Oct 26th to 29th - Albuqueque to Salome, AZ

Oct 26th - Fri - to Albuquerque, NM
We took a long way around to get to Albuquerque to avoid going all the way through town and the big hill that we drove the first day we were here. The RV park that we chose happened to be ½ a mile from a Camping World store so we had to browse there for a while and picked up a couple of small items - cheapest we ever got out of a Camping World store. Fueled up and found a grocery store and then kicked back.

Oct 27th - Sat - Albuquerque, NM
Had to make another trip to Camping World to buy some lights for the awning - not such a cheap visit this time! Went driving/exploring and ended up at a big casino. This time we received T-shirts without having to “earn” them by getting points on the player’s club cards. Unfortunately, we got large shirts and we both would have been more comfortable in x-large - better lay off the food and get some exercise. The machines allowed us to play for hours before finally saying “that’s enough”. We tried to get Wanda to find us a visitor’s center but she sent us to the center of town and we never did find it.
We met a couple in the park from Vernon, BC (John & Carol). We stood and chatted while our dinner was burning and then invited them over to visit some more. They sold their house and put stuff in storage to try traveling for 6 months. They think they will fulltime longer but they have to figure out the BC medical restrictions to do so. We really enjoyed them and hope to meet up with them again sometime.

Oct 28th - Sun - to Meteor Crater, Arizona
Easy drive today. Meteor Crater is about 40 miles east of Flagstaff and consists of a service station and an RV park a few miles from the actual crater. We set up and then went to see the crater. Terry is still kicking himself for paying $28 to look at a hole in the ground!! There was a 10 minute film and a museum but I guess we are just not into meteors enough to appreciate this attraction.
Not much else to do except sit out and enjoy the sunshine (hard to take!) and visit with campers who moved in next to us.

Oct 29th - Mon - to Salome, AZ
Yes, Claude, we are on the move again! A longer drive today that was made even longer as you will see by the story below.
We drove without incident to Prescott, AZ - freeway and nice 4/2 lane all the way. Diesel was a little more expensive - $3.24 - but we just pay and move on. At Prescott we were to take highway 89 south to join Hwy 60 and then to Salome. As we hit 89, there was a sign that said no trucks over 40 feet. 4 miles further we were into a windy, narrow road and another sign saying no trucks over 40 feet. Terry decided to believe the second sign and turned around. We looked at the map and figured we would have to go around nearly to Phoenix which would add a lot of miles to the trip. As we approached Prescott again, we saw a sign for Visitor Information which of course was right in town with no RV parking. So Terry pulled halfway off the street and I ran back to the building. A guy there said “you didn’t hear it from me” but as long as we were comfortable with very windy roads and drove slow we would have no trouble on 89 - or we could take another road out of Prescott that joined 89 about halfway through and was also a longer route.
We decided to give 89 a try and headed out again. It was indeed very windy and narrow but the road surface was very good and there were a lot of pullouts so you could let cars pass. I probably enjoyed the drive more than Terry did. It leveled off for a bit and then there was another very steep windy section as we dropped off the Mogollon Rim that is the edge of the section of Arizona that is higher in elevation. Finally we were back on level ground and arrived at Salome in 88 degree weather. We planned to play golf here but apparently most Arizona golf courses have been over-seeded right now and are closed!
The pool was open (and heated) so we joined a couple from Westbank, BC (George & Liz) to enjoy the pool and non-stop talk for about an hour. Terry tried to set up our satellite dish but could not get it to work. We now think that maybe it was damaged when it fell over back in Yellowstone.