Desert Southwest

It's all about the journey, not the destination.

We finished our last week in Colorado Springs with more visits with friends and family. 

Sean, Malcolm, Melanie, and Crystina, my great niece.

Malcolm is my great great nephew

My son Bill, daughter-in-law Denise, and Mary Washington, Denise's mother, 
at the Pepper Tree Restaurant

Ross and Myrna Wiens

A wonderful Christian couple, good friends and my former boss.

Arne Shulstad, friend and vendor when I worked at MGH.

Our quest for warmer weather forced us South. We made a stop near El Paso, Texas, to visit with my grandson Sean Wallace before he ships out to the Middle East.

Jennifer Gutierrez and Sean Wallace

Jake meets the vineyard dogs, Sombra Antigua Winery, Anthony, Texas.
We love our Harvest Hosts stops.

Kay and Russ get introduced to the wines.
Sonoita Vineyards in Sonoita, New Mexico.
I bought this one because of the cute label. The wine in the bottle was outstanding!
Did I mention that I like the Harvest Hosts stops?

We knew we had arrived in Arizona when we saw our first roadrunner and our first Border Patrol Checkpoint.

We settled into Emerald Cove in Earp, California, for almost two weeks. The best part of staying at this campground, besides being on the river, are the wild burros. Jake and I mostly see them on our hikes in the hills, but sometimes they visit the campground.

Jake loves the freedom of hiking in the hills.

Jake, patiently waiting for me to catch up. I think I climbed the equivalent of 7 flights of stairs on this hike.

Jake watching the burros as they followed us for a short distance.

These two burros followed us about a half mile. I told Jake to sit and they came right up nose to nose with him.

This burro must have kept looking for Jake and finally found where we were camped. 

His friends showed up the next day.

We also met some Arizona natives who live in Casa Grande. Terrific couple. Making new friends throughout our travels has been a wonderful part of traveling.

Margo and Chuck Unger

Our next post will be from Buckeye, Arizona.

Thanks for visiting. Leave us a message of encouragement. I have not been posting as frequently as I did on our first trip. I need to get better at that.

Black line is our first trip. Red line is our current trip. The dots are places we stopped.