Spent
a few days in Arizona co-ordinating the sale of the pickup and 5th
wheel. In our big clean up of the 5th
wheel we discovered we now have a lot more gear than we started with. How did that happen?
Decided
not to worry too much about that and made our way to Los Angeles where it was
all to come together. Said goodbye to
our trusty 5th wheel. There
were no tears but it was a little sad.
We’ve come a long way in this baby and had some pretty awesome
adventures.
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| Coming together for the first time |
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| Our first meal in our new home |
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| We had to think about height restrictions - I remember hugging the centre line through this tunnel |
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| We camped in rest areas |
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| We camped in Walmart car parks |
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| We camped in rural campgrounds |
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| We camped in scenic campgrounds |
We
took absolutely no photos of the crammed in urban campgrounds.
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| We went to great heights |
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| We saw dinosaurs |
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| We got snowed on |
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| We braved hanging out at a biker bar |
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| We had a close encounter at an iconic monument |
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| We braved driving through a snowstorm |
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| We went to prison (think Shawshank Redemption) |
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| We found Al Capone's hideout |
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| We searched for enlightenment at New Vrindaban |
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| We visit the odd brewery or two |
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| We get some local boys to clean our home |
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| We weren't completely without mishap - yay for the AAA |
Next
to go was all our household goods. We
found a worthy charity and dropped everything off. It was hard to let go of the deck chairs –
they've done a sterling job.
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| You can see why we'd miss our chairs - we'd be sitting in the snow otherwise |
Picked
ourselves up a large storage bin and packed up all the goodies we purchased,
freebies we were given, winter clothes and other assorted paraphernalia we
picked up along the way and just can’t live without. You know how it is. This bin may arrive in New Zealand on the
right side of Christmas … or not.
Last
but not least was our mighty Ford F250, Chuck (we had to give him a good solid American name).
Despite being temperamental on a couple of occasions he has served us
well. In the 49 states we’ve been to,
we’ve driven over 50,000 miles at an average of 155 miles per day. Would have loved to have exported him down
under but don’t have any spare cash to freight him back and convert to right
hand drive.
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| We drove through snow |
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| We drove through tumbleweed |
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| We drove on narrow, winding trails |
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| We went on boat rides |
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| We squeezed through here |
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| We drove through more snow |
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| We weren't afraid to get dirty |
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| We went to some pretty remote areas |
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| We didn't let obstacles in our road deter us |
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| We developed a split personality - half Canadian, half American |
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| We drove over (through) a covered bridge in Madison County |
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| We can only imagine what Chuck is thinking while eyeing the Ford building |
So
now we are back to being normal tourists and can finally sit back and let
someone else do the driving. Took a VIP
tour around Los Angeles taking in such sights as Venice Beach (too cold for the
weightlifting boys to be out at Muscle Beach dammit all), Santa Monica Pier,
Rodeo Drive, Hollywood, Farmers Market and Downtown LA. Saw a few things we’d both seen on previous
visits: Hollywood sign, Chinese Theatre, Rodeo Drive and Chinatown to name a
few but what a great day out.
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| Sadly no bronzed muscle bound weightlifters out on a mid-week winters day |
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| We were at the beginning, we did lots in the middle, today we reached the end of Route 66 |
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| The one and only Chuck Norris |
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| Sue thinks this will be a great day to hold the next ceremony (you'll need to zoom on the banner) |
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| ... and what comes after Yippee Ki Yay ... |
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| Plenty of room here |
That’s
it for mainland USA. Tomorrow we fly to
Hawaii for some R&R then back home next weekend.
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