Arizonan that is somewhat used to 110+ degrees in the summer months.
No one can ever be used to 110+, but we have air conditioning, and very few people have air conditioners here.
It’s quite common through every state that we’ve driven through, except for Arizona.
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